Keep the chip in Christmas! After scouring Spotify for 8-bit and 16-bit holiday tunes, here's a playlist with covers of hymns and carols, midcentury standards, and more recent pop songs. Enjoy chip artists like Tee Lopes, Dj Cutman, Rush Coil, 8-bit Weapon, Computeher, Jim Kulakowski, Doctor Octoroc, Bulby, Mr. Joyrider in a Scrambler, CoolAm7, and Robby Duguay.
Finally, the soundtrack of the #Paris2024 Opening Ceremony is published. This was certainly the highlight of the ceremony for me, Victor Le Masne did an amazing work.
https://open.spot…
"Tiling with Three Polygons is Undecidable"
Erik D. Demaine; Stefan Langerman 17 Sep 2024
Abstract
We prove that the following problem is co-RE-complete and thus undecidable: given three simple polygons, is there a tiling of the plane where every tile is an isometry of one of the three polygons (either allowing or forbidding reflections)? This result improves on the best previous construction which requires five polygons.
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It remains open whether tiling …
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Series D, Episode 12 - Warlord
ORAC: Why not ask them?
TARRANT: [Into comm] This is Xenon base, identify yourselves. [static] I repeat, identify yourselves. [more static] You have ten seconds or I'll open fire.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/412/23 B7B3
«Kritische Infrastruktur–Bund muss mehr in Cybersicherheit investieren:
Das eidgenössische Parlament pocht nach dem Xplain-Skandal auf verbindliche Cybersicherheitsprüfungen wichtiger Produkte und rennt damit bei der Landesregierung offene Türen ein»
Unter anderem wäre zB das blinde Vertrauen in IT-Verkäufer sehr wohl zu überlegen und nicht alles nur kurzsichtig anzunehmen.
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One week to go with last places up for grabs! Join us at DINAcon 2024 next week in Bern to hear about:
💠 AI in Parliament: A Roadmap for the Parliamentary Library { Jacqueline Kucera }
🌸 How can large language models be used for sustainable procurement? { Marcel Gygli, Luca Rolshoven }
🌿 Source code sovereignty: local alternatives for an independent digital future { Tobias Brunner }
🧑⚖️ My workshop on open source contracts with Simon Schlauri
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[ August 24, 2025 - August 30, 2025] Conference or similar: IAHR Congress CFP, ‘Reimagining Religion, Rethinking Philosophy: Theories and Methods from Buddhist Sources’ https://philevents.org/event/show/124354
An in-depth review of the AsciiDoc workshop with #SimplexaCode at #CHopen #WorkshopTage 🔖 with lots of links on the design of impactful software documentation