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August 21, 2023
— the anonymous writer behind Brr.fyi shares how power generation and distribution works at South Pole Station #
— print-only and out-of-print books will remain available, but this is still a huge loss #
— free secure audio transcription, up to three 90-minute recordings per month or pay for more features #
— The Pudding’s Russell Samora made a clock that plays 8,968 songs from Spotify based on your local time #
— clear explanation of Apollonian circle packing and disproving the local-global conjecture via scripting.com #
— Chrome extension that monitors and optionally blocks other extensions’ network calls #
— Google Labs collaborated with Lupe Fiasco on a series of LLM-based tools for exploring text and language via Web Curios #
— you have to hear this thing in action to appreciate it, try searching YouTube for harpejji songs via pad26.aweb.page #
— the French chef/owner makes three-course set lunches from recipes found in the books they sell #
— Ronan Farrow reports on the U.S. government’s unpredictable and dangerous reliance on Musk and his companies #
August 18, 2023
— paint a terrible forgery of the Mona Lisa in 60 seconds; my high score is 75% #
August 13, 2023
— absolute garbage lawsuit, every recording was pre-1978 from deceased artists digitized from the original 78s via Nick Heer #
August 11, 2023
— once a Numa Numa kid, now a Numa Numa man #
— Tracklib breaks down sample sources from the last 50 years #
— the color’s provided, you draw in the lines via b3ta #
— I appreciate Jack Carden’s commitment to the bit #
August 10, 2023
— XTina GG did a great deep-dive on the culture of streamers using virtual avatars, interviewing six of them #
— a list of resources and fundraisers #
— rising temperatures, declining rainfall, a changing landscape, and increased likelihood of large storms #
— some historical and cultural context on what was lost #
— ProPublica continues their investigation into undisclosed gifts to Supreme Court justices #
August 9, 2023
— nuking their history with questionable results, while moving towards AI-generated articles #
— you can donate to keep the archives alive or buy print copies before it closes this summer #
August 8, 2023
— the latest from nerd sketch comedy duo KRAZAM #
— for its 10th anniversary, Lukas and Keiko Pope demade “Papers, Please” as a Game & Watch-style LCD game #
— ProPublica digs into a possible factor in rising homicides, beyond the obvious proliferation of guns via @AlecMacGillis #
August 7, 2023
— a small wealthy resort that outsources its parking to a nearby town, but still, living the dream #
— “the first computerized TV show” from the creator of Laugh-In was cancelled after the first episode, decades ahead of its time #
— reprints of these stunning 1907 multilingual eye charts are for sale at 20×200 #
— the same creator also made a complete version of Myst for the Apple II #
— the top domains their users block and promote in search results; they really hate Pinterest! via Hacker News #
— The Earl Hayes Press has printed fake newspapers, magazines, product labels, and more for films and TV shows since 1918 via pad26.aweb.page #
— addictive little web game to try to put words/phrases in the order they first appeared via pad26.aweb.page #
— “a perennial website about the possibility of love online” only accessible for five weeks, the shelf life of an onion via Naive Weekly #
August 4, 2023
— “Lawmakers are quickly advancing an anti-sex, anti-speech agenda in which every adult user of the internet could soon find themself entangled.” #
— if Pee-Wee’s Playhouse came out today, it’d be maligned by conservatives for its playful diversity and queerness #
— Max Read on the bullwhip effect applied to sentiment on social media, wildly swinging with every new update about the room-temp superconductor #
August 3, 2023
— Simon Willison gave an approachable and interesting talk that covers “the last few years of LLM developments in 35 minutes” #
August 2, 2023
— just start any version and click the tab at the bottom of the screen #
— launched in 2020, a 24/7 “endless stream of obscure media and video ephemera” a la Everything Is Terrible! #
— a powerful force in raising awareness of systemic sexism and harassment in the games industry #
July 31, 2023
— Pee Wee Herman brought so much joy into the world #
July 29, 2023
— everything he’s made since then is great too, I especially loved Crankin’s Time Travel Adventure for Playdate via @lauraehall #
— Erin Kissane surveyed people on Bluesky who bounced off Mastodon and her write-up is excellent #
July 28, 2023
— search engine that exclusively searches discussion forums via b3ta #
— very clever letter-substitution puzzle game from Daniel Linssen via b3ta #
— imagine keeping a pristine arcade game in your garage for decades and then just dumping it with the weekly garbage via Kottke #
July 27, 2023
— The Verge profiles Neeva, a well-funded startup that tried and failed to take on Google via Nelson Minar #
— excellent plain-language primer on how transformer-based LLMs like ChatGPT work #
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