> You can render the game stereoscopically and see a different view in each eye... then I would call that "real 3d".

That’s exactly what the Virtual Boy does.

I just went down a quick rabbit hole and discovered the vector-based gamed machine Vectrex which in 1983, well before the 1995 Virtual Boy, had a "3-D Imager" head-mounted stereoscopic display. I wonder if that gets the claim for the first "real 3d" video game.

Caring about your job is not equal to caring about having a job.

My guess is that the GP is a native German speaker and got confused with the false friend to become ≠ bekommen (to get).

It’s okay, no need to explain, even Germans have a right to be funny sometimes :)

(2022)

There is no Japan Standard Institute but Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) and Japanese Industrial Standards Commitee (JISC).

Tangentially related, these articles by Maciej Cegłowski:

* The Lunacy of Artemis – https://idlewords.com/2024/5/the_lunacy_of_artemis.htm

* Artemis II Is Not Safe to Fly – https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly....

Lunacies 5, 6 & 7 are the only things that make the Artemis program useful. Landing 1t on the moon is an expensive, useless, performative flags and footprints mission. Landing 100t keeps the other moon dreams alive.

> It was much quicker and easier to get the agar to 90C temperature by putting it in a microwave for 40s at 900W

Agarose gels in molecular biology labs are prepared in a similar way. (Agarose is the main component of agar.)

It’s also the main reason those microwaves are so gross!

Since it’s relatively thick, boiling solution sputters everywhere and is—-at best—-partially cleaned up by harried scientists. Use a big container and try not to overshoot the temp.

No. In this case “Arctic Monkey” is just the pseudonym used by the guide writer.

Somewhat related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_experiment

(2007)

For a site about usability, I was going to gripe about the tiny font, low contrast, and unresponsive layout until I saw that. It does look more suitable at 1024x768.

Every year was better before 2020!