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We're going AMD Ryzen 5 9600x, MSI RTX 4060 OC, and CORSAIR Vengence RGB RAM.

#Gamer #Tech #Gaming #VideoGames



Unwinding an Unusual Slide Rule


If the Otis King slide rule in [Chris Staecker’s] latest video looks a bit familiar, you might be getting up there in age, or you might remember seeing us talk about one in our collection. Actually, we have two floating around one of the Hackaday bunkers, and they are quite the conversation piece. You can watch the video below.

The device is often mistaken for a spyglass, but it is really a huge slide rule with the scale wrapped around in a rod-shaped form factor. The video says the scale is the same as a 30-inch scale, but we think it is closer to 66 inches.

Slide rules work using the idea that adding up logarithms is the same as multiplying. For example, for a base 10 logarithm, log(10)=1, log(100)=2, and log(1000)=3. So you can see that 1+2=3. If the scales are printed so that you can easily add and then look up the antilog, you can easily figure out that 10×100=1000.

The black center part acts like a cursor on a conventional slide rule. How does it work? Watch [Chris’] video and you’ll see. We know from experience that one of these in good shape isn’t cheap. Lucky that [Chris] gives us a 3D printed version so you can make your own.

Another way to reduce the scale is to go circular, and you can make one of those, too.

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hackaday.com/2025/05/12/unwind…



Premessa: Netflix schifus, il male assoluto etc.

Ora parliamo di quanto é bella la miniserie Asterix e il duello dei capi! Soprattutto in francese!

Liquido subito gli unici difetti che ho trovato: la regia limitata dalla tecnologia (se all'inizio certi colpi di regia promettono molto, più avanti una gag risulta davvero fiacca pur di risparmiare sulla modellazione).
Poi lo scontro finale, per andare in cerca della citazione a ogni costo, scade nel già visto.

Detto questo: finalmente il 3D ->

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Centro. Cultura woke (ma letteralmente "woke", dato che il personaggio che incarna la gioventù per la giustizia sociale si risveglia abbandonando i valori repubblicani in cui prima credeva ma che celavano del marcio) vs. l'argine spietato al supposto pericolo di separatismo interno (la Francia viene raccontata come costellata da villaggi di irriducibilɜ marginalizzatɜ) con una sintesi finale.
Le malelingue lo considereranno un lieto fine "pizza e fichi", ma é abbastanza in linea allo spirito ->
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Dei fumetti originali di Goscinny e Uderzo.

La maggior parte delle gag é riuscitissima (tra queste una caricatura, simpatica e gentile, dei vicini tedeschi che nel mondo francese funziona sempre) e le strizzate d'occhio ad altre opere pop o situazioni contemporanee sono ben dosate.

Infine, la vicenda personale dei protagonisti é molto bella e piacevole (anche se sappiamo già da subito che l'amicizia trionferà sempre).

A me é strapiaciuta!

Ps. Ho anche la nuova Crush del Mercoledì!

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US President Donald Trump on Monday furiously rejected #ethics concerns over his plans to receive a jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One, saying it would be "stupid" not to accept such a gift. "It's a great gesture," the 78-year-old billionaire told reporters at the White House when asked if the oil-rich Gulf state would expect anything in exchange. FRANCE 24's Eliza Herbert reports.
#Trump #Qatar #plane #corruption
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The Barbican

Link: arslan.io/2025/05/12/barbican-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…



A brief history of the numeric keypad

The title is a lie. This isn't brief at all.

Picture the keypad of a telephone and calculator side by side. Can you see the subtle difference between the two without resorting to your smartphone? Don’t worry if you can’t recall the design. Most of us are so used to accepting the common interfaces that we tend to overlook the calculator’s inverted key seque

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#Hardware

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🏆 What makes journalism worthy of a Pulitzer Prize? In this week's edition of The Sift, we look at the winners of the awards through the lens of:

- Political cartoons that hold the powerful accountable
- Investigative & critical local reporting
- Photojournalism & capturing historic events

Read & subscribe: go.newslit.org/Sift12May2025
#pulitzerprizes





New study: In first head-to-head trial, Zepbound crushed Wegovy in weight loss—20.2% vs. 14%. That’s an avg of 50 lbs lost with Zepbound vs. 33 lbs with Wegovy. BUT, the study was funded by Lilly, Zepbound’s maker. Game on…

apnews.com/article/zepbound-we… #press




Este finde me pillé en la #FeriaInternacionalDelDisco, por 12 pavos, el "The Up Escalator" de #GrahamParkerAndTheRumour (el original se lo llevó mi hermano cuando nos repartimos los vinilos), y estoy redescubriendo lo buen disco que era y lo mucho que me gustaba.

