OldGrowthCode
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“Dear friend, from my project I write to you in your project.” (apologies to Yiyun Li)
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I am going to do right by The Witcher 4's horse
aftermath.site/witcher-4-kelpie
aftermath.site/witcher-4-kelpie
June 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I am going to do right by The Witcher 4's horse
aftermath.site/witcher-4-kelpie
aftermath.site/witcher-4-kelpie
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Chief Meteorologist @mattdevittweather.bsky.social of WINK News reviews "Weather the Storm," a life-saving #VR simulation we developed and tested at the @ugavr.bsky.social, in collab with @noaa.gov, Clemson University, the National Hurricane Center, Georgia Sea Grant, and South Carolina Sea Grant.
March 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Chief Meteorologist @mattdevittweather.bsky.social of WINK News reviews "Weather the Storm," a life-saving #VR simulation we developed and tested at the @ugavr.bsky.social, in collab with @noaa.gov, Clemson University, the National Hurricane Center, Georgia Sea Grant, and South Carolina Sea Grant.
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Turning back to VR for a moment, I appreciate this smart framing of Meta’s headsets—that even if you don’t see ads when you turn them on they should still be considered ad-driven devices, since that’s ultimately what’s paying for all of it (Ali Bar-Zeev interviewed by Gabriele Romagnoli)
April 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Turning back to VR for a moment, I appreciate this smart framing of Meta’s headsets—that even if you don’t see ads when you turn them on they should still be considered ad-driven devices, since that’s ultimately what’s paying for all of it (Ali Bar-Zeev interviewed by Gabriele Romagnoli)
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Cute, but unless these other countries are willing to spend as much as the US on science, the brain drain will be to other professions (some completely unrelated to science).
Trump brain drain starts global tug-of-war for the best science minds
Some of America’s brightest are increasingly uncomfortable in a country where ideology threatens to constrain science
www.thetimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Cute, but unless these other countries are willing to spend as much as the US on science, the brain drain will be to other professions (some completely unrelated to science).
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If I could name one consistent feature of people who end up having miserly, paranoid, counterproductive politics, it would be this—the attitude that care should flow TOWARD you but not FROM you.
April 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If I could name one consistent feature of people who end up having miserly, paranoid, counterproductive politics, it would be this—the attitude that care should flow TOWARD you but not FROM you.
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by popular demand, I've unlocked this paid subscriber post so it's free for everyone ~
"Marathon" isn't a good metaphor, because marathons are a slog to be endured, and also, marathons end, whereas this is... interminable. But what if, hear me out,...
www.shesabeast.co/its-not-a-ma...
"Marathon" isn't a good metaphor, because marathons are a slog to be endured, and also, marathons end, whereas this is... interminable. But what if, hear me out,...
www.shesabeast.co/its-not-a-ma...
It's not a marathon or a sprint. It's strength training.
A motivational pep talk for these unprecedented times.
www.shesabeast.co
April 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
by popular demand, I've unlocked this paid subscriber post so it's free for everyone ~
"Marathon" isn't a good metaphor, because marathons are a slog to be endured, and also, marathons end, whereas this is... interminable. But what if, hear me out,...
www.shesabeast.co/its-not-a-ma...
"Marathon" isn't a good metaphor, because marathons are a slog to be endured, and also, marathons end, whereas this is... interminable. But what if, hear me out,...
www.shesabeast.co/its-not-a-ma...
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For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
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The most important thing for you to know as a software engineer is that if you destroy the computer with a hammer it cannot hurt you anymore
April 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The most important thing for you to know as a software engineer is that if you destroy the computer with a hammer it cannot hurt you anymore
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One of the things I think about often is a post I read probably twenty years ago from a math professor who was out walking on his beach with this dog, throwing a ball and watching the dog run out and catch it before it landed.
April 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
One of the things I think about often is a post I read probably twenty years ago from a math professor who was out walking on his beach with this dog, throwing a ball and watching the dog run out and catch it before it landed.
