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by xyzzy3000 8d ago
The repo: https://github.com/doldecomp/melee
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YouTube Moves to Ban Nerd Reich Podcast(thenerdreich.com)
5 points by xyzzy3000 14d ago|1 comments
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by xyzzy3000 1mo ago
No, I disagree with you here - it isn't one user and certainly not an abuser. This is reputationally damaging, and doubling down is not helping. Arguably, the doubling down is the most damaging part. An absence of open expression of di
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Gunther von Hagens, creator of Body Worlds and plastination, dies aged 81(theguardian.com)
2 points by xyzzy3000 2mo ago|0 comments
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by xyzzy3000 3mo ago
The wheel in the photo is on the left, which is wrong in Japan. Domestic Japanese vehicles have the steering wheel on the right.
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by xyzzy3000 3mo ago
The car in the article has the steering wheel on the left, which is the wrong side for vehicles driving on the left-hand side of the road. Domestically-produced cars in both the UK and Japan have the steering wheel on the right.
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by xyzzy3000 7mo ago
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating".
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WebGL Raytracer(oseiskar.github.io)
3 points by xyzzy3000 8mo ago|0 comments
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UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about struggle to spot illegal ads(theregister.com)
5 points by xyzzy3000 8mo ago|0 comments
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by xyzzy3000 9mo ago
RISC OS has the concept of "OS units" which don't map directly onto pixels 1:1, and it was possible to fiddle with the ratio on the RiscPC from 1994 onwards, giving reasonably-scaled windows and icons in high-resolution modes
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by xyzzy3000 9mo ago
That's only RISC OS 2 though. RISC OS 3 was 2MB, and even 3.7 didn't have everything in ROM as Acorn had introduced the !Boot directory for softloading a large amount of 'stuff' at boot time.
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Trial by jury is a right that needs protecting(ft.com)
31 points by xyzzy3000 10mo ago|8 comments
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Rockstar co-founder compares AI to 'mad cow disease,'(pcgamer.com)
9 points by xyzzy3000 10mo ago|0 comments
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The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6 [video](youtube.com)
1 points by xyzzy3000 10mo ago|0 comments
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by xyzzy3000 10mo ago
Is there a copy of this dataset available for download, or held at the Internet Archive?
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by xyzzy3000 11mo ago
An influential architect whose ideas form the basis of 'design patterns' in software development.
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Britain's most tattooed man says UK's age check told him to "remove his face"(dexerto.com)
62 points by xyzzy3000 11mo ago|52 comments
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China wants to rid itself of Western tech by 2027 (2024)(tomshardware.com)
6 points by xyzzy3000 11mo ago|0 comments
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Design-Driven Deception of Face Recognition: An Empirical Study(dl.acm.org)
2 points by xyzzy3000 11mo ago|0 comments
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by xyzzy3000 11mo ago
Also this associated toolkit: https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/ebu/files/Publications/M...
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Friedrich Engels 'took creative liberties' with descriptions of class divides(theguardian.com)
6 points by xyzzy3000 11mo ago|0 comments
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by xyzzy3000 11mo ago
Some inside stories here, from the writer: https://allowe.com/games/larry.html
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Dutch restrict Nexperia to keep its chip secrets outside of China(techzine.eu)
13 points by xyzzy3000 11mo ago|0 comments
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Governing in the Age of AI: A New Model to Transform the State (2024)(institute.global)
1 points by xyzzy3000 11mo ago|0 comments
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Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister(theguardian.com)
4 points by xyzzy3000 11mo ago|0 comments
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by xyzzy3000 1y ago
What's the patent encumberment status of this algorithm?
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History of mass surveillance in the United Kingdom(en.wikipedia.org)
10 points by xyzzy3000 1y ago|0 comments
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by xyzzy3000 1y ago
"free-loading"
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by xyzzy3000 1y ago
Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45459963
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by xyzzy3000 1y ago
In the north of England it is still commonly 'tyoob'.

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