Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you)....
All the new horror books coming in 2024, featuring an array of slashers, ghosts, vampires, cults, monsters both human and otherwise, and all manner of nebulous eldritch terrors.
Fight your way through endless waves of holoX’s minions! Gear up with all sorts of equipment and items in this action packed beat-em-up to reach the 5 bosses of hololive’s “holoX”, and put a stop to their plans!...
The recent Wadi al-Jarf papyri discoveries, which document contemporary Nile boat transport of stone blocks for pyramid construction from the cliffs opposite Giza and from the Red Sea, have helped to solve some of the mysteries surrounding those pyramid constructions.
The discovery of a trove of papyrus fragments at the site of an ancient harbor near the Red Sea in 2013 sparked the project. Some of the scrolls date from Khufu’s reign and tell of an official named Merer and his men’s efforts to transport limestone up the Nile to Giza, where it was fashioned into the Great Pyramid’s outer layer.
Synth ID operates by embedding a digital watermark into AI-generated images, which serves as a hidden marker. This watermark is imperceptible to the human eye but can be detected using specialized tools. The tool is currently available exclusively to users of Google’s AI image creator, Imogen....
This spring, billions of cicadas will emerge after more than a decade underground, ready to climb into the trees and make a ruckus as they sing to attract mates. But some of these insects won’t succeed in their goal of procreating — instead, they’ll be controlled like zombies into spreading a strange fungus that hijacks...
Two surveys of millions of stars in our galaxy have revealed mysterious spikes in infrared heat coming from dozens of them. Astronomers say this could be evidence for alien civilisations harnessing energy from their stars by using a vast construction known as a Dyson sphere – although they can’t fully rule out more mundane explanations.
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Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you)....
What Is The SCP Foundation? 15 Best Pieces Every New Fan Should Read | screenrant.com (lemmy.world)
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All the new horror books coming in 2024, featuring an array of slashers, ghosts, vampires, cults, monsters both human and otherwise, and all manner of nebulous eldritch terrors.
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[Forever-free Friday] Mind The Abyss on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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[Forever-free Friday] Holo X Break on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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A long-lost branch of the Nile helped in building Egypt’s pyramids – Scientists Say (arkeonews.net)
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Synth ID operates by embedding a digital watermark into AI-generated images, which serves as a hidden marker. This watermark is imperceptible to the human eye but can be detected using specialized tools. The tool is currently available exclusively to users of Google’s AI image creator, Imogen....
A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say (edition.cnn.com)
This spring, billions of cicadas will emerge after more than a decade underground, ready to climb into the trees and make a ruckus as they sing to attract mates. But some of these insects won’t succeed in their goal of procreating — instead, they’ll be controlled like zombies into spreading a strange fungus that hijacks...
Scientists have found 'evidence' of advanced alien civilisations (www.indy100.com)
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