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Here's the article about burrowing owls I was interviewed for. I think it came out really well. 🪶https://www.kpbs.org/news/environment/2025/04/11/imperial-county-is-a-refuge-for-californias-vanishing-burrowing-owls-but-do-they-need-more-protection
April 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Here's the article about burrowing owls I was interviewed for. I think it came out really well. 🪶https://www.kpbs.org/news/environment/2025/04/11/imperial-county-is-a-refuge-for-californias-vanishing-burrowing-owls-but-do-they-need-more-protection
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I cannot emphasize enough how much I miss street dining and am furious so many outdoor spaces that reduced the risk of Covid-19 were taken away for PARKING SPACES
The NYC council voting for this downgrade was just such an own goal.
April 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how much I miss street dining and am furious so many outdoor spaces that reduced the risk of Covid-19 were taken away for PARKING SPACES
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I saw advice to buy extra cans of food when you’re at the grocery store to donate to the food bank.
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
April 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I saw advice to buy extra cans of food when you’re at the grocery store to donate to the food bank.
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
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We spent some quality time with a color changing squid today #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #colorchanging #chromatophores #cephalopod #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf
April 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We spent some quality time with a color changing squid today #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #colorchanging #chromatophores #cephalopod #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf
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firefox switched their default emoji font on linux from twemoji to noto, and I can't find anyone on the internet talking about it???
I had to git blame to even find the change: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
I had to git blame to even find the change: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
1939359 - Update default emoji font on Linux to prefer Noto Color Emoji [was: 🐦⬛ (🐦‍⬛) is rendered as a red bird followed by a black box, rather than a black bird]
RESOLVED (jfkthame) in Core - Layout: Text and Fonts. Last updated 2025-01-07.
bugzilla.mozilla.org
March 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
firefox switched their default emoji font on linux from twemoji to noto, and I can't find anyone on the internet talking about it???
I had to git blame to even find the change: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
I had to git blame to even find the change: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
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Mark Cerny answered a range of our questions on Sony's Amethyst collaboration with AMD - but the key headline is this: FSR 4 will be 're-implemented' for PlayStation 5 Pro as the next evolution of PSSR, coming to games in 2026: www.eurogamer.net/digitalfound...
Mark Cerny: FSR 4 for PS5 Pro is the "next evolution of PSSR"
Last week, AMD released its new wave of graphics hardware, developed around the new RDNA 4 architecture. Machine learni…
www.eurogamer.net
March 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Mark Cerny answered a range of our questions on Sony's Amethyst collaboration with AMD - but the key headline is this: FSR 4 will be 're-implemented' for PlayStation 5 Pro as the next evolution of PSSR, coming to games in 2026: www.eurogamer.net/digitalfound...
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I have just made the repo of my C++ STL replacement lib public on github. It's called Bedrock.
It's got the usual things, Vector, String, Atomic etc. but also a very good HashMap and few interesting allocators (details on blog: danglingpointers.com/post/bedrock...)
github.com/jlaumon/Bedr...
It's got the usual things, Vector, String, Atomic etc. but also a very good HashMap and few interesting allocators (details on blog: danglingpointers.com/post/bedrock...)
github.com/jlaumon/Bedr...
GitHub - jlaumon/Bedrock: Minimal C++20 STL replacement library. Simpler, smaller, and in many cases faster.
Minimal C++20 STL replacement library. Simpler, smaller, and in many cases faster. - jlaumon/Bedrock
github.com
December 30, 2024 at 1:08 PM
I have just made the repo of my C++ STL replacement lib public on github. It's called Bedrock.
It's got the usual things, Vector, String, Atomic etc. but also a very good HashMap and few interesting allocators (details on blog: danglingpointers.com/post/bedrock...)
github.com/jlaumon/Bedr...
