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March 6, 2020
— I’m stunned, I truly can’t believe it; here’s SXSW’s official announcement #
— every NYC real estate listing combined to make one 65,764 bedroom/55,588 bath $43.9B apartment; don’t miss the virtual tour via @sam_lavigne #
— by comparison, South Korea tested over 66k people within a week of its first case of community transmission #
— Filter > Render > Tree #
— a generative horror novel by interactive fiction author Aaron E. Reed, where no two copies are alike via @lauraehall #
March 5, 2020
— no spoilers, I just highly encourage you to listen to what instantly became one of my favorite podcast episodes ever #
— you may remember Pinot from his 8-bit This Is America remake #
— one-star reviews of U.S. national parks, lovingly illustrated and hand-lettered by Amber Share #
March 4, 2020
— for the first time since the 2016 election, David Rees, Starlee Kine, and Jon Kimball are back to their bullshit #
— in seconds, train a machine learning algorithm to scold you #
— this was emailed to me out-of-the-blue by the director, and I’m blown away #
— a collection of nine infinitely-tiling maze pattern fonts via @ben_fry #
— “if we take it just one day at a time with a positive attitude, anything is possible” #
March 3, 2020
— despite TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Intel, and Mashable dropping out, SXSW is continuing as planned #
— disturbing glimpse into how fossil fuel companies will capitalize on, while subverting, clean energy efforts #
March 2, 2020
— today’s day five of their fourth walkout to prevent the Democratic majority from doing literally anything #
— an egg that is a dog via MetaFilter #
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 #
