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Мелкие радости в виде release notes. - × × ×

Ааа! Когда? :) - пойду-ка я поработаю

Завтра отправим, числа 3-4 выпустим. ) - × × ×

"So how does it work? In the beginning, when you first install the game, there is nothing. ¶ Then, at the push of a button a complex fractal generator divides the oceans from the land and calls into existence an area about twice the size of New Jersey. ¶ The software then throws it out, and keeps generating 16,000 square mile chunks of real estate, each one 250 miles thick, until it gets the right distribution of elevations. Adams is looking for just the right amount of high points and low points to make the place interesting.” • #проигры - × × ×

“The world's history begins to play out, a week at a time, for 250 years. ¶ Towns grow and flourish, only to expand into the wild and and conflict with their neighbors. Leaders rise to create dynasties, which then fall into ruin. And you can watch it all happen before your eyes; hundreds of thousands of creatures live and die in seconds as little more than flickering ASCII shapes.” - × × ×

“Murray decided it was time to embark upon the game he’d imagined as a child, a game about frontiership and existence on the edge of the unexplored. “We talked about the feeling of landing on a planet and effectively being the first person to discover it, not knowing what was out there,” he says. “In this era in which footage of every game is recorded and uploaded to YouTube, we wanted a game where, even if you watched every video, it still wouldn’t be spoiled for you.” • #проигры - × × ×

A perfect snack for a Star Wars meets Star Trek movie. - 9000

“The light-field display “is going to be the next big revolution in displays,” says UC Berkeley’s Banks. “But the public won’t accept it if it doesn’t have good color, doesn’t look high resolution. Right now, it’s not feasible with cost-effective equipment. But computers are getting faster, and people are getting smarter and learning shortcuts, so someday that will be achievable.” ¶ “That day will come,” says El-Ghoroury. “Maybe two to three years, not much longer.” • #технологические_прорывы и #будущее_прекрасно, опять же. - × × ×

“Product Hunt surfaces the best new products, every day. It's a place for product-loving enthusiasts to share and geek out about the latest mobile apps, websites, hardware projects, and tech creations.” - × × ×

"I've been getting monthly blood tests ever since, and keeping a close eye on the changes. Putting them in a dashboard would give a constant reminder of what I need to try to improve. I was counting on my theory that just by tracking things I could improve them. Or if that didn't work, at least I would know and could try harder." • #aqsc - × × ×

“Following Antonio’s tutorial, you can trick Audacity in to opening an image file as a sound. Not only does this give you a sound wave which you can manipulate and bend to your will, but a lot of files sound pretty funky. A bit like if you put a Decepticon in a blender with a couple of R2 droids.” - × × ×

(А у френдфида отломилась закачка картинок!) - × × ×

История его имени оказалась настолько примитивной и смешной, что в неё было сложно поверить. «Да ладно, это же не может быть! — Ну, ты вот придёшь в загс в следующий раз с каким-нибудь экзотическим Понедельником Геннадьевичем, и узнаешь для себя много нового про нейминг живых людей!» - × × ×

"The only problem? The test is completely meaningless. "There's just no evidence behind it," says Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania who's written about the shortcomings of the Myers-Briggs previously. "The characteristics measured by the test have almost no predictive power on how happy you'll be in a situation, how you'll perform at your job, or how happy you'll be in your marriage." • #соционический_балаган ∙ #типологии - × × ×

Жаль, что MMPI для веселья не вспомнили. - × × ×

“SoftFacade was founded in 2007 in St. Petersburg, Russia as a software design and development company. Over the years, we have grown into a full-service digital agency with an all-star team of more than 20 people, headquartered in the heart of New York City.” - × × ×

А кто кого абьюзил? - осталось 9 дней мучений

И вроде всего несколько лет прошло, не так много для тектонического слома ценностей, и всё тогда казалось совсем не так драматично, как это воспринимается мной с сегодняшней позиции «друга своей семьи». Но поучительно выглядит, конечно. И вдруг всякие последствия и масштаб силы отскока становятся понятны. Hindsight 20/20. - × × ×

Рома, я подозреваю, что от меня кому-то из прошлых девушек могло тоже серьёзно достаться эмоциональных приключений и страданий, но это конкретное наблюдение про отношение ко мне.) - × × ×

“This Threes was significantly different from what Vollmer and Wohlwend imagined through much of the design process. It was smaller, more compact. It was about numbers, not monsters. But they took to this new identity, embracing the idea of a tiny game whose pleasures were whispered, rather than shouted. ¶ Getting there was all about refinement. “Most of the time we spent was taking away ideas,” Vollmer says. Even when you read through the year-long saga in its abridged, accelerated form, it becomes clear how fond the developers were of elements they ultimately axed. “It’s definitely frustrating at the time,” Vollmer says. “We spent so much time on the monster. When we took it out, it just hurt.” • #проигры - × × ×

