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By: James ConnellFor many young people in the UK, the dream of owning a home has never felt more elusive. Soaring property prices, stagnant wages, and a shrinking supply of affordable housing have turned what was once a common life milestone into an increasingly unattainable goal. Being one of these young people myself, the housing crisis is a highly personal issue. As a result, I was determined to use our …

She said, I don’t think I can do this anymore. I love you but I can’t do this. I said, But if you love me, why can’t you try? She said, It’s over. I said, I know we aren’t perfect, but who is? She said, It’s over. I said it’s over. I said nothing. But later I thought about what I should have said. I should have said, But we …

Submitted by Jace, who says: A while ago I saw your review of the Cercanías Madrid [our 2022 review is here – Cam], and, as a regular user of the system, I too find the map quite bad: Uneven distances between lines, mismatched fonts in the route bullets, and overall lack of quality. So, I took it upon myself to make a better map. I’ve centered it around the central …

This is a result I must have re-derived at least 4 times by now in various ways, but this time I’m writing it down so I just have a link next time. All right. If you’re encoding a BCn or ASTC block and are trying to find optimal endpoints (in a least-squares sense) for a given set of weights, you are led to the linear least-squares problem where A is …

Muzyka: Eugeniusz Rudnik Józef Robakowski "An integral part of Robakowski's work are his statements and self-commentaries, as well as numerous programming texts and manifestoes, e.g. Calling Once Again for 'Pure Film' (1971), Video Art - a Chance to Approach Reality (1976), or Manipulating! (1988)."Robakowski made his first experimental film in 1962, 6,000,000, a compilation of fragments of Holocaust-era documentaries. Photographic activity dominated the early period of his practice, also as …

(for an Italian publication, 2009) The Eyes -- "When the Night Falls" The Beatles -- "Strawberry Fields Forever" John's Children -- "A Midsummer Night's Scene" We The People -- "You Burn Me Up and Down" The Byrds -- "Everybody's Been Burned" Pink Floyd -- "Paintbox" The Doors - "The Soft Parade" Love -- "You Set The Scene" The Stooges - "Ann" Scott Walker -- "Boy Child" Miles Davis -- "Bitches …

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Get the higher resolution PWYW PDF here It’s been a little while since I made a Hex Flower, so I thought I’d make a new one. I’ve seen quite a lot of webposts looking for a good mechanic for mass combat, this is a Hex Flower version which I hope might be of interest to some. Mass Combat Victory Tracker Hex Flower – this Hex Flower is intended to be …

I have 4 (rounded up) beefs with language-y AI bots that have resulted in me sort of avoiding them altogether: They have the personality of a middle manager who writes Google Docs all day that nobody wants to read They’re reallllly good at guessing but not actually that smart, which leads to very convincing lies (see: the “how many Rs in strawberry?” saga). If I had the inclination to double …

Recently I took a trip down memory lane and explored my logo design archives from the ‘90s. I’ve been designing logos since then—almost 30 years ago, before the internet was even a thing. In this article, I’ve gathered some of those early logo designs, along with background information from the client projects I’ve worked on over the past three decades. Finding inspiration was perhaps more challenging then, but there was …

Today the postman surprised me with a card-backed envelope which contained a true ‘blast from the past’. The message came from a kind lady in Riegate, Surrey and contained a publicity leaflet of an advertisement in The Essex Countryside magazine from 1991. Sarah Ballingal wrote “My mother used to live in Walton-on-the-Naze and we have come across this article amongst my late sister’s belongings.” I remember the leaflet well and …

Dear Loiterers Its First Sunday, this Sunday – and blimey, its September already! We will meet for a wander at 2pm this Sunday 1st September outside Whitworth Art Gallery. It’s somewhat ridiculous but we have never actually started there before – our city is always full of places to loiter, and suggestions are always very welcome. This months launch pad is inspired by Dale. As ever all our welcome, with …

thejaymo:Turning Brownfields to Blooming Meadows, With the Help of Fungie360: How did the sites look different after the work that you did on them?Stevenson: They became basically beautiful meadows of native plants that were flowering, and now there are bees and birds and all sorts of life coming through. We had a very high success rate. In three months we saw a more than 50 percent reduction in all [petrochemical] …

This review was first published at Splice in October 2018. *** Meet Keiko Furukura. She has always found it difficult to conform to what her family and wider society consider “normal”. She once stopped a fight between a group of boys at primary school by hitting one of them over the head with a spade. She couldn’t understand what was wrong with this: “Everyone was saying to stop them, so …

Enemies to Lovers by Laura Jane WilliamsPublished: 15th August 2024 by Penguin BooksEnemies to Lovers by Laura Jane Williams is a sweet, fun read that I lapped up, especially given the perfectly matched setting—I read it on a beach in Greece, just like the characters’ family holiday destination! The novel is a delightful blend of summer vibes, humour, and romance that will satisfy any reader.As the name suggests, the plot …