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Just randomly browsing the source for the new Microsoft edit.exe. It's pretty wild, containing specialised SIMD search routines, and an implementation of Oklab colour blending. A simple application in concept, but someone obviously cares a lot about doing it well.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

I saw this in the cinema, and it was a real experience. The ending provoked a gasp of frustrated anticipation followed by a sad sigh from the whole audience, who then all laughed when they realised everyone else had done the same. If you watch it you'll understand.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

1. Open the cupboard and see a cake or biscuit. 2. Think 'That would go well with a cup of tea' 3. Make a cup of tea 4. Realise I've long since finished the cake or biscuit

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

AI - Artificial Intelligence BI - Business Intelligence CI - Continuous Integration DI - Dependency Injection EI - Emotional Intelligence FI - ??? GI - Gastrointestinal ... - ??? MI - Michigan NI - National insurance OI - ??? PI - Private Investigator QI - ??? RI - Royal institution ...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Never gets old youtu.be/M_ZRsf9sneQ?...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

We're nearing the end of the cling film. It's getting hard to pull off the roll. The box has collapsed and torn. The cutter no longer cuts. Every piece I get is ragged, the wrong size and doesn't fit the sandwich. It's been weeks like this. To bin it would be a mercy, to it and to me.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

I've only just realised that ice-creams are included in the Sainsbury's meal deal.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

here's an old school pen plot of the chip layout of a 555 timer! each mask layer is on a separate sheet of transparency film.

submitted 173 days ago • 5 comments

Thanks, I hate it.

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

I'm certainly not complaining, but does everyone else get a surprising amount of fox and fungus photos in their discover feeds? If not, I guess I'm lucky! I'm kinda pleased that the anatomically implausible drawings of manga girls seem to have gone now though.

submitted 192 days ago • 1 comment

I recently saw an amazing Navajo rug at the National Gallery of Art. It looks abstract at first, but it is a detailed representation of the Intel Pentium processor. Called "Replica of a Chip", it was created in 1994 by Marilou Schultz, a Navajo/Diné weaver and math teacher. 1/n

submitted 193 days ago • 35 comments

I’ve been exploring pen plotters for over 10 years (more if you count my first plotter, a Commodore 1520). What started as a curiosity has kept me engaged as a retro computing enthusiast and captivated as an artist. Lets go back in time with some of the plotters I’ve used in various ways. 🧵

submitted 193 days ago • 12 comments

Just saw a post about companies returning to the office. It was couched, as these things often are in terms of "How can management be so stupid", and lots of responses were basically conspiracy theories (e.g. it's about property prices)... 🧵

submitted 197 days ago • 1 comment

Because some damn fool asked, here's a thread about Baxter. This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life. Look at him. Absolutely irresistible. And that's how they get you, the utter bastards

submitted 198 days ago • 149 comments

I have one of these. The way the pen appears to skip from position to position without moving through the intervening space is not an artefact of the video.

submitted 211 days ago • 0 comments