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Re:A decades-old bug in Knuth's long division (TAOCP Vol II, Algorithm...
on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @12:41PM (#49363884)
Most people reading this would be hung on your wall?
Excel's Copilot function is headed for the Recycle Bin
Re:Working around dragons with the Lemote Yeeloong laptop and OpenBSD
on Monday June 29, 2026 @02:46AM (#48715683)
For those curious about the Godson–dog food connection, the Chinese code name was 狗剩 gǒu shèng 'scraps for the dog'.
Re:Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes
on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @11:24AM (#48109684)
Compare https://deskto.ps/
Re:Write some software, give it away for free
on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @08:53AM (#48035650)
They've recently done up Norwich castle and it's better than ever. It's in the running for Museum of the Year!
The workers behind Meta's smart glasses can see everything
Re:Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that las...
on Saturday February 21, 2026 @03:28AM (#47098685)
Not at low temperatures.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-fiction-glas...
Re:We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing Amer...
on Friday February 20, 2026 @02:44AM (#47084935)
Skill issue.
America's Future Is African
Re:Qwen-Image-2.0: Professional infographics, exquisite photorealism
on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @06:06AM (#46958099)
The Chinese vertical typography is sadly a bit off. If punctuation marks are used at all, they should be the characters specifically designed for vertical text, like ︒(U+FE12 PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP).
A Missive on the Leitmotif
Re:Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3
on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @04:40AM (#46777664)
There are ETFs that specifically exclude companies with lots of negative externalities (no Exxon, etc.). The term to look for is "socially responsible".
E.g. https://www.ubs.com/uk/en/assetmanagement/funds/etf/lu062945...
Re:The super-slow conversion of the U.S. to metric (2025)
on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @11:03AM (#46707556)
Banksy??
It's the Great AGI Rebrand
Re:Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:46AM (#46299984)
Those vowel diacritics in Semitic languages are called matres lectionis.
UK to rejoin EU's Erasmus student exchange programme
Re:How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
on Friday December 12, 2025 @09:56AM (#46244723)
> A magic 'send my PC browser tab to this other PC connected to the TV' button
You can send a tab to another device on Firefox. It doesn't come with all the browser context, but it's pretty handy.
Re:Why can't I buy a small smartphone?
on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @09:59AM (#45655909)
Why can't I buy a small smartphone?
The AirPods Pro 3 Are Everything I Wanted, and They're Crucially Flawed
China opens highest bridge, breaking its own record
Re:Why Love Matters Most
on Sunday August 17, 2025 @02:45AM (#44929457)
Murdoch is unusual among philosophers in also being a world-class novelist. Her Black Prince is one of my favourites and explores the concepts described in the article.
Re:Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
on Sunday August 17, 2025 @02:32AM (#44929394)
Excel has tables (Insert > Table), which take care of your second point.
Audio of arguments from Marriage Story used to scare off wolves in the US
Re:Laptops, millions of dollars: US woman jailed over North Korea remo...
on Monday August 04, 2025 @05:32AM (#44783599)
Real headline: "Ninety laptops, millions of dollars: US woman jailed over North Korea remote-work scam"
Re:Optician Sans – A free font based on historical eye charts and opto...
on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @02:35PM (#44737914)
Always amusing to see spelling errors on painstakingly put together design websites. Unless NRK did indeed mean 'Let us all behave like opticians!'
Re:'Pervasive sense of fear': China steps up exit bans as US tensions ...
on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @10:27AM (#44734697)
'Pervasive sense of fear': China steps up exit bans as US tensions flare
Re:Digitising CDs (a.k.a. using your phone as an image scanner)
on Monday July 28, 2025 @04:34AM (#44708632)
I thought this was going to be about recovering data from a CD from just a photo of the shiny side. Could that be possible?