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This post adds another chapter to my previous series of posts on line signatures in maps. Back in the first part of the series i explained and illustrated how the sophisticated techniques in using line signatures in pre-digital maps have practically largely been replaced by rather primitive line drawing in digital map production. And i showed some methods how you can, in digital rule based map design, work around these …

by Will MoczarskiWelcome back to Pepper’s Adventures in Time! Last time we managed to make Ben Franklin lose his no-good hippie ways by taking him along for the kite/key experiment. It worked like a charm: lighting struck, and Ben is back to his own self again. Thus, act 4 begins, and the hot tub is...let’s just say it reminded me of this:SourceI manage to salvage quite a lot of items …

After just a few months ago dropping the stunning album See In The Sun, which is sure to feature in many a Balearic head’s end-of-year list, Phil Mison releases a fresh 45 just as we hit the festive season. Issued under his first and foremost, most familiar alias, Cantoma, the remixes come care of one of his less commonly employed alter egos, Noche Espa​ñ​ola. The single is perhaps a hint, …

Hello you fine Internet folks!At SC24, I got the chance to interview Elad Raz, CEO of NextSilicon which is a startup that is focusing on the HPC market which is unique considering that most of the hardware startups are focusing on AI and Machine Learning.And the targeting of the HPC market isn't the only thing unique about NextSilicon, they are also taking a different approach with their hardware.Picture of NextSilicon’s …

(Not suitable for kids or the sexually modest) Ok, one more little posting before I tackle writing about the last week in my life, parts of which were spectacularly awful, but through most of which I coped admirably and in good spirits, I don’t know why or how. This simultaneously disastrous and miraculous week ended with my delicious Thanksgiving dinner, of Korean soy and black vinegar chicken on japchae, a …

Keiko reveals two traumatic truths, both in the form of questions to Hirayama, that cause us to fundamentally rethink our perceptions, namely (1) do you ever intend on visiting our[...] The post Perfect Tuesdays: How Wim Wenders Taught Me It’s Wrong to Watch Movies on a Weekday Morning appeared first on Bright Lights Film Journal.

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This to finally spare us the time-wasting, sometimes totally irrelevant, tyranny of the “for you” tab. Chris Welch, writing for The Verge, says Meta has started testing a feature allowing users to select their preferred feed, be it “for you”, “following”, or even one custom made, as the stream they’ll see all the time. It can’t happen soon enough. If you’re in the test, here’s how to set your default …

Dear friends, comrades, lovers and loiterers It’s First Sunday, This Sunday and, somewhat discombobulatingly the last First Sunday of the year. How the devil did that happen? Join us to ponder time flying, cities dreaming, buddleia conspiring and doubtless much else. Meet 2pm this Sunday outside Manchester Craft and Design Centre, Oak St M4 5JD. I don’t know exactly where we will go, but as ever our wanders wind collectively, …

new-aesthetic:Satellite images of a horse, pomegranates, and a camel, created from Solar Panel installations in China and Mongolia.Via @[email protected] Horse image was created in association with Huawei, in a project that also includes agrivoltaics (growing crops between and underneath solar panels):In the Kubuqi Desert of Inner Mongolia, the State Power Investment Corporation used Huawei’s smart PV solution to build a 300 MW solar power station. The power station located in …

An annual tradition for a quarter of a century! This is my list of ridiculous people from 2024 (so far). Pass me one of those rolls, please: The Greasy Gravy Award for oily publicity that makes the main dish inedible goes to advocates of "open AI" who are carefully ignoring that they're running Eliza on processors, memory, storage systems, an peripherals from displays to input

Around 60 BC, Rome was bothered by a host of hostile tribes in Gaul (parts modern France, Belguim, Germany and Switzerland). They would raid Roman caravans and attack Roman-allied forces in the area. The troubles slowly built over the years until all out war broke out in 55 BC. By that time, the tribes weren’t just bothersome, they were threatening the Roman citizens in the area and reputation of Rome …

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A Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow American readers! In the spirit of this holiday I thought I’d put a spotlight on…well…something turkey-themed, at any rate. There weren’t a lot of holiday-themed movies in the silent era, but if you’re looking … Continue reading →

With sequels its usual for people to say “If you liked the first film, you’ll like this one” and in the case of Gladiator 2 that may be true if what you’re looking for is more of the same. This is not a sequel that tries to break new ground, preferring to run through a similar trajectory to that of the first film albeit with different characters and an even …