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Unity CEO 'retires' in the wake of fee fiasco

Wednesday 11th October 2023 00:25 GMT Dave Taflin

Re: Promise

I wish I could properly attribute this, but some commentator on the intertubes once observed that the longer the country name, the more oppressive its regime. Thus, The Free, Fair, Democratic and Totally Awesome Republic of Somewhere would be a country to avoid like the plague.

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95% of NFTs now totally worthless, say researchers

Thursday 21st September 2023 20:03 GMT Dave Taflin

NFT = Not F-ing There

Still my favorite article on NFTs, and it has aged well: https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/16/something_for_the_weekend/

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Romance in 2021: Using creepware to keep tabs on your partner or ex. Aww

Thursday 24th June 2021 19:54 GMT Dave Taflin

Loose definition of stalking

According to the referenced article, I "stalk" my spouse every time I open my phone's Find My app (which shows the location of her phone). Seems like they're applying a pretty loose definition of stalking.

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Pizza and beer night out the window, hours trying to sort issue, then a fresh pair of eyes says 'See, the problem is...'

Friday 8th January 2021 23:50 GMT Dave Taflin

Re: What a great discovery

I call that "code therapy." You figure out your problem whilst describing your code to someone else.

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Good news: Boffins have finally built room-temperature superconductors. Bad news: You'll need a laser, a diamond anvil, and a lot of pressure

Thursday 15th October 2020 19:37 GMT Dave Taflin

Re: What a great discovery

NNN+1) Profit!

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Uncle Sam bungs rich tech giants quarter of a billion bucks for exascale super R&D

Thursday 15th June 2017 19:54 GMT Dave Taflin

The number of people proclaiming the death of Moore's Law doubles every 18 months.

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New Year, new Git: Version control system updated this week

Friday 8th January 2016 00:33 GMT Dave Taflin

Re: Momentary panic when I read the headline...

A workmate saw a traffic sign that said, "Dip in the road," and was concerned that I might be hit.

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Seagate belches, chomps down another greenback burger

Tuesday 27th January 2015 17:56 GMT Dave Taflin

Re: Correction?

You need those petabytes to store your petafiles.

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Republicans shoot down proposed ban on Facebook login boss-snoop

Wednesday 28th March 2012 18:22 GMT Dave Taflin

Which companies are involved?

I'd like to see public shame heaped upon the guilty companies. Has anyone listed which companies are doing this?

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US Navy in new electromagnetic railgun milestone

Thursday 3rd November 2011 00:55 GMT Dave Taflin

You still need a large capacitor

The article suggests space savings over conventional munitions. Maybe, but bear in mind that you need to store up however many megajoules for each shot, and that takes a pretty sizable capacitor. And speaking of Paris...

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