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Comment on Consumer Electronics Show 2026 in ~tech
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Comment on Browser puzzle game: enclose.horse in ~games
QOAL LinkYou can play the previous days as well, from the menu. There's also a level editor, and browser. And it looks like a portal object was added recently, too.You can play the previous days as well, from the menu.
There's also a level editor, and browser.
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Comment on Five browser extensions to make every website more useful in ~tech
QOAL Link ParentYeah. I've received numerous emails about adding a 3rd party web search component to my extension. It only has a small install base across browsers, but has the featured badge on the Chrome Web Store.Yeah. I've received numerous emails about adding a 3rd party web search component to my extension.
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Comment on Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
QOAL LinkMcLaren's strategy call was a stunning mistake, and instantly obvious. Their lack of current experience at managing this has been showing since the summer break. And of course for Red Bull it's...McLaren's strategy call was a stunning mistake, and instantly obvious.
Their lack of current experience at managing this has been showing since the summer break. And of course for Red Bull it's just business as usual, as Max reels them in.Very pleased to see Williams doing well again.
Ferrari probably can't wait for the season to end. Given that they shifted focus early, I hope no heads roll during the winter break. But the pressure must be immense.
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Comment on Cell phone advice in ~tech
QOAL LinkI always like fiddling with gsmarena's phone finder when it's time for a new one. And then finding something unexpected on Amazon when checking prices.I always like fiddling with gsmarena's phone finder when it's time for a new one.
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Comment on Aggressive bots ruined my weekend in ~tech
QOAL Link ParentI would imagine that the click farms have plenty of spare capacity to run a scraper process in the background. And that would be easier to sell access to than the alternative.I would imagine that the click farms have plenty of spare capacity to run a scraper process in the background.
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Comment on Share the contents of an old file you've got lying around in ~talk
QOAL LinkI really like the idea of this post! roomtable.jpg Created: 20 July 2002, 12:47:19 My brother's school library had computer magazines, and on one of the discs that he brought home was a copy of...I really like the idea of this post!
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Created: 20 July 2002, 12:47:19My brother's school library had computer magazines, and on one of the discs that he brought home was a copy of Cinema 4D 5.2 SE (I think that was the version).
And it was a lot of fun, or potential fun because I didn't have any documentation, and I doubt I really had the patience for that.
This scene is probably the best I could achieve at the time.
I made all of the models.
The bin is clearly just a default texture on a cylinder.
I remember using boolean operations to cut out the solitaire board, and yet I left all the holes filled with marbles.
It's a pity that getting a good looking liquid was too tricky for me.
The little toys on the bottom shelf were fun things that I would go on to use in other renders and animations.
I can also offer you:
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I'm not advertising but after liquidating someone in my liquodeluxe 4000 (the fast any easy way to liquidate your nemesis with piping hot magma) I chew orbit sugar free gumCreated: 19 December 2003, 16:00:50
Preface: I don't really bother with tech websites, as they're just an endless wave of fluff and internal links, so finding out what's truly novel or an interesting improvement is a bit of self inflicted pain, but whatever.
I saw Hyundai has got Boston Dynamics to create an enterprise ready version of electric Atlas, with quite a simple looking design. I assume they're currently aiming for work on production lines.
It's quite strange that humanoid robotics is stepping out of sci-fi, and making an entrance into the modern world, along with all the issues it'll bring.
The Nvidia strobing backlight seems to be harking back to CRT rolling displays, using a coarse array of rows, to eliminate image persistence/smearing.
Apparently the minimum FPS that it works at currently is 75hz, which is fine for a lot of modern gaming. But I wonder if this tech could be improved, without causing headaches for sensitive people or pets, so that TV and films could benefit from it as well.
The visual clarity would be worth it.
The click communicator does look like a breath of fresh air in phone design, with many hardware features that others have sadly decided to forget. It'll be interesting to see if people find it enjoyable to use as a primary device, and if apps display on it without feeling cramped. Hopefully it sells well, and the support for it is respectable.
I haven't caught up on the TV side. MicroLED news is welcome, it's been a good few years of manufacturing improvements to get this far. Having a normal display sized panel would be excellent.
I saw a video of an electroluminescent QD display at previous CES, which was very interesting, but would still suffer from high energy decay in the blue channel.