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WebGL Raytracer

oseiskar.github.io
3 points·by xyzzy3000·5 mesi fa·0 comments

UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about struggle to spot illegal ads

theregister.com
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Trial by jury is a right that needs protecting

ft.com
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Rockstar co-founder compares AI to 'mad cow disease,'

pcgamer.com
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The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6 [video]

youtube.com
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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 xyzzy3000·9 mesi fa·52 comments

China wants to rid itself of Western tech by 2027 (2024)

tomshardware.com
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Design-Driven Deception of Face Recognition: An Empirical Study

dl.acm.org
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Friedrich Engels 'took creative liberties' with descriptions of class divides

theguardian.com
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Dutch restrict Nexperia to keep its chip secrets outside of China

techzine.eu
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Governing in the Age of AI: A New Model to Transform the State (2024)

institute.global
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Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

theguardian.com
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History of mass surveillance in the United Kingdom

en.wikipedia.org
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Monad Manifesto (2002) [pdf]

jsnover.com
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Tony Blair: Bring in digital IDs to get tough on populism

thetimes.com
4 points·by xyzzy3000·9 mesi fa·1 comments

The Camera-Shy Hoodie

macpierce.com
11 points·by xyzzy3000·10 mesi fa·4 comments

Teens turned their rooms into tech-free zones. This was the result

bbc.co.uk
52 points·by xyzzy3000·10 mesi fa·32 comments

Berlin Interpretation (2008)

roguebasin.com
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xyzzy3000
·26 giorni fa·discuss
The wheel in the photo is on the left, which is wrong in Japan. Domestic Japanese vehicles have the steering wheel on the right.
xyzzy3000
·26 giorni fa·discuss
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.
xyzzy3000
·5 mesi fa·discuss
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating".
xyzzy3000
·7 mesi fa·discuss
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 such as 1080p.

It's hinted at in this tutorial, but you'd have to go through the Programmer's Reference Manual for the full details: https://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/risc-os/wimp-prog/window-theo...

RISC OS 3.5 (1994) was still 2MB in size, supplied on ROM.
xyzzy3000
·7 mesi fa·discuss
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.
xyzzy3000
·8 mesi fa·discuss
Is there a copy of this dataset available for download, or held at the Internet Archive?
xyzzy3000
·8 mesi fa·discuss
An influential architect whose ideas form the basis of 'design patterns' in software development.
xyzzy3000
·9 mesi fa·discuss
Also this associated toolkit: https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/ebu/files/Publications/M...
xyzzy3000
·9 mesi fa·discuss
Some inside stories here, from the writer: https://allowe.com/games/larry.html
xyzzy3000
·9 mesi fa·discuss
What's the patent encumberment status of this algorithm?
xyzzy3000
·9 mesi fa·discuss
"free-loading"
xyzzy3000
·9 mesi fa·discuss
Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45459963
xyzzy3000
·9 mesi fa·discuss
In the north of England it is still commonly 'tyoob'.
xyzzy3000
·10 mesi fa·discuss
And the co-creator of ARM, Sophie Wilson, still works for Broadcom - the company which bought part of the remnants of Acorn (Element 14). This is where Eben Upton worked before going off to start the Raspberry Pi foundation.

Jack Lang was involved in the Pi, having also been involved in Netchannel, the STB company which used the Acorn technology and had funding from Hermann Hauser, co-founder of Acorn.

David Braben, co-author of Elite (and author of Zarch/Lander for the Acorn Archimedes) was an early Pi supporter.
xyzzy3000
·10 mesi fa·discuss
The petition against this has so far managed to surpass the one opposing online age verification:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
xyzzy3000
·10 mesi fa·discuss
Acorn Archimedes 400 series, and the 500 series that followed it (in practice only the A540). The original ARM workstations.

The single board computer Pi naming scheme is based on the BBC Micro (Model A, Model B).

As for the 'plus' - Acorn A7000+ was the last of the Acorn desktop computers to be released.

There is a heavy Acorn influence with Raspberry Pi, for good reason.
xyzzy3000
·10 mesi fa·discuss
"all you need to do is subscribe to my newsletter"
xyzzy3000
·10 mesi fa·discuss
"The camera-shy mackintosh"