20 random bookmarks

Bookmarks and whatnot. Закладки и всякое.

2026-01-13

2070.

Apple iSight

paulstamatiou.com/gear/apple-isight

The 20 year old Apple iSight camera. This is my original Apple iSight camera (Rev C) that I purchased sometime around 2005. Its specs don't mean much today with a mere 640×480 resolution, but to me it stands out as a remarkably well-designed piece of hardware. The best detail was the rotating aperture

Pretty camera pretty

2025-10-28

2031.

Lightpanda | The headless browser

lightpanda.io

10x faster, 10x less RAM, and 100x better than Chrome headless.

Might be a good back-end for rich archive copies of web pages.

2025-04-29

Reposted 1879.

A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment

andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversations-about

Arm yourself with knowledge

2024-11-20

1599.

delroth's homepage - One weird trick to get the whole planet to send abuse complaints to your best friend(s)

delroth.net/posts/spoofed-mass-scan-abuse

IP packets can be spoofed, sometimes.

2024-10-20

1568.

Programming On 34 Keys

oppi.li/posts/programming_on_34_keys

cute pixtures

2024-10-17

1563.

Rabbit Waves

rabbitwaves.ca

On communication on sea with flags

2024-05-08

1248.

ГДЕ ЖЕ ПОЛЗЁТ УЛИТКА?

haikudaily.livejournal.com/4103.html

Одно из самых известных и любимых в России хайку рассказывает об улитке, которая медленно взбирается на гору Фудзи.

2024-04-03

1216.

s-macke/VoxelSpace: Terrain rendering algorithm in less than 20 lines of code

github.com/s-macke/VoxelSpace

Terrain rendering algorithm in less than 20 lines of code - s-macke/VoxelSpace

via https://t.me/optorepost/55

Если кратко, то там вся карта хранится в виде двух текстур, а "воксели" рендерятся хитрым образом, просто проходя по этим текстурам в нужном порядке.

2024-02-11

1137.

We need more of Richard Stallman, not less

ploum.net/2023-06-19-more-rms.html

I’ve spent the last 6 years teaching Free Software and Open Source at École Polytechnique de Louvain, being forced to investigate the subject and the history more than I anticipated in order to answer students’ questions. I’ve read many historical books on the subject, including RMS’s biography and many older writings.

And something struck me.

RMS was right since the very beginning. Every warning, every prophecy realised. And, worst of all, he had the solution since the start. The problem is not RMS or FSF. The problem is us. The problem is that we didn’t listen.

2024-02-02

1091.

HTTPRange-14 - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPRange-14

A weird problem

2024-01-20

1068.

Federation is the Future for an Open Web

beza1e1.tuxen.de/federation_future.html

P2P technology is doomed on mobile [because of small batteries]. For a democratic web, we need to work on federation.

The author thought so in 2016. 8 years later I'm developing for the federated web, cool. I like how they mention Diaspora, which is history now.

2024-01-13

1045.

OPenn: LJS 51 Collection of alphabets and encoded correspondence

openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs51.html

Collection of encrypted correspondence between the compiler and various correspondents, in approximately 150 alphabets, accompanied by transcriptions of the letters in Arabic. The compiler cites Shihāb al-Dīn al-Jindī al-ʻAlāʼī, Burhān al-Dīn al-Qudsī, and Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar al-Ḥusaynī as authorities for some of the alphabets. The manuscript is incomplete, lacking its beginning and end. Occasional marginal notes. Some worm damage in margins.

Via https://t.me/linguopunk/549

Арабская книга 14 века с собственным тайным алфавитом для тайных записей

2023-11-23

903.

The case for proportional programming fonts

storck.io/posts/proportional-programming-code-fonts

Programming fonts are stuck in the past. Proportional typesetting is everywhere and
there is no reason why you can’t use it for code.

2023-08-26

597.

Fantasy Meets Reality

cabel.com/2023/07/30/fantasy-meets-reality
596.

Blogatog

markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/725936052873904128/ive-been-getting-a-lot-of-questions-that-boil

A story about Walls in MtG and Rosewater's character growth. I didn't know walls existed!! Looked them up. I want a Wall of Swords...

2023-07-21

483.

doldrusidus - Forgotten Wreckage

wreckage.duckdns.org/doldrusidus.html

A space exploration game with spaceships programmable in Tal. I follow the development but don't play. Looks cool.

2023-07-06

430.

r/aliens - From the late 2000s to the mid-2010s, I worked as a molecular biologist...

www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/14rp7w9/from_the_late_2000s_to_the_mid2010s_i_worked_as_a

A fun read.

2023-06-19

375.

rrivera/identicon: Open source avatar generator inspired by GitHub avatars.

github.com/rrivera/identicon

Open source avatar generator inspired by GitHub avatars. - rrivera/identicon: Open source avatar generator inspired by GitHub avatars.

2023-06-12

330.

Calculation - Solitaire Online

www.eklhad.net/calculation.html

Play solitaire online - a game of strategy and skill.

I've never played this variant of Solitaire before. One would need to know the rules before playing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculation_(card_game)

I had to consult the layout quite often. The interface is not what one might be used to. It is fun though.

It took me 6 attempts to win. I had fun.

If you don't visit this site for 5 years your score will reset.

2023-03-19

119.

Rclone

rclone.org

Rclone is a command line program to manage files on cloud storage. It is a feature rich alternative to cloud vendors' web storage interfaces. Over 40 cloud storage products support rclone including S3 object stores, business & consumer file storage services, as well as standard transfer protocols.

Rclone has powerful cloud equivalents to the unix commands rsync, cp, mv, mount, ls, ncdu, tree, rm, and cat. Rclone's familiar syntax includes shell pipeline support, and --dry-run protection. It is used at the command line, in scripts or via its API.