Everything you always wanted to know about mathematics (2013) [pdf] https://www.math.cmu.edu/~jmackey/151_128/bws_book.pdf
0AD, an open source historical RTS in development for 22 years https://play0ad.com/
Play0Ad
0 A.D.: Empires Ascendant
0 A.D. is a free, open-source, historical Real Time Strategy (RTS) game currently under development by Wildfire Games, a global group of volunteer game developers.
Tarkovsky's films online for free https://kottke.org/23/05/watch-tarkovskys-best-films-online-for-free
Kottke.org
Watch Tarkovsky’s Best Films Online for Free
Mosfilm, one of the largest film studios in the USSR during the Soviet era, has put full-length versions of many of its most acclaimed and influential films on YouTube for free, including six of Andrei Tarkovsky’s films: Stalker, Solaris, IvanR
300ms Faster: Reducing Wikipedia's total blocking time https://www.nray.dev/blog/300ms-faster-reducing-wikipedias-total-blocking-time/
www.nray.dev
300ms Faster: Reducing Wikipedia's Total Blocking Time
How two simple steps improved the responsiveness of Wikipedia's mobile site
Hacking my “smart” toothbrush https://kuenzi.dev/toothbrush/
The Twenty Percent
Hacking my “smart” toothbrush
After buying a new Philips Sonicare toothbrush I was surprised to see that it reacts to the insertion of a brush head by blinking an LED. A quick online search reveals that the head communicates with the toothbrush handle to remind you when it’s time to…
27 years later and the Psion 3a is still wonderful (2020) https://mcgst.com/2020/12/01/27-years-later-and-the-psion-3a-is-still-wonderful/
McGST
27 years later and the Psion 3a is still wonderful
My daughter found my Psion 3a the other day, tucked at the back of a cupboard she was clearing out for me. It looked fine and is still in excellent aesthetic condition, and fortunately I had left n…
Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them? https://www.alpharail.co.nz/why-do-railway-tracks-have-crushed-stones-alongside-them/
Alpha Rail
Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them? - Alpha Rail
Track ballast is the name for the crushed stones next to railway tracks. They are used by Railway Track Designers for numerous reasons
Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/our-right-challenge-junk-patents-under-threat
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Our Right To Challenge Junk Patents Is Under Threat
The U.S. Patent Office has proposed new rules about who can challenge wrongly granted patents. If the rules become official, they will offer new protections to patent trolls. Challenging patents will
The computer graphics industry got started at the university of Utah https://spectrum.ieee.org/history-of-computer-graphics-industry
IEEE Spectrum
How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah
Adobe and Pixar founders created tech that shaped modern animation
The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973 https://gaodawei.wordpress.com/2023/06/08/1973-prc-notes-on-mao-kissinger-meeting-of-february-17-1973/
高大伟 David Cowhig's Translation Blog
1973: PRC Notes on Mao-Kissinger Meeting of February 17, 1973
The archives of declassified foreign relations documents from the United States, China and other countries can give us some insights. I’ve enjoyed reading some of the documents in Wilson Cent…
Inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inside-wuhan-lab-covid-pandemic-china-america-qhjwwwvm0
Thetimes
What really went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted
Scientists in Wuhan working alongside the Chinese military were combining the world’s most deadly coronaviruses to create a new mutant virus just as the pandemi
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Launch HN: Resend (YC W23) – Email API for developers using React https://resend.com
Resend
Resend · Email for developers
The best way to reach humans instead of spam folders. Deliver transactional and marketing emails at scale.
The rule says, “No vehicles in the park” https://novehiclesinthepark.com/
Everything that uses configuration files should report where they're located https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/ReportConfigFileLocations
Google has a secret browser hidden inside the settings https://matan-h.com/google-has-a-secret-browser-hidden-inside-the-settings/
Matan-h
Google has a secret browser hidden inside the settings
My most popular article about Google - breakthrough in gms