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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Independence Day in Bangladesh

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Popeye statue unveiled, Crystal City TX Spinach Festival, 1937

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: David Packard died, 1996; age of 83

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Benjamin Thompson born, 1753, Count Rumford; physicist

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Weather: ☁️ Overcast, +38°F, 67%, →19mph, 1010hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 09:06:50-0400 | Dawn: 06:34:35 | Sunrise: 07:03:36
Zenith: 13:16:19 | Sunset: 19:29:22 | Dusk: 19:58:28
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“Hey, I don’t make the rules.”

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/indecision.png

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

if you're using ascii you just need to add 0x30 to your bcd digits. In the original Super Mario Bros, the number characters are right at the start of the pattern table so they don't even need to offset them.

Not that the stock NES supports decimal mode, though

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

When I first heard about binary coded decimal it sounded like such an eccentric feature, and then the second I actually touched real live 6502 assembly I realized how amazing it is on a computer without multiply/divide instructions to have a way to directly operate on display-ready representations of numbers

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder who predicted rise of the PC, dies at 94

RIP

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/25/gordon-moore-intel-co-founder-who-predicted-rise-of-the-pc-dies-at-94

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evanw@hachyderm.io ("Evan Wallace") wrote:

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

After a few failures to capture people's requests correctly, spent a few minutes on a netlify form to make it easier to request Anti-JavaScript-Javascript-Club stickers:

https://infrequently.org/stickers/

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

I've been doing more routes in AI: Somnium Files and just found out that THIS is the game that bigoted weebs were crying about because a precocious kid says she respects the LGBT and they assumed this was localizer interference without even looking at the Japanese text or voice lines

bcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:

who else is going to tokyo next week??

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
codeismycanvas@universeodon.com wrote:

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• Schematic diagram drawn using the Schemdraw Python package. The schematic depicts a 555 timer IC driving a 4026 decade-counter with 7-segment display output. If constructed, this circuit would count from 0-9 on the single digit display. (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"a decade ago, less than a quarter of all gun thefts were from cars; in 2020, over half of them were. The researchers say more study is needed to understand the shift, which has occurred as more states have adopted permitless carry laws and messages in gun-industry marketing have encouraged Americans to take their weapons with them for personal protection."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/25/us/illegal-guns-parked-cars.html

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

The devolution of a senior scientist: you end up going on Piers Morgan defending JK Rowling.

I plan to spend my retirement years chasing spiders, just to avoid that fate.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/03/25/dammit-richard/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoTWDJa-ocA

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jd@mstdn.ca ("jd 🔆") wrote:

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• Photo of an iceberg in mid ocean, divided into four almost-equal squares. Top left: sky, whitish blue Top right: Iceberg, light blue Bottom left: ocean, mid blue Bottom right: ocean shaded by the iceberg, dark blue (remote)

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johanpeitz@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Johan Peitz - on Patreon") wrote:

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alex@cybervillains.com ("Alex Stamos") wrote:

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justinhendrix ("Justin Hendrix") wrote:

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

in philly for the weekend! the new amtrak "night owl" fares make it a very inexpensive and easy trip

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

For those folks who saw the name Lead Belly this week on social media, and it didn't ring a bell, you may have heard this song of his: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEMm7gxBYSc

(And Youtube has it in his own voice, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsfcUZBMSSg

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

I listen to a handful of Maximum Fun podcasts and this really is great news for the company. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-03-20/maximum-fun-jesse-thorn-podcasts-cooperative

It's also currently their annual pledge drive! I boosted my monthly donation, and urge you to do the same if you can.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

I’m planning to join #Bevy #GameJam next week. Anyone wants to team up with me?
It’s a good opportunity to practice #Rustlang #gamedev.

https://itch.io/jam/bevy-jam-3

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

:brownbatheart: Happy Baturday! :brownbatheart:

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seatsixtyone@mas.to ("The Man in Seat 61") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Bela Bartok is born in Nagyszentmiklos, Hungary, 1881

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 1943