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Writing a Truth Oracle in Lisp

https://lambda-cove.net/posts/truth-oracle-lisp/
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90s_dev•3d ago
For anyone wondering how that initial letter is made to look like that:

1. The background flourish is created with ::before and a custom web font

2. The flourish letter is found via content: attr() on the parent element

3. The actual big letter itself is also done via custom web font & float: left

wavemode•13h ago
It was only upon reading this comment that I even realized the initial letter is text. At first glance I assumed it was just an inline-block image.
typesarecool•13h ago
Looks like all the CSS is

/* Drop caps / .first-paragraph { position: relative; padding-top: 0.2em;

  &::first-letter {
    /* font-weight: bold; */
    font-size: 4em;
    float: left;
    margin: 0.15em 0.05em 0 0;
    font-family: 'EBGaramond-InitialsF2', serif;
    font-display: block;
    line-height: 0.83em;        /* Fix alignment in Chrome */
  }
  &::before {
    margin: 0.15em 0.05em 0 0;
    font-size: 4em;
    font-family: 'EBGaramond-InitialsF1', serif;
    content: attr(data-first-letter);
    color: gray;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0.28em;
  }
}
lkuty•2h ago
And the fonts come from https://github.com/georgd/EB-Garamond-Initials
delqn•14h ago
This site really reminds me of Gwern's in terms of aesthetics — minimalist color theme, gorgeous, dense, and typographically thoughtful. I realize it's a bit of bike-shedding to focus on the presentation rather than the content, which is fascinating in its own right, but the resemblance struck me.

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Infinite Grid of Resistors

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395•yousef_g•17h ago•69 comments

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https://www.akpain.net/blog/breaking-secnet-assignments/
33•surprisetalk•2d ago•3 comments

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22•edwinarbus•2d ago•6 comments

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65•rbanffy•11h ago•30 comments

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74•luuio•2d ago•38 comments

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89•thomassmith65•4d ago•28 comments

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214•sohkamyung•3d ago•28 comments

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140•zdw•16h ago•26 comments

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330•achristmascarl•2d ago•581 comments

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57•WithinReason•2d ago•34 comments

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31•tibbar•8h ago•18 comments

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188•teleforce•1d ago•55 comments

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Unsupervised Elicitation of Language Models

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273•spwestwood•12h ago•208 comments

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210•Rendello•1d ago•32 comments

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https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-many-sides-of-erik-satie/
142•anarbadalov•6d ago•31 comments

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72•hardmaru•21h ago•72 comments

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67•troelsSteegin•2d ago•53 comments

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40•viewtransform•6h ago•25 comments

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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.18919
79•insistent•9h ago•32 comments

Bioprospectors mine microbial genomes for antibiotic gold

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TimeGuessr

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281•stefanpie•5d ago•58 comments

Iconic icons to showcase your skills

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26•Yuhesh•2d ago•10 comments

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https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1024160/f18b880c8cd1eef1/
81•jwilk•4d ago•15 comments