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New comment by thebruce87m in "Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days"

thebruce87m — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:56:23 +0000

Mildly related, but I have been waiting for goldeneye to be decompiled for a while but before that process has finished there is has been a spiritual successor(?) made that has scratched the single-player itch for me: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574480/Agent_64_Spies_Ne...

Worth a look if you want a bit of nostalgia.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Could AIs Become Conscious?"

thebruce87m — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:04:27 +0000

Yes. A sperm isn’t conscious, and neither is an egg, but what they create eventually becomes conscious( in humans anyway ) - so therefore consciousness can emerge in something that doesn’t have it already.

Given the correct modifications I don’t see why Microsoft Word couldn’t be, although the modifications needed wouldn’t leave the word processing part a bit redundant.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Auto-research with codex: How I achieved a 232x Faster Kernel"

thebruce87m — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:04:01 +0000

What’s the best way to loop it?

New comment by thebruce87m in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

thebruce87m — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:16:32 +0000

Really? Perth? You can go on uninterrupted 70mph roads from London to Perth.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short"

thebruce87m — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:35:09 +0000

> you need to calculate the Z from multiple cameras.

You can get 3D depth estimation from a single 2D image but I don’t know how good it is for automotive.

https://huggingface.co/tasks/depth-estimation

New comment by thebruce87m in "Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share"

thebruce87m — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:46:29 +0000

Pushing electrons around quickly is only part of the charging experience.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share"

thebruce87m — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:28:11 +0000

I think the plug situation in the US is different and they only just settled on a standard which is what I assume the parent comment is talking about.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share"

thebruce87m — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:31:52 +0000

(Up to) 250kW is fine in my Model Y - it’s always charged by the time my family has refreshed on a long trip.

Ironically - if it was faster I’d need to go move it in the middle of the bathroom/food stop.

In the UK most EVs use the standard CCS2 plug.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share"

thebruce87m — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:06:00 +0000

Best charging experience and best software experience.

Note: I do not want this to be true. Other companies please copy what Tesla has done with both of these. You’ve had years to do this and failed.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Why is everyone trying to build a solid-state battery?"

thebruce87m — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:46:15 +0000

AA battery size is black holes. Can’t quite get the technology to scale for AAA so you still have to swap the TV remote.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Vehicle Motion Cues"

thebruce87m — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:27:37 +0000

I think two accelerometers would do it at different ends of the phone. Normal hand-based motion will rarely include a sustained exact acceleration in one direction on both of these at the same time e.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines"

thebruce87m — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:15:25 +0000

I imagine Nintendo is a bit more like malfunctioning ED-209 in the office scene than a person with a rifle.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Japan develops a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries"

thebruce87m — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:19:16 +0000

Is this human slop?

New comment by thebruce87m in "Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor"

thebruce87m — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:15:01 +0000

Interesting - I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone from the UK refer to talking in a “British accent” before since we are normally aware of the wild regional variations.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Ryanair passenger sucked toward broken window after midair engine failure"

thebruce87m — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:52:03 +0000

Aren’t seats near the window the most structurally sound due to the wing supports? They are also near the exits for a quick exit.

New comment by thebruce87m in "GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]"

thebruce87m — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:32:47 +0000

I wonder if the absolute value of the time result has any bearing on the subsequent analysis.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

thebruce87m — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:38:33 +0000

We also have hazard perception in the uk. Maybe they should have TikTok open at the side during it. Or make the test last an hour and “allow” use of your phone during it

New comment by thebruce87m in "Europe's Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C"

thebruce87m — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:49:27 +0000

The south of what?

New comment by thebruce87m in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

thebruce87m — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:39:49 +0000

What exactly are you arguing for? Changes to the driving test to detect how someone reacts to distractions?

New comment by thebruce87m in "Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July"

thebruce87m — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:19:32 +0000

Here is the first non-Reddit link from Google: https://www.royalkennelclub.com/health-and-dog-care/health-d...

> Getting your dog used to loud and sudden noises can make them more relaxed and less reactive when the fireworks outside get going. There’s a good range of CDs and playlists of fireworks, storms, and loud noises available, and playing these can really help your dog desensitise to the noise.

> Start by playing the sounds at a low volume, and as your dog gets used to it you can slowly increase the volume over a period of time so that they become used to the noise. This can work especially well with young dogs and puppies, and can let you nip any problems in the bud before they even arise.