MiLE HiGH TAXi out now blending Crazy Taxi with The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element and Crazy Taxi are both classics, so one developer decided to try and combine them together into a game.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Roger Deakins Breaks Down His Most Iconic Films
Do you want to sit in on a 30-minute cinematography masterclass with Roger Deakins as he talks about the process behind some ofkottke.org
We are living in a golden age of electric cargo bikes
Thanks to a bunch of recent releases from legacy and direct-to-consumer bike companies, it’s never been a better time to shop for an electric cargo bike. Here’s why that’s very exciting.Andrew J. Hawkins (The Verge)
Striving for Light: Survival blends popular horde survivor games with a big skill tree
Do you enjoy games like Vampire Survivors, Brotato and the other horde survival games? You may want to look at Striving for Light: Survival.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
SC Conference Series on LinkedIn: #iamhpc #whm2023
I always wanted to be a scientist, but during my degree I realized that the lab was not for me. I couldn’t repeat a protocol twice without changing it and I…SC Conference Series (www.linkedin.com)
Here's how to run Diablo 4 on Steam Deck
Diablo 4 is currently in Beta and due to launch soon, so here's how to get it working on Steam Deck. The same steps can be used to get it working on Linux desktop too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Diablo 4 on Steam Deck Guide
Diablo 4 on Steam Deck Guide
Here's how to fully set up #Diablo4 on #SteamDeck #DiabloIV Buy from Humble Store with my partner link to support the channel: https://www.humblebundle.com/s...YouTube
Installing via Lutron or Bottles with Wine-GE is probably the route I’d recommend. Adding to Steam with Boilr is a lot simpler too.
UMA Frame Buffer at 4G also seems to fix crashing issues. I had a lot of them before I realised they got reset when I RMA’d
Stop fishing for excuses: Eating fish is no better than eating meat - Friends of Animals
By Scott Smith It’s not uncommon to meet a vegetarian who talks about all the good they are doing for animals and the environment by not eating the flesh of cows, pigs, chickens and sheep.Meghan McIntire (Friends of Animals)
Seaweed farming can help feed people & heal the planet - Friends of Animals
By Scott Smith In the relentless race to feed billions of people, and to maximize profit while doing so, the world’s increasingly globalized agriculture industry has gobbled up nearly half of the planet’s habitable land.Meghan McIntire (Friends of Animals)
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World's first octopus farm proposals alarm scientists
Methods used on the Spanish farm would be "cruel" to such intelligent animals say experts, as details emerge.By Claire Marshall (BBC News)
Good morning, friends. 🌻🌼🌺
I mentioned that yesterday, I went to a quilt show to take photographs. There were many more people there than I imagined that there would be - I generally don't like crowds. It wasn't lost on me that I was the only man there - at least at that time. But I while I took photos, I watched the people there and the thing that impressed me the most was how happy they were.
Over a hundred quilts were on display and there were various booths selling fabric, quilted bags, etc.
"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"We all get report cards in many different ways, but the real excitement of what you're doing is in the doing of it. It's not what you're gonna get in the end—it's not the final curtain—it's really in the doing it and loving what you're doing." —Ralph Lauren
#photo #photography #photographer #morning #flowers #lily #quilts #happiness
Our first #RSEng Education and Training Tutorial is coming up next Wednesday March 22, 3-5 PM ET / 12-2 PM PST!
Marshall McDonnell will tell us about “Setting up a Scientific Software Project using GitLab: From ‘Zero’ to ‘Hero’.”
More information and registration link here: us-rse.org/events/2023/2023-03…
Boosts appreciated!
@codebrewer @danielskatz @nicholdav
Setting up a Scientific Software Project using GitLab -- From Zero to Hero
United States Research Software Engineer AssociationSetting up a Scientific Software Project using GitLab -- From Zero to Hero
Why we need Research Software Engineers #RSEng for Reproducible Research 🤓
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Why we need Research Software Engineers for Reproducible Research 🤓
Today I want to share with you why I believe we need research software engineers (RSEs) for open and reproducible research. I am a trainer for open science and reproducible research.heidiseibold.ck.page
Kristina, Queen of Sweden, was born in 1626. She is remembered as the most educated woman of the 17th century & ruled on her own terms.
Preferring the company of men, Kristina had no interest in traditionally feminine roles. She sometimes wore masculine clothing & focused on science, math & philosophy. She refused to marry (scandalous!) & became a patron of the arts.
Kristina decided to abdicate the throne in 1654. cambridge.org/core/books/abs/c… #history #HistoryRemix
Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626–1689) - The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon
The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon - January 2015Cambridge Core
there is also a fun-but-wildly-inaccurate opera about Queen Christina's abdication:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina…
It's by Jacopo Foroni, a now-forgotten Italian composer who predominantly worked in Sweden. Much like Christina, I feel he deserves to better remembered!
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#AnimalCruelty #StopAnimalAbuse #StopAnimalCruelty #animals #animal #AnimalRights #BanTrophyHunting
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UK parliament passes law to ban import of hunting trophies
The UK parliament passed a law to ban the import of hunting trophies into the country, despite criticism from African conservation groups.The Animal Reader
#Petition #AnimalCruelty #StopAnimalAbuse #StopAnimalCruelty #animals #animal #AnimalRights
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Support the Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act | Take Action @ The Animal Rescue Site
By giving law enforcement the tools they need to effectively prosecute animal abuse cases, we can send a clear message that animal cruelty will not be tolerated. Take action for animals!theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com
• 20 mm eyepiece | f/7.9 telescope
• ISO: 6400 | S: 1
• Curves edited in the 2nd image
#astronomypictures #Astrophotography #pictures #photography #photo #photographer #PHOTOS
World's first octopus farm proposals alarm scientists
Methods used on the Spanish farm would be "cruel" to such intelligent animals say experts, as details emerge.By Claire Marshall (BBC News)
Golden Langur Trachypithecus geei
The regal, striking looking Golden Langur is also known by the common names Gee’s Golden Langur. They are the most endangered primate species in India and are considered to be sacred to many …Palm Oil Detectives
A story in three parts.
