'Stargazers' use fake Minecraft Mods to steal Player Passwords.
The campaign [discovered by Check Point Research], is conducted by the Stargazers Ghost Network and leverages the Minecraft massive modding ecosystem and legitimate services like GitHub to reach a large audience of potential targets.
https://research.checkpoint.com/2025/minecraft-mod-malware-stargazers/
![[ImageSource: Check Point]
Four repositories participating in this operation.
The Stargazers Ghost Network is a distribution-as-a-service (DaaS) operation active on GitHub since last year, first documented by Check Point in a campaign involving 3,000 accounts spreading infostealers.
The latest campaign described by Check Point researchers [Jaromír Hořejší] and [Antonis Terefos] targets Minecraft with Java malware that evades detection by all anti-virus engines. The researchers found multiple GitHub repositories run by Stargazers, disguised as Minecraft mods and cheats like Skyblock Extras, Polar Client, FunnyMap, Oringo and Taunahi.
"We have identified approximately 500 GitHub repositories, including those that are forked or copied, which were part of this operation aimed at Minecraft players," Antonis Terefos told. "We've also seen 700 stars produced by approximately 70 accounts."](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/738/111/502/897/081/original/e1c7559744446921.jpeg "[ImageSource: Check Point]
Four repositories participating in this operation.
The Stargazers Ghost Network is a distribution-as-a-service (DaaS) operation active on GitHub since last year, first documented by Check Point in a campaign involving 3,000 accounts spreading infostealers.
The latest campaign described by Check Point researchers [Jaromír Hořejší] and [Antonis Terefos] targets Minecraft with Java malware that evades detection by all anti-virus engines. The researchers found multiple GitHub repositories run by Stargazers, disguised as Minecraft mods and cheats like Skyblock Extras, Polar Client, FunnyMap, Oringo and Taunahi.
\"We have identified approximately 500 GitHub repositories, including those that are forked or copied, which were part of this operation aimed at Minecraft players,\" Antonis Terefos told. \"We've also seen 700 stars produced by approximately 70 accounts.\"")
![[ImageSource: Check Point]
Overview of the infection chain.
Once executed within Minecraft, the first-stage JAR loader downloads the next stage from Pastebin using a base64 encoded URL, fetching a Java-based stealer.
This stealer targets Minecraft account tokens and user data from the Minecraft launcher and popular third-party launchers like Feather, Lunar and Essential. It also attempts to steal Discord and Telegram account tokens, sending the stolen data via HTTP POST requests to the attacker's server.
The Java stealer also serves as a loader for the next stage, a .NET-based stealer called '44 CALIBER', which is a more "traditional" info stealer, attempting to snatch information stored in web browsers, VPN account data, cryptocurrency wallets, Steam, Discord and other apps.
‼️'44 CALIBER' also collects system information and clipboard data and can grab screenshots of the victim's computer.‼️
"After deobfuscation we can observe that it steals various credentials from browsers (Chromium, Edge, Firefox), files (Desktop, Documents, %USERPROFILE%/Source), Cryptocurrency wallets (Armory, AtomicWallet, BitcoinCore, Bytecoin, DashCore, Electrum, Ethereum, LitecoinCore, Monero, Exodus, Zcash, Jaxx), VPNs (ProtonVPN, OpenVPN, NordVPN), Steam, Discord, FileZilla, Telegram," warns the researchers.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/738/113/338/917/878/original/7283af240a1f0e82.jpeg "[ImageSource: Check Point]
Overview of the infection chain.
Once executed within Minecraft, the first-stage JAR loader downloads the next stage from Pastebin using a base64 encoded URL, fetching a Java-based stealer.
This stealer targets Minecraft account tokens and user data from the Minecraft launcher and popular third-party launchers like Feather, Lunar and Essential. It also attempts to steal Discord and Telegram account tokens, sending the stolen data via HTTP POST requests to the attacker's server.
The Java stealer also serves as a loader for the next stage, a .NET-based stealer called '44 CALIBER', which is a more \"traditional\" info stealer, attempting to snatch information stored in web browsers, VPN account data, cryptocurrency wallets, Steam, Discord and other apps.
