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February 29, 2020
— the constraints of the 8-bit fantasy console make it a great playground for learning and experimentation via @danhowardgames #
— what if copyright lawsuits sank YouTube before the Google acquisition? via @loudmouthjulia #
— China’s expanding the scope of internet censorship with new rules going into effect tomorrow via @xuhulk #
February 28, 2020
— SXSW is 14 days away, and they insist it’s going on as planned #
— Shardcore converts the Coronavirus DNA sequence to MIDI via b3ta #
— see what you might’ve died from in 1665 based on real mortality records via b3ta #
February 27, 2020
— the DEA, ICE, FBI, Walmart, Wells Fargo, and 2,200 more using privacy-invading facial recognition search via @tomgara #
— also, Facebook/Oculus, Kojima Productions, and this morning, Unity #
— turn on the captions and watch this absurdly detailed, and well-directed, build video via @jessicaboddy #
February 26, 2020
— your future is a financial instrument #
— a new tool for making weird 3d collage worlds from the amazing Sokpop Collective via @compositeredfox #
— fascinating in-depth commentary, including the tidbit that Apple won’t approve the use of iPhones by villains #
— because of course it was #
— Ze Frank is making stuff again and it makes me happy #
February 25, 2020
— open-source MS Paint remade in Javascript via MetaFilter #
— Kicks Condor’s open-source app lets you follow accounts anywhere, now supporting for Twitch, Kickstarter, Pinterest, Github, and more via kickscondor.com #
— I’m on the Superstar member level, and will continue to be for as long as he keeps doing it #
— you can switch to NextDNS or disable it entirely in Network Settings via @textfiles #
— “widely banning travel, closing down cities, and hoarding resources are not realistic solutions for an outbreak that lasts years” #
— brilliant and playful use of Glitch to demonstrate Google AI’s new transfer learning technique via @notwaldorf #
— the NYT wrote about the challenges launching the nonprofit newsroom investigating technology news #
— I managed to get one before it sold out #
February 24, 2020
— they only won after two months because the claimants let the appeals expire; YouTube holds ad revenue until disputes are resolved #
February 23, 2020
— artists don’t get paid directly, granting permission for exposure and making money elsewhere #
February 21, 2020
— I tweeted a joke that got 100k+ likes a while back and it sucked, 800k+ sounds horrifying via MetaFilter #
— dozens of examples of why these music copyright lawsuits are a horrible precedent #
— astounding use of Unreal Engine for real-time environments and lighting with 360-degree LED walls via Belong.io #
— good riddance, NDAs fundamentally allow toxic workplaces to persist by silencing victims #
— a massive concerted effort to amplify climate denialism #
— embedded 6502 machine code running on a simulation of a BBC Micro in 266 characters via @ianholmes #
— lovely version by Portland’s own ann annie via Boing Boing #
February 20, 2020
— MSCHF is selling $100 boxes filled with prizes worth $0-7k, but if you choose not to open it, they’ll pay you $10/day up to $1,000 #
— a new publication from Glitch celebrating makers, coders, and creators #
— most made by a solo dev with a distinct voice, which then impacts your own creative expression via @alienmelon #
February 18, 2020
— a teenage fan made these songs with Music Construction Set in 1985 and rediscovered the floppies this month via r/c64 #
— infinite stream of AI art trained on cubist paintings #
— generative art maker from last year but new to me, try it on desktop #
— synthesizer based on Conway’s Game of Life via jwz #
— ongoing 100 day CSS art project by Sandra Davis #
— amazing remix album of arrangements of old MIDI files that shipped with Windows via @surasshu #
— Instagram filter turns your face into an anthropomorphized 3D letter #
— neural-network lyric generator with options for subject, mood and genre via Boing Boing #
— Patreon is starting to offer large cash advances with future Patreon earnings as collateral #
— generates isolated instrumental/vocal tracks and pulls lyrics from public databases; try it before it gets C&Ded #
— the first union of white-collar, full-time workers in the tech industry #
February 17, 2020
— he compares it to the coding equivalent of home cooking: deliberately amateur, loose, and unscalable #
