h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com
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Joined Feb 2019
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Whoa: <https://terathon.com/blog/decade-slug.html>
> What is now known as the Slug Algorithm for rendering fonts directly from Bézier curves on the GPU was developed in the Fall of 2016, so this year marks a full decade since its inception.
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> Therefore, effective today, I am permanently and irrevocably dedicating the Slug patent to the public domain.
Southend getting 750,000 litres of underground water storage (to avoid floods) https://www.southend.gov.uk/news/article/3503/750-000-litre-flood-defence-to-protect-southend-seafront-businesses-as-better-queensway-works-accelerate #Southend
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I just managed to make another watchface, this time (pun intended) it's always 11 AM, but the timezone changes every hour to where it's 11 AM in the world.
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The Telegraph Pole Appreciation Society https://improbable.com/2026/03/17/the-telephone-appreciation-society/
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Flightradar24 is doing a really good job of aviation/logistics documentaries these days.
@christianp yes, not really possible! Although I was expecting it to say "instruction manuals" which would've been less useful :)
@selfcare Back up half of jazz, the french crossword or sudoku (6)
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Nice piece by Sarah Wride on May Day traditions and UK elections (which typically happen in May).
https://historyofparliament.com/2026/03/10/re-membering-the-medieval-parliament-1769-1886/
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