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John Horrock's Cottage 1839 - Open 2-4pm on the first Sundays of each month.
This historic pioneer cottage is the oldest stone building in the State north of Gawler. It was built by John Ainsworth Horrocks shortly after his arrival in South Australia at the young age of 21. He was accompanied by his younger brother Eustace and faithful manservant, John Green. On the advice of the explorer Edward John Eyre, Horrocks headed north from Adelaide and soon set about establishing the township of Penwortham, so named after his home in Lancashire England. Although living in a hollowed out gum tree when he first arrived, he lost no time in building a more livable abode for his brother and himself.
A letter written to his family in England in December 1839 reads:
We have now completed the post and rail stockyards near my camp while the teams are hauling more timber from the hills west of our camp. My mason and others have commenced building a 2 room cottage of stone at the southern base of the "hill that divides the waters."
Whilst exploring north of the State in 1846, John Horrocks was mortally wounded on the shores of Lake Dutton (100km north of Port Augusta). His companions brought him back to Penwortham where he died on 23rd September and is buried in the cemetery at St Marks Anglican Church south-east of this cottage.
After falling into disrepair the cottage was purchased in 2001 by the Mount Horrocks Historical Society with grants from the State and Federal Governments and local fundraising. The building has been restored to as near original state as possible. The cottage is State Heritage listed and on the Register of the National Estate.
Article about the bigfin squid.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Starting in Seoul in 2007, the founding members, who felt the limitations of the domestic tattoo culture, went abroad to gain more in-depth experience and experience the right cycle of the tattoo market, and have been recognized for the beauty and skill of Korean tattooing on the global stage through various cultural experiences and awards. In 2011, Seoul Ink returned to Seoul, Korea, to establish itself as a global standard by participating in various conventions in California, Texas, Detroit, New York, and Virginia as a guest artist, winning awards and participating as a judge in various categories, and established itself as a high-end tattoo studio, providing Seoul Ink's unique artwork to global tourists visiting Korea and premium consumers seeking high-quality tattoos.
AMD says FSR 4.1 will finally bring its newer hardware-accelerated upscaling technology to older Radeon GPUs. "The rollout will begin in July with RDNA3- and 3.5-based GPUs, which include the Radeon RX 7000 series, as well as integrated GPUs like the Radeon 890M and Radeon 8060S," reports Ars Technica. "In 'early 2027,' support will also be extended to the RDNA2 architecture, which includes the Radeon RX 6000 series, integrated GPUs like the Radeon 680M, and the Steam Deck's GPU. This would also open the door to supporting FSR 4 on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, all of which also use RDNA2-based GPUs." From the report: [AMD Computing and Graphics SVP Jack Huynh's] short video presentation didn't get into performance comparisons, but did mention that AMD had to work to get FSR 4's superior hardware-backed upscaling working on its older graphics architectures. RDNA4 includes AI accelerators that support the FP8 data format in the hardware, and porting FSR 4 to older GPUs meant getting it running on the integer-based INT8 hardware in the RDNA3 and RDNA2-based GPUs.
This may mean that FSR 4.1 running on an RDNA3 or RDNA2-based GPU may come with a larger performance hit relative to RDNA4 cards, or that image quality may differ slightly. Modders have already worked to get FSR4 working on INT8-supporting GPUs, and the older GPUs reportedly see a 10 to 20 percent performance hit relative to FSR 3.1 running on the same hardware. AMD's official implementation may or may not improve on these numbers.
[...] Any games that support FSR 4 should be able to support FSR 4.1 running on Radeon 7000-series cards; users will presumably be able to install a driver update in July that enables the new feature. Games that support the older FSR 3.1 can also be forced to use FSR 4 in the Radeon graphics driver.
This may mean that FSR 4.1 running on an RDNA3 or RDNA2-based GPU may come with a larger performance hit relative to RDNA4 cards, or that image quality may differ slightly. Modders have already worked to get FSR4 working on INT8-supporting GPUs, and the older GPUs reportedly see a 10 to 20 percent performance hit relative to FSR 3.1 running on the same hardware. AMD's official implementation may or may not improve on these numbers.
[...] Any games that support FSR 4 should be able to support FSR 4.1 running on Radeon 7000-series cards; users will presumably be able to install a driver update in July that enables the new feature. Games that support the older FSR 3.1 can also be forced to use FSR 4 in the Radeon graphics driver.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
I’m relishing the exploits of older women online who are proving that age does not mean you have to dim your whimsy or lose your style
About a decade ago, on the eve of my 20th birthday, I was paralysed with an impending sense of existential doom. With my teenage years now behind me I believed that my youth (and therefore my life) was essentially over. A truly asinine thought to look back on as I approach another milestone birthday – 30.
As it turns out, I wasn’t suddenly transformed into a haggard crone as soon as the clock hit midnight like some kind of grotesque Cinderella; I was still a fresh-faced baby turning into an ever-so-slightly older baby who had no idea on how to operate in the world – who among us does at that age?
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