11 Best Mattress Deals and Sales for Memorial Day (2020) On top of everything else you might be dealing with during the pandemic, if your sleep is disrupted by an old, uncomfortable mattress, it…
Covid-19 Flares Up in Americas Polluted ‘Sacrifice Zones’
Air is political. Research indicates race is the biggest predictor of whether a person lives near a heavily polluted area. Covid-19 is especially lethal for patients with respiratory problems. Now researchers are studying whether air…
Virgin Orbit’s Air-Launched Rocket Failed Its First Test
On Monday afternoon, a Boeing 747 with a bright red tail emblazoned with “VIRGIN” departed from Mojave Air and Space Port. Tucked under its port side wing was LauncherOne, a liquid-fueled rocket loaded with a…
How to Put More “Character” Into Your NPCs
Want to check out the rest of our content covering game design, character development and industry trends? We release a weekly newsletter gathering about games and the industry. Subscribe to the newsletter There’s something about…
What Microsoft got right about power users, but…
Recently Windows team made a few stunning announcements, which seem to try to win over Linux and OSX developer bunch. Their main target is power users since this group is traditionally overlooked by official Microsoft.…
The Vanishing Of Ashlar
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5 Types Of ZSH Aliases You Should Know
My shell means everything to me. It is the first program I start in the morning and the last one I close in the evening. It is the program that I regularly tweak to boost…
The Totality of the Evidence
An Oklahoma Army National Guardsman wipes down cabinet handles while disinfecting a long-term healthcare facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Image: Flickr / The National Guard As policymakers debate the right response to COVID-19, they must take…
Can 1/3 and 1/3 = 2/6? It seemed…
Several years ago, I was working with a class of fourth and fifth graders. Their teacher had begun a unit on fractions and was interested in connecting fractions to real-world contexts. “No problem,” I told…
A New Cross-Platform Open Source C++ Framework
For the past little while – OK, long while – I’ve been working on a custom game engine in C++. Today, I’m releasing part of that game engine as an open source framework. It’s called…