They ran an experiment involving over 34,000 people from 16 countries on six continents to find out whether a set of interventions could help people across a variety of cultures avoid believing and sharing falsities. Turns out, the interventions do help. https://nautil.us/yes-there-is-a-cure-for-bullshit-354730/

Redis Enterprise 7.2 for Sysadmins

Among the highlights for #Redis operators are better access control, troubleshooting features, and maintenance capabilities.
https://redis.com/blog/redis-enterprise-7-2-brings-exciting-innovations-that-operators-will-love/

The internet’s fixation with cats can be traced back much further than you may think.
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/original-catfluencer

That's a NOPE. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2023/08/15/eggo-brunch-in-a-jar-liqueur/70595854007/

Listen to hundreds of Novelty Greetings for telephone answering machines http://www.noveltyansweringmachine.com/audio/index.html

OpenAI acquires Global Illumination https://openai.com/blog/openai-acquires-global-illumination

Damn, I missed my chance.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230731-the-great-resignation-is-over-what-does-that-mean

Using artificial intelligence software, scientists could reconstruct the song from the brain recordings. https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/08/15/releases-20230811

What happens when the work has been signed off, you’ve posted it on socials, and all you’re left with is a deep sadness in the pit of your stomach or emptiness in your chest? You wander around aimlessly; you feel lost and depressed, unable to summon the energy to get back up and do it all over again. https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/creative-grief-thematic-creative-industry-250725

"Although presentations have a reputation for being tedious, when they’re done right, they’re theater."

This article is a lot of fun. Recommended.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/11/1077232/corporate-presentations-history/

“Does anybody in the room remember DECnet?” Lawshae asked the boisterous DEF CON audience. “You should probably schedule a colonoscopy.”
https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/analysis/how-ethertype-an-ancient-ethernet-protocol-may-cause-chaos/2023/08/

#Redis 7.2 is out... and it's chock full of features that techies (and their bosses) will love

Also I have been working on this for a long time and I am rather proud of it.

https://redis.com/blog/introducing-redis-7-2/

Bots can complete CAPTCHAs quicker than humans https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/15/so_much_for_captcha_then/

Called ayin ha’ra in Hebrew, the evil eye is the idea that a demon or a person can bewitch someone just by looking at them. This superstitious belief isn’t just folklore — the evil eye is mentioned in rabbinic texts, too. https://www.kveller.com/20-jewish-superstitions-that-will-absolutely-ward-off-the-evil-eye

What apps and tools have you used to track your job search?

I hasten to add that I LOVE MY JOB AND I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I do, however, have a freelance assignment to write a round-up of useful applications for tracking the jobs to which you applied, interviewed, etc. This is purely a "here's what's available and what each tool promises" story. I'm not writing a hands-on review, and nobody's going to be quoted.

So what have you used? And what did you think of it?

Experience Flying Toasters, After Dark's most popular Mac screensaver of the 1990s, reinterpreted using modern CSS.
https://www.bryanbraun.com/after-dark-css/all/flying-toasters.html

“I always ask, can this entertain, can this educate, can this inspire? The best nonfiction can do all three."
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a44384786/what-happened-to-all-the-sports-books/

A new Las Vegas housing development is naming all its streets after Pokémon. I am not sure that I want to tell someone I live on Snorlax Lane. https://www.polygon.com/23733025/pokemon-street-names-las-vegas-serenity-place-squirtle-jigglypuff-charmander-charizard

Peacock Vasectomies is my new band name https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/can-peacock-vasectomies-save-this-florida-town-180982689/

Don't anthropomorphize computers. They hate that. https://medium.com/@michaelswaine/dont-anthropomorphize-ai-a2203ac0fe9