It's got the usual things, Vector, String, Atomic etc. but also a very good HashMap and few interesting allocators (details on blog: danglingpointers.com/post/bedrock...)
github.com/jlaumon/Bedr...
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Like tiny yellow icicles, Mucronela flava is a fun little fungus to find. From afar, it just looks like some small yellow crust fungus, but upon close inspection, you'll notice that it's actually a very toothy mushroom! 🦷💛 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🍄 📷 🍄🟫
March 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Like tiny yellow icicles, Mucronela flava is a fun little fungus to find. From afar, it just looks like some small yellow crust fungus, but upon close inspection, you'll notice that it's actually a very toothy mushroom! 🦷💛 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🍄 📷 🍄🟫
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sometimes I have fun conversations on random subreddits that no one sees 😇
March 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
sometimes I have fun conversations on random subreddits that no one sees 😇
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Scary, unsettling times on this world. Meanwhile, 5,000 light years away, this beautiful giant cloud, the Dolphin Nebula, glows, blown by hot winds from a massive star. About 60 light years across, it covers an area about the size of a full moon in our skies. 🧪
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20030...
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20030...
March 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Scary, unsettling times on this world. Meanwhile, 5,000 light years away, this beautiful giant cloud, the Dolphin Nebula, glows, blown by hot winds from a massive star. About 60 light years across, it covers an area about the size of a full moon in our skies. 🧪
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20030...
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20030...
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Just showing some progress with re-building the player physics to be a bit less clunky, as well as major improvements to jump-through platforms and ledge grabbing, including grabbing onto moving platforms.
look at her go!
#gamedev #gamemaker #furrygame #indiegame
look at her go!
#gamedev #gamemaker #furrygame #indiegame
February 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Just showing some progress with re-building the player physics to be a bit less clunky, as well as major improvements to jump-through platforms and ledge grabbing, including grabbing onto moving platforms.
look at her go!
#gamedev #gamemaker #furrygame #indiegame
look at her go!
#gamedev #gamemaker #furrygame #indiegame
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I'm putting together a slide illustrating how generative AI is being forced on people even though they don't want it, and this is sort of funny.
Here's are Google's autocomplete suggestions for "google gemini how to", and Bing's autocomplete suggestions for for "microsoft copilot how to".
Here's are Google's autocomplete suggestions for "google gemini how to", and Bing's autocomplete suggestions for for "microsoft copilot how to".
March 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm putting together a slide illustrating how generative AI is being forced on people even though they don't want it, and this is sort of funny.
Here's are Google's autocomplete suggestions for "google gemini how to", and Bing's autocomplete suggestions for for "microsoft copilot how to".
Here's are Google's autocomplete suggestions for "google gemini how to", and Bing's autocomplete suggestions for for "microsoft copilot how to".
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It took me longer than I hoped to finish but I'm really happy about the outcome: My big picture piece about Musk and Trump visiting Fort Knox. The headline tells you what you need to know but its also a very accurate summary of every step of my argument
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
A Scam Built Atop an Accounting Gimmick Wrapped in Bullshit: Why Visiting Fort Knox Is Not About Selling Gold but is About Buying Bitcoin
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Twenty Two
Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Par...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It took me longer than I hoped to finish but I'm really happy about the outcome: My big picture piece about Musk and Trump visiting Fort Knox. The headline tells you what you need to know but its also a very accurate summary of every step of my argument
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
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I always really liked this restroom in Selaco.
I'm a sucker for multiple mirror recursions and I'm glad I found an excuse to put one in Chapter 1 lol
I'm a sucker for multiple mirror recursions and I'm glad I found an excuse to put one in Chapter 1 lol
February 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I always really liked this restroom in Selaco.
I'm a sucker for multiple mirror recursions and I'm glad I found an excuse to put one in Chapter 1 lol
I'm a sucker for multiple mirror recursions and I'm glad I found an excuse to put one in Chapter 1 lol
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