‼️'44 CALIBER' also collects system information and clipboard data and can grab screenshots of the victim's computer.‼️
\"After deobfuscation we can observe that it steals various credentials from browsers (Chromium, Edge, Firefox), files (Desktop, Documents, %USERPROFILE%/Source), Cryptocurrency wallets (Armory, AtomicWallet, BitcoinCore, Bytecoin, DashCore, Electrum, Ethereum, LitecoinCore, Monero, Exodus, Zcash, Jaxx), VPNs (ProtonVPN, OpenVPN, NordVPN), Steam, Discord, FileZilla, Telegram,\" warns the researchers.")
Mastodon updates its Terms to prohibit AI Model Training.
“We explicitly prohibit the scraping of user data for unauthorized purposes, e.g. archival or LargeLanguageModel [LLM] training. We want to make it clear that training LLMs on the data of Mastodon users on our instances is not permitted,” Mastodon said in an email sent to users.
A precisely elegant Cyberdeck Handheld.
[Nicholas LaBonte] shows off a Cyberdeck Handheld that demonstrates just how good something can look when care and attention goes into the design and fabrication. He wanted to make something that blended cyberpunk and nautical aesthetics with a compact and elegant design.
![As mentioned, [Nicholas] is already full of ideas for improvements. The bronze heat sink isn’t as effective as he’d like, the SDR could use some extra shielding and the sounds the keyboard ends up making could use some work. Believe it or not, there’s still room to spare inside the unit and he’d maybe like to figure out a way to add a camera, GPS receiver or maybe a 4G modem.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/726/938/535/283/677/original/0f0f49bcb8783a91.jpeg "As mentioned, [Nicholas] is already full of ideas for improvements. The bronze heat sink isn’t as effective as he’d like, the SDR could use some extra shielding and the sounds the keyboard ends up making could use some work. Believe it or not, there’s still room to spare inside the unit and he’d maybe like to figure out a way to add a camera, GPS receiver or maybe a 4G modem.")
![[ImageSource: Nicholas LaBonte]
The keys are on a single plate of little tabs, one for each key, that sits between the front panel and press on the tact switches inside.
The keyboard is especially interesting. On the inside it’s a custom PCB with tactile switches and a ATmega32U4 running QMK firmware [a popular choice for DIY keyboards] and presents to the host as a regular USB HID device.
How did he make those slick-looking keys?
It’s actually a single plate that sits between the front panel and the switches themselves. [Nicholas] used a sheet of polymer with a faux-aluminum look to it and machined it down, leaving metal-looking keys with engraved symbols as tabs in a single panel. It looks really good, although [Nicholas] already has some ideas about improving it.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/726/939/658/706/276/original/e7f39c4324cabaa4.png "[ImageSource: Nicholas LaBonte]
The keys are on a single plate of little tabs, one for each key, that sits between the front panel and press on the tact switches inside.
The keyboard is especially interesting. On the inside it’s a custom PCB with tactile switches and a ATmega32U4 running QMK firmware [a popular choice for DIY keyboards] and presents to the host as a regular USB HID device.
How did he make those slick-looking keys?
It’s actually a single plate that sits between the front panel and the switches themselves. [Nicholas] used a sheet of polymer with a faux-aluminum look to it and machined it down, leaving metal-looking keys with engraved symbols as tabs in a single panel. It looks really good, although [Nicholas] already has some ideas about improving it.")
![[ImageSource: Nicholas LaBonte]
On the inside is a Raspberry Pi and an RTL-SDR. The back of the unit is machined from hardwood, and sports a bronze heat sink for the Raspberry Pi. The front has a prominent red PSP joystick for mouse input and a custom keyboard.
On the right side is the power button and charging port, and astute readers may spot that the power button is where a double-stack of USB ports would normally be on a Raspberry Pi 5. [Nicholas] removed the physical connectors, saving some space and connecting the USB ports internally to the keyboard and SDR.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/726/940/682/360/021/original/92f5bd280ac29965.png "[ImageSource: Nicholas LaBonte]
On the inside is a Raspberry Pi and an RTL-SDR. The back of the unit is machined from hardwood, and sports a bronze heat sink for the Raspberry Pi. The front has a prominent red PSP joystick for mouse input and a custom keyboard.
On the right side is the power button and charging port, and astute readers may spot that the power button is where a double-stack of USB ports would normally be on a Raspberry Pi 5. [Nicholas] removed the physical connectors, saving some space and connecting the USB ports internally to the keyboard and SDR.")
Shine on you crazy Diamond Quantum Magnetic Sensor.
