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Cleared for Takeoff: Exploring Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020’s Research Potential
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (MFS2020) launched last week, promising players the ability to fly anywhere on the planet thanks to the integration of several technologies. The game pulls satellite images from Bing Maps, and populates them with objects (su…
via bellingcat on Aug 24, 2020
Gripes With Go
You’ve read a lot of posts about the shortcomings of the Go programming language, so what’s one more. Lack of sum types Type assertions Date and Time Statements over Expressions Erroring out on unused variables Error handling Lack of Sum types A “Sum” ty…
via nerdypepper's μblog on Aug 01, 2020
Propaganda, harder than it looks
A poor effort at “black propaganda” The success or failure of black propaganda depends on the receiver’s willingness to accept the credibility of the source and the content of the message. Care has to be taken to place the sources and messages within a soc…
via grugq’s domain on Jul 17, 2020
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