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That sounds fascinating! I'd love to see the results when it's ready.

Agreed, but I find for even these simple tasks it's hit-and-miss for accuracy. My Google device will randomly not know what a "shopping list" is, or the interactions go something l…

I watched this video a couple of years ago and was blown away by what can be done with shaders.

> uses the outdated stats that claim nuclear kills less people than solar and wind. What's the latest data on this? I had also assumed this was still the case.

I used to work in aerospace. One of my projects involved running avionics bench tests at a customer facility, basically the avionic subsystem of the aircraft in a big room on shelv…

However, the homepage claims "Our software was designed to answer most needs, from basic video editing to professional work."

Germany too.

Clifford Pickover has some great books, I can't recommend them enough if you're interested in the intersection between maths and art.

Not only that, but the pesticides permitted on organic crops are sometimes more harmful than synthetic pesticides. edit: https://risk-monger.blogactiv.eu/2015/11/12/the-risk-monger…

I'm fascinated by this. The Conet Project has lots of audio recordings of numbers stations for download: https://archive.org/details/ird059

Just a heads up: Firefox doesn't load the whole article - just up to the first map image. Works in Chrome.

I can second this - Linode has always responded quickly and effectively in my experience.

I understand what you mean. I don't imagine I could work very long on a project like this with asking myself if it's the most important problem I could be solving. But we don't kno…

I started out with a Dragon 32 at around age 14, typing in programs from computer magazines. When I went to university (in 1989), I studied Aeronautical Engineering, which had no c…

There's GoCardless ( https://gocardless.com ), currently UK only, but their FAQ says they're planning a European rollout by mid-2012.

This is very nice and simple, I like it a lot. One thing I would change is to make the "Select the thing to be added" pane disappear after I've selected something, or add a close b…