Если при этом ещё откинуть всех, кто захайжен — совсем хорошо получится. Чистая «минус-реакция»: я тебя вижу, мне, возможно, интересно, но я не предприму никаких действий ни в плюс, ни в минус, потому что (список вариантов от «не хочу палиться» до «недостойно моего малейшего движения» или «не хочу спугнуть» и «мне нравится это ощущение молчаливого присутствия»). - × × ×

"“Everything Amazon has promised me, it has fulfilled — and more,” he said. “They ask: ‘Are you happy, Vince? We just want to see you writing books.’ That’s the major difference between corporate-driven Big Five publishers, where the writer is not the most important ingredient in the soup, and Amazon Publishing, which places its writers on a pedestal.” It sounds alluring. This is the siren call of the modern tech colossus, not just Amazon but Google, Apple and Facebook — companies with bottomless pocketbooks and infinite ambitions: We’re building a better world. It will be dedicated to fulfilling all your needs and desires, including the ones you didn’t even know you had. Trust us." • #amazon_longcon - × × ×

"Robot assistance may even spur human reporters to do our jobs better. With software producing the equivalent of old-school “clip files” for us, we’ll essentially have full-time research assistants. The information in our stories will be more accurate, since it will come directly from data feeds and not from human copying and pasting, and we’ll have to issue fewer corrections for messing things up. Plus, with our nuts-and-bolts reporting out of the way, we’ll be able to focus on the kinds of stories that educate and entertain readers in a deep way, rather than just dragging simple information from Point A to Point B. Perhaps we’ll even start sprucing up our basic news stories, just to prove to readers that they’re not written with automated help. (“Could a robot have made a Beyoncé reference like this?”)" • #будущее_мидий - × × ×

"The adverts for a device that was barely six months old point to a problem some people are beginning to suspect about "wearables" - that if you don't get it just right, they're done. ¶ That observation is strengthened by research from Endeavour Partners in the US, which found that one-third of American consumers who have owned a wearable product stopped using it within six months. What's more, while one in 10 American adults own some form of activity tracker, half of them no longer use it. ¶ So what's the problem with smartwatches and fitness trackers? Are they just too early? Or is it something more fundamental?" • #no_wear - × × ×

"WHAT ARE THE ACTON R ROCKETSKATES™? They are electric, motorized skates. Simply strap the RocketSkates™ over your shoes and off you go! Remote controllers? We don't need remote controls! Your hands are now free for interpretive dance moves as you cruise about town- your feet control the skates. Each skate has two hub motors controlled by an on-board microprocessor, and are powered by a lithium-ion battery pack. The skates communicate with each other so they maintain the same speed and behavior. RocketSkates™ connect to smartphone via the ACTON App. You can monitor your skates and their performance. Route tracking, skate diagnosis, battery status, games, and social interactivity; the app keeps you in touch with other RocketSkaters." • #будущее_прекрасно - × × ×

“After Mission Control decided to cancel Apollo XIII's moon landing following an explosion of an oxygen tank in the Service Module, the astronauts moved to the Lunar Module in order to save power that was going to be needed later for re-entry. ¶ The only problem with this plan was that the Lunar Module was designed for only two people for a 36-hour period, not three astronauts for 96 hours. They quickly discovered that carbon dioxide was building up fast, putting their lives in extreme danger. They had to change the circular CO2 scrubbers in the Lunar Module for clean ones, but they only had spare square CO2 scrubbers from the Command Module. ¶ In record time, the Crew Systems Division put together an improvised adapter using all sort of weird and random parts, like a flight manual cover, suit parts, and socks. CAPCOM (Capsule Communicator) transmitted the instructions to the astronauts in order to assemble this "mailbox" rig—as they called it—working against the clock and trying to surive fight the effects of the poisonous gas which was quickly asphyxiating their brains.” • #удивительные_истории - × × ×

«Как сделать переходник на фильтр углекислого газа только из того, что есть на борту корабля и лунного модуля». REQUIRED EQUIPMENT and MATERIALS — All required equipment is contained onboard within the Apollo 13 CM and LM. 1. Cover to the Apollo 13 flight plan (to cover and protect the hose entry). 2. 2 lithium-hydroxide canisters. 3. Roll of gray duct tape. 4. 2 LCG bags. 5. 2 hoses from the red suits. 6. 2 socks. 7. 1 bungee cord (to secure the modified filtration device to the wall of the LM). - × × ×