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Rewilding the Internet
- lampiaio 11mo ago> scrolls down to read more > "subscribe" popup interrupts my reading > ctrl-w
- zem 11mo ago"all complex ecosystems have parasites"
- korse 11mo agoAdblock should be mandatory. Just like bug repellent and sunscreen.
- bdangubic 11mo ago“real men do not need protection against sun and bugs” - my Dad :)
- Groxx 11mo agoa particularly egregious one, wow
- tclancy 11mo ago> clicks in to read what others thought > _that_ comment somehow has floated to the top and cannot be closed or hidden with ESC > ⌘+w
- kulahan 11mo agoI do this constantly. I have always assumed I was the only one, because if I were even kinda like other people, it'd be one of the quickest ways to destroy your own website.
- mentalgear 11mo ago> goes to about page > "We're a cultural intelligence platform for progressive brands who want to make better decisions, discover new opportunities and stay relevant." > now this all feels fake .
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- vonnieda 11mo agoWhat plant software is being shown in the animation at the top of the page? I've been hunting for something to simulate plant growth and that looks interesting!
- thinkingemote 11mo agoPlantStudio from 1997-2001 https://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/PlantStudio/screens.htm https://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/PlantStudio/screens.htm PlantStudio Botanical Illustration Software is a tool for creating 3D plant models and 2D illustrations. PlantStudio simulates herbaceous (non-woody) plants like wildflowers and cut flowers, vegetables, weeds, grasses, and herbs using a parameter-driven simulation of plant growth and structure.
- tonyarkles 11mo agoVery cool! I immediately thought of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system when I saw the original photo.
- Modified3019 11mo agoLooks like Plant Studio: https://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/summary_plantstudio.html https://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/summary_plantstudio.html https://github.com/pdfernhout/PlantStudio https://github.com/pdfernhout/PlantStudio
- vonnieda 11mo agoThank you! The README in the repo was a real joy to read.
- dr_kiszonka 11mo agoRelating it to the OP, github sometimes feels like the original world "wild" web. Sure, wild in the confines of Microsoft's corporate landscape, but I find it more likely to come across something interesting and useful there than on a random blog. (Plus, no pop-ups, newsletter subscriptions, etc.)
- HotGarbage 11mo agoAny relationship to https://protein.monster https://protein.monster ?
- codethief 11mo ago> As we enter Web4 Sigh.
- NoteyComplexity 11mo agoThat is really the cringe bit… If “web3” is “decentralised”, how could “web4” powered by AI which most of the LLM model currently are hosted in a centralised server? It seems contradictory by definition, and that “web4” are just basically Web 2.0 with AI features… I basically just read that website the post referred to, sounds like AI slop to me: https://www.netguru.com/blog/web-4-0?ref=protein.xyz https://www.netguru.com/blog/web-4-0?ref=protein.xyz
- slowslug 11mo agojust to be clear, that was a suggested edit added to the writing and not the original narrative. You can find the full version here: https://substack.com/@thealteration/p-175538961 https://substack.com/@thealteration/p-175538961
- uatec 11mo agoThere was a sweet spot somewhere after geocities where we still had web rings. Decentralised (and free) curated feeds of content. Now everybody wants subscribers as their metric of social worth, so they want a publishing platform that gives them metrics, and pushes subscribers. On further thought, time for me to rewrite my website on neocities.
- bovermyer 11mo agoI'm on Neocities. I use it as my low-effort gaming website. https://dungeonhack.neocities.org/ https://dungeonhack.neocities.org/
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- cosmicgadget 11mo ago> Another form of digital stewardship is Jacky Zhao’s website, jzhao.xyz – a personal “hypertext garden,” a digital space designed for exploration and playful engagement. The site blends writing, research, and projects in a nonlinear, interconnected layout, inviting visitors to wander through thoughts, experiments, and resources – as if walking through a garden. Using an LLM really sabotages the post.
- slowslug 11mo agoIt wasn’t written by an LLM. It’s literally just a trimmed-down version of a much longer piece I wrote. I was asked to add references for further reading, so I borrowed some of the conceptual language from my full draft and pointed it toward the people and projects that shaped it - like jzhao.xyz. Soo yes, when you squeeze a meandering, reflective article into a neat little “commercial” package, the wording gets more abstract. That’s not AI, that’s what happens when you try to fit a whole thought process into a carry-on.
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- willprotein 11mo agohey there, will from protein here. thanks for you comments and appreciate the popup is annoying, but they still work. for what it's worth, we're not "fake" and have been around since 1998 in the UK, which is around the time NTK used to be around. more here if you're interested: https://www.protein.xyz/archive/ https://www.protein.xyz/archive/ (scroll down)
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