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  1. Having Gemini verify and augment Claude on difficult decisions is good habit. Gemini proposes stuff Claude ignores or does not mention. E.g. how to use QTextDocument::toPlainText() and keeping URLs from HTML as well (this function discards them).

  2. Having Gemini verify and augment Claude on difficult decisions is good habit. Gemini proposes stuff Claude ignores or does not mention. E.g. how to use QTextDocument::toPlainText() and keeping URLs from HTML as well (this function discards them).

    #softwareDevelopment #development #kde

  3. AI NPCs Are Coming for Gaming... But Don't Let Them Replace What Makes Great Stories Great

    AI could make game characters more reactive than ever, but infinite dialogue doesn't automatically create memorable characters. Here's why great NPCs still need personality, purpose and human creativity.

    Read more: mastanet.com/news/bigwigs-ai-g

    #AI #in #gaming #NPCs #game #development #storytelling

  4. AI NPCs Are Coming for Gaming... But Don't Let Them Replace What Makes Great Stories Great

    AI could make game characters more reactive than ever, but infinite dialogue doesn't automatically create memorable characters. Here's why great NPCs still need personality, purpose and human creativity.

    Read more: mastanet.com/news/bigwigs-ai-g

    #AI #in #gaming #NPCs #game #development #storytelling

  5. The #HongKong #Trade #Development #Council (#HKTDC) hosted its #flagship overseas #promotion, Think #Business, Think Hong Kong (#TBTHK), in #KualaLumpur on August 11, drawing some 1,600 business leaders from #Malaysia and Hong Kong. The #event aimed to connect Malaysian #companies with #capital, expertise, and #opportunities for regional expansion, particularly into the #Guangdong-Hong Kong-#Macao Greater Bay Area and the wider #China mainland #market. cnbusinessforum.com/malaysia-a

  6. The #HongKong #Trade #Development #Council (#HKTDC) hosted its #flagship overseas #promotion, Think #Business, Think Hong Kong (#TBTHK), in #KualaLumpur on August 11, drawing some 1,600 business leaders from #Malaysia and Hong Kong. The #event aimed to connect Malaysian #companies with #capital, expertise, and #opportunities for regional expansion, particularly into the #Guangdong-Hong Kong-#Macao Greater Bay Area and the wider #China mainland #market. cnbusinessforum.com/malaysia-a

  7. New indicator while switching workspaces in the Singularity Desktop 👀

    More info at: sinty.dev

    #Windows #Linux #OpenSource #Design #Development

  8. New indicator while switching workspaces in the Singularity Desktop 👀

    More info at: sinty.dev

    #Windows #Linux #OpenSource #Design #Development

  9. Still working on it, this appears only if the gtk/qt backends are not availables for N reasons 🫠

    More info at: cpak.it

    #Linux #OpenSource #Development #Cloud

  10. Still working on it, this appears only if the gtk/qt backends are not availables for N reasons 🫠

    More info at: cpak.it

    #Linux #OpenSource #Development #Cloud

  11. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠📈 A #study of over 11,000 British #twins tracked cognitive test scores from age 4 to 21.

    Only 1% of children scoring in the top tier at age 7 still scored high at 16, while just 8% of average-scoring #kids climbed into the top range. Genetic and family-education factors predicted stability most strongly, suggesting early gifted labels are an unreliable guide to #adult ability.

    👉 psypost.org/early-giftedness-r

    #childdevelopment #science #psychology #intelligence #education #brain #development #learning #research

  12. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠📈 A #study of over 11,000 British #twins tracked cognitive test scores from age 4 to 21.

    Only 1% of children scoring in the top tier at age 7 still scored high at 16, while just 8% of average-scoring #kids climbed into the top range. Genetic and family-education factors predicted stability most strongly, suggesting early gifted labels are an unreliable guide to #adult ability.

    👉 psypost.org/early-giftedness-r

    #childdevelopment #science #psychology #intelligence #education #brain #development #learning #research

  13. This WordPress AI Builds Pages From ONE Prompt, Without Risking Your Live Site! youtube.com/watch?v=rEypYKjt5IM 🤖💡🧑‍💻 #AI #WordPress #Guide #Design #Development

  14. This WordPress AI Builds Pages From ONE Prompt, Without Risking Your Live Site! youtube.com/watch?v=rEypYKjt5IM 🤖💡🧑‍💻 #AI #WordPress #Guide #Design #Development

  15. FreeCAD 26.3: Top 20 New Features talk

    youtube.com/watch?v=W1fwOODNYZQ The FreeCAD North America Meetup event happened last weekend and was kindly hosted in the fantastic…...
    #FreeCAD #CAD #development #opensource
    blog.freecad.org/2026/08/14/fr