Seriously. How can you be someone who claims to help game developers, when you compare a game launch and not giving up to some of the richest companies around?
Lots of developers don’t have a big source of funding to recover from a bad launch…
Again, it’s a terrible comparison and incredibly unhelpful.
Yeah Google and Tesla didn’t give up! Learn from their example! Just have lots of money! Justin TV had seed funding etc.
My first thought: Really terrible comparison.
Second thought: You could have been a bit less mean to her.
(After research) Third thought: Wait, they want to help game developers? A bit more knowledge about the game industry would help. But maybe they are more design than business people.
Fourth thought: Multiple spaces between words on their website? Okay, not designers either.
@wakame I wasn't "mean" to her. I was blunt, but there's no meanness in that reply. There's a difference between being mean to someone, and firmly arguing against their point.
From their other posts, they really don't know what they're talking about, and they're trying to get developers into their service.
Sorry, I didn't mean it that way. The thoughts where more meant as a timeline 🐾
If this was a person who... IDK, was creative but didn't really understand the game industry (or the margins of indie game companies etc.), then I would have understood her perspective.
That was before I had a look at her/their website.
Comet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) with IC 405 and IC 410, on March 6, 2019.
Auvo Korpi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: flic.kr/p/2geZaPf
Comet - C-2018-Y1 Iwamoto 135mm 5x60s ISO800 2019.03.06
Explore Auvo Korpi's 780 photos on Flickr!Flickr
youtube.com/watch?v=wfzz8FUD4T…
M1: The Expanding Crab Nebula
Video Credit & Copyright: Detlef Hartmann
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M1: The Expanding Crab Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Detlef HartmannDetails: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230320.htmlYouTube
Meteorite fragment (not labelled/numbered) that was found in Hammadah al Hambra, Libya.
Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"Apollo and the Muses" by Heinrich Maria von Hess (1826).
Heinrich Maria von Hess, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
The furries are evolving
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RT @YeenieBeans
So I went down the Furry AI art rabbit hole and came across this lovely infographic.
TLDR: “Pay an artist for a sketch instead of a full piece and let AI do the rest so you don’t have to pay.”
They’re literally encouraging financially fucking over artists now.
Bruh 😐
twitter.com/YeenieBeans/status…
I've had deep conversations with a friend about this very topic.
AI is good for basic stuff but it can't capture character and emotion very good.
I work with the same artists for Egee commishes because I recognize Egee as "my boy" in their style. AI always looks odd, like an imposter.
There's a Human element that AI just can't replicate for pieces that convey emotion and that's what furries pay top dollar for 💸
"Allegory of the Creation" by Jacopo Zucchi (1585).
Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color and touch up edits.
"Lithopanspermia is the transfer of organisms in rocks from one planet to another either through interplanetary or interstellar space, such as in comets or asteroids."
Pablo Carlos Budassi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
This IEEE piece on the rise of #Mastodon & expanding #Fediverse with thoughtful observations from @tchambers is worth a read.
Decentralized Social Media Rises as #Twitter Melts Down: spectrum.ieee.org/mastodon-soc…
I’m delighted to see the Rachel Carson post included & I hope it inspires more folks to learn about her legacy.
(h/t @paulvg)
Decentralized Social Media Rises as Twitter Melts Down
Mastodon is just the start—here comes the FediverseMatthew S. Smith (IEEE Spectrum)
"The Yerkes Telescope. Color plate by Charles S. Graham from The World's Fair in Water Colors. Size of original document approximately 8.8 x 11 inches. 1893."
The Field Museum Library, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: flic.kr/p/6bRABx
The Yerkes Telescope
"The Yerkes Telescope." Color plate by Charles S. Graham from The World's Fair in Water Colors. Size of original document approximately 8.8 x 11 inches. 1893.Flickr
Zodiacal calendar of the cycle of Virgo.
Applejuice, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The first mass of the Bencubbin Meteorite was found in 1930 in Australia.
SI National Museum of Natural History, CC0 via si.edu/object/bencubbin:nmnhmi…
Cropping and color edits.
"Landscape with the fall of Icarus" by Carlo Saraceni (~1605-1608).
Egisto Sani, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/RPRpJQ
artsandculture.google.com/stor…
Ovid: Flying Youths, Ikarus - “Love, Myths and Other Stories” – LVII I
karus’ fall. Daedalus and Ikarus get up in flight and leave Crete. A fisherman, angling for fish with his flexible rod, a shepherd, leaning upon his crook, and a plowman spy them and stand stupefied, believing them to be gods who could fly through th…Flickr
I just don't think so. XD
like this
C/2009P1 Garradd on Oct 22, 2011.
Yuriy Toropin, CC BY-ND 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/ayi2wr
C/2009P1 Garradd, Oct 22, 2011
Newton 305mm f/3.65 + WS-180GT + QSI-583wsg (+ Lodestar) LRGB = 7 x (5, 3, 3, 3) min Sub exposures are aligned by stars. Detached fragment of tail is visible near the top tail stream.Flickr
Mike Kasprzak 🦖
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