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CSS Terrain Generator

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 19:06:34 GMT

quote [Inspectable spikes, wedges, ramps and flats are stitched together into a voxel landscape.] Entry Comment: A great little playfield that – while rendering the terrain in CSS – uses some Javascript to enable interaction (unlike CSS Minecraft). Also note how the page uses #anchors to save generator seeds – this is cool insofar, as anchors are only processed by the browser and invisible to the server, so less load and tracking.

Blood Relative

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 05:03:23 GMT

quote [A Farm, a Haunting, and Family Secrets Laid Bare] Entry Comment: How do my blood relatives know all of these songs

Structured Procrastination

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:14:42 GMT

quote [there are also worthwhile tasks to perform lower down on the list. Doing these tasks becomes a way of not doing the things higher up on the list. With this sort of appropriate task structure, the procrastinator becomes a useful citizen.] Entry Comment: by John Perry (pictured). Not related to self-revenge.

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:00:36 GMT

quote [Billboard's recent change in threshold for songs to remain in the top 40 of the Hot 100 list booted Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit "Luther." This made history, ending a 35-year streak of rap tracks on the top 40 spots on the chart.] Entry Comment: So far, I hope you like rap songs

The Wild Elephant in the Room

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 05:54:47 GMT

quote [Conservationists seeking to restore elephant populations in a Malawian national park inadvertently upended human lives, revealing the risks of large-mammal translocations.] Entry Comment: I hear the elephants

Coney Island’s Last Surviving Classic Haunted Ride

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 05:00:49 GMT

quote [Brooklyn was once the epicenter of a haunted ride arms race. Today, only Spook-a-Rama remains.] Entry Comment: This haunted ride is tearing me apart

My first months in cyberspace

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:11:48 GMT

quote [Recalling the difficulties and wonder of getting online for the first time in 1995, including diary extracts from the time.] Entry Comment: I'll be out in cyberspace

Locking it down: A new technique to prevent LLM jailbreaks

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:20:22 GMT

quote [Following on from our preview, here’s the full rundown on LLM salting: a novel countermeasure against LLM jailbreaks, developed by AI researchers at Sophos X-Ops] Entry Comment: On a side-note, was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on a Revamp I am half way done with it assume.

What Canada’s Largest Art Heist Reveals about the Art World’s Shady Side

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:11:25 GMT

quote [The stolen masterpieces have never turned up—and nobody’s really looking for them] Entry Comment: Art heists, steal with style

Hooked on Sonics: Experimenting with Sound in 19th-Century Popular Science

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 08:30:11 GMT

quote [Of all the senses cultivated throughout the 19th century, it was the sense of hearing that experienced the most dramatic transformation, as the science of sound underwent rapid advancement. Lucas Thompson delves into a particular genre of popular acoustics primers aimed at children and amateurs alike, which reveal the pedagogical, ludic, and transcendental strivings of Victorian society.] Entry Comment: Our experiment in sound was nearly ready to begin