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Godot and iOS friends, been working on some GameCenter bindings, and this forced me to do some big upgrades to SwiftGodot.
I think what I have so far is nicer than Apple’s Unity plugin (api is about the same, but my glueing chops are more tasteful than theirs):
https://github.com/migueldeicaza/Godot

GitHub - migueldeicaza/GodotApplePlugins: Godot Plugins for Apple APIs.
Godot Plugins for Apple APIs. Contribute to migueldeicaza/GodotApplePlugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

“Macroeconomic environment” is hell of a euphemism for “tax raises by republicans”
https://www.polygon.com/xbox-consoles-new-price-hike-october-2025/

Language policing.
Cancel culture.
Victimhood contests and cultural grievances.
Despite attacking the left for partaking in such practices,
there’s an emerging set of individuals on the right who have became exactly what they’ve criticized.
Meet the woke right.

Video: Opinion | The Right Has Gone Woke
Language policing. Cancel culture. Victimhood contests and cultural grievances. Despite attacking the left for partaking in such practices, there’s an emerging set of individuals on the right who have became exactly what they’ve criticized. Meet the woke right.

Polyconvex double well functions
Didier Henrion (LAAS-POP), Martin Kru\v{z}\'ik (UTIA / CAS)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14541 https://arxiv.org/pdf/250…

Polyconvex double well functions
We investigate polyconvexity of the double well function $f(X)\,:= |X-X_1|^2|X-X_2|^2$ for given matrices $X_1, X_2 \in R^{n \times n}$. Such functions are fundamental in the modeling of phase transitions in materials, but their non-convex nature presents challenges for the analysis of variational problems. We prove that $f$ is polyconvex if and only if the singular values of the matrix difference $X_1 - X_2$ are all equal. This condition allows the function to be decomposed…

Das Geschäft mit pflegenden Angehörigen
#Gewinn #Pflege #Angehörige

Das Geschäft mit pflegenden Angehörigen – wer profitiert?
Immer mehr pflegende Angehörige lassen sich anstellen. Für die Firmen ein lukratives Geschäft, sagt der Bundesrat.

About a year and a half ago, with the release of macOS 14 Sonoma, #Apple killed third-party Mail plugins. Apple did offer an alternative framework called extensions, but extensions can’t do all the things plugins once could.
I miss MailSuite!!
ASSHATS! #enshitification

Looky here, America
What you done done---
Let things drift
Until the riots come.
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Now your policemen
Let your mobs run free.
I reckon you don't care
Nothing about me.
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You tell me that Hitler
Is a mighty bad man.
I guess he took lessons
From the Ku Klux Klan.
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You tell me Mussolini's
Got an evil heart.
Well, it mus-a been in Beaumont
That he had his start---
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Cause everything that Hitler
And Mussolini do,
Negro…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Paul Simon:
🎵 I Know What I Know
#PaulSimon
https://dirtyneedlz.bandcamp.com/track/i-know-what-i-know-dirty-needlz-city-of-angels-edit

iPhone Air teardown: clever use of space by placing the logic board above the 12.26 Wh battery, the same cell used in Apple's MagSafe Battery pack, and more (Elizabeth Chamberlain/iFixit News)
https://www.ifixit.com/News/113171/iphone-air-teardown

Apple’s Thinnest iPhone Still Stands Up to Repairs
To be honest, we were holding our breath for the iPhone Air. Thinner usually means flimsier, harder to fix, and more glued-down parts. But the iPhone Air proves…

Suppression of two stream instability in relativistic electron-ion plasmas
Vivek Shrivastav, Mani K Chettri, Hemam D Singh, Rupak Mukherjee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14362 http…

Suppression of two stream instability in relativistic electron-ion plasmas
This paper investigates the suppression of two stream instabilities in electron ion plasmas when the individual species attain relativistic velocities. This suppression of the growth rate of two stream instability is consistent even when the ions form a neutralizing background. It is found that the parameter space of the growth rate reasonably squeezes for relativistic electrons at higher plasma frequencies. We further report the suppression of the growth rate of the said instability as the ion…