https://www.upworthy.com/womans-stair-renovation-reveal-is-une xpectedly-bringing-people-to-tears

January 24, 2024 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20the%20Upworthiest&body=New%20Post%3A%20%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter.upworthy.com%2Fp%2Fnew-post-1404) Sponsored by What you need for better GenAI applications [Learn more from Pinecone Research]( on how Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) using Pinecone serverless increases relevant answers from GPT-4 by 50%. - The larger the search data, the more “faithful” the results. - RAG with massive on-demand data outperforms GPT-4 (without RAG) by 50%, even with the data it was explicitly trained on. - RAG, with a lot of data, ensures state of the art performance no matter the LLM you choose, encouraging the use of different LLMs (e.g., open-source or private LLMs). [Woman’s stair renovation reveal is unexpectedly bringing people to tears]( Home improvement videos don't usually require a tissue warning, but this one does. A woman is sharing a video explaining how she refinished her stairs, and people are not prepared for the emotions that come with the big reno reveal. The video [from Shari Blivin on TikTok]( starts off like an [average home improvement video,]( panning up a wooden staircase that has some clear wear and tear as she explains how badly the steps needed refinishing. Several of the steps have partially worn-away finish, but one step looks particularly weathered. That step, she explains, was the Blivin's [dog's favorite spot](, and suddenly this average home reno video takes a tear-jerking turn. [Read the story]( [Europeans are admitting these 15 everyday American conveniences feel like a 'luxury']( Sometimes, you don't know how good you have it. Even though European countries and America are roughly on the same level [regarding development](, there are still some stark differences in their ways of life. Americans may look to Europe and feel a bit jealous over their free [healthcare systems]( and more laid-back approach to their [professional lives.]( But Europeans who visit America are also in awe of some of the everyday things that [Americans take]( for granted, which seem to be luxuries. A Reddit user named Prof_XdR asked Europeans on the [AskReddit subforum]( to share the everyday American things that they believe are luxuries, and the question received nearly 13,000 responses. [Read the story]( good good Add a comment... [Mom learns hack for getting seasoning bottles to unclog and it's blowing people's minds]( "The fact that I haven't known this for YEARS angers me." When we become adults with or without children we often realize that there were some things that [get left out when our parents were teaching us]( how to adult. Sometimes it's because our parents were never taught while other times it's because they didn't get around to it. Either way adults end up calling their parents, looking it up or stumbling across it by accident while scrolling social media. One mom, Cara, who runs the Instagram account [Chaos with Cara](, did just that and she took to her own social media page to share her discovery so others wouldn't struggle. Cara experienced what many people experience when using spices from a bottle over a hot stove–the clog. All the spices settle at the top and clog the holes so nothing comes out. A lot of folks just shake harder or turn the bottle back to its bottom and try again experiencing the frustrating clog once more. [Read the story]( [Former FBI agent and spy catcher shares the body language myths we erroneously believe]( Joe Navarro's insights are fascinating—but you probably don't want to play poker with him. If there's one guy you don't want to play poker with, it's Joe Navarro. As a former FBI agent, Navarro's job was to catch spies—people whose entire job entails tricking people into thinking they are something they're not. In his 25-year career with the FBI, Navarro became an expert in [body language]( and non-verbal communication. In fact, he's written multiple books on the subject, including ["What Every Body Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People"]( and ["The Dictionary of Body Language: A Field Guide to Human Behavior."]( Navarro shared with WIRED some of the myths surrounding [body language](—or "non-verbals"—and some of them are so common, we probably don't even question whether they're true. [Read the story]( [fb]( [tw]( [ig]( [yt]( [tk]( [in]( Update your email preferences or unsubscribe [here]( © 2024 GOOD | Upworthy. All rights reserved 1370 N St Andrews Pl Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States of America [[beehiiv logo]Powered by beehiiv](