Interesting links and resources from around the Internet. Whatever you do, don't look at the source code. If you'd like an account, email ols.
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/your-voice-assistant-doesnt-have-to-be-cloudy/ [hackaday.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O4dWMXqNrE [www.youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zJTStrhGI0 [www.youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO9c1guOXxs [www.youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaaa-4dezsI [www.youtube.com]
https://knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2023/06/how-i-run-table.html [knightattheopera.blogspot.com]
https://dozensanddragons.neocities.org/44 [dozensanddragons.neocities.org]
https://slugsandsilver.blogspot.com/2020/08/easy-mass-combat-system.html [slugsandsilver.blogspot.com]
https://informeddissent.info/policeandprison [informeddissent.info]
https://slack.engineering/slacks-migration-to-a-cellular-architecture/ [slack.engineering]
https://rmkit.dev/eink-is-so-retropunk/ [rmkit.dev]
An e-ink device is a hacker’s dream - or at least, this hacker’s dream. They are a return to the magical feeling of computers of the 80s and 90s. It’s a world where Windows and Mac OS X never existed and we don’t have to suffer with abstractions on top of abstractions. It’s DOS for the 2020s. It’s graphing calculators for grown-ups.
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/08/why-i-gave-up-on-the-ipad-only-dream/ [sixcolors.com]
https://blog.rfox.eu/en/Hardware/Cyberdecks.html [blog.rfox.eu]
Deck or CyberDeck is this mobile computer first imagined by William Gibson in Neuromancer and later slightly extended and redefined by the Shadowrun as well as other (Cyberpunk 2020, GURPS Cyberpunk) role-play games, card games (Netrunner) and novels
https://computer.rip/2023-07-29-Free-Public-WiFi.html [computer.rip]
https://matduggan.com/ipv6-is-a-disaster-and-its-our-fault/ [matduggan.com]
https://simonwillison.net/2023/Apr/7/chatgpt-lies/ [simonwillison.net]
We accidentally invented computers that can lie to us and we can’t figure out how to make them stop
https://loup-vaillant.fr/articles/source-of-readability [loup-vaillant.fr]
To efficiently grow and maintain programs, code that is read together should be written together.
https://ploum.net/2023-08-01-splitting-the-web.html [ploum.net]
https://blog.bloonface.com/2023/06/12/why-did-the-twittermigration-fail/ [blog.bloonface.com]
https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2023/06/01/geocoding-routing-openstreetmap-r/ [www.andrewheiss.com]
https://www.engine.study/blog/modding-age-of-empires-ii-with-a-sprite-diffuser/ [www.engine.study]
https://tamas-rabel.github.io/hex_world_generator/hex_world_generator.html [tamas-rabel.github.io]
https://alchemistnocturne.blogspot.com/2023/04/bx-monk.html [alchemistnocturne.blogspot.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mAITcNt710 [www.youtube.com]
https://ritualdust.com/music/field-recording/ [ritualdust.com]
https://youtube.com/shorts/_byg9wwNCnc?feature=share [youtube.com]
https://venam.nixers.net/blog/unix/2023/02/28/access_control.html [venam.nixers.net]
https://weirdelfgames.com/2020/05/01/convergent-storytelling-in-elf-games-3-maps-hexes-and-regions-oh-my/ [weirdelfgames.com]
https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/15/bing/ [simonwillison.net]
http://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-money.html [deltasdnd.blogspot.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZ2ESz1w-Q [www.youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTgXHbAx758 [www.youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zJTStrhGI0 [www.youtube.com]
https://pace.dev/blog/2020/03/02/dynamically-generate-social-images-in-golang-by-mat-ryer.html [pace.dev]
https://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2016/02/osr-style-challenges-rulings-not-rules.html [goblinpunch.blogspot.com]
http://rolltop-indigo.blogspot.com/p/an-rpg-lexicon.html [rolltop-indigo.blogspot.com]
https://d66kobolds.blogspot.com/2020/09/free-kriegsspiel-worlds-not-rules-etc.html [d66kobolds.blogspot.com]
http://rolltop-indigo.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-invisible-rulebooks.html [rolltop-indigo.blogspot.com]
https://aboleth-overlords.com/2020/08/29/less-rules-to-do-more/ [aboleth-overlords.com]
http://pitsperilous.blogspot.com/2016/04/minimalist-gaming-doesnt-exist.html [pitsperilous.blogspot.com]
http://yak-hack.blogspot.com/2019/11/table-centric-design.html [yak-hack.blogspot.com]
https://rpggeek.com/thread/3012057/behind-screen-91-how-be-good-gm-if-you-are-new [rpggeek.com]
http://www.hahnlibrary.net/rpgs/sources.html [www.hahnlibrary.net]
The D&D game is an amalgamation of many literary sources, from recent fantasy fiction to ancient mythology. Since understanding how these elements were intended to work, or how to best build on or alter them may sometimes require knowledge of their original context, a listing in one place of such influences could be a great help.
