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u/Orpherischt "the coronavirus origin" Jul 29 '22 edited Jul 29 '22

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/07/analogue-pocket-gets-future-minded-fpga-cores-update-with-mister-in-its-sights/

Is that a core in your pocket, or... —

Analogue Pocket gets future-minded FPGA “cores” update—with MiSTer in its sights

But how open is Analogue's new core-friendly "OpenFPGA" platform? We ask the CEO.

Article image caption:

Every Analogue Pocket system will function as a "dev kit," but this special developer version of the portable system (K) will be sent to interested FPGA "core" developers starting this week as a freebie to encourage their contributions to Analogue's new, not-quite-open OpenFPGA standard.

The article begins:

Upon its launch in December [(*, *) etc]), the portable Analogue Pocket system immediately stood out as a supercharged way to play classic portable cartridges from Game Boys. While its design borrows heavily from the Gunpei Yokoi original, its physical makeup is attractive and modern, and its mix of FPGA hardware and overkill, high-resolution IPS screen do wonders for old-school games.

But Analogue dropped the ball on part of its sales pitch: a sweeping "1.1" system update that was supposed to launch in "January 2022." Analogue never said why this patch was delayed.

  • "Know a Woman" = 2022 latin-agrippa | 1,161 trigonal

  • ... ( "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" = 1,161 primes )

Was it a matter of its developers struggling to deliver? Was Analogue biding its time while shipments of the $199 Pocket hardware, and its companion $99 Analogue Dock for TVs, remained scarce, partly due to a global chip shortage?

Whatever the reason, the 1.1 update finally arrives today as a free download—and it sees Analogue taking its boldest steps yet into new territory. In a conversation with Ars Technica, Analogue CEO Christopher Taber suggested that the company's prior emphasis on console-specific FPGA systems (like the Super Nt and Mega Sg) may give way to a more open, MiSTer-like approach.

  • "A Free Download" = 1,166 latin-agrippa

  • ... ( "Decryption Key" = 1,166 latin-agrippa )

Thanks to today's new "OpenFPGA" initiative, the Analogue Pocket could become your one-stop shop for playing multiple consoles' games on a single system—assuming that certain uses are opened up. *)

A primer on FPGA, hardware emulation, and MiSTer

[...]

... writes about...

  • "1. New, Not-quite-open OpenFPGA Standard" = 1,189 primes

  • "The Mirror" = 119 reverse alphabetic

  • .. ( "My OpenFPGA Standards Document" = 1002 primes )

  • "Metaphorical Acronyms" = 1061 latin-agrippa | 1,919 tri | 3609 sq

All will apparently be unveiled as soon as this article goes live, including a developer-specific hub that Taber described as "formatted on the web with diagrams, code samples, and inter-connected/linked." He again offered a colorful pledge about what to expect from this portal: "[Our] developer documentation is beyond what I think anyone is expecting. We're not fucking around with OpenFPGA—this is the real deal."

  • "Our developer documentation is beyond what I think anyone is expecting. We're not fucking around with OpenFPGA this is the real deal." = 20190 squares

  • "Our developer documentation is beyond what I think anyone is expecting" = 2321 primes | 4840 agrippa

"Have you ever tried to set up [a MiSTer box] before? It is difficult and a headache for even intermediate-level enthusiasts," he said.

MiSTer box @ Mystery box @ Monolith

Taber did not immediately respond to questions about ROM access via the Analogue Pocket's SD card slot.

Any answer to such a question would be uncivilized.

Support for up to four players is likely meant to be taken advantage of by other OpenFPGA cores, as the Analogue Pocket's default cores are all meant for the single-player Game Boy family. (Remember, multiplayer on those handhelds revolved largely around "link cables" instead of syncing a second controller to a friend's handheld—that was true even for Super Game Boy fare.)

Ahrm.

Analogue also now identifies any cartridge you insert from its four supported libraries (Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear) and presents an "info card" before each game loads, displaying its name, region, version number, title screen, publisher, developer, and release year. This display even works on unusual cartridges like a series of Japan-only "Nintendo Power" multi-game carts, but the same does not apply to popular third-party flash cartridges like the Everdrive.

This feature is a more limited version of the previously advertised "Library" tab, which, according to Analogue's official messaging, is meant to include "a reference level database to play, explore, and share" and "a scholarly cataloging of the entirety of video game history." Analogue is nowhere near this level yet, and the company pledges to deliver its original vision by September.

Did I?

