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turbohz··on Gang crisis shaking Sweden
About binary thinking....
turbohz··on Windows 10 PC will soon be 'junk'
The alternative is Linux
turbohz··on Revert Web Environment Integrity
It's that simple, really
turbohz··on My Caste
Works on my computer!
turbohz··on The Janet Language
Janet does indeed have those.
turbohz··on The technology behind Bella Hadid’s spray-on dress
Where there's a web, there's gotta be a spider?
turbohz··on John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
Are you suggesting that all reality sensory input is equally relevant?
turbohz··on Shazam turns 20
The closest to the ideal signature?
turbohz··on A Review of Shader Languages
There's SHADERed (https://github.com/dfranx/SHADERed).

I've only done very basic shader stuff, but it helped me when I got stuck.

turbohz··on A patent troll backs off
> Every time a company settles it just funds the trolls to wreak more havoc. This is especially true for companies larger than $100 million in revenue. I’m looking at you Texas Instruments, VIA Technologies, Renesas, ASUS, Caterpillar, Nuvision International, and Netgear, just to name a few of the companies that have dealt with Jason Nguyen’s Altair Logix. When you roll over and pay the trolls it hurts smaller companies terribly.

I wonder if those companies consider this a "feature"?

turbohz··on Control your data for good with Mozilla Rally
https://rally.mozilla.org
turbohz··on China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more than three hours/week
This is because not all videogames are equal and, of course, not all people are equal.

Even among online games, there's a huge variety of experiences available.

I'm not against regulation, just not overbroad.

turbohz··on China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more than three hours/week
Would reading too many books be destructive?

Edit: and too many newspapers?

turbohz··on Summary After Four Months with Ada
The compiler should be able to provide it
turbohz··on Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers
This needs more exposure.
turbohz··on Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to the homescreen
I got one for many years, haven't seen any ads ever.

EDIT: wait, what ads are they talking about? OK, I see suggestions of Disney+ shows, and I don't have neither a subscription nor the app installed

turbohz··on Boston public schools suspend advanced learning classes
And it's totally fine and fair
turbohz··on ‘Deep Nostalgia’ can turn old photos of your relatives into moving videos
Imagine they use your appearance to sell insurance to your relatives...
turbohz··on Paleontologists are trying to understand why the fossil record is mostly males
Typical "I know more than the experts" answer.
turbohz··on Portable MRI promises to provide immediate diagnosis in virtually any setting
Most people won't even try!
turbohz··on Facebook Moves to Limit Election Chaos in November
You're in the bubble
turbohz··on Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will last, health experts say
The question is how long will it remain contained?
turbohz··on How SNES emulators got a few pixels from complete perfection
Yes. Nowadays, you'd use an Everdrive.

https://gamesconnection.co.uk/blogs/games-connection/what-is...

In the past, even when the console was still on sale, there were game backup devices.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_backup_device

turbohz··on Zapping Nuclear Waste in Minutes Is Nobel Winner’s Holy Grail Quest
Energy from other sources, such as renewals could be used. The disposal could be scheduled when those are generated in excess.
turbohz··on GDPR Feels Useless
Uh? Couldn't a hash be used for that?
turbohz··on Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonize
Maybe that's a feature. Forcing to make more efficient use of energy.
turbohz··on GitHub install upload filters to comply with new EU copyright directive
I hate April 1st
turbohz··on Women: Learn to Program This Summer
You're the one calling it an overcorrection. To me it is a weight scaling correction
turbohz··on Dynimize: Speed Up MySQL with CPU Performance Virtualization
I wonder if similar techniques can be applied to PC games. Specially for older ones, considering they use less threads and certain CPU features where not available at the time.
turbohz··on Preventative care doesn't save money
"... but it improves quality of life at a very reasonable price."
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