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A new hat puzzle from Gribalko, reminding me of traffic lights. Puzzle. You and six of your mathematician friends each have a hat placed on your head. Each of you can see the hats of …

The Fokker D-II was a fairly mediocre and uninspired successor to the E-III monoplane responsible for the “Fokker Scourge” of 1915-’16. The D-III improved on it, but not enough to make it competitive with the …

The rise of artificial intelligence, for better or worse, is a big deal. And it worries me. I'm not convinced we have the capacity, as a society, to receive this dubious gift right now. Not …

Collection of concept art of various headgear for Mario, labeled “Trial and Error”, found in the 2008 Nintendo company brochure. Interestingly, many of these foreshadow similar hats actually being available for Mario to wear in …

The Zium Exposition by The Zium Society The latest entry in the Zium museum series brings us to a beautiful new gallery housed within a mountain, with an homage to the Tower of the Sun …

Sasheer Zamata on “The Talk“ In her stand-up act, actress and comedian Sasheer Zamata (pronounced sah-SHEER zah-MAY-tah) mentions that her parents created her unique first name from a word they heard while watching the sci-fi …

A look back at the climate good news of 2024. The post Climate wrapped: top 10 good news stories on climate and clean energy in 2024 appeared first on Canadian Climate Institute.

I carried out a preliminary excursion a few days in advance of Terminalia. I wanted to check if there was any safe and legal route I could take from the Beech Woods to Fulbourn Road. …

I have made an exploratory prototype of a new game called Pieces for New York Times Games.

It’s been two years since The Gabys put out their 7” on Fruits & Flowers and if it wasn’t for Stephen Pastel I might have missed out on The Gabys II. The new 4-track 7” …

Well, my friends. That election certainly didn’t go the way we wanted, did it. If you’re anything like me, you’ve gone through a range of emotions these last four days. I was numb for two …

The Solace is ambitious, creating a toy in an underserved niche and miniaturizing a fucking machine to a bit bigger than a chunky loaf of bread. Unfortunately, the tech is not there yet, but it’s …

Eight years ago, I embarked on a journey to make sense of the fast-paced, ever-evolving world of full-stack web development. The result was FullStack Bulletin, a weekly newsletter designed to keep developers informed and inspired. …

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down while on a business trip in Manhattan on Wednesday, December 4th. Almost immediately, security camera footage was released of what appears to be a targeted assassination. All over …

Another Zombicide post today – this time dealing with something tangental to what we’re playing – my collection of Zombie Wolfz (yes, with a z). With a whole lot of these Wolfz to paint, I …