20 random bookmarks

Bookmarks and whatnot. Закладки и всякое.

2026-01-27

2086.

Stickers Standard

sticker.how

This specification defines a standard for sticker compatibility from multiple vendors. By following this specification, implementors can ensure they meet the expectations of sticker consumers. A standard allows producers to supply tools that help ensure maximum compliance and enjoyability.

2025-10-27

2026.

Браузер ViolaWWW ожил

bolknote.ru/all/brauzer-violawww-ozhil

В 2017-м году я в своих раскопках в интернете наткнулся на браузер ViolaWWW. Он совершенно незаслуженно забыт, хотя обладал в своё время поразительными возможностями

Евгений запускает Виолу на современном маке.

2025-06-27

1963.

remove(42) vs. find(42).remove()

www.yegor256.com/2025/06/22/retrieve-or-remove.html

Delegating behavior to objects rather than invoking utility methods leads to cleaner, more extensible, and properly encapsulated object-oriented design.

2024-11-02

1587.

Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone | SSOReady

ssoready.com/blog/engineering/truths-programmers-timezones

2024-10-31

1585.

Kurtz and Fernhout

www.kurtz-fernhout.com

2024-09-13

Reposted 1512.

ametameric - color contrast for all

pippin.gimp.org/ametameric

A 16 color palette for dichromats and trichromats

Ametameric is as a system palette that provides the standard CGA/ANSI colors accomodating various forms of human color blindness/color vision deficiencies. 16 colors (including white, black and two grays) that all provide sufficient contrast for all common types of color vision. When working as intended, TUIs made to work well with the system colors (rather than 256/true color) should become accesible for color vision deficient users without further tweaks needed.

2024-08-23

1462.

Python’s Preprocessor

pydong.org/posts/PythonsPreprocessor

Every now and then you hear outrageous claims such as “Python has no preprocessor”.

Curly braces for blocks, increment and decrement, and C-like preprocessor directives. The most arcane Python hacks!

2024-07-14

1375.

Capharnaüm

llwyn.srht.site

This is a blog. I write about things I want to write about - lots of philosophy, some short stories, and stuff I find interesting in general. Read if you enjoy them as well.

2024-05-12

1252.

Kaicode: Open Source Festival

www.kaicode.org/2024.html?utm_source=mailanes.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=39#submit

We get together a community of enthusiasts,
helping young and emerging projects find their way
in open source.

A competition. Jury judge the codebase.

2024-03-09

1190.

Code repositories — oddmu.git

src.alexschroeder.ch/oddmu.git

2024-02-18

1150.

New Research Reveals That Viking Dentistry Was Surprisingly Advanced

scitechdaily.com/new-research-reveals-that-viking-dentistry-was-surprisingly-advanced

2023-11-13

857.

Tangara

www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara

The music player you wish you had in the early 2000s

2023-11-05

832.

Пишем минимальный ActivityPub-сервер с нуля

habr.com/ru/articles/702724

Гришка учит Активитипабу. Вовремя!

2023-10-05

665.

Search engines, the deal is off!

alexschroeder.ch/view/2023-10-04-search

2023-08-13

565.

Nature for Nerds

www.datagubbe.se/nerdnat

In a city, you can find harvestable plants if you look hard enough. This is true. In Ufa, I've seen apple trees, for example. The author invites readers to learn more about it. Maybe I will.

2023-07-03

421.

Fighting Efficiency

250bpm.com/blog:32

... we are heading to the world where 10% of population would be able to produce all the goods needed.

... How is the 90% going to make their living?

They are not. If nothing changes they are going to die of hunger. And even worse, once that happens there will be only 10% of the population left, so the market shrinks to one tenth of its original size. At that point only only one tenth of the survivors — 1% of the orginal population — will be needed to produce all the goods. Thus, 9% will be left with no work to do and will also die of hunger. Now, of course, the demand plummets to 1% of what it used to be in the past and, given the improved efficiency, only 0.1% is needed to satisfy it. 0.9% is left with no work, is starved to death etc. Vicious circle perpetuates until the last human being dies of hunger.

All in all, there are three possible solutions:

  1. Decrease efficiency

  2. Work less

  3. Consume more

I think the initial problem is wrong. We still need at least some millions of people to sustain the world. We can't go to one person in the limit who will manage a farm, a factory and an internet server all by themselves.

The author says the proposed three solution won't solve the problem long term. Yeah, they won't. They aren't solving it now. Says a universal basic income might help, but says it's a topic for another day.

See also /408

418.

A Complete Guide to Flexbox | CSS-Tricks

css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox

I check this one every time

2023-05-31

265.

Feeds, updates, 200s, 304s, and now 429s

rachelbythebay.com/w/2023/01/18/http

Some people pull feeds way too often. Sometimes they do not get what they want.

2023-05-19

253.

Humble Chronicles: State Management

tonsky.me/blog/humble-state

Search for the best state management solution for Humble UI

2023-03-19

110.

lotide: Federated forum / link aggregator using ActivityPub

sr.ht/~vpzom/lotide

A federated forum / link aggregator using ActivityPub.

UPD 2025. The page says the project is no longer actively developed.