20 random bookmarks
Bookmarks and whatnot. Закладки и всякое.
2025-05-09
Linkody Link Rot Study & Link Building Statistics
blog.linkody.com/case-studies/link-rotIn just 7 years, nearly 50% of all links are lost.
Honest and Elitist Thoughts on Why Computers Were More Fun Before | datagubbe.se
www.datagubbe.se/aficionComputers were truly much more fun to me when I was younger, and that was when internet had become commonplace in Russia. I suppose the age is what matters the most.
2025-03-17
a very methodical thing to read about the inspection paradox | maya.land
maya.land/responses/2025/03/16/methodical-inspection-paradox.html2025-03-01
For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons put teeth in patients' eyes to restore sight | CBC Radio
www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/tooth-in-eye-surgery-canada-1.7470626CW: Body horror
When Brent Chapman’s doctor first pitched him on the idea of having one of his own teeth surgically embedded in his eye to restore his sight, he says he felt “a little apprehensive.”
2025-02-13
PostgREST Documentation
docs.postgrest.org/en/v12/index.htmlPostgREST is a standalone web server that turns your PostgreSQL database directly into a RESTful API. The structural constraints and permissions in the database determine the API endpoints and operations.
Sounds like a way to write less code. I skimmed through the reference, looks cool. PostgREST is written in Haskell for some reason though.
2024-11-23
Thousand Cycles
167.235.19.20/thousand-cycles2024-10-03
IdreesInc/Monocraft: A monospaced programming font inspired by the Minecraft typeface
github.com/IdreesInc/MonocraftA monospaced programming font inspired by the Minecraft typeface - IdreesInc/Monocraft
2024-09-18
The Small Internet has Already Succeeded
cheapskatesguide.org/articles/small-internet-succeeded.htmlFinally, somebody said this.
2024-07-17
А что если исходные коды программ хранить в бинарном формате?
habr.com/ru/companies/karuna/articles/823710TLDR: предлагаю рассмотреть хранение исходных кодов программ в некоем бинарном формате вместо голого текста.
2024-01-23
Mapping or Visualizing The #Fediverse and #Mastodon
www.mguhlin.org/2022/11/mapping-or-visualizing-fediverse-and.html2023-11-19
Pad++: Zooming User Interfaces (ZUIs)
www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/pad++An archaic ZUI program. You can download it and find the docs and papers on this site. Gotta try it one day. Will I be able to run it on modern macOS?
2023-11-10
Hare aims to become a 100-year programming language
harelang.org/blog/2023-11-08-100-year-language#fnref:1Hare will stay around for a century by rejecting innovation and being soundly designed. Sounds good! I low-key want to write something in it.
2023-10-21
Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard
pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.htmlLong and entertaining text. It's mostly about the script.
2023-10-15
NearDrop
github.com/grishka/NearDropAn unofficial Google Nearby Share app for macOS
2023-10-01
Локализация шрифта Брайля
bolknote.ru/all/lokalizaciya-shrifta-braylyaВ лифте написано УП вместо ВВЕРХ.
2023-08-10
honk 1.0
flak.tedunangst.com/post/honk-10After four years, Honk 1.0 is released.
Make sure to read the source code, it's comedic:
2023-06-11
The Rust I Wanted Had No Future
graydon2.dreamwidth.org/307291.htmlThe person who led the development of Rust the programming language points out some differences in his vision of Rust and the one we ended up with. If they were to stay, Rust would have been a boring language! It is good for a language to be boring, actually.
2023-06-05
lipu li
lipu.liA cute small wiki engine. I like the markup: it is Gemtext + HTML + Wikilinks.
2023-02-19
duskos: 32-bit Forth OS mixed with C
sr.ht/~vdupras/duskosDusk OS is a 32-bit Forth and big brother to Collapse OS. It does everything Collapse OS does, has the same laser sharp focus on simplicity, but has a widened scope
2023-01-28
45M
45m.m15o.net45M is a uxn-inspired virtual console with a 16x16 display and 256 bytes of memory.
There's also a manual: