The Daily Populous

Saturday February 10th, 2018 morning edition

image for The keychain Game Boy is now a real crowdfunded gadget, and I want one

Over a year ago, I wrote this post about a tiny DIY Game Boy that could fit on a keychain, saying that I would like to buy it.

It took some time, but here we are now with the PocketSprite, a polished, commercial version of the original keychain Game Boy.

This is a collaboration between the original’s creator, Jeroen Domburg (Sprite_tm), and manufactuer Steve K. The PocketSprite is looking for funding over at crowdfunding site Crowd Supply.

All of those make this vastly more powerful than the original Game Boy, with its 4.19 MHz processor and 16 KB of memory.

With built-in emulators, the PocketSprite can play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega Master System, and Game Gear games, but the device is also open source, so you can in theory load on whatever you want, assuming you’ve got the coding skills to make it work.

There’s a slew of competitors, including the PocketStar (which is also crowdfunding on Kickstarter), the Arduino-based 8-bit Arduboy, and the NES-copying BittBoy Mini handheld.

The PocketSprite is being sold in two versions: a fully-assembled model and a DIY kit that you can assemble yourself. »

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un impersonators thrown out of Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Authored by scmp.com

Winter Olympics security guards had to throw US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un out of the Opening Ceremony on Friday.

“We wanted to surprise everyone and bring world peace and then we’re being escorted out by security guards, which I think is really unfair,” the Kim impersonator said.

But the lookalikes’ own show of unity – “We’re getting along great,” the Kim lookalike boasted – was less well received. »

High-School Coach ‘Ignored’ Boy’s Screams as Teammates Raped Him, Lawsuit Claims

Authored by thedailybeast.com
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Varsity players on all three teams were accused of sodomizing younger teammates with baseball bats, flashlights, and carbon-dioxide tanks.

In one instance, on Jan. 12, 2017, several teammates held the boy down and raped him with a flashlight, according to the lawsuit.

Though the boy says he was “screaming and yelling as loud as he could,” he claims nobody helped him—not his teammates, not the coach. »

University of Wisconsin-Madison to offer free tuition for families making less than $56K

Authored by thehill.com

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will now offer free tuition and fees for in-state students from households that make less than $56,000 a year, The Associated Press reported.

The program, called Bucky’s Tuition Promise, is the latest move by a major university to try and make higher education more accessible and affordable for students.

The same day, the university regent’s finance committee signed off on increasing nonresident and graduate tuition for three schools at UW-Madison. »

Rabobank Fined $369M for Money Laundering After Calling Bitcoin 'Risky'

Authored by bitcoinist.com
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Rabobank, a major Dutch bank which last week refused to service Bitcoin businesses due to “compliance risks,” has been fined $369 million for money laundering.

As various news resources report, Rabobank was one of the major Dutch institutions outright rejecting cryptocurrency entrepreneurs.

Last week Rabobank refused #cryptocurrency businesses to open a bank account due to money laundering risks. »