Wonderful! Some Android devices started calling 911 by themselves. Presumably after OS update. Really enjoyed tweet replies by the way.
#os #humor
#os #humor
CTVNews
Ontario police are asking Android users to check if they dialed 911
Police are asking Ontario Android users to check if their devices recently dialed 911.
Not the most interesting story for sure, but it's a nice illustration of how hard it is to make Google fix a tiny bug.
#google #bug
#google #bug
Medium
Hey Google, It’s Your Bug!
An endeavor to prove it’s Google’s bug and get them to fix it
I absolutely adore Conway's Game of Life. Here you'll find more details on how to implement an infinite version of it using... it! And here you'll find digital clock implemented in it.
#game #art
#game #art
おいもログ
Life Universe: A Technical Explanation
This is a translation of the original article. It was mostly processed by ChatGPT and DeepL and then I fixed the details.
It's been a while since it was released, but I'll explain the technical details of "Life Universe".
About Life Universe
First, there…
It's been a while since it was released, but I'll explain the technical details of "Life Universe".
About Life Universe
First, there…
This site will steal you from the world outside for a couple of minutes, I promise. Here you can sort of experience the seriousness of a space elevator.
#game #art #space
#game #art #space
neal.fun
Space Elevator
Take a trip to space!
Do you remember that story when song sounds crashed nearby laptops' HDD? Here we go again: MARKUS chair from IKEA can turn off your external screen for some time.
#humor #hardware
#humor #hardware
The Verge
Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ apparently vibed too hard for some laptops
It gave some hard drives bad vibrations.
Take a look at this thing from Carnegie Mellon researchers. It can create physical bulges in the sensor screen. It seems laptops with sensor AND tactile keyboard are one step closer.
#hardware #display #research
#hardware #display #research
TechCrunch
Researchers develop tiny hydraulic haptics for touchscreen notifications you can physically feel
If you find smartphone notifications annoying enough already thanks to their skill at exploiting the full range of distraction options available, whether dropping a banner from above or sprinkling pox-like red balls over your homescreen icons so as to lodge…
Meet bld. New build system for Java, in Java. The goal is to be simple, predictable and understandable, without any magic funky business.
#build #java #tool
#build #java #tool
foojay
Introducing Bld: A New Pure Java Build System
We created bld because we're not really interested in build tools. We use them because we have to, but we'd rather just get on with coding.
It seems that new renderer is available in Google Maps SDK. I do recall some gossip of new maps version that's going to save us all, but haven't heard anything in that regard for quite some time, maybe that's it?
#google #maps #sdk
#google #maps #sdk
Get some insane amount of MTG Arena boosters for nearly free? Easy! Let's just overflow this little int fella.
#cybersec #game #bug
#cybersec #game #bug
Supposedly leaked internal Google document. It describes how open source community achieved insane results using smaller LLMs and cheaper hardware in a matter of weeks, and that neither Google, nor OpenAI are positioned to overcome that.
#google #ai #leak
#google #ai #leak
SemiAnalysis
Google “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI”
Leaked Internal Google Document Claims Open Source AI Will Outcompete Google and OpenAI The text below is a very recent leaked document, which was shared by an anonymous individual on a public Disc…
Year '23. War. Financial crisis. Earthquakes. PHP is ready for a rematch. They even built this website that'll tell you how good new PHP actually is. Well, I don't know about the new one, but let me share with y'all this picture about the old one.
#php #language #humor
#php #language #humor
Offtop: discovered this list of reliable sources on Wikipedia. It lists which sources are okay to use on wiki and which aren't. Don't know what for, but it seems a nice link to have. And a little bonus: check out this browser extension, it makes wiki a bit more pleasant.
#offtop #wikipedia
#offtop #wikipedia
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This story is somewhat untold and yet beautiful: long way of Street Fighter II characters from paper to composite sprites.
#gamedev #game #graphics
#gamedev #game #graphics
How bad can UI/UX be? Let's get some taste!
Thread full of interesting, so to speak, design decisions.
The essence of suffering in the form of a web-form.
#humor #ui #ux
Thread full of interesting, so to speak, design decisions.
The essence of suffering in the form of a web-form.
#humor #ui #ux
X (formerly Twitter)
Aleksandr Volodarsky (@volodarik) on X
Sunday read.
This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit.
I think the winners are:
1/ Enter your phone number
This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit.
I think the winners are:
1/ Enter your phone number
Let's say we have a
#random #math #statistics
random(x) function that returns a number from [0; x). What'll happen if we run random(random(x))? And random(random(random(x)))?#random #math #statistics
I'm not quite sure how to react on this one.
#humor #oss
The sourdough framework is an open-source book dedicated to helping you to make the best possible sourdough bread at home.
Rather than providing recipes this book intends to provide a framework that enables you to bake bread in your respective environment.#humor #oss