We’re probably all familiar with the Hall Effect, at least to the extent that it can be used to make solid-state sensors for magnetic fields. It’s a cool bit of applied physics, but there are other ways to sense magnetic fields, including leveraging the weird world of #quantum #physics with this #diamond, #laser & #microwave open-source #sensor.
![[ImageSource: Quantum Village]
Building a practical version of this quantum sensor isn’t as difficult as it sounds. The trickiest part seems to be building the diamond assembly, which has the N-V diamond [about the size of a grain of sand and actually not that expensive] potted in clear epoxy along with a loop of copper wire for the microwave antenna, a photodiode and a small fleck of red filter material. The electronics primarily consist of an ADF4531 phase-locked loop RF signal generator and a 40-dB RF amplifier to generate the microwave signals, a green laser diode module and an ESP32 dev board.
<https://quantumvillage.org/>
All the design files and firmware have been open-sourced, and everything about the build seems quite approachable. The write-up emphasizes Quantum Village’s desire to make this quantum technology’s [Apple II moment], which we heartily endorse. I’ve seen N-V sensors detailed before, but this project might make it easier to play with quantum physics at home.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/721/187/099/322/084/original/4d97f8885b393bb4.jpeg "[ImageSource: Quantum Village]
Building a practical version of this quantum sensor isn’t as difficult as it sounds. The trickiest part seems to be building the diamond assembly, which has the N-V diamond [about the size of a grain of sand and actually not that expensive] potted in clear epoxy along with a loop of copper wire for the microwave antenna, a photodiode and a small fleck of red filter material. The electronics primarily consist of an ADF4531 phase-locked loop RF signal generator and a 40-dB RF amplifier to generate the microwave signals, a green laser diode module and an ESP32 dev board.
<https://quantumvillage.org/>
All the design files and firmware have been open-sourced, and everything about the build seems quite approachable. The write-up emphasizes Quantum Village’s desire to make this quantum technology’s [Apple II moment], which we heartily endorse. I’ve seen N-V sensors detailed before, but this project might make it easier to play with quantum physics at home.")
Eating Yoghurt could lower your Risk of Bowel Cancer, Evidence shows.
The emerging evidence suggests that regular yoghurt consumption may have a protective effect against certain aggressive forms of colorectal cancer by modifying the gut microbiome, the natural bacteria that live in the gut.
Check my Image Description’s
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19490976.2025.2452237
![[ImageSource: Tandfonline]
Illustration of Microbes In Gut Microbiom.
The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in overall health, influencing digestion, immune function and even cancer risk. The gut bacteria can live inside cancer itself, and in general a healthy balance of these bacteria is thought to be essential for maintaining a strong immune system and preventing inflammation, which can contribute to cancer development.
<https://theconversation.com/bug-drugs-bacteria-based-cancer-therapies-are-finally-overcoming-barriers-251278>
While yoghurt did not directly lower the risk for all types of colorectal cancer, those who at two or more servings of yoghurt per week had a lower risk of developing "Bifidobacterium-positive proximal colon cancer", a type of colorectal cancer that occurs in the right side of the colon and has one of the lowest survival rates. This new work also validates and builds on previous studies showing similar findings.
<https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7727484/>
Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain how yoghurt might reduce cancer risk. One key mechanism is the modulation of the gut microbiome. Yoghurt's probiotics can enhance the diversity and balance of gut bacteria, potentially reducing inflammation and levels of cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens).
<https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7913863/>](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/704/534/840/940/453/original/3ac0098c42660d51.jpeg "[ImageSource: Tandfonline]
Illustration of Microbes In Gut Microbiom.
The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in overall health, influencing digestion, immune function and even cancer risk. The gut bacteria can live inside cancer itself, and in general a healthy balance of these bacteria is thought to be essential for maintaining a strong immune system and preventing inflammation, which can contribute to cancer development.
<https://theconversation.com/bug-drugs-bacteria-based-cancer-therapies-are-finally-overcoming-barriers-251278>
While yoghurt did not directly lower the risk for all types of colorectal cancer, those who at two or more servings of yoghurt per week had a lower risk of developing \"Bifidobacterium-positive proximal colon cancer\", a type of colorectal cancer that occurs in the right side of the colon and has one of the lowest survival rates. This new work also validates and builds on previous studies showing similar findings.
<https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7727484/>
Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain how yoghurt might reduce cancer risk. One key mechanism is the modulation of the gut microbiome. Yoghurt's probiotics can enhance the diversity and balance of gut bacteria, potentially reducing inflammation and levels of cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens).
