Abbott and Costello perform the classic “Who’s on first?” baseball sketch in their 1945 film “The Naughty Nineties” first performed as part of their stage act.
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If you make your own website, consider making short URLs. This is not about a URL shortener. This is about making your original URLs short in the first place.
Source: Short URLs: why & how | Derek Sivers →
I always liked simpler URLs, wish Micro.blog provided more options.
I have come across many guess-the-word games recently, mostly after Wordle. Semantle is another one, but is different in many ways. It’s not limited in number of attempts. The help page says, “You will need more than six guesses. You will probably need dozens of guesses”. Sounds about right. Plus it has hints. Yet it feels difficult and exciting. Do give it a try when you have some time.
PS: It took me 21 guesses, 3 hints to get today’s word.
Twitter’s most committed users often love the service and hate it with equal passion, two feelings that can coexist without much cognitive dissonance. The platform is awful—but its delivery of instantaneous feedback to every passing thought is also addictive. It’s exploitative—but its ability to amplify any message is unavoidably powerful.
Source: Why Would Elon Musk Want to Buy Twitter? →
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun.
Intel has a new AI that can detect if a student is bored or distracted - their claim is it helps to improve student engagement. Sigh! Let students learn in natural way. If they want to get bored, let them get bored 🤦🏽♂️
Japanese mechanical pencils are a cut above the rest, boasting innovative features. But are they overengineered?
Source: Why You NEED an Overengineered Japanese Mechanical Pencil! →
I find using mechanical pencils painful – so these innovations looks… useful.
Where else is Google starting to fall behind, and how could competitors chip away at its edge? Human evaluation of search quality is one of our flagship use cases at Surge, so let’s dive into three key Search verticals — Programming, Cooking, and Travel — and find out.
Source: Google Search is Falling Behind →
Redacting takes time. You can’t edit pictures by thinking; you have to do it by looking. The more pictures you have, the more you have to look.
Source: Your Camera Roll Contains a Masterpiece | The New Yorker →
Dyson’s headphones blow filtered air at your face →
Dyson said it engineered the headset to fit comfortably and distribute weight evenly, by drawing inspiration from horse saddles.
Seriously, WTF!