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Re:Tesla Roadster on Friday October 16, 2026 @11:13PM (#50127556)
Idiotic all around. Truly american.
Re:libexpat now funded by the City of Munich for up to 6 months on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @01:04AM (#49178758)
Yes.
It takes one to know one, yep.
The visualisation of the detail in the groove is pretty eye-opening, seeing how much ”data“ is being stored as soundwaves in between the main grooves is astounding.
I have found a pdf, it was on the InternetArchive, but got taken down there. AA has it!
Very nice, i have a book in my library which you’ll find interesting.

Jeremy Adler and Ulrich Ernst

Text als Figur

https://www.amazon.de/Text-als-Figur-Visuelle-Moderne/dp/352...

It is full of pictures like you have collected.

Example:

https://imgur.com/a/mWL4kSs

Sadly it seems this book is rather rare.

Re:War Prediction Markets Are a National-Security Threat on Saturday March 07, 2026 @03:49PM (#47291334)
I always wonder about when there is a cutoff about the grift, i mean there has to be a point when enough is enough. Who cares if its 4 or 5 billions in the end, thats more money one could reasonably spend in a lifetime. What drives this greed?
*acts against
Damn, that looks awful, those tailings alone…
Great article, thx for sharing it! What i want to know, where exactly is this city? I mean geographically, i even could not locate it on GMaps or the like?? I mean, i get it, thats the whole point isnt it? Still curious.
Re:A laser pointer at 2B FPS [video] on Monday October 20, 2025 @09:09PM (#45651379)
Why?
Re:I built my own Phone because innovation is sad [video] on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @01:40PM (#45278947)
An App i suppose.

https://www.line.me/en/

Re:The Kingett Guide to Free Pizza on Saturday August 23, 2025 @08:00AM (#44995327)
Despite looking like a mess on mobile, this was a delightful read.
Thx for the reply, but i only have more questions now… Good luck with your studies!
Now we need to know more!
Re:A 37-year-old wanting to learn computer science on Saturday July 05, 2025 @06:49AM (#44471778)
With this username you will be muted, rightly so.
Re:Robots move Shanghai city block [video] on Saturday July 05, 2025 @02:36AM (#44470556)
The Sonic Youth Gig there was awesome ;)
Re:The Level Design Book on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @05:55AM (#44114346)
Thank you very much!
Re:Why National Labs are investing (heavily) in AI on Monday May 12, 2025 @06:45PM (#43968167)
They should invest in natural intelligence first.
Nothing new under the sun.
Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting on Saturday March 01, 2025 @02:36AM (#43216918)
He is talking about Schroeder, who was in on Gazprom after his tenure.
Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting on Saturday March 01, 2025 @02:20AM (#43216810)
He did meet with the german chancellor, days prior to the meeting with Merz and not in Munich but in Paris.
Re:Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf] on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:44AM (#42929819)
Franz Ferdinands death would be higher on that list i reckon.
Re:New York claims a small victory in 'forever war on rats' on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:18AM (#42929609)
Anectodal but my cat brought home at least a dozen full grown rats in her lifetime. Sometimes afterwards she got sick, but only for 1-2 days. I don‘t know how many rats she just devoured before i could throw them in the thrash.

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