<https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7913863/>")
#VACATURE 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 | Wij zoeken een ervaren, leergierige #engineer met een grote interesse in #cloudnetworking en ambitie tot ontwikkeling in een moderne cloudomgeving.
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 
https://www.sidn.nl/werken-bij-sidn/cloud-network-engineer
[What if OutRun] — released for the Game Boy Color.
OutRun was released in 1986 by Sega in the Arcades, with later ports to systems such as the Amstrad, Amiga and many others.... Just not the Game Boy Colour! So to change all that here's [Rocketship Park's] latest project, which not only looks super cool, it runs and sounds almost like the original game.
![[ImageSource: Rocketship Park]
Rocketship Park said: „PLEASE remember this is a ‘what if’ scenario. You’re playing a DEMO/PROTOTYPE of a Game Boy game. With SEGA's permission I’d love to make the full game someday.“
Controls on Game Boy Color / Analogue Pocket:
• left and right - steer
• A - accelerate
„NOTE: The emulator on this web page uses Z for Accelerate.“](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/687/317/813/721/284/original/b2da7e4f3b192287.jpeg "[ImageSource: Rocketship Park]
Rocketship Park said: „PLEASE remember this is a ‘what if’ scenario. You’re playing a DEMO/PROTOTYPE of a Game Boy game. With SEGA's permission I’d love to make the full game someday.“
Controls on Game Boy Color / Analogue Pocket:
• left and right - steer
• A - accelerate
„NOTE: The emulator on this web page uses Z for Accelerate.“")
mookie's #introduction / #reintroduction
it's me, hi. i'm the mookie, it's me.
i'm a serial #fediverse instance creator (and destroyer) and have been doing this since 2018. many will already be familiar with my name or my avatar.
i'm the father of two awesome kids. i love watching and talking about #movies. i'm a #gamer. i eat to #run. i'm a giant #starwars and #startrek nerd. i'm a born and raised #engineer.
my home is at https://ultramookie.com where i should be spending more time writing.
You can now play Tetris in a PDF File.
[Thomas Rinsma], a security analyst and hobbyist tinkerer, recently figured out how to create a version of Tetris that runs inside a PDF file. He tackled the project “just for fun” after learning the potential implementations of PDF’s JavaScript API. The result is a novel version [Rinsma] calls PDFTRIS.
![[ImageSource: Thomas Rinsma]
[Rinsma] explained that it’s already “relatively well-known” that PDFs can support a number of features such as dynamic content scripting when opened in something like Adobe Acrobat/Reader. Some of that same scripting support, however, is also available in both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chromium’s respective PDF readers, PDF.js and PDFium.
The PDF containing a 10×20 grid of field buttons. These alternate between shaded and empty blocks depending on the JavaScript input, allowing a player to use preprogrammed keyboard instructions to move and shift the tetronimoes — the official term for four-block shapes such as those in Tetris blocks.
“It was a bit tricky to find a union of features that work in both engines, but in the end it turns out that showing/hiding annotation ‘fields’ works well to make monochrome pixels, and keyboard input can be achieved by typing in a text input box,” [Rinsma] wrote in a post.
<https://th0mas.nl/2025/01/12/tetris-in-a-pdf/>](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/647/876/656/883/768/original/53a4ce039cf6a952.png "[ImageSource: Thomas Rinsma]
[Rinsma] explained that it’s already “relatively well-known” that PDFs can support a number of features such as dynamic content scripting when opened in something like Adobe Acrobat/Reader. Some of that same scripting support, however, is also available in both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chromium’s respective PDF readers, PDF.js and PDFium.
The PDF containing a 10×20 grid of field buttons. These alternate between shaded and empty blocks depending on the JavaScript input, allowing a player to use preprogrammed keyboard instructions to move and shift the tetronimoes — the official term for four-block shapes such as those in Tetris blocks.
“It was a bit tricky to find a union of features that work in both engines, but in the end it turns out that showing/hiding annotation ‘fields’ works well to make monochrome pixels, and keyboard input can be achieved by typing in a text input box,” [Rinsma] wrote in a post.
