"Getting cool, then, means protecting yourself not just from the sun’s radiation but also from all the radiation bouncing off the pavement and concrete. A new textile—made of plastic and silver nanowires—does just that, and can keep its wearers as much as 16 degrees cooler than other fabrics." https://www.fastcompany.com/91142992/this-impossibly-thin-fabric-could-cool-you-down-by-16-degrees

Because it can be difficult and expensive to keep sesame in one part of a baking plant out of another, some companies began adding small amounts of sesame to products that didn't previously contain the ingredient to avoid liability and cost. https://www.npr.org/2024/06/26/g-s1-6238/fda-warns-bakery-foods-allergens

Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/larry-finger-linux-wireless-hero-was-a-persistent-patient-coder-and-mentor/

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Adobe backed off. https://www.wired.com/story/adobe-says-it-wont-train-ai-using-artists-work-creatives-arent-convinced/

ChatGPT consistently ranked resumes with disability-related honors and credentials—such as the “Tom Wilson Disability Leadership Award”—lower than the same resumes without those honors and credentials, according to new research.
https://www.futurity.org/chatgpt-bias-resumes-disability-3234422/

Did you miss the Akkio booth at #DMWF? You missed some mighty fine swag, just sayin’.

My new employer also showed off how marketing agencies can chat with their data, using AI to make complex data analysis accessible to mere mortals. Snoop akkio.com to see what we’re up to. It’s a lot.

A new blood test is 100% accurate at predicting breast cancer’s return before a full relapse, making more treatment options available. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blood-test-predict-breast-cancer-101016790.html

This Jeopardy template turns the classic TV game show into a PowerPoint or Google Slides show. You have a category board with dollar amounts and a slide for each question. https://www.slidescarnival.com/template/jeopardy-free-presentation-template/11277

This article describes Generative AI as “an excitable junior engineer who types really fast.”

Also, good stuff herein regarding team development. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/10/generative-ai-is-not-going-to-build-your-engineering-team-for-you/

A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1860)

This Victorian dictionary collects the cant of thieves, the slang of costermongers, and many other argots. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dictionary-of-modern-slang/

'A woman should cast off her shame together with her clothes': What women in ancient times really thought about sex https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240610-what-women-in-ancient-times-really-thought-about-sex

Among households in the United States, 68% are owned and 32% are rented, based on estimates from the American Community Survey in 2021. That breakdown isn’t uniform across the country though. In Maine, almost 80% of households are owned, whereas in California, less than 60% is owned. https://flowingdata.com/2023/08/25/renting-vs-owning-a-home-by-state/

"Over the course of eight months and an estimated $700 (mostly in travel expenses), he was able to claw back what all other methods had failed to render: his personal Facebook account." https://www.engadget.com/how-small-claims-court-became-metas-customer-service-hotline-160224479.html

Barcelona plans to enact a citywide ban on all short-term rentals to address complaints that tourism is to blame for a local housing crisis and soaring rents.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/barcelona-plans-to-ban-all-short-term-rentals-for-tourists-from-2029

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