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by tomgp 1y ago
They were resource intensive (though probably less so than yr average React based site these days) but Flash, especially post AS3, was an order of magnitude or two faster than JS + html/svg/canvas at the time. It was years after t
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SveltePlot: A grammar of graphics style framework for Svelte(svelteplot.dev)
2 points by tomgp 1y ago|0 comments
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by tomgp 1y ago
I find the code genuinely inspiring. A lesson that being precious about code quality is not always the best way forward.
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by tomgp 1y ago
True, but that’s not so much a dirty secret as something cartographers will loudly and endlessly tell anyone who’ll listen within moments of meeting them
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China Miéville says we shouldn't blame science fiction for its bad readers(techcrunch.com)
1 points by tomgp 2y ago|0 comments
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by tomgp 2y ago
Perhaps not surprising given what we know about how e.g. satnav usage affects our navigational competence. Feels like outsourcing our reasoning and problem solving would have an analagous effect. "Habitual use of GPS negatively impacts
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by tomgp 2y ago
Really hope Europe etc. sees the opportunity for a massive win here and invests in bringing these people over
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by tomgp 2y ago
Every single kitchen I've ever visited in the UK has a toaster and a kettle. Just because things aren't popular in the US...
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by tomgp 2y ago
On the subject of Dualit toasters: I've picked several up on the street over the years, cleaned them up and replaced a few parts (heating elements and/ or timers) and for about £10 effectively had a new toaster to give away/
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by tomgp 2y ago
Even that's a pretty conservative estimate these days. It's typically less, ~11,000m (18,000km) and the balance keeps shifting in EVs favour over time as the grid becomes more renewables based... https://www.carbonbrief
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by tomgp 2y ago
Incredible to watch this continued vandalism from across the Atlantic. It seems if there's something that Trump and his cronies can't make a quick buck off then it needs to be smashed. America, the leviathan (in the Hobbesian sens
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by tomgp 2y ago
I remember when the Jacksonpollock.org first came online there was a bit of drama around the fact that Miltos Manetas had taken Stamen’s original Flash file (well known within the flash community at the time but not so much outside) and re-
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by tomgp 2y ago
Does it? I thought it just revealed the rats
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by tomgp 2y ago
Also, 4s always come in pairs facing each other
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by tomgp 2y ago
I don't understand how culture is being used here. What does "more culture" mean? A culture is a process and a system of relations I can understand how wikipedia has a culture but not how a shadow library has "more cultu
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by tomgp 2y ago
Yes, sure, if it helps you to think in those terms I guess that makes sense. Being a bit reductive perhaps but I think what it comes down to is having an interest in the "why" as much as the "what" and the "how&quot
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by tomgp 2y ago
This reinforces for me the importance of domain knowledge in engineering leadership. i.e. if you work for a finance company you need to have a decent understanding of finance in order to make the correct technical decisions and tradeoffs, s
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by tomgp 2y ago
For me Guttenberg is an actor famous for Police Academy, Short Circuit, and Three Men And A Baby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Guttenberg
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by tomgp 2y ago
You could perhaps reframe "blame" as identifying the source of the problem and iunderstand why it can be a useful excercise (aslo none of us here are trying to solve the problem really, just wasting time on the internet). In this
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by tomgp 2y ago
Yeah, scanning through the recently published articles it seems "Reason" has no problem with the politicisation of science if it means the slashing of govenment funding.
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by tomgp 2y ago
It's true! Britain has no bears so we like any refrence to them to be removed from our books ensuring we never have to think about them.
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by tomgp 2y ago
thanks, and apologies if i came across harshly, I really enjoyed the article.
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by tomgp 2y ago
Not really the point BUT... I really wish people would refrain from using AI illustrations on blog posts. There are actual pictures of Church in the public domain, this illustration doesn't particularly look like him and is already app
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by tomgp 2y ago
This whole thing seems petty and vindictive and will surely only damage Wordpress as a whole.
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Study: Playing D&D helps autistic players in social interactions(arstechnica.com)
184 points by tomgp 2y ago|89 comments
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by tomgp 2y ago
https://archive.ph/CU3Zh
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Former YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki dies at 56(ft.com)
3 points by tomgp 2y ago|2 comments
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by tomgp 2y ago
How many people would need to die each year for it to be considered extremely dangerous? Literal wars have been started over fewer deaths than the US road network racks up in a year. OK I’m being facetious but the extent to which we’ve norm
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by tomgp 2y ago
>it would have massive negative effect on trade and would probably cost the US far more than it would save. I'd love to share that certainty, it's a rational position but the Republican party are fully in thrall to an ideologic
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by tomgp 2y ago
https://archive.ph/1oVs2

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