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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
This is good news One of those projects I wanted to take on but always back logged. Wild that they've been on a 5 year hiatus -- https://www.newsshooter.com/2025/06/21/the-genie-is-out-of-t... -- that&#x
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
This is very cool Had just recently looked up IBM Selectric typeballs and the possibility of 3D print custom ones but did not expect so many active projects around it. Pretty nice time for nostalgic tinkerers to be alive ...
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
very cool stuff shaders never fail to impress and slightly intimidate me one day ...
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
no single facet of this that I don't love
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
zombie proof as TIL they generally aren't good swimmers. But in a real end of world sitch I think it's from one of those nearby fjordy bits no?
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
good man
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
this is what I come to hacker news for. this. so awesome
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
Love this post and thread btw ...
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
I'll probably not be the first to post this but HTML Day is this Saturday - https://html.energy/html-day/2025/index.html
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
awesome post and thread clocks for me were an entry point to font creation and broadcast design. they make a great platform for design and coding experimentation
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
that federated id api setting was crucial. danke shoen OP
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
grifts like this can't happen without tolerance and in some cases help from corrupt public servants
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
before I even read the post lemme just say "too late, friend. faaaaar too late ..."
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
From the actual Education Week post referenced in the above "Experts say [difficulties using scissors and pencils, and social-emotional capabilities, such as following instructions and sharing] is likely in part a function of the uphea
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
this guy's work is pretty amazing I whole heartedly believe that I'll own a gang of (armed) quadrapets for home/property/personal protection within the next 10 years. I'm equally worried that once these become commo
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
As @otterly already posted there has, is and will always be weather.gov As a matter of fact US Commerce department provides many API services including free geolocation (wuuut) via census.gov among so many services A side note about Trump a
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
Yep
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
Just saying "Catalunian" or even "Spanish" instead of only "cops" may get the article less clicks but it would've gone a long way at least pretending to be a worthwhile read. This is a very narrow case in
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
Author mentions the cash Mozilla has on hand and that it's enough to keep them afloat "for a little while" A quick scan of the author's post suggest they're pretty agenda driven, hence the weird "Marxist"
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
Excellent dive that covers a bunch of stuff, thanks for this. The brevity, tho. Masterful and very appreciated
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
Gott in Himmel, to whom ? Who on Earth is in the set of peeps who's both wealthy enough to do so and lives in awe of Musk? Wouldn't such fool and said fool's money have been parted long ago?
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
IMHO having "fuck you" money, as opposed to wealth, is vulnerable and emotional and therefore ripe for getting rugged, eg. You don't see Warren Buffet or even space enthusiasts like Bezos and Musk in this fray. At least not p
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
Personally, I don't find it helpful to post paywalled content here, at least without a summary. Other than that I'm here to for the kind of nerdy tech stuff that normally doesn't appear on NYT, Bloomberg etc which are design
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
I'm forever impressed by these folks' energy and creativity
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
I love that it's cartoon style -- 3 fingers and a thumb instead of four
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
possible but more a corner case that additionally takes one along the opposite vibe trajectory to the story's so ... why?
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
The epitome of Ikigai - 生き甲斐
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
Manz is living my dream. Go Mitch. Been reading about this guy since BYTE and my age was in single digits
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
Really interesting, because his writing kinda gives you that wide-T sense, it's like the way Wu Tang rapped -- especially Raekwon, and to a lesser extend Ghostface -- where they avalanche you with all of these richly visualized and hig
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by fitsumbelay 1y ago
very cool, plus so much tasty design and functional tips that spark inspiration. I really love that look of aliased type that still reaches for that calligraphic look that's _just_ beyond the GUI's capacity to display. Nostalgia

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