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GB Pixel Art Jam 2026 - SpaceDeck Trio

I participated in my first pixel art jam! It was a Game Boy themed one. It was a lot of fun to work with such a limited palette. The theme was Three, and I went with three player ships from SpaceDe...

Setting Expectations

Read Setting Expectations Coworker: "It appears you didn't purchase a protection plan with us. We can still send your ring to our master jeweler, but it will cost—" Customer: "—No. You will fix it ...

AI Won’t Make Lawyering Faster. It Will Make It Different.

Speed alone is, quite frankly, dangerous. The post AI Won’t Make Lawyering Faster. It Will Make It Different. appeared first on Above the Law.

Anticipated Religious Clashes Can't Justify Current Restriction on Parents' Religious Upbringing of Child

From Lajara v. McMenamin, decided Wednesday by Pennsylvania Superior Court judge Brandon Neuman, joined by Judges Jack Panella and Carolyn… The post Anticipated Religious Clashes Can't Justify Curr...

Rollenspielszenen: Ups.

Die Gruppe findet eine Wand-Illusion in einer Höhle. Wie geht sie vor?

Lose, and Lose, and Lose, and Win

We went to Brazil to observe a reformist political party struggling to change the course of their country. History tells us their road to power might be longer than expected. The post Lose, and Los...

The 10€ Gamepad

We aren’t sure what [Lazy_Duck] is doing with video games, but it must require a lot of controllers. Dismayed at the cost and complexity of commercial gamepads, they started soldering …read more

Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIb: The Opposite of Love

This is the second half of the third part (I, II IIIa) of our long-delayed series looking at the theory of history advanced by Paradox Interactive’s Hearts of Iron IV, one of the most popular strat...

Weekly Notes 42/2026

It was my birthday week. I took the day off and didn’t do much. Anju took me to Mai Mai on MG Road. I loved the food. I also liked that we could sit outside. It’s rarely possible in Bangalore these...

Ubuntu 26.10 is here with Linux 7.3 kernel, GNOME 51, Rust coreutils & Myna speech-to-text

Canonical has announced that Ubuntu 26.10, code-named “Stonking Stingray”, is now available for download and installation. The company framed the release as one that both consolidates earlier groun...

This Japanese sandwich mascot is filled with fiery rage, and he’s got a point [Video]

Pocket sandwich innovator is sick and tired of being called an imitation, and furious too. Npa might not be Japan’s most famous mascot character, perhaps because of his difficult-to-pronounce name,...

Iran to Deepen PRC Ties Despite Lack of Military Support

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Daily News Stuff 16 October 2026

Prewhining Edition Top Story Tesla announced its new model Roadster - yes, the one The Verge was whining about. Taking reservations now for delivery in 2028. Or later. It flies. (Business Insider) ...

2026-10-16 13:51: The amount of AI generated sales emails I get these days is astonishing. If you...

The amount of AI generated sales emails I get these days is astonishing. If you can't be arsed to write your own sales pitch, why the fuck should I be arsed about your product? Thanks for reading t...

Emperor Heraclius

Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (reigned 610 - 641) was mentioned here when he tried to make the whole empire follow Monothelitism. The idea that Jesus had only a single "energy" and not two (the human...

Feeling Lonely After Socializing? Name the Connection You Miss

You enjoyed seeing people, yet came home lonely. Separate contact from the connection you wanted, choose one useful request, and leave room for rest.

UF Jacksonville Campus LaVilla Neighborhood Workshop planned for Tuesday

Be part of the conversation about honoring LaVilla's past while helping shape its future. -

Valve’s Steam Client for Linux Goes 64-bit in Beta and Moves Into a Container

They say running Steam in the same kind of container its games use should make the client behave more consistently.

New Structures Have Been Discovered in Ancient Arsinoe, the Greek City that the Egyptian “Philadelphus” Queen Named after Herself in Aetolia

Ancient geographers listed many cities called Arsinoe, from Cyprus to Cilicia (in what is now southern Turkey), from Ephesus to the Gulf of Suez. Most of them were linked to the Ptolemies, the dyna...

Momentum Demonstration