Still Wakes the Deep is a modern horror classic
05 Jul

Still Wakes the Deep is a modern horror classic

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Don’t look down. Don’t look down. Don’t look down.Waves the size of skyscrapers explode beneath me as I creep across a busted metal beam in the middle of the North Sea, suspended at the base of an oil rig that’s in the process of collapsing. I’m crawling swiftly but carefully, knees sliding on the wet metal and eyes locked on the platform in front of me. Don’t look down.I look down. The cold sea is boiling just inches from my beam, white spray reaching up, threatening to pull me under miles of suffocating darkness and pressure. Fuck. The Chinese RoomIn…
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Google’s Emissions Increased by 48% Since 2019, Thanks to AI Pursuits
05 Jul

Google’s Emissions Increased by 48% Since 2019, Thanks to AI Pursuits

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Google’s latest annual environmental report reveals the true impact its recent forays into artificial intelligence has had on its greenhouse gas emissions. The expansion of its data centres to support AI developments contributed to the company producing 14.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2023. This represents a 48% increase over the equivalent figure for 2019 and a 13% increase since 2022. “This result was primarily due to increases in data center energy consumption and supply chain emissions,” the report’s authors wrote. “As we further integrate AI into our products, reducing emissions may be challenging due to increasing energy…
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I’m 28 and close friends with my 80-year-old neighbor. We talk on the phone every day and she’s like a grandmother to my daughter.
05 Jul

I’m 28 and close friends with my 80-year-old neighbor. We talk on the phone every day and she’s like a grandmother to my daughter.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sasha Gaston. It has been edited for length and clarity.Soon after I moved into my Tampa apartment in 2018, I had water coming in through my bedroom window. When I went outside to see what was going on, I found an older woman cleaning off windowsills. It was the first time I met Charlette. She told me she often did little jobs around the apartment complex because the management doesn't do enough.The next day, she invited me to her house and gave me a cup of ice before pouring tea into…
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All of the A-list celebrities seen so far at Wimbledon, London’s premier tennis tournament
05 Jul

All of the A-list celebrities seen so far at Wimbledon, London’s premier tennis tournament

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Wimbledon is officially underway in London, and will conclude on July 14.The Grand Slam tennis tournament draws an elite group of spectators in high fashion looks.David Beckham, Patrick Mahomes, and Jameela Jamil have been spotted at the event. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Round one of Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament…
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The best early Prime Day deals ahead of Amazon’s July sale — shop Apple, Anker and more
05 Jul

The best early Prime Day deals ahead of Amazon’s July sale — shop Apple, Anker and more

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is less than two weeks away, but we’re already seeing a handful of decent early deals go live in advance of the big sale. Per usual, many of the more noteworthy discounts apply to Amazon’s own gadgets and subscription services, but there are a few good offers on devices from the likes of Apple, Anker, Samsung and Bose as well. We’re rounding up the best Prime Day deals we can find below, and we’ll continue to update this post as we get closer to the actual sale. Just remember that you’ll need to to see some (but not all) of…
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Is the healthcare industry ready for generative AI? Nurses say no, Kaiser Permanente begs to differ
05 Jul

Is the healthcare industry ready for generative AI? Nurses say no, Kaiser Permanente begs to differ

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The health care industry generates just about 30% of all the data in all the world — of course it’s the target of a vast number generative AI dreams from freshly founded startups ready to reap the rewards of a gen AI tool that performs medical miracles to the C-suite visionaries at major hospitals, predicting that AI will not only save lives but help sort out that tricky profit versus patients balance sheet. Healthcare titan Kaiser Permanente, with 40 hospitals over eight states, has swandived into the generative AI pool of possibilities, and is actively implementing generative AI tools across…
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Automating user and group management with Bash
05 Jul

Automating user and group management with Bash

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Introduction As a SysOps engineer, managing users and groups on a server is one of your routine tasks. This process can be quite time-consuming and susceptible to errors, particularly when handling numerous users. Automating these tasks is crucial for achieving efficiency and reliability. This article will guide you through a Bash script that automates the creation of users and groups, sets up home directories with correct permissions, generates random passwords, and logs all actions. Bash Bash which stands for "Bourne Again Shell" is a command language interpreter and scripting language commonly used in Unix-like operating systems, such as linux and…
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