Andrew Willmott

Oh god. The cokeheads are back.

i would probably avoid using Tesla FSD

Starting to do the same here, after getting a bit slack because I've been working more in the tools and research space over the last few years. (Where STL and --std=c++<too high> is pervasive.)

I feel like Europe is (so far) fumbling a great opportunity here.

(And if Shabana Mahmood doesn't get booted soon, the UK is going to inflict another generational own-goal on itself.)

I mean. 100% on brand sadly :/

The C++ standard library, a construct so far gone that you have to #include ~9000 lines of extra code for std::move, which should have been a built-in.

(Yes, I know you can just static_cast to && in most cases, but it's not exactly readable...)

We have a new 3D AVBD Web Demo for our "Augmented Vertex Block Descent" method. Thanks, Chris Giles!
Try it yourself:
graphics.cs.utah.edu/research/pro...
Source code available.

When we do wind up in a final it somehow always seems to be against the home nation in front of a massively supportive crowd 🤦‍♂️

One of these days!

musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68

actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67

Happy Gary Retrograde everyone!

The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman

Ah but does it have ADHD

The trouble is, if they give these to the USA, the plans will wind up with Russia.

I mean, it makes sense given that the country is currently insane.

This is a big deal

*ORACLE AND OPENAI END PLANS TO EXPAND TEXAS DATA CENTER SITE
*ORACLE-OPENAI TALKS TO LEASE STARGATE EXPANSION SITE BROKE DOWN
*META IN DISCUSSION WITH DEVELOPER CRUSOE TO LEASE EXPANDED SITE

Le Prix d'Honneur revient à Omar Cornut, créateur du logiciel open source ImGui qui est utilisé par toute l'industrie du jeu vidéo

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

Yes, Nintendo. I will carefully review your _nineteen page_ Privacy Policy. You absolute numpties.

I interviewed the directors of that incredible animated Gorillaz music video:

Save 50% on A Highland Song on Steam Moira McKinnon is running away. A wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands, with open platforming and dynamic storytelling, maps and music. From the creators of Heaven's Vault and 80 Days.

Psst btw everyone but A Highland Song is on sale right now with proceeds going to @gamesaid.bsky.social

Find out why this game hit number 28 in the Steam chart in Japan on launch. Seriously. We’d love to know

So bad it ... spawned an operating system! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_...

Oh now I get it. Dubai is Golgafrinchan Ark B.

Obviously with the naming of the All Blacks Coach, New Zealand is now ready to participate in any military conflict it may be called upon to.

Horrifying.

well, time to slowly end my holiday and check the news properly for the first time since Friday morning

37 million years old whale spine found in the hot dunes of Egypt. This is a complete skeleton, the first-ever find for Basilosaurus, a large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale uncovered in Wadi El Hitan, preserved with the remains of its prey.

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Hmm. Interesting lesson in how much worse something like this looks if your messaging platform strips out HDR 😬

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

Thoughts and prayers with all those billionaires and hard-right influencers who apparently "fled" the UK for Dubai.

Can Sadiq Khan stop Asif Aziz's mass evictions? We went to the billionaire's home to get answers, as a leading homelessness charity cut ties with the landlord and tenants begged the mayor to save their homes.

Breaking:
*Asif Aziz's mass evictions of Londoners appear to be BACK ON
*Sadiq Khan personally demands immediate response from the landlord
*Leading homelessness charity cuts ties with the Aziz family and refuses donation
*Questions over legality of paperwork
www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

Quick. Everybody start playing tic-tac-toe with LLMs or we're doomed.

www.newscientist.com/article/2516...