https://www.errantadventurespod.com/bonusepisodes [www.errantadventurespod.com]
https://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2023/01/advancement-in-classic-d.html [deltasdnd.blogspot.com]
We frequently marvel at how sketchy the advice was in Original D&D
https://marzka.cafe/time/ [marzka.cafe]
like many other people who spend a lot of time online, i have friends beyond the stricture of proximity. this makes timezones and trying to remember everyone’s individual utc offset a bit of a pain
https://brunoluiz.net/blog/2022/aug/imagewand-privacy-first-image-conversion-experiment-with-golang-and-wasm/ [brunoluiz.net]
What if there was some website to convert images locally, without requiring a server? What if the technology for that already exists?
https://benignbrownbeast.blogspot.com/2022/09/other-crews.html [benignbrownbeast.blogspot.com]
https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/2022/09/nymphs-in-your-area.html [traversefantasy.blogspot.com]
https://methodsetmadness.blogspot.com/2022/09/why-i-like-minimalism-complexity-is.html [methodsetmadness.blogspot.com]
https://benignbrownbeast.blogspot.com/2022/09/rpg-linguistics.html [benignbrownbeast.blogspot.com]
https://grumpywizard.home.blog/2022/09/22/more-vs-better/ [grumpywizard.home.blog]
https://founder-fodder.ghost.io/writing-cultures-win/ [founder-fodder.ghost.io]
Writing is democratic. anyone with an insight or idea can write it down regardless of status or access. And, anyone can read it, regardless of status or access.
https://www.discworldemporium.com/games-toys/556-the-mended-drum-jigsaw-puzzle [www.discworldemporium.com]
https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/2603/roleplaying-games/reactions-to-odd [thealexandrian.net]
https://www.exoticsilicon.com/jay/reckless_guide_to_openbsd [www.exoticsilicon.com]
https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/why-not-javascript-cdn [blog.wesleyac.com]
[I]f you’re using a CDN for any reason other than laziness, it’s likely not a good reason.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/12/minecraft-and-other-apps-face-serious-threat-from-new-code-execution-bug/ [arstechnica.com]
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/11/inside-story-most-daring-surveillance-sting-in-history [www.theguardian.com]
Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem for anyone using it for criminal means: it was run by the police
https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/05/What-desktop-Linux-needs.html [drewdevault.com]
[W]e have failed to build an operating system for people who are not like us.
https://lmcnulty.gitlab.io/blog/english-th/ [lmcnulty.gitlab.io]
https://nixing.mx/posts/integrating-openring-into-a-blog.html [nixing.mx]
Openring [is] a decentralized alternative to a very good idea [webring.com]. Openring makes it easier for people to find others’ work on similar areas of interest.
https://aaronparecki.com/2015/08/29/8/why-i-live-in-irc [aaronparecki.com]
I have created filters from various sources that send notifications to various IRC channels about things I am interested in.
https://mashable.com/article/mta-it-department-miguel [mashable.com]
the one man capable of rebooting the vending system had a truly admirable work-life balance: Miguel was not answering his phone during his Friday night commute home […] three hours north
https://www.mangalmedia.net/english/solarpunk-climate-change-and-the-new-thinkable [www.mangalmedia.net]
Solarpunk sits at the intersection of possible positive futures and likely negative ones. It is a recognition of humanity’s wide-ranging damage upon the natural world and inevitably, upon itself.
https://dozensanddragons.neocities.org/15.html [dozensanddragons.neocities.org]
https://github.com/chrisman/skookums-and-dragons/wiki/steel-reserve [github.com]
gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/the-standard-salvaged-computing-platform.gmi [gemini.circumlunar.space]
https://boonepeter.github.io/posts/spotify-codes-part-2/ [boonepeter.github.io]