All posts tagged: creating

I made one Windows file exist in two folders without creating a second copy

I made one Windows file exist in two folders without creating a second copy

Published by Miika Tikkanen

If you ask almost anyone where a file is on Windows, they’ll name a folder, and I would usually agree. But after making a single text file live in two different folders, with no copies involved, I started looking at things differently. There’s a built-in mechanism on Windows for this, and all you need is a single command. I tested it by trying to break things; I edited, deleted, moved it between drives, and got results I didn’t expect. Related Windows wouldn’t let me use the free space on my own drive, so I bypassed its limit Taking Windows out of the room changed everything. One file, two folders I checked whether Windows had stored another gigabyte To start, I created a plain text file called original.txt, and placed it in a folder called Projects. Then I opened the Command Prompt and ran this command: mklink /H C:\Test\Archive\second-name.txt C:\Test\Projects\original.txt The command created a hard link, giving the same file data a second name: second-name.txt. It pointed directly to the same file’s data I had created. …

AI is creating jobs as well as erasing them – but how rewarding are they?

AI is creating jobs as well as erasing them – but how rewarding are they?

Published by Miika Tikkanen

Don’t believe the hype about AI taking over all forms of work. Most of the evidence to date suggests large-scale job losses are limited. But what is changing is the way work is organised. One area of increased employment is in people “cleaning up” after large language models (LLMs), or quality controlling them. The sales pitch is that these AI systems can program code, write reports, analyse data and automate routine decisions faster and better than humans, all at negligible marginal cost. In theory, this should free people to focus on higher-level thinking, and leisure. In practice, AI agents produce vast amounts of “almost right” output – but there are still errors, hallucinations and odd gaps in judgment that a real person has to catch. The resulting jobs, often known as AI remediation, vary in their skill and remuneration levels. Some AI companies are now hiring experienced professionals in many different fields to ensure their agents are producing work of requisite quality – and to help them change that if not. But there is also …

Bravo is creating unscripted microdramas for the Peacock app

Bravo is creating unscripted microdramas for the Peacock app

Published by Miika Tikkanen

It’s about time that the microdrama trend has gone mainstream. As microdrama apps like ReelShort and DramaBox quietly rake in billions, Peacock announced on Monday that’s launching two unscripted Bravo microdramas, which will stream on its app. These are vertical video series, with episodes around 60 to 90 seconds, are designed for a quick, TikTok-like viewing experience. “Salon Confessionals with Madison LeCroy” will feature the “Southern Charm” star as she gives her clients a makeover while they tell her their most dramatic stories. “Campus Confidential: Miami” spotlights a group of college students including Georgia Gay, daughter of Heather Gay from “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.” According to Peacock, this marks the first time that a major U.S. streaming platform has produced microdramas — and it was bound to happen. First popularized in China, microdrama apps are poised to have a breakout year in the U.S. app market. According to the app intelligence firm Appfigures, ReelShort reached roughly $1.2 billion in gross consumer spending in 2025, up 119% from 2024; another leading app, DramaBox, …

Yellowstone’s supervolcano is creating a 19-mile bulge

Yellowstone’s supervolcano is creating a 19-mile bulge

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In Yellowstone National Park, a bulge the size of 279 football fields has risen by an inch since last July. With no signs of slowing down, the bump that’s roughly 19 miles across may cause some worry that the iconic locale’s hibernating supervolcano is readying for an apocalyptic reawakening. Although impressed by the situation, the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory’s scientist-in-charge doesn’t sound particularly worried. “I think it’s pretty stunning even if it’s not particularly unusual,” Mike Poland recently explained to Cowboy State Daily. This particular example of uplift or deformation is occurring at the northern rim of Yellowstone Caldera in northwest Wyoming. However, it’s far from the first time researchers documented the geological occurrence. The most recent instance spanned around 16 years before wrapping up in 2020. In 1996, yet another deformation took place over four years. These events aren’t visible to the average park visitor, but they can be dramatic when viewed by highly sensitive seismological equipment and other …

Why We Like Creating New Year’s Resolutions

Why We Like Creating New Year’s Resolutions

Published by Sam Flores

A new year. A new school year. A new week. Mental health experts say our brains are naturally drawn to fresh starts, wired to find motivation in new beginnings. These moments act like a psychological reset button, nudging us toward self-reflection, habit-building and behaviour change. Yet despite making resolutions year after year, many of us struggle to stick with them. Why do we keep coming back for more? Here’s why we crave resolutions and how to harness them in a way that actually boosts productivity and keeps momentum going, helping you feel more accomplished all year long. Why Our Brain Is Drawn To Making Resolutions Though the start of a new year has long been tied to making resolutions, there’s more behind the tradition than just cultural habit. “For many, fresh starts feel hopeful,” said Jennifer Birdsall, a board-certified, licensed clinical psychologist and chief clinical officer at ComPsych. “Psychologically, they allow people to release the baggage of past experiences, including failures, and set forth on goals with renewed energy and optimism.” This ties into what …

Flamingos hunt by creating their own underwater tornadoes

Flamingos hunt by creating their own underwater tornadoes

Published by Miika Tikkanen

birds: Warm-blooded dinosaurs with wings that first showed up at least 150 million years ago. Birds are jacketed in feathers and produce young from the eggs they deposit in some sort of nest. Most birds fly, but throughout history there have been the occasional species that don’t. brine: Water that is salty, often far saltier than seawater. choreograph: (n. choreography) The process of planning or designing each step in a complicated performance (be it dance, ice skating or the movements across the stage in some play). Or it can be setting the controls to set the role of each participant in some precision operation (such as battlefield plan of attack or marching band’s half-time display). The person who does this planning is known as a choreographer. family: A taxonomic group consisting of at least one genus of organisms. filter: (n.) Something that allows some materials to pass through but not others, based on their size or some other feature. (v.) The process of screening some things out on the basis of traits such as size, density, …