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  • As a software dev, any code library named SimpleWhatever or whose documentation contains the word "simply" anywhere makes me afraid.

    Because they never are. They are a sign that whoever makes them thinks the subject is too hard to understand.

    The end result is a code library that doesn't make the inherent important hard parts organized and clear to work with, but obfuscates them.

  • The 2 Billion Year Old Nuclear Reactors In Africa Baffle Researchers!
  • This site mostly has articles that creatively rearrange parts of facts and sprinke sciency terminology to make incredible claims.

    A retired physicist having a thought experiment on prehistoric remains years ago in a different context, plus some rando claiming these are man-made structures, becomes: "another hypothesis is that it was constructed by prehistoric human civilization (like described in the Silurian Hypothesis by NASA scientists)"

  • Biden Administration Will Allow Arms Shipments to Ukrainian Unit with Neo-Nazi Past
  • Because the political leanings of a combat unit has zero bearing on anything. They are not in charge. They are not being allied with. They have aligned interests in fighting a greater evil.

    So any attempts to pretend it matters does clearly, nakedly, come from a place of wanting to push back against supporting Ukraine's defense.

  • Russia to send combat vessels to Caribbean to project ‘global power’, US official says
  • Bringing the ships into waters completely monitored by countries friendly to Ukraine, and surrounded by a number of launching points for sabotage actions by basically anyone.

    It would be a risky move if anybody cared about their navy, or felt it was a threat.

  • Scientists Use Mice Models to Help Pinpoint Possible Main Cause of Sensory Hypersensitivity in Autism (not conclusive)
  • Where does that headline phrasing come from? The study does not, and does not claim to, pinpoint anything for autism.

    They use mice bred for hypersensitivity, and look at which parts of those mice's brains can be suppressed to reduce measured sensitivity to heated floors and electric shock.

    They use "mice models of autism" to get an indication of where to maybe start looking on the slim chance it turns out to be similar in humans.

    The mouse model may turn out to be a different kind of hypersensitivity altogether. Human brains may wire hypersensitivity very differently. The observed results may be that the mice's reactions are different instead of weaker. Etc...

    It is valid science, but a long shot away from a long shot at being applicable for autism in humans.

  • The Netherlands' entry Joost Klein not rehearsing 'until further notice' over 'incident'
    news.sky.com Eurovision 2024: The Netherlands' entry Joost Klein not rehearsing 'until further notice' over 'incident' - as EBU website goes down

    The Netherlands' track Europapa is one of the most memorable of the show and was described by one critic as "so bad" it will "put you off music forever". The EBU, which organises Eurovision, says it is investigating an unexplained incident.

    Eurovision 2024: The Netherlands' entry Joost Klein not rehearsing 'until further notice' over 'incident' - as EBU website goes down
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    Contrary to most other performers, I think Angelina's performance sounds much better in the live perfoemances than the studio version.

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    This reminded me of myself age 8-9 when I would get stressed if I didn't "undo" any rotations of my body, or rounds around a table. Quite to the annoyance of my teachers and parents. Did anyone else have a phase similar to this?

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    Friday Facts #388 - Smaller things for 2.0
    www.factorio.com Friday Facts #388 - Smaller things for 2.0 | Factorio

    Hello, we have shown some bigger things recently, so it is time to also show some smaller things, because the bigger things wouldn't shine that good without the smaller things working properly!

    Friday Facts #388 - Smaller things for 2.0 | Factorio
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    A strategy for minimizing procrastination

    This popped up for me today, and I realized is very close to how I manage to trick myself to get things done even when it feels like my body's parking brake is on.

    To me it feels like just "building momentum" in any way helps. If I'm in working mode, it's easier to pick up a cleaning task than if I'm in sofa mode. Sometimes just cleaning some lint from the table is enough to get the ball rolling.

    Does anyone else have this, or similar techniques?

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    factorio.com Friday Facts #386 - Vulcanus | Factorio

    Hello there, I know a lot of you have been eagerly awaiting some solid information on the new planets, if so this blog is for you. Get comfy because it's a long one. As you already know, there are 4 new planets in the expansion. We will take an in-depth look at each planet's terrain, challeng...

    Friday Facts #386 - Vulcanus | Factorio
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    This was the last Cold Take that Frost made for The Escapist/Gamur. After being stuck a few weeks due to nobody left at The Escapist knowing how and where to publish already finished videos, they released it and a few others today.

    For those who followed the recent Escapist news, this episode appears inadvertently prescient.

    Note that he still continues the series on https://www.youtube.com/@SecondWindGroup

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    The Escapist murica-fires Editor-in-Chief - loses Yahtzee Croshaw and entire video team in hours

    Fired or resigned, extremely incomplete list:

    • Nick Calandra - Editor-in-Chief
    • Yahtzee Croshaw - Zero Punctuation, Adventure is Nigh, Extra Punctuation
    • Jack Packard - Adventure is Nigh
    • Amy Campbell - Adventure is Nigh, 3 Minute Reviews
    • KC Nwosu - Adventure is Nigh, 3 Minute Reviews
    • Jesse Galena - Adventure is Nigh, 3 Minute Reviews
    • Sebastian Ruiz - Cold Take, Stuff of Legend
    • JM8 - Editor, Design Delve
    • Darren Moody - Columnist
    • Marty Sliva - 3 Minute Review

    IP of Zero Punctuation belongs to Escapist, so that is dead as of now.

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    Friday Facts #381 - Space Platforms
    www.factorio.com Friday Facts #381 - Space Platforms | Factorio

    Hello, Several FFFs ago we have shown you what a Space platform can look like, today we would like to explain how they work in a bit more detail.

    Friday Facts #381 - Space Platforms | Factorio
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    InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)DE
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