Disco de la semana.

#PubRock #GrahamParker

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✨ So excited to share these #unedited shots from my @yellowbellyphoto session yesterday✨

I’m still deciding which headshots I’ll choose to be edited and for my Spotlight, but I loved these so wanted to share as them - as these ones didn’t make the cut (and even these are wonderful, that’s how good they all are!)

With thanks to my amazing photographer Rosie 💙

instagram.com/p/DJkJ_xooWnr/
#acting



China sees 50% plunge in foreign-branded phone shipments in March
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/12/foreign-smartphones-sales-plunge-in-china/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into All Stories @all-stories-9to5mac





What a spectacular--and informative--live shot by Jacob Soboroff on a Port of Long Beach boat with a drone flying along and over for Nicolle Wallace's show.


#Photography "waiting" #Bluebird #Swallow #Bird It pulled my heart strings. He just seemed so lost, all his mates have paired up. Sorry about the quality I was on a moving 749 bus from Haffordwest to #Pembroke . I am a big softie really! 💔 x
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If it migrates like a duck…

Tariff troubles: A rubber duck museum is migrating to Canada to stay afloat
#politics
npr.org/2025/05/10/nx-s1-53939…


in reply to koellefornia

Das Video zeigt einen jungen Kind, der auf einem Fahrrad eine ruhige Straße in einer städtischen Umgebung fährt. Das Kind trägt einen blauen Helm, ein weißes T-Shirt und braune Hosen. Die Straße ist asphaltiert und hat eine weiße Pfeilspur, die den Weg für Radfahrer markiert. Die Umgebung ist belebt mit Bäumen, die Blätter haben, und modernen Gebäuden auf beiden Seiten der Straße. Einige Menschen stehen am Straßenrand und beobachten das Kind. Der Himmel ist klar und blau, was auf einen sonnigen Tag hinweist.

Im Laufe des Videos erscheinen verschiedene Hashtags wie "#StreetsforKids", "#StrassenfürAlle" und "#KidicalMass" auf dem Bildschirm, was auf eine Kampagne oder Initiative hinweist, die sich für die Sicherheit und Freizeitaktivitäten von Kindern auf Straßen einsetzt. Der Kind fährt entschlossen und konzentriert entlang der Straße, und die Szene vermittelt ein Gefühl von Freiheit und Sicherheit.

Die Kamera fokussiert sich auf den Kind von hinten, was die Perspektive des Kindes und die Fahrt auf der Straße betont. Die Umgebung bleibt konstant, mit Bäumen, Gebäuden und einigen Passanten, die das Kind beobachten. Der Text auf dem Bildschirm bleibt während des gesamten Videos erhalten, was die Bedeutung der Kampagne unterstreicht.

Das Video endet mit dem Kind, das weiter entlang der Straße fährt, während die Hashtags auf dem Bildschirm bleiben. Die Szene vermittelt ein Gefühl von Sicherheit und Freiheit, und die Kampagne "#StreetsforKids" wird deutlich hervorgehoben.

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#hunderunde #Natur #baum

Mit etwas Phantasie kann man in den weißen Blümchen einen Schwan, ein Pferd oder einen Drachen erkennen. Heute bin ich mal für den Schwan 😌

in reply to Janina

Das Bild zeigt eine prächtige Ansammlung von Bäumen und Sträuchern, die in voller Blüte stehen. Im Vordergrund sind Sträucher mit dichter Blüte zu sehen, die weiße und rosafarbene Blüten tragen. Die weißen Blüten sind dicht an den Zweigen angeordnet und scheinen fast wie Schnee zu glänzen, während die rosafarbenen Blüten einen lebhaften Kontrast bilden. Im Hintergrund erhebt sich ein großer Baum mit dichtem grünen Laub, dessen Blätter im Sonnenlicht glänzen. Der Himmel ist klar und blau, was die Farben der Blüten noch hervorhebt. Die gesamte Szene strahlt eine fröhliche und lebendige Atmosphäre aus, die typisch für eine sonnige Sommertagsszene ist.

