Living off the grid | May 15, 2024

From CNN 10. Today on CNN 10, Canadian wildfires are burning across the country and forcing thousands of people to evacuate. We visit an off-the grid community in Wales where people gather their own food, shelter, power and water. And lastly, we dive into the fascinating world of medicine and explore where it all begins.…

What Happened When I Cloned My Own Voice

From The Atlantic. What happens when voices can be copied so well they can fool friends, family
 and voters? Staff writer Charlie Warzel has followed the explosion of AI technology with a mix of fascination and fear. DALL-E, Midjourney, Chat-GPT. New leaps in AI tech seem to happen every month now. Recently, he narrowed in…

The One Company That Owns 2,390 Colors

From “Half as Interesting”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/halfasinteresting Half as Interesting’s Crime Spree: https://nebula.tv/haicrimespree Get a Half as Interesting t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/half-as-interesting Suggest a video: http://halfasinteresting.com/suggest Follow Sam from Half as Interesting on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/Sam.From.Wendover Follow Half as Interesting on Twitter: http://twitter.com/halfinteresting Discuss…

‘High-Functioning Anxiety Isn’t a Medical Diagnosis. It’s a Hashtag.’ | NYT Opinion

From The New York Times. Soaring rates of anxiety and depression among adolescents. Medical groups declaring a “national emergency.” The surgeon general calling for an “all of society” response to a “devastating” mental health crisis among young people. By all indications, kids these days are in rough shape, giving additional urgency to Mental Health Awareness…

Introducing: Good on Paper

From The Atlantic. Have you ever heard a commonly held belief or a fast-developing worldview and asked: Is that idea right? Or just good on paper? Each week, host Jerusalem Demsas and a guest take a closer look at the facts and research that challenge the popular narratives of the day, to better understand why…

How Ray Tracing Works – Computerphile

From Computerphile. Ray tracing is massive and gives realistic graphics in games & movies but how does it work? Lewis Stuart explains. https://www.facebook.com/computerphile Tweets by computer_phile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: https://bit.ly/nottscomputer Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran’s Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com

Your Hobby Could Make You A Better Citizen

From PBS Voices. Mutual aid requires many skills: organization, tracking inventory, cleaning and maintaining supplies, and most of all building relationships. But what if you could practice all those skills—by collecting sneakers? KJ visits Harlem’s Closet sneaker shop in Columbia, SC, and the Rock Hill Community Fridge to learn how two business owners are using…

Praying 30% less often

From Lateral with Tom Scott. Abigail Thorn, Jordan Harrod and Annie Rauwerda face a question about a religious restriction. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com GUESTS: Abigail Thorn: @PhilosophyTube, https://twitter.com/PhilosophyTube Jordan Harrod: @JordanHarrod, https://twitter.com/JordanBHarrod…

It’s Slightly Mind-Bending

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