This is a small collection of links i found interesting in the last few years
This list is updated on an ongoing basis with the help of Pocket.
Normcore LLM Reads
Feb 20, 2024 | 6 words
Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
https://gist.github.com/veekaybee/be375ab33085102f9027853128dc5f0e
Liǎn(脸)
Jan 16, 2024 | 82 words
Liǎn (脸) is an experimental mask that explores the relationship between our online personas and offline self. It responds to one's real time online emotions. Liǎn is heavily inspired by the Chinese face changing opera art 变脸 (biàn liǎn) and online avatars.
https://jannchoy.com/lian.html
MemoryCache is an experimental development project to turn a local desktop environment into an on-device AI agent.
Dec 14, 2023 | 317 words
Every human is unique. The original vision of the personal computer was as a companion tool for creating intelligence, and the internet was born as a way to connect people and data together around the world.
https://memorycache.ai//
The world’s biggest carbon-sucking machine is switching on in Iceland
Oct 11, 2021 | 586 words
We have to start removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to have any chance of averting the worst impacts of global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said last month. The fossil fuel economy must be run in reverse, effectively.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/09/worlds-biggest-carbon-machine-iceland/
Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
Dec 28, 2020 | 3820 words
Welcome! In this post, we’ll be taking a character-by-character look at the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. Update: after over 1.7 million people visited this page, I’ve decided to write a book in a similar theme.
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/reverse-engineering-source-code-of-the-biontech-pfizer-vaccine/
Sponsors of Adopted Characters
Jan 12, 2020 | 2923 words
Character sponsors help support the work of the Unicode Consortium, to help modern software and computing systems support the widest range of human languages. More than 120,000 characters can be adopted—see Adopt a Character.
https://www.unicode.org/consortium/adopted-characters.html
NYPL Digital Collections
Jan 8, 2020 | 31 words
Explore 912,462 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections. This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
An Intro to Vim Macros
Oct 14, 2016 | 947 words
When trying to explain why Vim is so amazing, people often say things like “you don’t have to use the mouse” and “modal editing” and “commands are composable” and such. These are all pretty nice things that make coding faster and easier.
https://hackernoon.com/an-intro-to-vim-macros-f690d8c3c3fd?gi=feee78f62daf
Build complex automations 10x faster, without fighting APIs
Oct 18, 2019 | 850 words
Your days spent slogging through a spaghetti of scripts are over. Use JavaScript when you need flexibility and UI for everything else. You can implement multiple triggers. Branch and merge your workflows. And even pause flows to wait for external events.
https://n8n.io/
Agrarindustrie: Die Senkrechtpflanzer
Nov 6, 2019 | 1972 words
Ackerfläche wird knapp, doch Salat lässt sich gestapelt in Schränken und Regalen züchten. Ist die Technologie schon reif für die Produktion in großen Mengen? Noch wirft dieses Gerät viele Fragen auf.
https://www.zeit.de/2019/45/agrarindustrie-gewaechshaeuser-start-up-technologie