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Sunday, July 23rd, 2023

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Strange New Worlds x Lower Decks

As others have said, the #StrangeNewWorlds x #LowerDecks crossover episode was a delight. I identify so much with Boimler's reaction.

It reminds me of the time I briefly met Adam Savage at Dragon*Con and ended up unable to stop talking as I told him how much MythBusters meant to me.

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Diving into the math behind the game 'Set'

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Play Set in the browser

Spurred by the video, I decided to look for the game online as something I could play as part of my daily brain games. I found the linked for a simple and straightforward implementation.

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Ukraine has recaptured half of the territory taken by Russia according to Blinken

"It's already taken back about 50% of what was initially seized," Blinken said in an interview to CNN on Sunday.

"These are still relatively early days of the counteroffensive. It is tough," he said, adding: "It will not play out over the next week or two. We're still looking I think at several months."

Hopes that Ukraine could quickly clear Moscow's forces from its territory following the launch of a summer counteroffensive are fading as Kyiv's troops struggle to breach heavily entrenched Russian positions in the country's south and east.

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An interesting step against AI cheating

An interesting step in the AI cheating battle. I see it working in the short term, but also being something that can be somewhat easily gamed. Though it shows an interesting possibility where a file format which tracks every keystroke and embeds it for verification, etc.

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Tallest tree in Asia, as tall as the Statue of Liberty, found in China

The tree was found to stand 335 feet tall, according to a statement from Peking University, just taller than the 305-foot Statue of Liberty. Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon is considered the deepest canyon on land in the world, reaching an average depth of around 16,000 feet and a maximum depth of 19,714 feet.

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Automated Archives for July, 23rd 2023

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These are articles that which I saved today so that I may read them later. Substance and quality will vary drastically.

Chess For the Day

Record: 2-0-3
Net Elo Change: -5

Games Played

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