After my recent podcast appearance at
@stayforever
where I talked about the optimization of RollerCoaster Tycoon, I finally found some time to also write an article about the same topic:
https://larstofus.com/2026/03/22/the-gold-standard-of-optimization-a-look-under-the-hood-of-rollercoaster-tycoon/

If you know German I'd still recommend the podcast, which also dives deep into the development history of the game 🎢

Project N.O.M.A.D. is an open-source offline survival computer. Everything runs locally on your hardware.

* Full Wikipedia archives via Kiwix
* Offline maps via OpenStreetMap
* Calculators, reference tools, resource libraries
* Local AI models via Ollama
* A management UI

Runs headless as a server so any device on your local network can access it.
Minimum specs to run the base system: dual-core processor, 4GB RAM, 5GB storage.

https://github.com/Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad

#technology #linux

👨‍💻Programming Idioms — ресурс, який показує, як однакові програмістські прийоми реалізуються в десятках мов: #Python, #C++, #Java, #JavaScript, #Go, #Rust, #Ruby, #Haskell та інших

https://programming-idioms.org/

Most of Europe’s original natural #forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper and timber.

The few remaining “old-growth” natural forests are relics of the past that illustrate how forests would have looked in the absence of human management.

Most Swedish forests are so-called #boreal forests.

This type of coniferous woodland #ecosystem encompasses most of the northern regions of the planet.

After mapping and measuring the most natural old-growth forests in Sweden, scientists found that they differ much more from managed forests than previously thought, even if some of those managed forests looked old.

Old-growth forests store 78-89% more #carbon than managed forests do, a difference in carbon storage larger than Sweden’s cumulative emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels since 1834.

These new results underscores the much larger carbon storage benefits that flow from protecting forests than using them to produce bioenergy and wood products.

#climate #nature #ecology #biological
https://theconversation.com/swedens-old-growth-natural-forests-store-83-more-carbon-than-managed-woodlands-new-study-277150