<https://th0mas.nl/2025/01/12/tetris-in-a-pdf/>")
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Ghosts'n Goblins — Check out this AGA tease for the Amiga, it looks pretty decent! [UPDATE]
[Skyzoo73] has made available the first Ghosts'n Goblins demo of an AGA edition for the Amiga. As in his words "I created this to see how GnG could be on the Amiga by breaking free from the limitations of the Amiga 500 classic".
https://skyzoo73.itch.io/ghostsngoblins-amiga-aga-demo/devlog/919354/v-098-update
![In 1985 Capcom released one of the greatest side scrolling platform game series I have ever known. It featured a knight, creepy enemies and was rather difficult to the point of frustration. The game I am talking about is none other than 'Ghosts 'N Goblins', the first game in the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise. A game which appeared on systems such as the Amstrad, C64 and ZX Spectrum.
[Skyzoo73] has further improved the AGA demo with new additions, lots of changes and yes even bug fixes. As in his words "little update for the Ghosts'n Goblins AMIGA demo (V0.98) lots of bug fixes, changes, ironing some details, main page (add coin, start) and Highscores fully working (+ new mod music)".
<https://youtu.be/Q69wREjyTyU>](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/608/117/157/467/862/original/2431a5953dd4f970.jpeg "In 1985 Capcom released one of the greatest side scrolling platform game series I have ever known. It featured a knight, creepy enemies and was rather difficult to the point of frustration. The game I am talking about is none other than 'Ghosts 'N Goblins', the first game in the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise. A game which appeared on systems such as the Amstrad, C64 and ZX Spectrum.
[Skyzoo73] has further improved the AGA demo with new additions, lots of changes and yes even bug fixes. As in his words \"little update for the Ghosts'n Goblins AMIGA demo (V0.98) lots of bug fixes, changes, ironing some details, main page (add coin, start) and Highscores fully working (+ new mod music)\".
<https://youtu.be/Q69wREjyTyU>")
![[ImageSource: Skyzoo73]
Technical details:
• graphics found on the web from various sources partly, and partly grabbed from the MAME by Skyzoo73
• ‘programming’ also done by Skyzoo73 with a little help from Griffon
• music created by IM76 (https://soundcloud.com/user-874944132)
• the game resolution is 256x240 px at 64+16 colours
And here's the full details from the itch io page.
“Small demo of the great arcade classic Ghosts'n'Goblins, ported to the Commodore Amiga (AGA) with the Scorpion Engine. This demo includes only the 1st level of the game, was created as an exercise with the S.E., and makes no claim to be complete or perfect. It was created to see how GnG could be on the Amiga by breaking free from the limitations of the Amiga 500 classic.”
“Of course many things are sub-optimal, such as enemy behavior, and various bugs are present throughout the game. So take it for what it is, an exercise and nothing more. I may make some changes from time to time, eventually I will update this page with the relevant update details.”](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/608/117/902/477/175/original/2a4e8085ea5390aa.jpeg "[ImageSource: Skyzoo73]
Technical details:
• graphics found on the web from various sources partly, and partly grabbed from the MAME by Skyzoo73
• ‘programming’ also done by Skyzoo73 with a little help from Griffon
• music created by IM76 (https://soundcloud.com/user-874944132)
• the game resolution is 256x240 px at 64+16 colours
And here's the full details from the itch io page.
“Small demo of the great arcade classic Ghosts'n'Goblins, ported to the Commodore Amiga (AGA) with the Scorpion Engine. This demo includes only the 1st level of the game, was created as an exercise with the S.E., and makes no claim to be complete or perfect. It was created to see how GnG could be on the Amiga by breaking free from the limitations of the Amiga 500 classic.”
“Of course many things are sub-optimal, such as enemy behavior, and various bugs are present throughout the game. So take it for what it is, an exercise and nothing more. I may make some changes from time to time, eventually I will update this page with the relevant update details.”")
https://www.europesays.com/2124259/ See the Pitch Deck Octave Used to Raise a $5.5 Million Seed Round #AI #bonfire #business #CEO #cofounder #company #DeepSeek #engineer #Entrepreneurship #LinkedinAlumnusFund #octave #SaleTeam #SaleTool #SeedRound #Startup #UnusualVentures #ZachVidibor
Today I learned about the "vanilla ice cream-hating Pontiac car" story, which is apparently actually a real story! It's on Snopes! And it says things about approaching a problem with an engineering mindset! Fascinating!
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cone-of-silence/
#TIL #car #icecream #data #engineer
Less than 10% of Global Plastics manufactured from recycled Materials.
The findings, reported in Communications Earth & Environment, are part of a comprehensive analysis of the global plastics sector, which also reveals a large increase in the amount of plastic being disposed of by incineration and substantial regional differences in plastic consumption.
