20hDirectly in front of me, I watch one of the attackers leap up on a ledge, rip off his mask, beat his chest, and screech with apparent glee. As if on cue, the attackers all remove their red hoodies and scatter.
↩︎ Los Angeles Magazine
23hEach judge has around four minutes to assess each product – this includes tasting, discussing and writing up feedback for the producer. "We run through the emotional gamut of being curious, frustrated, bewildered, excited, and occasionally exhilarated if we find a three-star product."
↩︎ Vittles
“People don’t want to believe that humans could be better than a machine.”
A Guardian story today about what life is like as a "super-recognizer," someome who's exceptionally good at remembering faces...
She still enjoys looking at faces – the use of face masks during the pandemic is providing a fun challenge. Most of the time she can still recognise a person even if they’re wearing one – and the diagnosis has given her “confidence in my abilities.” “It made me realise: oh yeah, it’s not crazy – I must have been right the whole time. It’s not that I’m creepy, but my brain is just wired that way.”
...reminded us of the much more robust New Yorker article from 2016 about facial-recognizing pros in London, and it's still great.
“Every identification we make is effectively a cold case. We’re unique. There’s no precedent for what we’re doing.”
Kitties vs. Café
A diorama-themed restaurant in Osaka was saved from pandemic-closure after a family of cats made it their home. As related by Spoon & Tamago:
It was like the set of a monster cat movie so the owner began photographing and posting pictures to the restaurant’s Instagram account. Before long, people began showing up from all over Japan to see the cats and business took off.
From the Instagram account:
5dIt’s pointless to debate which group is loneliest. Still, I might argue for some sympathy for Northerners in midlevel jobs who work alone or remotely.
↩︎ Bloomberg
What it might look like if you asked a neural network to show you something relaxing.