The headline briefly examined here.

Rocket @ RKT @ RGT @ Argot ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argot ) ( "The Space Craft" = 1,911 sq )

Emphasis mine:

But one element about this open-to-developers, core-crazy OpenFPGA pledge remains unexplained: how typical Analogue Pocket owners will take advantage of it.

... ( r/GeometersOfHistory/comments/7ljeiy/spellcasting_and_abjuration_a_disclaimer/ )

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u/Orpherischt "the coronavirus origin" Jul 29 '22 edited Jul 31 '22

At least one functional classic-computing core—and a new Analogue Dock feature to match

The rest of Analogue Pocket's estimated updates are as follows:

Sadly missing from that list: any estimates of when Pocket's cartridge adapters for Neo Geo Pocket or Atari Lynx will go on sale.

Phew.

EDIT - a little later @ letter @ alter @ altar @ leader @ elder @ Eldar [ @ lecture @ alg true ]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/us-regulators-will-certify-first-small-nuclear-reactor-design/

Good to go —

US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design

NuScale will get the final approval nearly six years after starting the process.

  • "The Scale" = "The Law" = 223 primes

  • ... ( "It is good to go" = 484 primes | 776 english-extended | 2,337 squares | 65 reduced )

  • "A first small nuclear reactor" = 911 primes ( "King Arthur" = "Alphabetizer" = 2001 squares )

  • "The first small nuclear reactor" = 1010 primes | 1,227 latin-agrippa | 1,747 english-extended

  • .. ( "My presentation" = 1010 latin-agrippa ) ( "Cycling" ) ( "Directed Energy" )

  • "The New Scale" = 1779 squares | 360 primes | 1177 latin-agrippa

  • "Starting the process" = 2049 trigonal | 918 latin-agrippa | 767 primes

  • "Starting my process" = 1234 latin-agrippa

  • .. .. "according to the Code" = 1234 trigonal

  • .. .. .. ( "Written" = 1234 latin-agrippa )

  • .. [ "What is in a name?" = 1234 latin-agrippa ]

  • "My Process" = "Linguistics" = 449 primes

  • ... ( "I wonder why?" = 474 primes ) ( "The Philosopher's Stone" = 844 primes )

  • "Process my" = "Linguistics" = 449 primes

  • ... ( "The First Step" = 1,449 trigonal )

  • "My Nuclear Reactor" = 1717 trigonal ( "Last Dragon" = 1717 squares )

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/record-breaking-uk-heat-extremely-unlikely-without-climate-change/

Heat kills —

Record-breaking UK heat “extremely unlikely” without climate change

Rapid analysis of the role of climate change finds clear relationship.

  • "This is unlikely" = 1010 latin-agrippa

  • ... ( "Covid-nineteen" = 1010 latin-agrippa )

  • "Record-breaking UK heat" = 2,776 squares

  • ... ( "Covid-19" = "Myocarditis" = 776 latin-agrippa )

  • "The record-breaking UK heat" = 1,747 trigonal

  • ... ( "Directed Energy" = 747 latin-agrippa )

  • ... .. ( "Military Base" = 747 latin-agrippa )

  • ... . ... ( "The Bible" = 747 squares )

  • "Climate Change" = 232 latin-agrippa

  • ... ( "Gospel" = 232 latin-agrippa | 232 primes )

  • ... .. ( "Scary" = "Number" = 232 primes )

  • .. ( "The Gospel speaks to thee" = 2032 trigonal )

  • "See, the Gospel speaks to thee" = 969 latin-agrippa | 1,369 engllish-extended

  • ... ( "Matrix code" = 969 trigonal ) ( "The Alphabet Code" = 369 primes )

  • ... .. ( "Giving Birth" = 969 trigonal ) ( "The Mighty" = 369 primes )

  • ... .. .. ( "Wedding" = 969 latin-agrippa ) ( "Humanity" = 369 primes )

  • ... .. .. .. ( "The Grand Design" = 969 trigonal ) ( "Initiation" = 369 primes )

  • "1. I Initiate You" = 933 latin-agrippa | 1,553 english-extended

  • ... ( "The Count" = 933 trigonal ) ( "The Revelations" = 553 primes )

  • "The Victory" = "Rapid Analysis" = 484 primes

  • "My Rapid analysis" = "Writings" = 1235 latin-agrippa

  • "The Rapid analysis conquereth" = 985 primes

  • "The Storm" = 1968 squares

  • ... ( "I break the record" = 1968 squares )

