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A long shot. Does anyone know if the font/typeface that Casio used for the keys on their calculators back in the days is available as TrueType or SVG anywhere? I am weirdly fascinated by it and would love to use it for some displays.
@[email protected] To be fair, it's not like the banks don't take an interest as well. And... I even have some sympathy for why, given that fraud and money laundering are a thing. I've known some people who worked in fraud protection in banks and they were both horrified by how much information they had access to and rightfully proud of how much theft they had managed to prevent/people's savings they'd been able to return. But yeah... you're not wrong.
I had the misfortune to be reminded today that in the US it is still common to pay fees on domestic bank transfers. Not actually the biggest current issue in the US, but... seriously?
(context for those of you in the US: while cross currency transfers or 'instant' transfers can incur fees in the UK/EU, in general you can make a free transfer to anyone with a bank account in the same currency if you're willing to wait 1-3 working days)
Thank you for asking about this, @NatureMC. Last year we put forward a proposal for the EU Space Act, which introduces measures to improve the tracking of space objects and limit the creation of new debris. This includes requirements for safe satellite disposal at the end of their operational life, aiming to prevent cascading collisions that could render key orbits unusable.
More information here: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1583
@[email protected] Small heads up for somebody in the web content team; it looks like in some software links to specific articles under the 'presscorner' url get shown with a preview from the press corner index page rather than from the article linked. I think this is because the canonical link set in the head of the individual article pages is set to the url of the index page.
For example, in the post I'm replying to I see a link in the text which takes me to the article you're referring to, but a preview "box" from ec.europa.eu/commission/pres... (which is listed as the canonical source of the content on the article page)
@plexus and how many women spend 30% more because there is an insane pink tax on razor blades
@[email protected] @[email protected] My wife just steals my 'male' razors. I've never quite worked out how "women's" razors are still a product given the insane mark up for something functionally identical sold on the next shelf over.
Math trivia: the "B." in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stands for Benoit B. Mandelbrot
@Tak That… I think you're trying to suggest that his non-SF books don't pop but that sounds like a book I'd read lol
@[email protected] @[email protected] Crow Road also manages to open with the line "It was the day my grandmother exploded." Which wins it a fair number of points in my book...
I . . . WAS pretty diligently about doing weigh-ins.
Checked my Fitbit app and realized I hadn't logged my weight since September.
Did a weigh-in. Up 11 pounds.
Cutting out my first breakfast of bread and butter or bread and PB. And mid-afternoon cookies and coffee.
@[email protected] Started tracking again yesterday, as it is waaaaaay to easy to gain weight while dealing with chronic fatigue (my only normal defense is that I walk a lot). You're not alone...
var getOverHere: Array[Spell.Rune] =
[ Spell.Rune.FindNearest,
Spell.Rune.Move,
Spell.Rune.FindCaster,
Spell.Rune.Reverse,
Spell.Rune.Push
]
Actually... this #gamedev idea is working out well enough I'm going to build a mini-prototype at least. The idea is that you build spells from runes, and each rune adds a memory of intent (an engram) to your mana. So this one directs intent towards the nearest enemy; then the intent to 'move' checks if we have an intended target (we do) and consumes that intent from the mana and moves the spell. When we reach the target, we direct intent towards the caster, reverse that intent, and then push whatever we're attached to (the enemy) in away from that direction (turning push into a pull in this case).
Yeap, this could be fun.
var getOverHere: Array[Spell.Rune] =
[ Spell.Rune.FindNearest,
Spell.Rune.Move,
Spell.Rune.FindCaster,
Spell.Rune.Reverse,
Spell.Rune.Push
]
Actually... this #gamedev idea is working out well enough I'm going to build a mini-prototype at least. The idea is that you build spells from runes, and each rune adds a memory of intent (an engram) to your mana. So this one directs intent towards the nearest enemy; then the intent to 'move' checks if we have an intended target (we do) and consumes that intent from the mana and moves the spell. When we reach the target, we direct intent towards the caster, reverse that intent, and then push whatever we're attached to (the enemy) in away from that direction (turning push into a pull in this case).
@[email protected] @[email protected] @Federation_Bot I must admit that while all cultures have their blind spots (I have enough white British blood that the shadow of 'the Empire' makes a rather fragile glass house), the American habit of connecting morality with wealth has always been... problematic looking from the outside.
@[email protected] @Federation_Bot @[email protected] "and they shared everything together, except their money, and health insurance, and..."
@[email protected] but... but... it's being incorrect about such recent events! That's progress, right?
@[email protected] @[email protected] As a Christian myself, I'm still amazed at how many Christians seem to be surprised by the idea of Jesus being Jewish...
An old friend tried to head hunt me for a team at Salesforce a few years back and I'm now so very glad I turned them down.
Thinking about an #indie #gamedev idea which would have two different elevator pitches for two different audiences:
Now that's the kind of content it's heart warming to see as a developer!
I’ve become sidetracked by the Visualink system. It’s very promising for students to edit and offers just enough asset options to give choice without overwhelming.
in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
Staring at my dog staring at me and wondering, did we give them joint attention over the course of domesticating dogs and is this studyable
@[email protected] you have two wolves inside - sorry - beside you...
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