User parameters for Shiny applications(2025-05-17 20:00:09)

tl;dr Once the login package is installed, you can run two demos using the following commands: shiny::runApp(paste0(find.package('login'), '/user_params/')) https://github.com/jbryer/login/blob/main/inst/user_params/app.R shiny::runApp(paste0(fi... Cont… Read more

Rocko's Modern Life, Pepper Ann Composer Reflects on Shows' Legacies(2025-05-17 19:00:08)

Composer Pat Irwin has amassed an impressive nearly four-decade career in film and television, working across several genres, including horror, thriller, comedy, and drama. One of his earliest works was the beloved Nickelodeon animated series Rocko's Modern L… Read more

Alex G Announces Tour With Nilüfer Yanya(2025-05-17 18:00:08)

The musicians will play North American shows together in September and October Read more

A Software Engineer Who Was Replaced by AI Was Forced to Live in a Trailer After Getting Rejected from 800 Jobs(2025-05-17 17:00:04)

It sounds like the opening plot of a dystopian SciFi movie. Though even the best AI models struggle to solve the majority of coding problems, that didn't stop one man's penny-pinching employers from replacing him with the tech anyway. Shawn Kay was a software… Read more

12 Cool Games We Saw At PAX East, A Fond Farewell To Andor, And More Of The Week's Takes(2025-05-17 17:00:04)

This week, we share our boots-on-the-ground takeaways about some of the best games we saw at PAX East, bid the great Star Wars Andor a fond farewell, and talk about just how much it’s possible to get attached to a particular type of keyboard, even years after it stops being manufactured.

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