5 bookmarks for 2023-08-14

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The world at my fingertips

cristobal.space/writing/fingertips.html

The author's phone lost cellular connection so he wasn't always available anymore. The article lists his worries about that.

Very rarely I get an opportunity (it's an opportunity now) to be offline. It's always fun.

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Backward Compatibility, Go 1.21, and Go 2

go.dev/blog/compat

How Go is kept boring. And they canceled Go 2.

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Cristóbal Sciutto

cristobal.space

A home on the internet.

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Post-industrial bricolage

cristobal.space/writing/carts

In Paris, they turn shopping carts into mobile corn cooking stations. Looks fun.

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The history of Tetris randomizers - Simon Laroche

simon.lc/the-history-of-tetris-randomizers

An overview of Tetris randomizers.

The 7-bag has a consistent piece output, making it more predictable. It’s easy to know where in a bag you are, and when a piece you need might come. Because of how predictable this random generator is, it’s actually possible to play forever. Overall it’s a silly system that makes you wonder how it ever became the official randomizer.

It's actually why I like that randomizer!

I should try out TGM3.

Funny part: the illustration for the 7-bag features wrongly-coloured tetrominoes.