Clepsydra

Re:Deep dive into how DOS games do copy protection by making themselve... on Monday April 28, 2025 @09:56AM (#43821568)

I believe there was a shortcut to skip the questions on the PC. I think it was ctrl+alt+x.

Re:Barbary Pirates and English Slaves (2017) on Sunday April 17, 2022 @03:03AM (#31059083)

The slavers even went as far north as Iceland: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Abductions

Re:BBC cryptocurrency documentary pulled from air at last minute on Thursday February 10, 2022 @09:41AM (#30286675)

IPTV. It's the only reason i own bitcoins. :)

Re:Show HN: I built a fake VS Code to browse live cricket score in office on Monday October 25, 2021 @06:59AM (#28986388)

It was quite common for pc games (like Sierra's adventure games) to have a boss key in the 80s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_key

The Chain Boats of Europe

Posted by Clepsydra on Monday October 04, 2021 @03:55PM
from the amusingplanet.com dept.

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2021/10/the-chain-boats-of-europe.html

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Re:Job vacancies surge past one million in new record on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:02AM (#28522874)

"lots of people's holiday savings being released locally"

True. But the UK have missed out of millions of foreign tourists.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/tourismindus...

A Man Who Turned Night into Day (2016)

Posted by Clepsydra on Friday February 07, 2020 @07:32AM
from the vice.com dept.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9a3y8d/the-man-who-turned-night-into-day

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Steam Horse Locomotive

Posted by Clepsydra on Monday January 20, 2020 @03:23AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Horse_locomotive

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Zone of Death

Posted by Clepsydra on Sunday January 05, 2020 @01:45PM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Death_(geography)

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Cool Windows Subsystem for Linux tips and tricks you didn't know were possible

Posted by Clepsydra on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:49AM
from the hanselman.com dept.

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/CoolWSLWindowsSubsystemForLinuxTipsAndTricksYouOrIDidntKnowWerePossible.aspx

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Soda Locomotive

Posted by Clepsydra on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @07:28AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_locomotive

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Reindeers' eyes change colour with Arctic seasons

Posted by Clepsydra on Friday October 25, 2019 @04:54AM
from the ucl.ac.uk dept.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2013/oct/reindeers-eyes-change-colour-arctic-seasons

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Rotary Jails

Posted by Clepsydra on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:31PM
from the amusingplanet.com dept.

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/10/rotary-jails.html

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Gjellestad Viking Ship: Archaeologists Find Keel in Good Condition

Posted by Clepsydra on Friday September 06, 2019 @04:58AM
from the lifeinnorway.net dept.

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/gjellestad-viking-ship-archaeologists-find-keel-in-good-condition/

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Radioactive Cobalt-60 measured along Norway's border to Russia

Posted by Clepsydra on Monday June 24, 2019 @09:20AM
from the thebarentsobserver.com dept.

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/ecology/2019/06/radioactive-cobolt-60-measured-along-norways-border-russia

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Norway island wants to be world's first time-free zone

Posted by Clepsydra on Monday June 17, 2019 @03:07PM
from the edition.cnn.com dept.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/norway-sommaroy-island-time-free-zone/index.html

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The Rockets of Mysore

Posted by Clepsydra on Friday May 03, 2019 @04:46AM
from the amusingplanet.com dept.

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/05/the-rockets-of-mysore.html

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Re:Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian experts on Monday April 29, 2019 @03:20AM (#19776468)

The removal of the harness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYXOPZfuOow

Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian experts

Posted by Clepsydra on Monday April 29, 2019 @03:12AM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/29/whale-with-harness-could-be-russian-weapon-say-norwegian-experts

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Dagen H: The Day Sweden Switched Traffic Sides

Posted by Clepsydra on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:51PM
from the amusingplanet.com dept.

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/04/dagen-h-day-sweden-switched-traffic.html

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Strong Tesla sales push Norway to 58% zero-emission share in March

Posted by Clepsydra on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @06:31AM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/04/strong-tesla-sales-push-norway-to-58-zero-emission-share-in-march/

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The French semaphore system hack of 200 years ago

Posted by Clepsydra on Monday March 25, 2019 @05:15AM
from the amusingplanet.com dept.

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/03/the-worlds-first-cyber-attack-happened.html

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Norway will install the world’s first wireless electric car charging stations

Posted by Clepsydra on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:20AM
from the theverge.com dept.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/21/18276541/norway-oslo-wireless-charging-electric-taxis-car-zero-emissions-induction

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Bookwheel, the 16th Century Forerunner to the EBook Reader

Posted by Clepsydra on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @06:47AM
from the amusingplanet.com dept.

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/01/bookwheel-16th-century-forerunner-to.html

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There's a secret code hiding on these Madrid security bollards

Posted by Clepsydra on Friday November 23, 2018 @09:06AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/secret-code-on-madrid-security-bollards

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Viking ship burial discovered in Norway just 50cm underground

Posted by Clepsydra on Monday October 15, 2018 @04:19PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/15/viking-ship-burial-discovered-in-norway-just-50cm-underground

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Nucleus Launch

Posted by Clepsydra on Thursday September 27, 2018 @06:55AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRVMBqxH0k

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A Norwegian who knew his tortoises so well that he changed history

Posted by Clepsydra on Saturday June 10, 2017 @10:22AM
from the nypesuppe.blogspot.com dept.

http://nypesuppe.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-norwegian-who-knew-his-tortoises-so.html?m=1

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Norway wealth fund's ethics watchdog warns firms not to make killer robots

Posted by Clepsydra on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @09:41AM
from the reuters.com dept.

http://www.reuters.com/article/norway-swf-arms-idUSL5N16H3AQ

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Re:Nokia Chief Elop Is Top Gambling Pick to Be Next Microsoft CEO on Thursday August 29, 2013 @08:58AM (#6295522)

Nokia stocks has risen ~40% in the last year. You call that sinking?

Aug 29 2012: 2.75 Aug 29 2013: 3.97

Compare that to Apple.