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World's smallest violin spotted at Amazon HQ as exec pay packets deflate

C-suite forced to take sandwiches into work, cycle home

It's going to be hard holding back our tears. The C-suite lieutenants at Amazon didn’t exactly get the bumper payday that many El Reg readers would expect, particularly compared with prior years.…

AWS: Agents shouldn't be secret, so we built a registry for them

Your agent will be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, and numbered

AI agents should not be secret agents, at least in corporate environments. But when companies deploy software automations, they don't always have visibility into what their roboscripts are actually doing.…

'Several dozen' high-value corporations hit by new extortion crew in helpdesk phishing spree

Possible link to Mr. Raccoon's claimed Adobe break-in

A new extortion crew has targeted “several dozen high-value” corporations through phishing and helpdesk social-engineering, according to Google.…

Rijnmond - Nieuws

Het laatste nieuws van vandaag over Rotterdam, Feyenoord, het verkeer en het weer in de regio Rijnmond

Wim (80) rent zondag zijn laatste marathon ooit en wil record verbreken: 'Ik kan nog best goed meekomen'

‘Opa’ Wim gaat zondag de marathon van Rotterdam lopen. Het is zijn plan om Nederlands kampioen in de leeftijdscategorie 80+ te worden én het Nederlands record in deze categorie te verbreken. In de stad waar zijn marathonavontuur ooit begon, wil hij nu ook zijn laatste 42,195 kilometer lopen.

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Williams sign engineer from Mercedes for key technical role

Williams have announced the appointment of Dan Milner from rivals Mercedes to act as their new Chief Engineer – Vehicle Technology.

Palestijnse kinderen gemarteld in de Israëlische cel: rapport Save the Children wijst op onhoudbare situatie

Zo’n 350 Palestijnse kinderen in Israëlische gevangenissen worden gemarteld, seksueel misbruikt en uitgehongerd. Sinds 7 oktober 2023 is hun situatie enorm verslechterd. Een explosief rapport hierover van Save the Children, aanvankelijk onder Israëlische druk niet gepubliceerd, komt nu alsnog naar buiten.

Britse defensieminister: Russische onderzeeërs in Noordzee verjaagd

De Russen voerden ruim een maand lang een „geheime operatie uit”, met volgens Londen vermoedelijk als doel om de aanwezige „kritieke infrastructuur” in het gebied in kaart te brengen.

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The Fabulous Engineering and Design of Duct Tape

Bill Hammack, aka The Engineer Guy, is an amazing engineering educator and in this video he explains how duct tape is designed to simultaneously do three things well: “a) adhere with light pressure, b) stay in place, yet c) be removable”.

Controlling the stickiness of tape is of utmost importance. In fact, a key element of engineering tape is controlling its stickiness — and only by doing that can tape be wound into a useful roll. If the tape sticks too tightly to itself, we could not use it.

Gotta be honest: I was not expecting Silly Putty to make a relevant guest appearance during his explanation. And I love the ramp & ball test for tape stickiness near the end…a very elegant and simple bit of engineering:

Pressure sensitive tape predates much of the most elementary molecular understanding of adhesion; tape has been mass produced since the early twentieth century. That engineers developed and refined tape without this knowledge is no surprise — recall that the purpose of the engineering method is to solve problems before we have full scientific knowledge.

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Abi Castillo’s Ceramic Beings Contrast Delicacy With the Natural World

Abi Castillo’s Ceramic Beings Contrast Delicacy With the Natural World

Galicia, Spain-based artist Abi Castillo continues to create iterative self-portraits through her evolving ensemble of ceramic personas. Her delicate yet emotive figures are an invitation to consider the inner self, transformation, and the beauty of the natural world.

Femininity, nature, and symbolism play a central role within Castillo’s sculptures, contrasting with the notion of concealment and ambiguity. “This ambivalence between mysticism and drama, between monstrosity and beauty, is all very present,” she explains in an artist statement.

a ceramic sculpture by Abi Castillo of a white bird with a lock on its body, with floral and star-like pastel details

Though each ceramic character is distinct, her body of work carries overarching formal motifs including colorful hairstyles and wide eyes with light blue irises. Organic elements—such as flowers, insects, coral, and marine foliage—wrap themselves around Castillo’s figures, evoking a sense of protection through delicate armor.

Last time we checked in with Castillo, she mentioned plans to move into a larger studio, where she works now. The artist shares that this opportunity has given her larger creative freedom, and she is looking forward to an exciting year including a group exhibition with Beautiful Bizarre Magazine opening next week at Outré Gallery in Melbourne. For updates and studio views, find Castillo on Instagram.

a ceramic sculpture by Abi Castillo of a head with gray hair and a masked shaped like a butterfly around her eyes, with a smaller butterfly and caterpillar details
a ceramic sculpture by Abi Castillo of a head with blue hair, framed with blue flowers and butterflies
a ceramic sculpture by Abi Castillo of a head with fins as ears, coral details, and an anemone protruding from the top of its head
a ceramic sculpture by Abi Castillo of an intricately ornate vase and handheld mirror, adorned with mermaid details and gold accents
a ceramic sculpture by Abi Castillo of a head with corals protruding from the top of its head and sides, surrounded by small barnacle, seaweed, and bubble details
a ceramic sculpture by Abi Castillo of a head with blue hair, framed with blue flowers and butterflies
ceramic sculptures by Abi Castillo of a head with green hair and flowers with faces, surrounded by cute worms and colorful caterpillars

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Schaker Giri speelt remise en ziet koploper Sindarov uitlopen

PEGEIA (ANP) - Schaker Anish Giri is er bij het Kandidatentoernooi op Cyprus niet in geslaagd voor de derde keer op rij te winnen. Na zeges op Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa uit India en de Amerikaan Fabiano Caruana, moest de 31-jarige Nederlander donderdag in de tiende speelronde tegen de Amerikaan Hikaru Nakamura genoegen nemen met een remise.

Koploper Javokhir Sindarov won wel, van Praggnanandhaa. De Oezbeek vergrootte daarmee zijn voorsprong op nummer 2 Giri tot 2 punten. Na een rustdag op vrijdag volgt zaterdag de elfde speelronde.

De winnaar van het Kandidatentoernooi, dat duurt tot en met 16 april, strijdt om de wereldtitel tegen regerend kampioen Dommaraju Gukesh uit India.