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While they swap stories of how they each lost a leg, she pointedly peers under the brim of his hat to hint at him that he's committing a grave faux pas by not removing it (indoors, dining, AND being introduced) 😱


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🎶 "Ooo-ro-vee-sion!" 🎶

The hour of #Eurovision is at nearly upob us! Be prepared to see me enjoying something and expressing something akin to unconditional love.

Telex were magnificent and Belgium as a country rarely disappoint in the contest. Looking forward to what they have in store!

#songoftheday




I tried letting "Claude Code" solve a coding problem for me.

It was iterating, trying edits, running the tests, revising the code. But then when it couldn't get the tests pass to after a couple of iterations, it updated the test suite to just skip those tests, declaring that they were unreliable and not useful. 😂

The tests were passing before Claude got involved. Our jobs are safe for now.

#AI #LLM #CLaude




globalist.it/world/2025/05/12/…

Robe da pazzi, ossia robe da Trump



Non potrò proteggermi per sempre.




The watercolour for the video about tanks vs Tesla I did yesterday (A4). The person who finds the funniest ending for this poor poem will receive it by post for free.

tesla was there
will be gone
Wars rage
will be quite
fascism rises
sun goes down
ruler rules the world
< enter your phrase here as reply>

#watercolor #MastoArt #painting #aquarelle #noAI #poetry #tesla



Song IT cover in german - Ich bin ITler von Beruf. Original ist von Reinhard Mey Ich bin Klemptner von Beruf. Habs heute spontan geschrieben und ist schlecht aufgenommen, aber wird dann besser beim nächsten #ccc Congress gesungen. Wenn ihr bei all den schlechten Nachrichten mal lachen wollt.
#CCC


I don't spend money on these things, but if I did I would vote for #Portugal
No one wears a 60s sofa cover as well as this guy #Eurovision #esc2025

🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=pNstFdk-hn…







And coast to coast...

Point Reyes National Seashore and Boston National Historical Park today.

Learn more at nps.gov/pore/index.htm and nps.gov/bost/index.htm and #nps #nationalparks #ocean #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #pointreyes Image credit National Park Service Air Quality Web Camera Network and National Park Service and #california #lighthouse #clouds #research #airquality #interpretation #boston #bostonharbor #flag #newtopographics #massachusetts #history



Analysis: How to rethink climate finance for Africa

semafor.com/article/05/12/2025…



La liberazione dell'ostaggio israelo-statunitense Idan Alexander, avvenuta senza commiati propagandistici da parte di hamas, dimostra che pure il governo statunitense sembra essere competente e ragionevole, a confronto di quello genocida israeliano
#Gaza #Israele #Israel #USA #genocidio #genocide



...e forse sarei anche libera per il mercatino ligure, viste le ferie.
Ma questa cosa della collega che me la dà vinta perché ha paura è cringissima.


Filippine: duro colpo per Marcos, le elezioni di metà mandato rafforzano gli alleati di Duterte
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

From director #DavidLean - his least favorite #film. Based on a #truestory

#Madeleine (1950) - imdb.com/title/tt0042700/




After more than a year, the tour through every spanish speaking country, across half of the world, is finally over 🌎
Kany is going home ❤😌
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A person is sitting against a plain white wall, holding a red rose in their left hand. They are wearing a loose-fitting gray t-shirt and blue jeans. The person has long, wavy blonde hair and is adorned with a red and white patterned scarf around their neck. Their right hand is raised, with the index finger pointing upwards, and they have visible tattoos on their arms. Red rose petals are falling around them, adding a dynamic element to the scene. The overall composition is simple, with the person as the central focus, set against a stark white background.

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Revolut°Permanente🚩 « Reprendre contrôle des frontières » : Starmer, l'ami du PS, s'aligne sur l'extrême droite: Keir Starmer, Premier ministre travailliste, a annoncé ce lundi un durcissement de la politique migratoire du Royaume-Uni, reprenant les slogans du Brexit pour renforcer le contrôle des frontières. Cette radicalisation confirme la droitisation du Labour, notamment sous la pression de… revolutionpermanente.fr/Repren… 🚩RP #Immigration #ContrôleDesFrontières #KeirStarmer #Labour #Brexit


this is why we don't github folks

what an absolute waste of time - just reading source files in someone's tree.

