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In May 1988, legislation passed in the UK "prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality" by local authorities. It was in effect for a decade and a half, with massive impact on the LGBT+ community. This is a brief history of Section 28.

In Fast Company, I wrote about how wild it is that Ford, GM, and Stellantis no longer offer any sedan models in the US.

That's bad for Americans -- and it's risky for the Big Three.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91123174/detroit-killed-the-sedan-we-may-all-live-to-regret-it

#cars #SUVs #transportation

scrolling fediverse is like this

smarter sampling on the floor...

when it samples the floor tex, it raycasts the texelspace grid to see how many screen-pixels it'll step along the scanline before hitting the next texel, and it can reuse the latest sample until then - fewer samples, sharper result!

it also does some smooth LOD, where it starts using a bigger and bigger "screen-pixel steps per sample" ratio as pixels get farther away

(before/after)

I can't stress enough how important it is to have a central API for coordinate transformations.

Tile grid coords, pixel coords, internal buffer pixel, screen pixel, viewport, world, zoomed/unzoomed, you never want to just transform these in-line anywhere. Take the time to write functions for going between them all especially if you're making a something like a map editor.

I also use typedefs to help document what function signatures expect and return.

#gamedev

"The Raw Milk Institute called the warnings "clearly fearmongering." The institute's founder told the LATimes his customers are specifically requesting raw milk from H5N1-infected cows."

This is an example of how minimizing COVID is destructive to public health far beyond COVID.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/anti-pasteurization-crowd-reaffirms-love-of-raw-milk-despite-bird-flu-outbreak/

‘Damn, Remember COVID?’ Says Woman Unaware She Has It Right Now https://reductress.com/post/damn-remember-covid-says-woman-unaware-she-has-it-right-now/

So many man-made horrors, so little time

Today, I was asked about effective air cleaners, because wildfires have already begun to flare in North America.

Extensive global testing has found that a DIY #CorsiRosenthalBox will outperform almost every commercial HEPA unit while costing less to run.

For the US & Canada, the best source of filters to build one is Costco: Filtrete 1900, 2200, or 2500 models with at least one 20-inch dimension.

These units also help mitigate allergens and infectious aerosols like #Covid and Influenza.

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Finally something worse than “looking for 10yrs of SwiftUI experience”

We need to get rid of the idea that ads can pay for literally everything online. It’s a fundamental part of the reason everything is so broken.

I think a not-insignificant portion of people who are against universal basic income are against it because they fear their own wealth or status losing meaning.

When they ask you
(and they will ask you)
why you are wearing a mask
in this moment
when case numbers are low
respond by telling them
that case numbers are low
and you are doing your part
to keep them that way.

there are three flavours of soda: cola, lemon, and mystery. scientists believe this latter category is by far the largest, with most of its members still undocumented

‪examples:‬

‪cola‬
‪- coca-cola‬
‪- pepsi‬

‪lemon‬
‪- sprite‬
‪- 7-up‬
‪- fanta lemon‬
‪- probably fanta orange also, citrus fruits are inbred‬

‪mystery‬
‪- irn bru‬
‪- uludağ gazoz‬
‪- dr pepper‬
‪- cream soda‬
‪- trocadero‬
‪- dandelion and burdock‬
‪- those extremely cheap sodas with implausible flavours‬