Before the iPhone, I worked on a few games for what were called "feature phones" https://twitter.com/id_aa_carmack/status/1395089205986988043
Twitter
John Carmack
Before the iPhone existed, I worked on a few games for what were called "feature phones": Doom RPG 1&2, Orcs&Elves 1&2, and Wolfenstein RPG. Qualcomm's native-code BREW platform had better versions, but I haven't seen any emulators and archives for it, so…
Spintronics: Build Mechanical Circuits https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/upperstory/spintronics-build-mechanical-circuits
Kickstarter
Spintronics: Build mechanical circuits
A puzzle game where players discover electronics in a tangible way, using the first physical representation of electronic circuits.
Freesound just reached 500K Creative Commons sounds https://blog.freesound.org/?p=1340
One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks https://columbianewsservice.com/2021/05/21/one-mans-fight-for-the-right-to-repair-broken-macbooks/
Columbia News Service
One Man’s Fight for the Right to Repair Broken MacBooks - Columbia News Service
He started as just 'a random person ranting at a camera for therapy.'
How I, as someone who is visually impaired, use my iPhone (2020) https://twitter.com/Kristy_Viers/status/1287189581926981634
Twitter
Kristy Viers 🦯
I thought I would share how I, as someone who is visually impaired use my iPhone.☺️
Twitter confirms Twitter Blue https://twitter.com/wongmjane/status/1398022730553860102
Twitter
Jane Manchun Wong
Twitter confirms “Twitter Blue”, which costs $2.99 per month by publicly including such In-App Purchase on the App Store For testing, I’ve become the first paying Twitter Blue customer 😅 Twitter Blue comes with Color Themes as well as custom App Icons Reader…
Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel https://dental.washington.edu/trials-begin-on-lozenge-that-rebuilds-tooth-enamel/
UW School of Dentistry
Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel
Before too long, you may be able to buy a breath mint that rebuilds your tooth enamel while it whitens your teeth, thanks to a team of University of Washington researchers.
Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B https://www.wsj.com/articles/software-developer-community-stack-overflow-sold-to-tech-giant-prosus-for-1-8-billion-11622648400
WSJ
WSJ News Exclusive | Stack Overflow Sold to Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8 Billion
Prosus said it struck a $1.8 billion deal to acquire Stack Overflow, an online community for software developers, in a bet on growing demand for online tech learning.
United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/03/united-will-buy-15-ultrafast-airplanes-from-start-up-boom-supersonic.html
CNBC
United Airlines will buy 15 ultrafast airplanes from start-up Boom Supersonic
Boom says its first commercial supersonic jet, the Overture, will fly at Mach 1.7 and cut some flight times in half.
An Unbelievable Demo https://brendangregg.com/blog/2021-06-04/an-unbelievable-demo.html
Hundreds of fishing vessels vanishing along Argentina’s waters https://usa.oceana.org/publications/reports/oceana-finds-hundreds-vessels-vanishing-along-argentinas-waters#
Oceana USA
Oceana Finds Hundreds of Vessels Vanishing Along Argentina’s Waters
ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program https://alien-project.org/
alien-project.org
artificial life environment
Artificial LIfe ENvironment (ALIEN) is an artificial life simulation tool based on a specialized 2D particle engine in CUDA for soft bodies and fluid-like media. Each simulated body consists of a network of particles that can be enriched with higher-level…
1931: Kurt Gödel shows limits of math, logic, computing, AI https://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/goedel-1931-founder-theoretical-computer-science-AI.html
people.idsia.ch
1931: theoretical computer science & AI theory founded by Goedel
His famous 1931 paper identified the fundamental limits of math, logics, theorem proving, computing, AI.
I wrote a children's book / illustrated guide to Apache Kafka https://gentlydownthe.stream/
Show HN: 3dasd – open-source DIY room-scale 3D scanner https://3dasd.com/
3Dasd
Introduction
3dasd # Welcome to 3dasd.com, home for a fully open-source DIY room-scale 3D scanner!
No longer maintained
I’m not maintaining this site and this whole project anymore. If you happen to have any questions, you can still reach me via the contacts though.…
No longer maintained
I’m not maintaining this site and this whole project anymore. If you happen to have any questions, you can still reach me via the contacts though.…