Month: September 2024
The debate: Should smartphones be banned for under 16s?
How much are smartphones harming children and what should we do about it? BBC InDepth hosts a debate between a campaigner and an academic.
How much are smartphones harming children and what should we do about it? BBC InDepth hosts a debate between a campaigner and an academic.
NASA, SpaceX Launch Capsule to Fetch Stranded Astronauts: Watch It Dock on Sunday
A Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Florida on Saturday and is set to bring home two astronauts who’ve been stuck on the International Space Station for months.
A Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Florida on Saturday and is set to bring home two astronauts who’ve been stuck on the International Space Station for months.
How I Booted Linux On an Intel 4004 from 1971
Long-time Slashdot reader dmitrygr writes: Debian Linux booted on a 4-bit intel microprocessor from 1971 — the first microprocessor in the world — the 4004. It is not fast, but it is a real Linux kernel with a Debian rootfs on a real board whose only CPU is a real intel 4004 from the 1970s.
There’s a detailed blog post about the experiment. (Its title? “Slowly booting full Linux on the intel 4004 for fun, art, and absolutely no profit.”)
In the post dmitrygr describes testing speed optimizations with an emulator where “my initial goal was to get the boot time under a week…”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Long-time Slashdot reader dmitrygr writes: Debian Linux booted on a 4-bit intel microprocessor from 1971 — the first microprocessor in the world — the 4004. It is not fast, but it is a real Linux kernel with a Debian rootfs on a real board whose only CPU is a real intel 4004 from the 1970s.
There’s a detailed blog post about the experiment. (Its title? “Slowly booting full Linux on the intel 4004 for fun, art, and absolutely no profit.”)
In the post dmitrygr describes testing speed optimizations with an emulator where “my initial goal was to get the boot time under a week…”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, September 29 (game #210)
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here’s all you need to know to solve today’s game, including the spangram.
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #210) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Weed ’em and reap
NYT Strands today (game #210) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
STAVESTAREPLATESHIRERASHQUASH
NYT Strands today (game #210) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• October feast
NYT Strands today (game #210) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First: top, 3rd column
Last: right, 7th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #210) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #210, are…
SQUASHPUMPKINONIONAPPLERADISHKOHLRABISPANGRAM: FALLHARVEST
My rating: EasyMy score: Perfect
Today I learned for the first time of KOHLRABI, a vegetable whose name apparently translates literally as ‘cabbage turnip’ and which tastes a little like a broccoli stem. Fortunately the other answers today were a lot easier to find, although I did struggle a little with the spangram, FALLHARVEST, because here in the UK we say ‘autumn’ not ‘fall’. But no matter – I was able to uncover enough answers that eventually the spangram revealed itself to me, and though it still took me a while to work out that the final word was indeed the aforementioned KOHLRABI, I got there without needing hints.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday 28 September, game #209)
HAPPINESSLOVEGRATITUDEPLEASUREEXCITEMENTSPANGRAM: EMOTIONS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Sunday, September 29 (game #476)
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here’s all you need to know to solve today’s game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #476) – today’s words
(Image credit: New York Times)
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
PLAYJUSTICETHROWENERGYHONORPASSКЕЕРSHAMDISCARDSHEETSTATEFULFILLBLANKETLABORUPHOLDDRAW
NYT Connections today (game #476) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
Yellow: Do as you sayGreen: CoversBlue: Snap?Purple: They run the country
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #476) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: MAKE GOOD ON, AS A PROMISEGREEN: BEDDINGBLUE: ACTIONS IN CARD GAMESPURPLE: CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #476) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Connections, game #476, are…
YELLOW: MAKE GOOD ON, AS A PROMISE FULFILL, HONOR, KEEP, UPHOLDGREEN: BEDDING BLANKET, SHAM, SHEET, THROWBLUE: ACTIONS IN CARD GAMES DISCARD, DRAW, PASS, PLAYPURPLE: CABINET DEPARTMENTS ENERGY, JUSTICE, LABOR, STATE
My rating: ModerateMy score: 2 mistakes
Oh NYT, you devious things. I lost two guesses today on the blue group, ACTIONS IN CARD GAMES, because of some classic misdirection. The eventual answers were DISCARD, DRAW, PASS and PLAY, but I instead had KEEP in there as one of the solutions, which does make sense but which obviously wasn’t right.
With two guesses down I was a little worried, so moved on to other categories and instead got the yellow MAKE GOOD ON, AS A PROMISE group, which was pretty straightforward once I focused. I then got the supposedly most difficult one, the purple group, after realizing that ENERGY, JUSTICE, LABOR and STATE were all CABINET DEPARTMENTS. That made blue easier, and I solved green by default.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 28 September, game #475)
YELLOW: COMPOSITE BLEND, COMPOUND, CROSS, HYBRIDGREEN: EMBED LODGE, PLANT, STICK, WEDGEBLUE: ITEMS IN A MONOPOLY BOX DEED, HOTEL, HOUSE, TOKENPURPLE: ___ CONTROL BIRTH, CRUISE, QUALITY, REMOTE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.