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Perfectly Nice People Who Leave Bad First Impressions Usually Do 11 Odd Things Without Realizing

Perfectly Nice People Who Leave Bad First Impressions Usually Do 11 Odd Things Without Realizing

Published by Jenni Sidey

We all love spending time with kind people. Their energy lights up a room, and they can make us feel comfortable without trying. These are the types of people most of us are drawn to. They seem like great friends. However, some perfectly nice people do not leave this impression behind. After spending time with them, you may notice that something about their behavior was a little off. It could be the overall vibe they brought to the conversation, but they may also have said things that left you feeling a little uncomfortable. Maybe they were too honest, or were constantly bragging about their achievements. There was nothing directly mean about them, but their odd behavior left you with a bad first impression. If you recognize any of these behaviors, you may find the reason why that nice person didn’t turn into someone you saw again. Perfectly nice people who leave bad first impressions usually do 11 odd things without realizing 1. They constantly brag Konstantin Postumitenko from Prostock-studio via Canva I love hearing about …

Early visitors’ first impressions of LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries

Early visitors’ first impressions of LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries

Published by Sam Flores

The excitement was palpable Sunday, opening day for David Geffen Galleries, LACMA’s new $724-million building that’s been sparking debate since its inception. Shortly before 11 a.m., a long line formed along the Wilshire Boulevard sidewalk. The colossal concrete building, which floats over the corridor and has been likened by some to a freeway overpass, shielded visitors from the bright sun. About 3,000 members visited the gallery during regular hours that day. (Another 950 people visited during a Sunday evening reception, not to be confused with its celebrity-studded gala Thursday.) The crowd included artists, educators and at least one architect who hopped on a plane to California with the singular goal of seeing the galleries. Share via Close extra sharing options The new Erewhon cafe in the museum, announced last week, was bustling. At around 1 p.m., a line extended out the door and into the plaza, where many people sipped on the chain’s famous $21 “strawberry glaze” smoothies and munched on $18 prepackaged Thai tofu salads. For years, Angelenos have been talking about the building …

Doctor Who’s Arthur Darvill on first impressions of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan

Doctor Who’s Arthur Darvill on first impressions of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan

Published by Daniella Wilson

Doctor Who star Arthur Darvill has looked back on his bond with co-stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, recalling the instant chemistry between them. The trio starred together in the BBC sci-fi from 2010 to 2012, heralding in a new era of the series with then-showrunner Steven Moffat. While Smith starred as the Eleventh Doctor, taking over from David Tennant, Gillan starred as companion Amy Pond and Darvill played her husband (and, later, a companion in his own right), Rory Williams. But, before starring in Doctor Who together, Darvill and Smith met when they were cast in the stage adaptation of Swimming With Sharks. Speaking exclusively to Radio Times, Darvill recalled of his bond with Smith: “I just felt like we were kindred spirits. We were thrown into this play – it was quite difficult process, the play, it was called Swimming with Sharks. It was Christian Slater and Helen Baxendale and Matt and me. “It was my first time on a West End stage. I was like, ‘Yes, this is great.’ The first days …

Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai robot vacuum first impressions: Not exactly the comeback story Dyson needed

Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai robot vacuum first impressions: Not exactly the comeback story Dyson needed

Published by skeptic

Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsWhat’s special about the Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai?Is the Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai’s cleaning really that smart?When it’s thorough, it’s thorough. But when it’s not…Other factors I’m keeping an eye on Dyson had nowhere to go but up after its last robot vacuum. You don’t even need to test the new Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai to already know that it completely dunks on the 2024 Dyson 360 Vis Nav any way you dice it. Still, as the third Dyson robot vacuum attempt after two flop releases, there’s a lot riding on the Spot+Scrub Ai’s success. If it sells well, that means the 360 Vis Nav truly was just a fluke. But if the Spot+Scrub Ai can’t compete with the best robot vacuums of 2026 from other brands, perhaps it’s time to accept that we don’t always need to force the “stick vacuum brand to robot vacuum brand” pipeline. For the past few days, I’ve been trying the Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai at home against top flagship Roborock and Dreame models. My …

The MacRumors Show: MacBook Neo First Impressions

The MacRumors Show: MacBook Neo First Impressions

Published by skeptic

On this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss first impressions of the MacBook Neo, Studio Display XDR, and iPhone 17e. Following its announcement last week, the ‌MacBook Neo‌ arrived this week. Unlike every other Apple silicon Mac, the ‌MacBook Neo‌ is powered by the A18 Pro chip originally developed for the iPhone 16 Pro, making it the first Mac to use an iPhone-class processor instead of an M-series chip. To reach its substantially lower price point, the ‌MacBook Neo‌ makes some compromises. Unlike the MacBook Air, it does not feature keyboard backlighting, a haptic trackpad, P3 wide color, True Tone, ambient light sensing, a camera indicator LED, MagSafe charging, Thunderbolt connectivity, or a 12-megapixel camera with Center Stage, nor does it come with Touch ID as standard. It is also thicker with a slightly reduced battery life, and has larger borders around the slightly smaller display. That being said, it is $500 cheaper than a ‌MacBook Air‌ and is designed to compete with lower-cost Windows laptops and Chromebooks, while expanding the Mac lineup …

Google Gemini 3.1 Pro first impressions: a ‘Deep Think Mini’ with adjustable reasoning on demand

Google Gemini 3.1 Pro first impressions: a ‘Deep Think Mini’ with adjustable reasoning on demand

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For the past three months, Google’s Gemini 3 Pro has held its ground as one of the most capable frontier models available. But in the fast-moving world of AI, three months is a lifetime — and competitors have not been standing still. Earlier today, Google released Gemini 3.1 Pro, an update that brings a key innovation to the company’s workhorse power model: three levels of adjustable thinking that effectively turn it into a lightweight version of Google’s specialized Deep Think reasoning system. The release marks the first time Google has issued a “point one” update to a Gemini model, signaling a shift in the company’s release strategy from periodic full-version launches to more frequent incremental upgrades. More importantly for enterprise AI teams evaluating their model stack, 3.1 Pro’s new three-tier thinking system — low, medium, and high — gives developers and IT leaders a single model that can scale its reasoning effort dynamically, from quick responses for routine queries up to multi-minute deep reasoning sessions for complex problems. The model is rolling out now in …