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Idiotic all around. Truly american.

quakeguyon libexpat now funded by the City of Munich for up to 6 months

Yes.

quakeguyon UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions

It takes one to know one, yep.

quakeguyon Frieve Vinyl Explained – Microscopic stylus/groove physics simulation

The visualisation of the detail in the groove is pretty eye-opening, seeing how much ”data“ is being stored as soundwaves in between the main grooves is astounding.

quakeguyon Show HN: Garden of Flowers – an archive of pictorial typography before ASCII art

I have found a pdf, it was on the InternetArchive, but got taken down there. AA has it!

quakeguyon Show HN: Garden of Flowers – an archive of pictorial typography before ASCII art

Very nice, i have a book in my library which you’ll find interesting.

Jeremy Adler and Ulrich Ernst

Text als Figur

https://www.amazon.de/Text-als-Figur-Visuelle-Moderne/dp/352...

It is full of pictures like you have collected.

Example:

https://imgur.com/a/mWL4kSs

Sadly it seems this book is rather rare.

quakeguyon War prediction markets are a national-security threat

I always wonder about when there is a cutoff about the grift, i mean there has to be a point when enough is enough. Who cares if its 4 or 5 billions in the end, thats more money one could reasonably spend in a lifetime. What drives this greed?

quakeguyon American importers and consumers bear the cost of 2025 tariffs: analysis

*acts against

quakeguyon Growing up in “404 Not Found”: China's nuclear city in the Gobi Desert

Damn, that looks awful, those tailings alone…

quakeguyon Growing up in “404 Not Found”: China's nuclear city in the Gobi Desert

Great article, thx for sharing it! What i want to know, where exactly is this city? I mean geographically, i even could not locate it on GMaps or the like?? I mean, i get it, thats the whole point isnt it? Still curious.

quakeguyon A laser pointer at 2B FPS [video]

Why?

quakeguyon I built my own phone because innovation is sad rn [video]

An App i suppose.

https://www.line.me/en/

quakeguyon The Kingett Guide to Free Pizza

Despite looking like a mess on mobile, this was a delightful read.

quakeguyon The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001)

Thx for the reply, but i only have more questions now… Good luck with your studies!

quakeguyon The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001)

Now we need to know more!

quakeguyon A 37-year-old wanting to learn computer science

With this username you will be muted, rightly so.

quakeguyon Robots move Shanghai city block [video]

The Sonic Youth Gig there was awesome ;)

quakeguyon The Level Design Book

Thank you very much!

quakeguyon A conversation about AI for science with Jason Pruet

They should invest in natural intelligence first.

quakeguyon Germany's 'Deutschlandticket' helps environment – study

Nothing new under the sun.

quakeguyon Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

He is talking about Schroeder, who was in on Gazprom after his tenure.

quakeguyon Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

He did meet with the german chancellor, days prior to the meeting with Merz and not in Munich but in Paris.

quakeguyon Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]

Franz Ferdinands death would be higher on that list i reckon.

quakeguyon New York claims a small victory in 'forever war on rats'

Anectodal but my cat brought home at least a dozen full grown rats in her lifetime. Sometimes afterwards she got sick, but only for 1-2 days. I don‘t know how many rats she just devoured before i could throw them in the thrash.

quakeguyon Fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and its not clear YouTube can stop it

There are games which, via menu settings, allow you to disable dmca‘ed music for the purpose of streaming and uploading your plays. Control is a game that has this iirc.

quakeguyon NASA says Boeing Starliner astronauts may fly home on SpaceX in 2025

May i ask why?

quakeguyon Cats appear to grieve death of fellow pets – even dogs, study finds

Every me needs a you.

quakeguyon Is Clear Air Turbulence becoming more common?

Exactly, air currents are becoming stronger with warmer conditions, but the gulfstream being a water current it is expected to become weaker.

quakeguyon TrenchBroom: A cross platform level editor for Quake-engine based games

Having met the creator of trenchbroom years ago, yes it is indeed named after this weapon, he confirmed it.