20 random bookmarks

Bookmarks and whatnot. Закладки и всякое.

2026-01-09

2069.

Britannia (atlas) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia_(atlas)

There used to be atlases of so-called “strip maps”, which are in a way precursors to modern navigators and metro line maps. The artist put less emphasis on legibility than modern designers do; they cared more about decorations. Beautiful!

2025-12-30

2054.

alecthomas/participle: A parser library for Go

github.com/alecthomas/participle
type INI struct {
  Properties []*Property `@@*`
  Sections   []*Section  `@@*`
}

type Section struct {
  Identifier string      `"[" @Ident "]"`
  Properties []*Property `@@*`
}

type Property struct {
  Key   string `@Ident "="`
  Value *Value `@@`
}

type Value struct {
  String *string  `  @String`
  Float *float64  `| @Float`
  Int    *int     `| @Int`
}

2025-09-15

2010.

Are We Decentralized Yet?

arewedecentralizedyet.online

A site with statistics regarding the decentralization status of various web services

Fediverse: yes
The Atmosphere and Git forges: no

2025-03-21

1828.

Adjectives That Start With B | List & Examples

quillbot.com/blog/word-finder/adjectives-that-start-with-b

2025-02-24

1779.

Российская федерация Го

gofederation.ru

Меня опять очаровал го. Может, вступить? Первого марта Кубок мэра Казани, но судя по рейтингу участников, мне там делать нечего. Надо разузнать про сообщество, короче.

2025-02-13

1765.

Providing HTML Content Using Htmx

docs.postgrest.org/en/v12/how-tos/providing-html-content-using-htmx.html

HTMX in PostgREST!

create or replace function api.index() returns "text/html" as $$
  select $html$
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    ...
    </html>
  $html$;
$$ language sql;

2025-01-07

1712.

Collapse OS — Bootstrap post-collapse technology

collapseos.org

2024-08-05

1419.

VK Teams Bot API

teams.vk.com/botapi/tutorial

Yet another dialect of Markdown here!

2024-06-07

1301.

Directory enquiries

adactio.com/journal/19342

Search engines put their money on computation, or to use today’s parlance, algorithms (or if you’re really shameless, AI). Directories put their money on humans. Good ol’ information architecture.

It turned out that computation scaled faster than humans. Search won out over directories.

2024-01-29

Reposted 1078.

C Preprocessor tricks, tips, and idioms

github.com/pfultz2/Cloak/wiki/C-Preprocessor-tricks,-tips,-and-idioms

2024-01-21

1071.

Barcoding bees - The Apiarist

theapiarist.org/barcoding-bees

Scientist labeled a colony of bees with QR codes and observed what happened. Turned out, information flow in the colony is pretty effective, it's not just random. Also I learned of trophallaxis.

2023-12-28

1000.

Truly Forever Computers

sebastian.graphics/blog/truly-forever-computers.html

Semiconductors are not sustainable, we need mechanical relays for a truly sustainable computer.

2023-11-18

870.

Plastic Waste in the Fuel Tank? | LOW←TECH MAGAZINE

solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/11/plastic-waste-in-the-fuel-tank

One can make diesel by burning plastic and make a car go with that diesel! The biggest problem is that in the process of burning too much emissions are produced.

2023-10-20

788.

КИТАЙСКИЕ СТИХИ, ДЗЭН И ЧАЙНАЯ КОМНАТА

t.me/HaikuDaily/1491

Как же японцы читают китайские стихи? По-китайски? Самое интересное, что нет.

Японцы читают, конечно же, по-японски - переставляя слова согласно японской грамматике и добавляя японские окончания, которые пишут азбукой. Если китайский текст длинный, то сбоку приписывают специальные символы, которые подсказывают, в каком порядке нужно читать иероглифы по-японски.

掬水月在手
水を掬すれば月、手に在り

2023-08-26

595.

Why We Need a Speed Limit for the Internet

solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/why-we-need-a-speed-limit-for-the-internet

The energy use of the internet can only stop growing when energy sources run out, unless we impose self-chosen limits.

2023-07-28

524.

Post Collapse Computing Part 1: The Crisis is Here – Space and Meaning

blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2022/08/24/post-collapse-computing-1

Tetralogy. The climate catastrophe is two years away (just by the time I'll finish the bachelor degree).

To save the planet, actions are needed. They are not done.

Also, further parts of the series talk about software.

if we fail to mitigate the climate crisis, we’re headed for a world where it’s expensive or impossible to get new hardware, where electrical power is scarce, internet access is not the norm, and cloud services don’t exist anymore or are largely inaccessible due to lack of internet.

2023-04-12

161.

whostyle - IndieWeb

indieweb.org/whostyle

2023-03-19

104.

Are you a Go black belt? — Bitfield Consulting

bitfieldconsulting.com/golang/black-belt

The author applies the belts from martial arts to Go knowledge. I have the green one.

2023-02-21

77.

Про Новосибирск — Туту.ру

tn-hdz.mckl.ru/v/PG0OAAAACBEBQOtE/9jCaZHfUVKtEi53H

История про то, как Новосибирск обскакал Томск при помощи железной дороги, а потом стал третьим по населению городом в России.

2023-02-19

42.

Swiss in CSS

swissincss.com/zurich-tonhalle-1958