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Amazon tells engineers: more AI isn't always better work

Amazon updated its internal guidance on the 'Renaissance developer,' advising engineers to embrace AI tools while also recognizing when they don't actually help. The company warns against 'tokenmaxxing,' a term for overusing AI tokens as a proxy for productivity. The message: using more AI doesn't automatically mean you're doing better work. It's a reminder…

Source: Fortune

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The Mentor Behind Bob Ross's Signature Style

Bill Alexander, a German-born painter, developed the wet-on-wet technique that lets artists layer fresh paint directly onto a wet canvas, creating soft blends without waiting for drying time. He taught Bob Ross this method, and Ross went on to popularize it for millions of viewers on his show.

Have you ever tried wet-on-wet painting, or does the idea of blending on a wet canvas appeal to you?…

Source: Mental Floss

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Test your English with an 18-question grammar quiz

A new quiz challenges your grasp of English with 18 questions covering spelling, grammar, vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms, punctuation, sentence structure, and verb usage. It includes tricky word choices and common mistakes to see how well you handle the language's finer details. Whether you consider yourself a word enthusiast or just want to check your skills, this quiz offers a light way to…

Source: Bored Panda

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Amazon's Alexa Home Map gets a 3D overhaul with outdoor views

Amazon has redesigned its Alexa Home Map, the interface that shows where your connected devices are located. The updated version now offers an interactive 3D view of everything inside your property and, using compatible Ring cameras, also covers the outdoor area. New graphics, features, and dynamic effects are part of the overhaul.

How would a 3D home map change the way you interact with your s…

Source: The Verge

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Halloween Comics Turn Spooky Characters Into Punchlines

If you usually expect ghosts and witches to bring chills, this new batch of one-panel comics offers the opposite: laughs. Artist Doug Hill, behind Laughing Hippo Studio, reimagines classic spooky figures in absurd everyday scenarios, from witches facing odd dilemmas to ghosts in awkward spots and pumpkins pondering existence. The colorful cartoons lean on visual puns and unexpected twists that mak…

Source: Bored Panda

Boss Rush

Went into Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond tonight half-asleep and still grinding ranked. The one fight that stuck wasn’t the rank-up match; it was some random mirror where my evolved follower should have traded even, except the client lagged the animation half a second. Died to a direct hit that looked like it came out of nowhere.

Felt like the super-evolution window just didn’t respect my timing, so the whole “power-up at the right moment” pitch collapsed in one bad click.

Park’s nice for burning daily chests, but it doesn’t fix the core problem: when the cards say you should survive a tur…

Lane Notes

Took a while to get anywhere in FINAL FANTASY XIV Online, because the early combat moves are so slow that I kept waiting for the next action to finish before I could press anything else. The pacing is patient, but when you’re already half-tired it just feels like you’re watching the bars tick down instead of doing anything.

One small cutscene right before a gate in Gridania caught me more than the boss fight that followed. The NPC just mentioned a local harvest festival in passing, but the line stuck. Felt like the first thing that made the place seem lived-in.

Still, twenty minutes la…

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When a typo turns into comedy gold

The internet is full of spelling fails that completely changed the intended meaning in hilarious ways. These are the kind of blunders where someone hit publish without a second glance, producing results that make you stop and stare. From simple missing letters to full-on word disasters, the collection shows how a quick proofread can save you from becoming an accidental online comedy legend. It&#03…

Source: Bored Panda

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Study: Digital tech and 3D printing drive circular economy shift

A new review of research published between 2020 and 2026 identifies digital tools, additive manufacturing, and resource recovery as central pillars in the move toward a sustainable circular economy. The analysis, appearing in the International Journal of Services and Operations Management, draws on the academic literature to map where the field is heading. It also stresses that stronger collaborat…

Source: Phys.org