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November 25, 2019
— the final registry allocated the last available IPv4 blocks via Nelson Minar #
— mass surveillance, large-scale data collection, and machine learning employed for social control and state-run terror via @bethanyallenebr #
— the games were saved by volunteer archivists, and stored at the Internet Archive via @textfiles #
— they should keep it going for 55 years like the Up series via @fimoculous #
November 22, 2019
— EFF, Internet Archive, Creative Commons, and many more are trying to stop the sale and protect .ORG #
— a mini-documentary following a MAGA meetup that gets protested by neo-Nazis via MetaFilter #
— everything about this stinks via Nick Heer #
— accessible without internet, and largely run/DJed by women, some lines have over 1,000 simultaneous callers via Nelson Minar #
— “their entire business model relies on generating more engagement, and nothing generates more engagement than lies, fear and outrage” #
— Rex Sorgatz is compiling a growing meta-list of every decade retrospective via Web Curios #
— Ellen Barry’s remarkable story of a deposed royal family living in a ruined Indian palace, hiding a secret they took to their graves via @shaunwalker7 #
— simple, clever web game to compete with others to guess a word that changes daily via Web Curios #
— she trained GPT-2 on over 10k opening lines with incredible results via Web Curios #
— the final article in his fascinating series on the roots of the post-Infocom interactive fiction renaissance #
— the powerful podcast/video editor continues to evolve in interesting ways #
November 21, 2019
— the missing 168,000 texts were roughly 0.5 seconds of activity #
— Anata no Warehouse was inspired by the Kowloon Walled City via MetaFilter #
— my personal faves are Plot Parade and Flowmap #
— sing into your browser to test your vocal range against 27 famous voices via MetaFilter #
— this is brilliant and i hate it via MetaFilter #
— cw: seizure warning; 1,272 photos from Instagram, 200+ hours of work via @hankgreen #
— for example, render any image in LEGO-like bricks via @preetster #
— glowing recommendation from Darius Kazemi, who has good taste in software via @tinysubversions #
— playful upcoming iPad app for making looping animations via @drk #
— intriguing upcoming augmented reality game for mobile devices #
— last day to back Universal Paperclips creator Frank Lantz’s clever tabletop game for smart speakers #
— last chance to apply to Jack Conte’s $50k arts grant for indie creators #
— surprisingly, supports the Oculus Rift/Windows Mixed Reality in addition to Valve VR headsets #
November 18, 2019
— Janelle Shane is testing it out and it seems like it works via @JanelleCShane #
— three months later, the sneaky assholes are working around the ban #
— vertical scrolling as collaborative meme fodder #
— celebrity impersonators paired with deepfake technology via The Verge #
— only 4 of the top 10 were parser-based games, continuing the trend of recent years #
— real-time multiple person segmentation in the browser with TensorFlow.js via @fchollet #
November 17, 2019
— I recommend subscribing to Syrmor’s wonderful Humans of VR series #
November 15, 2019
— the lyrics and music for their new album were written with the help of an AI trained on their back catalog via Web Curios #
— creative choice for shitposting via Web Curios #
— videos perceived as targeting kids lose ads and community features, impacting game streamers among others #
November 14, 2019
— like on Instagram and YouTube, a less polished vibe is more real and relatable via @TaylorLorenz #
— prime Oliver Sacks material here via MetaFilter #
— 124 feet long, 26 years in the making #
— first episode from Reina Scully’s new webseries for First We Feast #
— according to Pornhub, their reversal will affect the livelihoods of over 100k people #
— a competitive industry appears in the middle of nowhere via @mvzelenks #
— I understand none of this math, but it’s nice to know we’ll have fresh baked bread and cookies in the Matrix via @ddiakopoulos #
— a tireless advocate for the comics medium, everyone I know in comics is mourning #
November 13, 2019
— in June, ICANN removed price caps for .org domains #
— incredibly charming, and surprisingly insightful, to see it through a child’s eyes via @hayleyfiasco #
— Dan Sinker’s newsletter rounds up the daily impeachment news #
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