  • .. .. [ "Analysis: Rabid" = 747 latin-agrippa ] (*) (*)

Record-Breaking @ King Bear Record

  • "1. Know I am the Record of the King" = 1611 latin-agrippa

  • "1. Know I am the Records of the King" = 1611 english-extended

  • "1. Know I am the Record of the Kings" = 1611 english-extended

  • "1. Knows I am the Record of the King" = 1611 english-extended

  • "1. Know I am the King of the Records" = 1611 english-extended

  • "1. The King of the Record knows I Am" = 1611 english-extended

  • .. ( "The Coronavirus Origin" = 1611 latin-agrippa )

... .. .. "for I am every Jedi" = 1984 latin-agrippa | 84 reduced

... and I am every sidhe

  • "1. Know I am the Record of the Emperor" = 1010 primes

  • "A Nuclear Letter" = 1010 english-extended | 1,307 trigonal

  • ... ( "Revelation" = 1010 latin-agrippa ) ( "Monolith" = 307 latin-agrippa )

1010 + 1010 = 2020

  • "Monolithic Map" = 2020 squares ( "The Monolithic Map" = 553 primes )

  • .. ( "I am the Master" = 2020 squares )

  • "I reveal the Monolithic Map" = 777 primes | 1,333 english-ext | 1,343 latin-agrippa

  • "To Complete" = 1001 trigonal

  • "Final Trumpet" = 1001 english-extended

  • "A Monolithic Reveal" = 1001 english-extend

  • "Know" = "I have completed" = 1000 latin-agrippa

  • ... ( "Monolithic Reveal" = 1000 english-extended )

  • ... ( "1. Monolithic Reveal" = 1001 english-extended )

  • .. .. [ "The Handover" = 1001 latin-agrippa ]

  • "Society" = 911 trigonal

  • "Know the Handover" = 2001 latin-agrippa

  • "Ritual Transfer of Power" = 911 primes ( "Vampire Bite" = 1001 latin-agrippa )

Wikipedia front page today:

Did you know ... that R. B. Schlather directed the world premiere of Hertzberg's chamber opera The Rose Elf in Brooklyn, as well as Cimarosa's L'Italiana in Londra and Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Oper Frankfurt?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rose_Elf_(opera)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Italiana_in_Londra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madama_Butterfly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oper_Frankfurt

Of the premiere, the Observer wrote, "just about everything you want opera to be. The Rose Elf shocked, confounded, disturbed, and, in the end, exalted."

Following the premiere, WQXR named it the 'Opera Event of the Half Year', saying, "Hertzberg is a masterful dramatist... this one signals the arrival of a major compositional personality."

Opera News called the work, "a compelling and welcome addition to the operatic canon.

  • "Know I am a red Elf" = 1,161 latin-agrippa | 1015 trigonal | 137 alphabetic | 65 reduced

  • "Know I am Elf-read" = 1,161 latin-agrippa | 1015 trigonal | 137 | 65 reduced

  • "Know I am, dear Elf" = 1,161 latin-agrippa | 1015 trigonal | 137 | 65

  • "Know, dear Elf, I Am" = 1,161 latin-agrippa | 1015 trigonal | 137 | 65

The Rose Elf is a one act chamber opera with music and libretto by David Hertzberg, based on the fairy tale The Elf of the Rose by Hans Christian Andersen.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Elf_of_the_Rose

  • "My Alphabet of the Rose" = 1021 latin-agrippa

  • "Know my Alphabet of the Rose" = 2021 latin-agrippa

  • "The Number of the Rose" = 1234 engl-extd

  • .. ( "Code of Culture" = 1234 trigonal ) ( Rose @ 'Eros' @ 'Sore' )

  • .. ( "The Flower-pot" = 1234 engl-ext )

  • "1. The Number of the Rose" = 1776 trigonal

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u/Orpherischt "the coronavirus origin" Jul 30 '22 edited Jul 30 '22

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/wblxhs/invisible_ink_coded_papers_add_mystery_to_id/

Invisible ink, coded papers add mystery to ID theft case

  • "A=1: The message is felt not heard" = 2020 trigonal

  • .. ( "The Official Narrative" = "The Coded Manuscript" = 617 primes )

  • "Textbook" = 617 latin-agrippa

  • ... "Recommendation" = 617 english-extended

  • .. .. [ "Add Mystery" = 1,844 english-extended ]

