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Fake Mobile Game Ads: Why Do Advertisers Use Them?(maf.ad)
2 points by wsc981 3y ago|0 comments
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by wsc981 3y ago
In the right circumstances, birth control happens automatically. As people get more wealthy, there seems to be less incentive to have lots of children. Perhaps due to better healthcare (less deaths in childbirth) and more securities for old
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by wsc981 3y ago
Doom used a lookup table for random numbers: https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator
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by wsc981 3y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35521249
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by wsc981 3y ago
[April 2023]
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For reference: this was Obama’s red line that was crossed and got USA involved in the war in Syria.
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CIA Built "12 Secret Spy Bases" in Ukraine and Waged Shadow War for Last Decade(nytimes.com)
11 points by wsc981 3y ago|5 comments
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OPCW identifies ISIL as perpetrators of 2015 chemical attack in Marea, Syria(twitter.com)
2 points by wsc981 3y ago|1 comments
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I agree it will be horrible for the economy. And for food production and the like. Germany is also feeling the pain as the high energy costs make manufacturing companies unprofitable, forcing them to cease operations or move to other countr
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by wsc981 3y ago
It’s easy to see that the people pushing the human induced climate change narrative have been very successful, at least in my country of origin, The Netherlands. As people have been pushed to get solar panels. Buy electric vehicles (and by
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by wsc981 3y ago
Cities have grown and many temperature measuring stations report higher temperatures as a result. As buildings trap heat as well as concrete.
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As freelancer in The Netherlands it’s easy to earn 100.000 EUR a year. Can’t imagine it would be much different in France as freelancer. However, as freelancer it’s your own responsibility to save money for holidays, pension, sick leave, tr
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Why Google's Image AI Is Woke and How It Works(twitter.com)
3 points by wsc981 3y ago|0 comments
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by wsc981 3y ago
I don't think there's any nuance here. Apparently this is Google's Senior Director of Product for Gemini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack--k/ And he seems to hate everything white: https:/&#x
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by wsc981 3y ago
What is a woman though?
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Hutton inquiry closed David Kelly medical reports for 70 years (2010)(theguardian.com)
2 points by wsc981 3y ago|1 comments
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Yeah Spelt flour is nice. Used to use this as well when I lived in The Netherlands. Haven’t seen it yet in Thailand sadly.
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by wsc981 3y ago
I like Dutch pancakes and French crêpes a lot. The American style thick pancake is not my thing. That said, it seems this recipe results in a Dutch style pancake, so I would like to try to prepare it sometime. When I make pancakes, I usuall
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by wsc981 3y ago
Actually there are various climate and other scientists who have this position. These scientists usually don't depend on grants and such for research. The thing is, whomever I will link, you will have some accusation that the scientist
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by wsc981 3y ago
It's been much lower and higher in the past. In reality, CO2 has little, if any, effect on climate change. Much more impactful are the sun and clouds.
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For reference: all that CO2 is equal to about 0.04% of human atmosphere. Of which 3% is from human activity. So 0.0012% of CO2 in atmosphere caused by humans. Nature is responsible for the remaining 0.0388% in atmosphere.
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by wsc981 3y ago
Cities and roads can be thought of as a graph. So, think of a graph as a map with just cities and roads. Explain that in the context of a graph, a city can be thought of as a node and a road as an edge.
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by wsc981 3y ago
Jump to file & symbol
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by wsc981 3y ago
In the spirit of this event, perhaps it's nice to know some AD&D themed games are currently for sale on GOG. Seems like a nice mix of different game types (RTS, flight sim, platformer, ...) - Silver Box Classics: https:/&#x2F
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by wsc981 3y ago
Let's just hope China and Russia and the like will do the same, otherwise, in the long run, the Western world might fall behind in areas like science ...
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by wsc981 3y ago
> Oregon (kind of) dropped requirements for very basic reading, writing, and arithmetic to graduate high school because such skills were deemed racist. It’s ironic that this stance is actually racist, since it implies certain races per
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Jonathan Blow expects much more layoffs in game industry(twitter.com)
13 points by wsc981 3y ago|6 comments
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Kinda hoping their upcoming League of Legends-based MMORPG will finally be one worth playing (after World of Warcraft from Blizzard). They've created a nice world and lore in League of Legends, so I am having high hopes. I wonder if an
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by wsc981 3y ago
One thing I found interesting, when talking with a Zambian colleague at work, is that apparently malaria is not such a big deal in Zambia (except perhaps at younger ages). He told me he himself had malaria several times, just take some medi
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by wsc981 3y ago
It's how Tai Lopez got wealthy. Rented a house and lambo for his infamous "knowledge" video [0]. He seems to be a good marketeer though :) Fake it till you make it. --- [0]: https://www.bing.com/videos/ri

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