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Re:Imogen Heap releases single on Ethereum-based Mycelia
on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @06:47AM (#10337963)
Also note that "is optimized for ~" is now a euphemism for "content is only available for ~".
I'm not quite sure to like that semantic shift.
Re:DynaFlash: High-speed 8-bit image projector at 1,000fps with 3ms de...
on Thursday July 30, 2015 @06:51AM (#9974143)
Moreover seems like our perception of time and space do change during a saccadic eye movement.
At least according to that paper from ten years ago : http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v8/n7/abs/nn1488.html
Maybe is there more recent researches in that field.
Re:A Walk Around Chernobyl [video]
on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @07:25AM (#9804369)
Wildfires in the exclusion zones of Chernobyl or Fukushima are bound to release radioactive clouds over neighbouring regions and countries. Not necessary a lot, it depends of the size of the fire.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26933-rise-in-wildfire...
Re:Back to Brontosaurus? The Dinosaur Might Deserve Its Own Genus Afte...
on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @01:23PM (#9335588)
Brontosaurus ✓
So now, about Pluto ...
Re:List of April Fools' Day Announcements
on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @08:05AM (#9302961)
indeed because "The evaluation fee is US$185,000."
http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/customer-service/faq...
Re:Firefox: The Next Mobile Platform
on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @07:48AM (#9302917)
"Unlike major mobile operating systems, which were designed based on Linux codes, Mozilla created their Firefox Os (project name: Boot to Gecko) on an HTML platform, more precisely HTML 5."
afaik Firefox OS is also built upon a Linux kernel, so it's a bit misleading ...