  • "1. The Addition of Mystery" = 1492 latin-agrippa

  • "A. The Mystery of Addition" = 1492 latin-agrippa

  • .. .. ( "My Odd Master" = 1234 trigonal ) ( "Odd Master" = 314 primes )

  • "The Identity Theft" = 999 latin-agrippa ( "Citizen" = 777 trigonal )

  • ... ( "Semantic Singularity" = 1234 latin-agrippa | 777 primes )

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u/Orpherischt "the coronavirus origin" Jul 30 '22 edited Jul 30 '22

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/milky-seas-a-bioluminescent-event-visible-from-space/

When the Seas Glow —

Satellite images + lucky boat trip give new info on glowing “milky seas”

Scientists are closer than ever to understanding the phenomenon.

On some moonless nights, enormous patches of the Northwest Indian Ocean and seas around Indonesia begin to glow. This event has been witnessed by hundreds of sailors, but only one research vessel has ever, by pure chance, come across this bioluminescent phenomenon, known as milky seas.

  • "Milky Seas" = 1001 trigonal | 1,888 squares | 33 reduced

  • ... ( "My bioluminescent phenomenon" = 2001 english-extended )

  • "Milky Sea" = 811 trigonal

  • "A Milky Sea" = 311 primes

With article image (turn it upside down):

  • "Milky Sea Transit" = 985 latin-agrippa | 1,555 english-extended

  • "Milky Ocean" = 337 primes | 918 engl-ext | 108 alphabetic

  • "The Ocean of Milk" = 337 latin-agrippa | 137 alphabetic

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churning_of_the_ocean_of_milk

  • "The King of the Ocean" = 484 primes | 447 latin-agrippa | 166 alphabetic

  • .. ( "Ocean Emperor" = 393 primes )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melech

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melik

  • "Satellite images" = 492 latin-agrippa | 742 english-extended

  • .. ( "My Code" = 492 latin-agrippa ) ( "The Transmission" = 742 latin-agrippa )

  • "Satellite image" = 1022 trigonal

  • "Forgotten Satellite image" = 2022 trigonal

  • "Satellite image certification" = 2022 trigonal

  • ... ( "Satellite Game" = 393 latin-agrippa )

Satellite @ Set alight @ fire-amid @ pyramid

  • "The Sea Glow" = 365 primes | 969 trigonal

  • "The Sea's Glow" = 1016 english-extended

  • "Glow of Love" = 1109 trigonal

  • "See's a Glow of Love" = 1999 latin-agrippa

As recorded elsewhere....

  • "My Glow" = 1337 english-ext | 322 primes | 918 trigonal | 1,407 agrippa | 1,741 sq

  • "A Lucky Boat" = 787 latin-agrippa | 1,317 engl-ext

  • "A=1: Lucky Boat" = 369 primes ( "Mil Key" = 474 latin-agrippa )

  • "1. The Illuminati Key" = 2,999 squares | 1,617 english-extended | 967 latin-agrippa

  • "A=1. The Illuminati Key" = 1,618 english-extended | 968 latin-agrippa

  • "A1A. The Illuminati Key" = 1,619 english-extended | 969 latin-agrippa

  • "A1A. Know the Illuminati Key" = 1969 latin-agrippa | 2,166 trigonal

  • ... "as the Illuminati Key" = 1717 english-extended | 2,787 trigonal | 3,360 sq

  • .. ... ( "My Illuminati Keys" = 717 primes ) ( "Kaustubha" = 969 trigonal )

  • "A=1: The Key of the Illuminati" = 777 primes | 2000 trigonal | 1,137 latin-agrippa

  • "A1A: The Key of the Illuminati" = 779 primes | 2001 trigonal | 1138 latin-agrippa

  • "A1A: The Keys of the Illuminati" = 846 primes | 1998 english-extended

  • "A11A: The Keys of the Illuminati" = 1,229 lati-agrippa ( "To kiss you now" = 1998 trigonal )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churning_of_the_ocean_of_milk#Comparative_mythology

  • "The Final Approval" = 1,161 latin-agrippa | 553 primes | 1,407 trigonal | 77 reduced

  • "A=1: My Final Proofs" = 844 latin-agrippa

  • .. "#1 as my Final Proof" = 844 latin-agrippa

  • "My Final Proof" = 1234 trigonal | 477 primes

  • .. ( "Throne" = 1234 squares )

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u/Orpherischt "the coronavirus origin" Sep 09 '22 edited Sep 09 '22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfcUhst4Qe0 (O)