#github

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lately it's happening to me too for no reason, just to have a try I hitted like a crazy the refresh button and after some seconds the page appeared... it seems a random and totally fake limit screen to me...


Shared on a friend's discord.

youtube.com/watch?v=77ubC4bcgR…

Fault line surface rupture during an #earthquake



title: Unidentified Woman
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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The image is a black and white photograph of a building with a prominent brick tower. The tower features a square base with a tiled roof and is constructed from dark bricks, with visible mortar lines. The building has a white stucco facade with a smooth texture, contrasting with the rough brickwork. An arched opening is visible at the base of the tower, and a small arched niche is present on the brick wall. A black metal railing runs along the top of the building, and a clear sky is visible in the background. The image is taken from a low angle, emphasizing the height of the tower and the architectural details.

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Demokratie … #Dilemma … In einer #Demokratie wählen nicht die Klugen die Besten, sondern die Vielen die Verständlichsten. Und je lauter die #Dummheit hallt, desto wahrscheinlicher wird sie gewählt. In komplexen Zeiten und einem tendenziell dummen #Mainstream … PS Nur Bildung würde helfen #Tja🖖

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Das Bild zeigt eine ruhige, ländliche Szene in den Niederlanden. Im Vordergrund führt eine asphaltierte Straße, die sich durch das Bild zieht und in die Ferne führt. Die Straße ist von einer niedrigen Hecke und einem Zaun begrenzt, der die Felder auf beiden Seiten trennt. Auf der rechten Seite des Bildes ist ein frisch umgebautes Feld zu sehen, während auf der linken Seite Gras und Wildblumen wachsen.

Im Hintergrund erhebt sich ein traditionelles Windmühlenrad, das ein charakteristisches Merkmal der niederländischen Landschaft ist. Die Windmühle hat vier große Räder und steht auf einem Grundstück, das von einigen Häusern umgeben ist. Die Häuser haben typische niederländische Dächer und sind in verschiedenen Farben gestrichen, darunter Rot und Grau. Einige Bäume und ein weiterer Windmühlenrad sind im Hintergrund zu sehen, was die ländliche Atmosphäre unterstreicht.

Der Himmel ist klar und blau, was auf einen sonnigen Tag hinweist. Die Szene vermittelt ein Gefühl von Ruhe und Idylle, typisch für die ländlichen Gebiete der Niederlande.

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"The president has promised that as he seeks to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status, the laws will be 100 percent adhered to. That seems unlikely given the few flimsy explanations the White House has floated so far as a fig leaf for its actions," Natasha Sarin writes. wapo.st/3GPcjNQ


📽️ vidéo en ✊ Le pass Navigo gratuit ?! #bus #metro #ratp #transport #injustice #justice #travail #riche: -- EFO2Ks-2pUU?version=3 #passNavigo #transport #justice #injustice #RATP

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🕸glané sur le net🕸 Gaza : nous refusons le silence: Dans leur tribune intitulée « Gaza : nous refusons le silence », plus de 700 étudiants et étudiantes en journalisme de France affichent leur soutien à leurs consoeurs et confrères qui… #Gaza #Solidarité #Journalisme #DroitDInformation #Palestine

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🕸glané sur le net🕸 Etats-Unis : Je suis professeure et israélienne. Pourquoi mon travail figure-t-il dans le rapport de Harvard sur l'antisémitisme ?: Harvard assimile l'identité juive avec la loyauté politique à Israël. C'est une erreur… #Antisémitisme #Harvard #Israël #Palestine #IdentitéJuive

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From the archives in 2023: As a Christian, I find it repugnant to see the loving, peaceable teachings of Jesus distorted over and over. Worse, reporters often let conservative Christians get away with speaking for all believers. texasobserver.org/npr-religion…

#religion #media #journalism #censorship #extremism #politics #USpol #news #culture



Need a little help getting to #BSDCan?

We have at least two $500 CAD travel grants available with an application deadline of this Saturday the 17th. To apply, visit:

bsdcan.org/2025/gettingthere.h…

Recipients will be announced the 20th

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