Windows 11 is a minefield of micro-aggressions in the shipping lane of progress
theregister.com/2025/07/28/win…
A better minesweeper is needed. Time for an intervention to save Microsoft from itself
Workflow. Productivity. Enablement. These are the holy words by which software companies sanctify their ever more plunder-hungry Viking raids on enterprise IT coffers. If only they were true. At least Vikings didn’t pretend to be offering monastery renovations and smart haircuts when they turned up.
Windows 11 is a minefield of micro-aggressions in the shipping lane of progress
: A better minesweeper is needed. Time for an intervention to save Microsoft from itselfRupert Goodwins (The Register)
Nidoje atostogaujantis vilnietis apie Palangą: visiškas kaimas - EUROPE SAYS
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Stardock Entertainment revealed Elemental: Reforged bringing together multiple games gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/star…
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Stardock Entertainment revealed Elemental: Reforged bringing together multiple games
Stardock Entertainment have announced Elemental: Reforged, which is kinda of like a super remaster of three different games to finally realize their vision.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Apple, Please Don't Let AI Ruin the iPhone 17's Camera
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Apple, Please Don't Let AI Ruin the iPhone 17's Camera
The iPhone 17 is right around the corner and I need Apple to focus on what matters.Andrew Lanxon (CNET)
I Tested the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and It Impressed Me in Nearly Every Way but One
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Apple to shutter a retail store in China for the first time ever
The company said it will shut one of two stores in the city of Dalian on Aug. 9, citing a changing landscape at the shopping complex where it is located.Mark Gurman (The Japan Times)
🇬🇧 A business associate of the oligarch Roman Abramovich has failed to overturn sanctions imposed on him after #Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, after a supreme court judgment seen as a test case for the UK’s sanctions regime.
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Abramovich business associate Eugene Shvidler fails to overturn UK sanctions
Supreme court dismisses appeal by Russian-born tycoon, in test case of sanctions regimeSimon Goodley (The Guardian)
18-year-old charged with DUI in crash that killed 2 young people in McHenry Monday
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18-year-old charged with DUI in crash that killed 2 young people in McHenry Monday
Jason K. Land, 18, of Fox River Grove, faces aggravated DUI causing death along with misdemeanor DUI counts and failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash.Daily Herald (Chicago Sun-Times)
An alien creature traversing a distant world, or baby mite navigating the micro-fungi strewn surface of a decaying log? Arguably it's both!
Take a closer look at the life beneath your feet, and you'll discover a whole new world of dazzling complexity.
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Wuchang makes the same mistake as Stellar Blade
Wuchang Fallen Feathers is a lot like Stellar Blade in one way: Everyone’s talking about the character’s appearance rather than the game’s gameplay.Jazz Stewart (Polygon)
Trump’s AI plan is a massive handout to gas and chemical companies
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Trump’s AI plan is a massive handout to gas and chemical companies
Donald Trump’s vision for AI includes building gas plants and computer chip factories for data centers while gutting environmental protections.Justine Calma (The Verge)
Uwaga: Test syren alarmowych we Włocławku - Telewizja Kujawy Włocławek - Media i Aktualności - EUROPE SAYS
Dziś, 29 lipca 2025 roku, w godzinach 9:00–13:00, na terenie Włocławka przeprowadzony zostanie test syren alarmowych.EUROPE SAYS
Just starting to learn about measuring / reducing energy requirements of software, and have found these useful:
dx.doi.org/10.1145/3136014.313…
dx.doi.org/10.1109/MOBILSoft59…
Estimating the Energy Footprint of Software Systems: a Primer
In Green Software Development, quantifying the energy footprint of a software system is one of the most basic activities.arXiv.org
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Pourquoi Proton quitte la Suisse ? #10minutes pour comprendre
10 minutes pour comprendre : pourquoi Proton quitte la Suisse ?La Confédération, autrefois symbole de la « Swiss Privacy », veut brancher un tuyau de surveil...YouTube
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Two-thirds of Czechs work with foreigners – but integration is an issue - EUROPE SAYS
If you’ve joined the Czech workforce as a foreigner, you’re part of a long-term growing trend: the majority of Czech employees now share their workplace withEUROPE SAYS
LIV Golf Doubles Down, Reportedly Will Award Record-Breaking Purses In 2026
LIV Golf is preparing to inject more money into its tournaments, breaking all records for high purses in professional golf in the process.Julio Cesar Valdera Morales (Newsweek)
Are You Ready for the Lion’s Gate Portal, AKA the Best Day to Manifest?
