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Visualizing 100k Years of Earth in WebGL

https://technistuff.com/posts/visualizing-100000-years-of-earth-in-webgl/
23•agnosis•4h ago

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bediger4000•3h ago
Interesting, but you're missing geologically important proglacial lakes, like Lake Missoula and Lake Agassiz.
joshhug•1h ago
Also the African humid period isn't visually apparent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_humid_period).

But very cool!

arscan•2h ago
Very cool, the interactivity of this makes this a much better learning tool than a set of static images (for me, at least).

One minor suggestion: on mobile put the date scrubber on the bottom, otherwise my thumb gets in the way of the UI while sliding back and forth through time :)

Also, I’m not sure if a log scale for time makes sense in this case. It confused me for a second, at least.

Great job, thanks for sharing!

typpo•58m ago
Nice work! This is like a much better version of Ancient Earth[0], which I made ~10 years ago using GPlates[1]. I like your approach of rendering the map itself from data, which makes it continuous, rather than just wrapping map textures around a globe.

[0] https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#240

[1] https://www.gplates.org/

mncharity•42s ago
[delayed]

Complex numbers 2: quaternions – lcamtuf's thing

https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/complex-numbers-2-a-world-in-3d
1•rbanffy•1m ago•0 comments

The insane growth of America's millionaire class – The Hustle

https://thehustle.co/originals/the-insane-growth-of-americas-millionaire-class
1•rbanffy•1m ago•0 comments

Breaking the Sorting Barrier for Directed Single-Source Shortest Paths

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.17033
1•pizza•1m ago•0 comments

DARPA zaps popcorn with laser power beamed 5.3 miles through air

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/19/darpa_energy_beaming_record/
3•rntn•2m ago•0 comments

NLWeb

https://github.com/microsoft/NLWeb
2•runesoerensen•3m ago•0 comments

How AI Generates Creativity from Inauthenticity

https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11463
1•badmonster•3m ago•0 comments

What's wrong with pcap filters? (2015)

https://www.snellman.net/blog/archive/2015-05-18-whats-wrong-with-pcap-filters/
1•Tomte•3m ago•0 comments

What the Declaration of Independence Claimed (2015)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/07/04/what-the-declaration-of-independence-really-claimed/
1•Tomte•4m ago•0 comments

The I-search Paper (1988)

https://archive.org/details/isearchpaper0000macr
1•turtleyacht•5m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Residue Number Systems for GPU computing as indie-researcher. Thoughts?

1•muragekibicho•6m ago•0 comments

The State of Open-Source AI-Powered Test Automation

https://alumnium.ai/blog/state-of-open-source-ai-powered-test-automation/
3•p0deje•6m ago•0 comments

NLWeb: Bringing conversational interfaces directly to the web

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/company-news/introducing-nlweb-bringing-conversational-interfaces-directly-to-the-web/
2•vyrotek•6m ago•0 comments

Microsoft Foundry Local for Windows and Mac

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-local/what-is-foundry-local
1•MysticOracle•9m ago•1 comments

NIST Special Publication 800-63: Digital Identity Guidelines Public Comments

https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-Public-Comments/
2•mooreds•9m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What newsletters do you follow?

2•cyndunlop•9m ago•0 comments

Blog After Death

https://jmtd.net/log/blog_after_death/
2•veqq•12m ago•0 comments

A.I. Will Destroy Critical Thinking in K-12

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opinion/trump-ai-elementary.html
1•bookofjoe•13m ago•1 comments

This article won't change your mind. Here's why

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/18/change-mind-evidence-arguing-social-relationships
1•nemoniac•13m ago•0 comments

Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the User Pillar [pdf]

https://media.defense.gov/2023/Mar/14/2003178390/-1/-1/0/CSI_Zero_Trust_User_Pillar_v1.1.PDF
1•mooreds•14m ago•0 comments

How to Start a New Internet Service Provider from Scratch [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHSqElgYjxw
1•dks8eksls•16m ago•1 comments

Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-company-reminder-for-everyone-to-talk-nicely-about-the-giant-plagiarism-machine
3•zdw•17m ago•0 comments

Go Cryptography Security Audit

https://go.dev/blog/tob-crypto-audit
2•bracewel•18m ago•0 comments

Single RGB camera turns your palm into a keyboard for mixed reality interaction

https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/05/09/a-single-rgb-camera-turns-your-palm-into-a-keyboard-for-mixed-reality-interaction/
2•PaulHoule•18m ago•0 comments

How product dev teams will be structured in the future (trinity –> duo)

https://paulkoullick.substack.com/p/the-case-for-a-duo-product-team-structure
2•pkoullick92•19m ago•1 comments

Optimizing Page Splits in Books

https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/05/optimizing-page-splits-in-books.html
2•ingve•20m ago•0 comments

The Most Important GPU of 2025 [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZupIBqKHqM
1•xbmcuser•22m ago•2 comments

Ask HN: We built a travel app – a classic tarpit idea. What now?

1•kenforthewin•22m ago•1 comments

Skill2Cash – Where Skills Meet Money

https://v0-full-website-design-gamma.vercel.app/
1•Dante_Ushin•22m ago•1 comments

Grok 3 on Azure AI Foundry

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/foundry/announcing-grok-3-and-grok-3-mini-on-azure-ai-foundry/
2•tosh•23m ago•0 comments

Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing)

https://www.japan.travel/en/guide/forest-bathing/
3•andsoitis•23m ago•0 comments