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“We're not getting any younger, and the world seems to be ending": Amanita reveal Machinarium 2, sequel to 2009's prettiest robot adventure

The dashing Da Vincis of Amanita Design have announced Machinarium 2 , a sequel to the 2009 puzzle adventure young master John Walker called "a sort of beauty that games are almost never graced with". I haven't played the original Machinarium , but I have played Amanita's splendid living object platformer Creaks , and in general, I would quite like to go to bed with the entirety of their art…

“We're not getting any younger, and the world seems to be ending": Amanita reveal Machinarium 2, sequel to 2009's prettiest robot adventure

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Why did this re-run?

A cache key is one opaque hash. When it changes, knowing that it changed is nearly useless. You need to know which of its parts moved.

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Which US states should your ads target? Google Trends interest by region in Python

I built this actor; it's a paid tool on Apify with a free trial credit. Most Google Trends tutorials stop at the interest-over-time line.

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  • Wyoming shows highest interest in both iPhone (82%) and Samsung Galaxy (18%) searches
  • Comparative analysis reveals states where Samsung performs relatively better than iPhone

Retention is not backup - what Microsoft 365 can restore natively, and a quarterly restore drill you can run in an afternoon

Retention is not backup: what Microsoft 365 can actually restore, and a quarterly drill Ask five admins whether their Microsoft 365 tenant is "backed up" and you'll get answers like: "We have…

  • Retention, soft-delete, and backup serve different purposes in Microsoft 365
  • Retention is for compliance and legal reasons, not for fast restores
  • Quarterly restore drill recommended to verify data recovery capabilities

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