[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Huh, neat!

The University of Amsterdam will always have a special place in my heart - it's where Brouwer began his revolution in mathematics. Though, I believe his student's student (the late Professor Troelstra) was more fond of hunting for species of bramble around Amsterdam than horses tails!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

Ah the "horsetail", a plant that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs...

Even a small fragment of it can grow into a new plant, it spreads both via rhizomes and spores, and it'll punch through any barrier eventually too.

Given the revolutionary flavour of the university of Amsterdamn's history, it might well fit.

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[-] [email protected] 58 points 6 days ago

We won't have kids because, despite doing everything right, despite working hard, we're struggling with finances. Kids wouldn't be affordable without an extra job, and most of work two already!

[-] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago

$38,912,465

That's how much the 1993 Mario Brothers movie grossed worldwide. Really pause and think about that.

Let that sink in.

The mario brothers movie made $7,000,000 more than this, in 90s money. One of the greatest disappointments in movie history, which has a cult following for its level of fail, outperformed Borderlands.

That is the orbital nuke of fails.

[-] [email protected] 170 points 2 months ago

You know, this thread really needs a list of of the publishers responsible for this travesty.

"Publishers Hachette Book Group Inc, HarperCollins Publishers LLC, John Wiley & Sons Inc and Penguin Random House LLC" - According to Reuters

[-] [email protected] 97 points 3 months ago

"How do we stop the world's smartest people from realising what we're doing?"

"Let's make them fight among themselves and call it a meritocracy; we'll limit their funding and let them keep themselves busy with political infighting!"

[-] [email protected] 176 points 5 months ago

https://www.statista.com/statistics/513049/alphabet-annual-global-income/

Let's pause a moment and just appreciate how much money Alphabet actually make net (after expenses). $73,795,000,000 last year - higher than the GDP of entire nations, in profit.

The "bad" year, 2022 that drove all this change, they only made $59,972,000,000 net. Oh how terrible (!)

5 years ago, they made $34,343,000,000 net, so they've more than doubled profits.

Take a moment to appreciate that, and really consider if they "need" the money.

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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

For when you need something to test video playback on your old windows 95/98/XP friend (files and instructions in description).

[-] [email protected] 114 points 10 months ago

Post shower toilet thought: Copyright isn't there to protect the author, it's there to create a multi-billion dollar legal industry.

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The Internet in Europe Today (how-i-experience-web-today.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Not all art shows something beautiful - this really does feel like the internet of today without a lot of browser tweaking.

[-] [email protected] 99 points 1 year ago

Oh my, the creators get paid?!?

https://influencermarketinghub.com/youtube-money-calculator/

Oh... So no, not really...

Sounds like they're lying to me!

[-] [email protected] 127 points 1 year ago

Prof here - take a look at it from our side.

Our job is to evaluate YOUR ability; and AI is a great way to mask poor ability. We have no way to determine if you did the work, or if an AI did, and if called into a court to certify your expertise we could not do so beyond a reasonable doubt.

I am not arguing exams are perfect mind, but I'd rather doubt a few student's inability (maybe it was just a bad exam for them) than always doubt their ability (is any of this their own work).

Case in point, ALL students on my course with low (<60%) attendance this year scored 70s and 80s on the coursework and 10s and 20s in the OPEN BOOK exam. I doubt those 70s and 80s are real reflections of the ability of the students, but do suggest they can obfuscate AI work well.

[-] [email protected] 96 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, this kind of snooping just makes you want to exit the UK in general...

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Blackboard Ultra (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

We've received word that we're migrating from the older version of Blackboard to the new, "student approved", Blackboard Ultra.

We'll be migrating our courses by hand over the summer; how bad is this going to be?

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Wyrd Sisters - Animation (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

A few years ago I stumbled onto this, and it provided a nice afternoon feature film. Figured the folks here would enjoy it!

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Might and Magic (Merged) (www.celestialheavens.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Truly a test of patience - this is an excellent modpack that unifies 3 classics together into the way I dreamed of playing them as a kid.

Found it by accident a week ago, and it's been my short nightly unwind (trying to do a solo run because I always wanted to).

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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Thought I'd share this list as it contains many emus I've not heard of before and I'd love to hear people's reviews on any folks have tried.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

So, kgen98 was one of the first genesis emulators, and it runs on dos.

I use it in one of my ICT classes (paired with a sonic 1 rom) on a floppy disk to demonstrate just how heavily compressed and optimised older games were.

It's an oddball that is definitely worth trying out.

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Gbstudio (www.gbstudio.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

A handy tool for developing vn style games for the Gameboy and Gameboy colour.

Great for people starting a game dev journey.

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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Mednafen is worth a go if you're looking for a lightweight set of emulators to run your dumped carts.

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Discworld MUD (discworld.starturtle.net)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Thought I'd post this up here since I've not seen it mentioned. For those who want to explore the world of discworld, this is a great MUD.

Very friendly community when I hop on every few months, and with a lot of rich detail from the books.

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