Looking to manifest a whole new life for yourself (or maybe just a few extra bucks to fund a dream vacation)? Well, you’re in luck.Sammi Caramela (VICE)
🇰🇿🇷🇺 Kazakh authorities said Tuesday that the EU had granted the country permission to export coal to the bloc via Russian ports despite sanctions targeting Moscow.
Húsíovia zadržiavajú deväť filipínskych námorníkov. Manila s povstalcami odmieta rokovať - Svet - Správy -
Filipíny požiadajú spriatelené krajiny o pomoc pri snahe zabezpečiť prepustenie deviatich filipínskych námorníkov, ktorých zadržiavajú jemenskí povstalci,EUROPE SAYS
Christopher Nolan Accused Of Fueling “Brutal Repression” By Filming ‘The Odyssey’ In Occupied Western Sahara
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Christopher Nolan Accused Of Fueling "Repression" With 'The Odyssey'
Christopher Nolan has been criticized for shooting elements of Universal’s all-star epic 'The Odyssey' in Morocco-occupied Western Sahara.Jake Kanter (Deadline)
Trump’s AI plan is a massive handout to gas and chemical companies
Donald Trump’s vision for AI includes building gas plants and computer chip factories for data centers while gutting environmental protections.Justine Calma (The Verge)
I don't want to hijack @jasoncoon's thread[1], so I'll start this one.
I was speculating on the math behind Jason's expanded Fibonacci LED discs. Each LED is at
r = n^exp
θ = 2πn(2 - φ)
For the Fermat spiral in Jason's classic discs, exp = 0.5, so r = sqrt(n). For expanding spirals, exp is larger.
Here[2] is an animation of LED discs where exp varies from 0.5 to 1.0.
[1] leds.social/@jasoncoon/1149140…
[2] editor.p5js.org/10.uses-mender…
🧵 1/N
#p5js #math #LEDs #generative #Fibonacci
p5.js Web Editor
A web editor for p5.js, a JavaScript library with the goal of making coding accessible to artists, designers, educators, and beginners.editor.p5js.org
Fibonacci256 price drop!
I messed up when copying the listing from Tindie to Lectronz. It's fixed now, resulting in a $120 drop in price. If you'd previously taken a look at the listing, you might want to take another look. Sorry about that! 😅
lectronz.com/products/fibonacc…Fibonacci256 - 166mm disc with 256 HDR RGB LEDs
Fibonacci256 is a beautiful 166mm circular disc with 256 SK8922-EC20 HDR RGB LEDs surface mounted in a Fibonacci distribution.lectronz.com
The math behind the spiral (which I didn't use in the final animation) was about 100× harder than the LED placement. It's easy, given n, to find (x, y) using the equations in 🧵1. But it's a lot harder, given (x, y), to find the distance to the nearest point on the curve.
I didn't use it because at 256 LED resolution, the Moiré effect was overwhelming. That's why I posted the 16 LED version. 🤪
The green glow was a "happy accident".
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140K Minnesotans could lose Medicaid under new law
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Prospect Medical wants to ‘abandon’ Delaware County Memorial and Taylor hospitals
The move comes after bankruptcy Prospect received such low offers for the two Crozer hospitals that they would bring no value to the bankruptcy estate.Harold Brubaker (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
India says it has killed perpetrators of Kashmir terror attack
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Office market still in the tank despite glimmers of hope
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Gewaltdelikte in Berliner Freibädern: Hitzköpfe am Beckenrand
Ausweiskontrollen, höhere Zäune, mehr Wachpersonal: Nach den Ausschreitungen 2023 haben die Berliner Freibäder aufgerüstet. Trotzdem ist die Gewalt zuletzt wieder gestiegen. Kein Grund zur Panik, sagen die Betreiber.Florian Kistler (DER SPIEGEL)
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in reply to Frank Ashwood • • •Taking a big "steppy"
I love the sense of motion this captures. And the narrow depth of field makes it feel so otherworldly.
The lighting too, the way the mite glows like a jellos shot. Magnificent.