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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Nintendo is still actively selling SNES games via Nintendo Switch Online, and as far as I know rolls their own emulator(s) for this rather than using existing open source ones as Sony did for the PS Classic, so I doubt this will happen any
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
While all of Nintendo's official emulators are afaik made internally, it's interesting to note that Sony used an existing open source emulator (PCSX ReARMed) for their Playstation Classic. https://arstechnica.com/g
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
If you found this interesting, the author's website has a number of informative, in-depth articles about emulator development & console architectures: https://byuu.net/
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Anecdotal, but all the healthcare workers I know (both nurses and doctors) entered their professions because they have a genuine desire to help people and save lives, so I don't think they'd be willing to endanger their jobs right
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
> What's interesting and cuts the other way right now is the small evidence that warmer and wetter makes COVID less infectious/effective. Have yet to see a good reason 'why' that's the case here My understanding
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Lower expenses for the employer as well by not having to maintain a physical office, which I have to imagine is a greater per-employee saving for the company than commuting is for the individual.
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Worth noting this is only a district court ruling, and as the article notes there are a number of conflicting circuit court rulings on the issue. Until a case makes it to the Supreme Court, it's not safe to take this as a given nationa
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Why do you feel the need to censor the words Google and React?
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
I agree, anyone doing AirBnB full time isn't an employee, they're a landlord. They should receive relief commensurate to what (if any, not sure on the details) other landlords are receiving, not unemployment.
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Does anyone know of a comparable tool for legal research (or plugin(s) that add this functionality to Zotero)? A good friend is in law school right now and has really been wanting a good citation manager, but when I pointed him to Zotero it
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
It would likely take longer to develop and roll out a system like that than for social distancing to run its course
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Italy's current mortality rate is 8% (3,405 deaths, 41,035 confirmed cases). Of course their lack of testing is probably influencing the numbers somewhat, but still. Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/italys-viru
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
A friend works at a large chain hotel in NOLA, the entire hotel staff was furloughed for 2 months a few days ago.
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
How would MS possibly extinguish linux?
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
From the 3rd question of the FAQ: > Why does it open in a new tab with a different URL? > Setting up websites is hard and I got frustrated and you're not paying anything, so...
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
MIT is a private university, not public.
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Most jobs aren't programming jobs
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
I believe OPs point is about considering the longer term effects. If we prevent a million Covid-19 deaths with a rushed vaccine, but the vaccine kills even a few people and brings anti-vaxx into full swing and we get a nationwide diphtheria
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Peachtree City, Georgia has an expansive golf cart road network, and is useable by teenagers. Tom Scott did a good video on the city: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcVGqtmd2wM
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Hi Austen, thanks for replying to this. But could you explain how attempting to change curriculum mid-flight would lead to: * being graded by a student 2 months ahead * being taught by someone hiding under a sheet * being paired with a stud
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Just because it's somewhat common for Japanese companies to suddenly release their music doesn't mean it isn't sudden.
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
That's true in theory, but unfortunately you can still run in to issues when different databases support different parts of SQL, and the db you're migrating from has different features than the one you're migrating to.
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Great article. I was curious about the game mentioned towards the bottom: > At M.I.T. next door to Draper, some of the undergraduates play a game called “Space War.” To play “Space War,” you need a television screen, a computer, and a wo
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
It used to be that Sirius and XM were two separate companies providing competing services. Unfortunately in 2008 the US DoJ allowed them to merge on the basis that FM & internet radio were sufficient competition.
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The article appears to have been written in 2018, and just published recently. From the Discussion section: > SciPy has a strong developer community and a massive user base. GitHub traffic metrics report roughly 20,000 unique visitors to
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
> The University of Melbourne has run a GYLIO week once every semester for at least a decade. It usually takes place around the middle of the semester in week five or six, and while the academic programme continues, the extensive social
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Are you referring to this article (it was the only recent one I could find about a rabbit on a plane)? https://www.insider.com/rabbit-business-class-flight-photos-... The article explains that the rabbit was brought on to t
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
Animals that are small enough can travel in-cabin for an extra fee, generally in a crate under the seat, while larger animals fly in hard crates in the cargo area.
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
I fly dozens of times a year. I've seen plenty of animals flying properly (in a soft sided crate, under the seat). I have never once seen an animal allow to run around the plane, and I imagine if someone tried to do that with their ani
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by kingbirdy 7y ago
> Men and women can go grey any time from their mid-30s It can start earlier than that - I found my first gray hair around 16, and I'm now in my early 20s with pretty evenly mixed salt-and-pepper hair along the sides (the top has de

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