![[ImageSource: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02169-5]
Global plastic cycles in 2022.
Of the 400 million tons of plastic produced over the year, just under 38 million tons [9.5%] were produced from recycled plastic. Some 98% of the remaining 362 million tons were produced from fossil fuels, predominantly coal and oil.
Around 268 million tons of plastic was disposed of over the year, with only 27.9% sent for sorting and potential recycling [36.2% was instead sent directly to landfill and 22.2% was sent directly to incineration]. Additionally, only half of the sorted plastic was actually recycled, with 41% of the sorted plastic instead incinerated and 8.4% sent to landfill.
However, the total percentage of global plastic waste sent to landfill in 2022 (40%) has still decreased significantly compared to the estimated 79% of all global plastic waste sent to landfill between 1950 and 2015. The U.S. had the highest per capita plastic consumption, with an average of 216 kg of plastic consumed per person per year, while China consumed the most plastic overall [80 million tons per year].
<https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02169-5>](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/585/699/305/889/236/original/66a40514e0db01b9.jpeg "[ImageSource: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02169-5]
Global plastic cycles in 2022.
Of the 400 million tons of plastic produced over the year, just under 38 million tons [9.5%] were produced from recycled plastic. Some 98% of the remaining 362 million tons were produced from fossil fuels, predominantly coal and oil.
Around 268 million tons of plastic was disposed of over the year, with only 27.9% sent for sorting and potential recycling [36.2% was instead sent directly to landfill and 22.2% was sent directly to incineration]. Additionally, only half of the sorted plastic was actually recycled, with 41% of the sorted plastic instead incinerated and 8.4% sent to landfill.
However, the total percentage of global plastic waste sent to landfill in 2022 (40%) has still decreased significantly compared to the estimated 79% of all global plastic waste sent to landfill between 1950 and 2015. The U.S. had the highest per capita plastic consumption, with an average of 216 kg of plastic consumed per person per year, while China consumed the most plastic overall [80 million tons per year].
<https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02169-5>")
You can now play DOOM in a standalone Microsoft Word Document.
The single 6.6MB document file [available via GitHub], contains a source port of doomgeneric. Users will need a modern version of Microsoft Office/Word on an x86 computer system, and eschew security warnings, to enable the VBA macro in the document to run.
![[ImageSource: Wojciech Graj]
The game seems to run quite smoothly. However, in the background, "Every game tick, doomgeneric.dll creates a bmp image containing the current frame and uses GetAsyncKeyState to read the keyboard state," notes Graj. Perhaps this is why the viewport is quite small [original 320 x 200 pixels?] — to keep the game responsive.
WordDoom gamers can use their arrow keys for movement, Control key for fire, Space key for use, and number keys 1-7 for weapon selection. Graj highlights that there is no sound in this game release.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/556/641/143/932/837/original/9beebd57409cc0f0.png "[ImageSource: Wojciech Graj]
The game seems to run quite smoothly. However, in the background, \"Every game tick, doomgeneric.dll creates a bmp image containing the current frame and uses GetAsyncKeyState to read the keyboard state,\" notes Graj. Perhaps this is why the viewport is quite small [original 320 x 200 pixels?] — to keep the game responsive.
WordDoom gamers can use their arrow keys for movement, Control key for fire, Space key for use, and number keys 1-7 for weapon selection. Graj highlights that there is no sound in this game release.")
Yesterday was #worldmetrologyday and thus, a perfect occasion to do the monthly statistical readout of my four 10V references, based on the popular LM399.
Two of them arrived January 15 and has been powered since. A couple of months later, March 22, I added two more. The idea is, that the standard deviation (noise) of the 10V output should improve with time, lots of time 
Well, that is in fact what I see. Three of them are now at 1.15uV, 1.17uV and 1.45uV.
The fourth however, started out really high, 81uV 
, but has since improved to 29uV in just two months.
I plan to keep doing this, - Let’s see what the rest of the year brings 
Long term plan: a 10V calibration transfer 
NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 Spacecraft alive with Hail Mary Thruster Fix. [Before DSN Command Pause]
NASA has revived a set of thrusters on the nearly 50-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft after declaring them inoperable over two decades ago. [Voyager 1, launched in 1977, are now traveling through interstellar space at around 56,000 kph]
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-revives-backup-thrusters-before-command-pause/
Exciting job alert — @arXiv is hiring a DevOps Engineer!
