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extraduder_ire··on Excel now supports multiple values in a single cell
They don't seem to mention a specific file or excel version this is supported from.

Can someone with access to this say what happens when you open one of these sheets in an older version of excel that doesn't support this feature?

extraduder_ire··on I wrote a ray tracer in Brainfuck
There have been some other attempts to build compilers that output brainfuck.

This one supports some LLVM IR instructions: https://github.com/caozhanhao/llvm-brainfuck

There's a list of others here, with asm2bf seeming the most complete: https://esolangs.org/wiki/Brainfuck_code_generation

extraduder_ire··on Katamari Object Library
I saw this a while back, and I'm surprised it doesn't have size and mass data (both very important when you're playing the game).
extraduder_ire··on UK military jamming other nations' satellites to defend itself, BBC told
You pretty much have to do this to knock out starlink (or similar constellations in future). There's so many currently deployed and they can be launched with such cadence that knocking them all out isn't feasible.
extraduder_ire··on Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series
In case anyone else is wondering what they mean by linux support;

> We're upstreaming core drivers for Snapdragon X2 Series — including the Hexagon NPU and Adreno GPU — to open the door to developers and partners.

Glad this isn't going to be some semi-proprietary thing like support for chromebooks. Hopefully it continues.

extraduder_ire··on The secret nuclear material the US forgot how to make
Why did you editorialise the title?
extraduder_ire··on Linux on ESP32
On linux on an esp32? Doubtful that would even work.

There have been esp32 ports of doom for a decade though. Here's a current one: https://github.com/AmirhoseinMasoumi/ESP32-DOOM

extraduder_ire··on Linux on ESP32
I can't find it now, but someone ported nommu linux to those cortex-m3 "bluepill" development boards that could be bought for ~$2 (they were built wrong and liquidated for a massive discount).

Seeing the title of this submission reminded me of it because I messed around with it a bit a few years ago.

extraduder_ire··on The most official water costs $120k a gallon
I hadn't put much thought into why it was called "Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water".

My first hint should have been that Austria is landlocked.

extraduder_ire··on VLC for Unity now supported on Linux
It's still being developed outside of Canonical. The latest release of an Ubuntu version is 26.04.

https://unityd.org/

extraduder_ire··on The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel
> Granted I was using my US passport, not my EU

Then you're American as far as they're concerned. Citizenship isn't something you can tell at a glance or determine by measuring a person.

extraduder_ire··on Gleam Is Now on Tangled
Does it? I just tried logging in without typing the full username and it didn't work.
extraduder_ire··on C++20 Improved the For-Loop Syntax
fmt:print from fmtlib has been around for at least a decade, though having it be in the spec by default now is nice.

Even in c++20, you could use format() to do most of what you'd want from it.

extraduder_ire··on I'm a USB-C Maximalist
I think they're describing how you can force the two pins of a europlug into a type-G socket, if you first stick a screwdriver or key or something into the earth pin to open the shutters.

This will give you access to electricity, but the contact area is much smaller than it's designed for (round pins in a rectangular hole), so using it for anything high wattage will end poorly.

An often overlooked part of the BSA spec for type-G sockets is they're supposed to have a flat surface surrounding the socket large enough to prevent you using the earth pin of an upside down plug to do this.

extraduder_ire··on Interrail: 6,379Km and 13 Countries over 7 weeks
Any of the series of jetlag the game[0] set in Europe basically function as a free advertisement for eurail.

0: https://www.youtube.com/@jetlagthegame

extraduder_ire··on Interrail: 6,379Km and 13 Countries over 7 weeks
I think specifically, it's only one journey out and one journey in.

If you are eligible to get an eurail pass instead, you should. Costs the same last I checked and doesn't exclude your home country.

extraduder_ire··on Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera
Thanks!

I think that was added after I made posted that comment. I remember using ctrl-f to search for "1" and didn't see it.

extraduder_ire··on Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software
Every single Call of Duty disc since at least CoD 3 has had "This product contains software technology licensed from Id Software ("Id Technology"). Id Technology © 1999-20* Id Software, Inc." printed on it.
extraduder_ire··on Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software
Is UE5 used in many without post processing or other VFX on top?

As far as I know, the heaviest use of it is driving lighting volumes which by their nature are hard to notice fine details in.

extraduder_ire··on Show HN: QR code renderer in a TrueType font
I am surprised no browser/OS that I've seen allows scanning them from the screen using an interface like the one used to take a screenshot.
extraduder_ire··on Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera
> Starting July 7, 2026, every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera aimed at your face. Glance at your phone, your kids in the back seat, or the radio for too long, and the car will flash a warning light and sound an alert.[1]

Is the [1] meant to be a footnote pointing to the law or something? I don't see that anywhere on the page.

extraduder_ire··on Resetting Xbox
17 years, if you include the Japan-only Tomodachi Collection for the DS.
extraduder_ire··on OpenPrinter
Can you link any examples? Very curious to learn.
extraduder_ire··on OpenPrinter
Are any of those printers inkjets? I think tracking dots are strictly a laser printer thing.
extraduder_ire··on Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
Does the switch's "Match Version with Local Users" feature on the software update menu work for this, or is an internet connection strictly required the first time you insert a key card?
extraduder_ire··on Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
If you're only counting ones not on their previous consoles. How easy it is to disassemble and clean is a change from prior playstations too.
extraduder_ire··on Babel-USB: USB drive with every file
That was my reaction too. Most of what I wanted to know from the video is how it would emulate a filesystem that does that.
extraduder_ire··on Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM
Everything on their website has a date they promise to manufacture them until.

They really want to assure people that they can get a near identical replacement for years to come if they want to build a product or deploy one somewhere.

extraduder_ire··on Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM
Intel has released CPUs that support multiple memory standards, but it's up to motherboard manufacturers to wire them up correctly and it's one or the other not both.

Boards with both slots on them have started to be released due to this current ram squeeze. e.g. ASRock's H610M COMBO board[0] has 4 DDR5 and 2 DDR4 slots

[0]: https://asrock.com/MB/Intel/H610M%20COMBO/index.vn.asp#Overv...

extraduder_ire··on Babel-USB: USB drive with every file
Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6rkhvdAqHU - This Flash Drive has Literally Every File

The contents of the file are based on the path used to access it, correct. It uses MTP rather than emulating a normal flash drive though, which makes this kind of project much easier.

They also suggest that you can do other things using the same technique, like hiding a folder unless you know its exact name, only showing files if you navigate to certain other folders first, or because the esp32 stick being used contains a screen it could run a copy of doom controlled by navigating through folders.

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