When I upgraded to Gen 5 SSDs, I let my old PCIe 3.0 NVMe drives sit around for quite a while because I didn't know if I should give them away or keep them as spare storage. After all, my Crucial T700's 12,000MB/s sequential speeds made them feel outdated, so it didn't make much sense to have them in my build, especially since I already had a Corsair MP600 Gen 4 as secondary storage. Then, when I came across NVMe enclosures on Amazon while shopping for external SSDs, I realized what I'd been missing out on.

Love research or hate it, you certainly don't enjoy the moment you realize you've spent three hours organizing your notes and haven't actually thought about anything yet. Unfortunately, this happens far too often.

Developers build muscle memory around opening a terminal as soon as they open a project in a code editor like VS Code to run the project locally. For a long time, it was my routine as well. I would open VS Code, then immediately open a terminal window, and start typing the same command I had already run tens of times before. npm run dev for React frontends, uvicorn app:main for FastAPI, and go run main.go for Go backends and then Docker Compose and watch commands. None of these commands were too lengthy or difficult to remember, but they were repetitive in each session.

Honda revealed prototypes of two new hybrid models, an Accord sedan and the Acura RDX SUV, during its annual business briefing this week, built on a platform that it says will begin launching next year. The RDX was announced earlier this year as Honda's first SUV to feature the next-gen version of its two-motor hybrid system. Honda also announced it's dropping the goal of having one-fifth of its sales be EVs by 2030, and for 100 percent of its sales to come from EVs and fuel cell vehicles by 2040. Honda now plans to "reallocate more development and production resources into hybrid models."Honda is planning to launch 15 next-generation h …Read the full story at The Verge.

The most graphically-impressive first-person shooter made for the Nintendo Switch is $20 off at Best Buy. Right now, you can buy the physical version of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for $39.99 ($20 off). The game looks surprisingly good on the 2017 hardware, but runs way better on the Switch 2 with the additional $10 upgrade pack that unlocks hi-res textures, faster loading times, and Joy-Con mouse mode.If you’re gaming on a Switch 2, getting the discounted game and the digital upgrade pack costs $50 versus its normal $70 price for the Switch 2 Edition version. Yeah, it’s a little confusing.Metroid Prime 4: BeyondWhere to Buy: $59.99 $39.99 at Best Buy (Switch)The latest Prime game is a departure from the previous entries, the last of which was released all the way back in 2007. Beyond features an open-world design with plenty of associated trappings. There are map markers, collectibles, and a slick motorcycle to take bounty hunter Samus Aran across the huge desert where Beyond’s story unfolds. I agree with our review by Andrew Webster that these new additions feel out of place in the franchise, but I still had a good time, and the campaign doesn’t overstay its welcome.

Using the shower after someone else is always a gamble. You're not sure if the water will be just the right temperature, freezing cold, or scalding hot. I know if my dad has used a shower before me, I need to turn it down before I get in, else it'll feel like my skin is melting off.

Back in July 2020, to better serve the influx of companies moving to remote work, Microsoft added the Together mode feature to Teams. The idea was to remove the endless square grid of people's webcams and instead place people into scenes such as a theatre or a room. That way, people would feel they're together, without actually being together.

Affinity has been one of the most-reached-for tools in my graphics stack since the new unified app dropped. I still think it's one of the boldest moves by a design company yet, to make a proprietary tool almost entirely free, advanced features and all. And it certainly changed the design industry for the better - newbies can easily get their foot in the door without getting stuck in the Adobe subscription trap.

Ever since SSDs became mainstream, lifespan anxiety has become a bit of an enthusiast rabbit hole. Most people buy a drive, install Windows, fill it with games, and then completely forget it exists for the next five years. That's perfectly fine, too, since modern SSDs are built to survive far more abuse than many people give them credit for, and the average gamer will probably replace their PC long before the drive itself starts waving a white flag.

Today was closing arguments in the Musk v. Altman trial, and I almost feel bad writing about the unbelievable demolition derby I just witnessed. Steven Molo, Musk's lawyer, stumbled over his words. He at one point called Greg Brockman - a co-defendant - Greg Altman. He erroneously claimed that Musk wasn't asking for money and had to be corrected by the judge. He made it clear we've heard from many liars over the past few weeks, but offered little evidence for Musk's actual legal claims.OpenAI's lawyer, Sarah Eddy, countered this by simply arranging the mountain of evidence that the company introduced in chronological order. She didn't spen …Read the full story at The Verge.

Ever since I jumped headfirst into the local LLM rabbit-hole, I’ve grown fond of revitalizing old PCs by turning them into reliable AI workstations. With the right tweaks, I’ve even managed to run powerful LLMs that can rival their cloud-based counterparts on something as outdated as a 10-year-old rig. That said, most of my hardcore LLM experiments involve full-fledged x86 gaming systems with dedicated graphics cards and excess RAM.

Last summer, Peter Degen's postdoctoral supervisor came to him with an unusual problem: One of his papers was being cited too much. Citations are the currency of academia, but there was something unusual about these. Published in 2017, the paper had assessed the accuracy of a particular type of statistical analysis on epidemiological data and had received a respectable few dozen citations in other research papers over the years, but now it was being referenced every few days, hundreds of times, placing it among the most cited papers of his career. Another professor might be thrilled. Degen's adviser asked him to investigate. Degen, a postd …Read the full story at The Verge.