  16. FreeCAD 26.3: Top 20 New Features talk

    youtube.com/watch?v=W1fwOODNYZQ The FreeCAD North America Meetup event happened last weekend and was kindly hosted in the fantastic…...
    #FreeCAD #CAD #development #opensource
    blog.freecad.org/2026/08/14/fr

  17. Commercial Integrated Development Envirnment: Ami::Blocks IDE and AmiCC23

    James Purcell has added a modern C compiler toolchain called AmiCC23 to his Code::Blocks-inspired integrated development environment Ami::Blocks, and is marketing the combined product commercially.

    amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-

  18. Commercial Integrated Development Envirnment: Ami::Blocks IDE and AmiCC23

    James Purcell has added a modern C compiler toolchain called AmiCC23 to his Code::Blocks-inspired integrated development environment Ami::Blocks, and is marketing the combined product commercially.

    amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-

    #Amiga #retrocomputing #development

  19. The #HongKong #Trade #Development #Council (#HKTDC) hosted its #flagship overseas #promotion, Think #Business, Think Hong Kong (#TBTHK), in #KualaLumpur on August 11, drawing some 1,600 business leaders from #Malaysia and Hong Kong. The #event aimed to connect Malaysian #companies with #capital, expertise, and #opportunities for regional expansion, particularly into the #Guangdong-Hong Kong-#Macao Greater Bay Area and the wider #China mainland #market. cnbusinessforum.com/malaysia-a

  20. The #HongKong #Trade #Development #Council (#HKTDC) hosted its #flagship overseas #promotion, Think #Business, Think Hong Kong (#TBTHK), in #KualaLumpur on August 11, drawing some 1,600 business leaders from #Malaysia and Hong Kong. The #event aimed to connect Malaysian #companies with #capital, expertise, and #opportunities for regional expansion, particularly into the #Guangdong-Hong Kong-#Macao Greater Bay Area and the wider #China mainland #market. cnbusinessforum.com/malaysia-a

  21. Impact Of Urbanization Driven Land Use And Land Cover Change On Ecological Environmental Quality In Rupandehi Nepal Assessed Using The Remote Sensing Ecological Index
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    doi.org/10.1007/s44288-026-006 <-- shared paper
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    kathmandupost.com/money/2026/0 <-- shared media article
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    H/T@ Gaurav Parajulim
    “[The authors] studied how the ecological quality of Nepal's Rupandehi District has changed over three decades (1993–2023), using satellite imagery and the Remote Sensing Ecological Index (RSEI) to track the health of the landscape year by year and to understand how urbanization-driven land use change has reshaped it.
    What [they] found tells a nuanced story: as Butwal and Bhairahawa grew and built-up land expanded, ecological quality shifted in ways that a single number can't capture, some areas recovered, others declined, and the patterns rarely moved in a straight line…”
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    “Rapid urbanization and population growth are major drivers of land use and land cover (LULC) change and can substantially alter ecological environmental quality (EEQ). This study assessed the spatiotemporal dynamics of LULC and their effect on EEQ in Rupandehi District, Nepal, over a 30-year period (1993–2023). Four ecological indicators representing greenness, wetness, dryness, and heat were derived from Landsat imagery in Google Earth Engine (GEE), and LULC was classified using a Support Vector Machine (SVM). The Remote Sensing Ecological Index (RSEI) was then constructed from these indicators using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) in ArcGIS Pro, and its spatial structure was examined using global and local spatial autocorrelation. The mean RSEI followed a non-linear trajectory, rising from 0.59 in 1993 to 0.635 in 2004, declining to 0.55 in 2013, and recovering to 0.67 in 2023, indicating an overall improvement in EEQ with a temporary mid-period decline. Over the same period, built-up areas expanded substantially and agricultural land declined, whereas forest cover fluctuated but showed a slight net increase by 2023, and barren land decreased markedly. Higher EEQ was concentrated in the forested northern hills, while lower values occurred in the urban centers of Butwal and Bhairahawa, closely matching the spatial pattern of LULC change. The results indicate that ecological quality reflects the combined influence of all land cover classes rather than any single class. This study provides a transferable and reproducible workflow for long-term ecological assessment based on openly available Landsat data, with the analysis code shared in a public repository, offering practical guidance for sustainable land management and environmentally responsible urban development...”
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #RemoteSensing #GIS #RSEI #EnvironmentalMonitoring #Nepal #Research #GoogleEarthEngine #ArcGIS #EcologicalQuality #spatialautocorrelation #ecology #environment #earthobservation #RemoteSensingEcologicalIndex #landscape #urbanisation #urban #development #landuse #change #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal