ain't nuthin gay about liking a girl with a pretty cock
I think I got most of the errors, let me know if I missed any. -steele
Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Eating the earth

quote [ The burgeoning global food trade is a lifeline for billions, but it is fragile and hard on the planet ]

to trade my thoughts for food
[SFW] [food & drink]
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Tuesday, 3 December 2024

Belated Expansion

quote [ Why a vestigial port on a hugely popular console has only gained real capabilities over the last couple of years. Learn about the forgotten NES expansion port. ]

Get hold of the Nintendo Entertainment System
[SFW] [games] [+1 Interesting]
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Do You Speak the Lingo?

quote [ Director uses its own programming language, Lingo, which is inspired by languages like Smalltalk and HyperCard. […] Lingo uses a HyperCard-style English-like way of programming and Smalltalk-style object oriented features.

Early versions of Director are unusual for having the engine interpret the game logic straight from source code—which means if you’ve got any copy of the game, you’ve got the source code too. ]

This used to be very common back in the day and it's interesting to see devs working through funky Mac-only code today. Kind of the making-of of this post from the author of this music blog.
[SFW] [do it yourSElf] [+1 Original]
[by Paracetamol@7:52amGMT] [2 comments]

Monday, 2 December 2024

Alexandre Grothendieck, a committed genius

quote [ Alexandre Grothendieck, who is considered one of the founders of modern algebraic geometry, left a considerable mark on mathematics through his genius and his reflections on his time. Ten years after his death, the mathematician Leila Schneps revisits his legacy. ]

Interesting interview about a clever French person.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+1 Interesting]
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The Secret Sex Lives of Lichens

quote [ Researchers found these dusty clumps of green and brown may be hiding how they get it on. ]

Just like every lichen, how you stick to me
[SFW] [environment & nature] [+2 Hot Pr0n]
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Sunday, 1 December 2024

We Have to Stop Before It’s Too Late.

quote [ What Reisner called a “discrete alliance” of environmentalists and fiscal hawks backed the 1986 Water Resources Development Act, which forced local governments to fund a chunk of future dam projects themselves. Beard said that bill never would have become law without support from Republicans like Tom Petri, a Wisconsin representative at the time. “He was this sort of noble warrior about dams, saying, ‘This is wrong! This is wrong!’ ” Beard said, chuckling. “We were like, ‘Yeah, well, we all know it’s wrong.’ ” ]

Stopping a running train etc. Going eco means going the cheap route, it seems.
[SFW] [business] [+1 Insightful]
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The Redbox Removal Team

quote [ Redbox left 24,000 abandoned DVD rental kiosks. These are some of the people recovering them. ]

I'm standing outside the Redbox
[SFW] [people] [+3]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:02amGMT] [2 comments]

Saturday, 30 November 2024

Anders Ramsell painted 12,597 aquarelle paintings of Blade Runner

quote [ the video circled around the web for a few years, and quietly disappeared from every single site it was hosted at. ]

… until the author found it archive.org.
[SFW] [art] [+5]
[by Paracetamol@4:33pmGMT] [2 comments]

Finding Food and Solace in the Intertidal

quote [ On the complex pleasures of harvesting shellfish with the people you love. ]

to the intertidal
[SFW] [people] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [1 comment]

Friday, 29 November 2024

How Typing Transformed Nietzsche’s Consciousness

quote [ He undoubtedly was aware of his increased productivity, but as to the quality and substance of the content, as its creator, he perhaps was not best placed to judge. ]

Great quotes on how our tools transform our thoughts.
[SFW] [literature] [+2]
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