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Understanding the concept of nothingness is as much a philosophical issue as it is a pragmatic one.

The four nils.

Лидер арктической станции поменял на ней часовой пояс и просит tzdb обновить информацию за несколько часов до смены пояса. Выясняется, что там десять лет неправильная информация была до этого. Также он говорит, почему они не перешли на московское время: новости во время обеда не будут стримить.

The author doesn't like how modern UI:s are designed. Gives good examples.

CETI is a nonprofit organization applying advanced machine learning and state-of-the-art robotics to listen to and translate the communication of sperm whales.

Как же японцы читают китайские стихи? По-китайски? Самое интересное, что нет.

Японцы читают, конечно же, по-японски - переставляя слова согласно японской грамматике и добавляя японские окончания, которые пишут азбукой. Если китайский текст длинный, то сбоку приписывают специальные символы, которые подсказывают, в каком порядке нужно читать иероглифы по-японски.

掬水月在手
水を掬すれば月、手に在り

A small C compiler… for uxn.

Our favorite dodecahedron says that learning to play an instrument is not worth it. They are not as good at it as they wanted. They also invite to focus more on composing, and leave performing to robots.

A tool that brings attention and understanding to how color contrast can affect people with different visual impairments.

TL;DR: Not good yet.

Note: throwing in the towel means to accept defeat. I had to look this up.

Slow Net is a series of experiments that explore how slow networks can be used to protect against data-collecting entities that threaten our autonomy and influence our identities.

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