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Optimizing typography of insect labels using free fonts and free software (2012) [pdf]
https://www.akentsoc.org/doc/Bowser_ML_2012.pdf
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exvi
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atoav
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7h ago
If someone is searching for a similar font today I highly recommend looking into the B612 high legibility font:
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/B612
upstandingdude
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7h ago
hmm for being a document about typography its quite an eye sore...
Stop Hiding My Controls: Hidden Interface Controls Are Affecting Usability
https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2025/stop-hiding-my-controls-hidden-interface-controls-are-affecting-usability
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cxr
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Local-first software (2019)
https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/
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gasull
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Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-bin
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/5/cgi-bin-performance/
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Cod Have Been Shrinking for Decades, Scientists Say They've Solved Mystery
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-cod-have-been-shrinking-dramatically-for-decades-now-scientists-say-theyve-solved-the-mystery-180986920/
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Fast Code Is Easy. Measuring It Is Hard
https://www.architect.co/posts/how-fast-is-it-really
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How to Network as an Introvert
https://aginfer.bearblog.dev/how-to-network-as-an-introvert/
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agcat
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What a Hacker Stole from Me
https://mynoise.net/blog.php
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Operators, Not Users and Programmers
https://jyn.dev/operators-not-users-and-programmers/
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todsacerdoti
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Optimizing Tool Selection for LLM Workflows with Differentiable Programming
https://viksit.substack.com/p/optimizing-tool-selection-for-llm
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Techno-Feudalism and the Rise of AGI: A Future Without Economic Rights?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14283
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lexandstuff
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Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is launched
https://www.eumetsat.int/europes-first-geostationary-sounder-satellite-launched
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diggan
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macOS Icon History
https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/macos-icon-history
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ksec
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11h ago
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ClojureScript from First Principles – David Nolen [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An-ImWVppNQ
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puredanger
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It's Illegal to Live in an RV on Your Property in These US States
https://www.jalopnik.com/1899469/rv-living-on-property-illegal-states/
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rntn
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Speeding up PostgreSQL dump/restore snapshots
https://xata.io/blog/behind-the-scenes-speeding-up-pgstream-snapshots-for-postgresql
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tudorg
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10h ago
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X-Clacks-Overhead
https://xclacksoverhead.org/home/about
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weinzierl
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3d ago
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Atomic "Bomb" Ring from KiX (1947)
https://toytales.ca/atomic-bomb-ring-from-kix-1947/
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The Right Way to Embed an LLM in a Group Chat
https://blog.tripjam.app/the-right-way-to-embed-an-llm-in-a-group-chat/
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Yet Another Zip Trick
https://hackarcana.com/article/yet-another-zip-trick
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todsacerdoti
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A Canadian's AI hoax duped the media and propelled a 'band' to success
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ai-band-hoax-velvet-sundown-1.7575874
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Volunteer finds Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/07/03/baptist-anti-slavery-scroll/
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ohjeez
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Haskell, Reverse Polish Notation, and Parsing
https://mattwills.bearblog.dev/haskell-postfix/
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mw_1
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3d ago
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The Calculator-on-a-Chip (2015)
http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/the_calculator-on-a-chip.html
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Bogdanp
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10h ago
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WinUAE 6 Amiga Emulator
https://www.winuae.net/
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doener
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5h ago
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Ask HN: Advice for Starting a Hacker Space?
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pkdpic
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2h ago
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The Hell of Tetra Master
https://xvw.lol/en/articles/tetra-master.html
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zdw
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3d ago
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What 'Project Hail Mary' teaches us about the PlanetScale vs. Neon debate
https://blog.alexoglou.com/posts/database-decisions/
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konsalexee
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15h ago
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Seine reopens to Paris swimmers after century-long ban
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/07/05/seine-reopens-to-paris-swimmers-after-century-long-ban_6743058_7.html
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9h ago
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Parametric shape optimization with differentiable FEM simulation
https://docs.pasteurlabs.ai/projects/tesseract-jax/latest/examples/fem-shapeopt/demo.html
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dionhaefner
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2d ago
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Gecode is an open source C++ toolkit for developing constraint-based systems (2019)
https://www.gecode.org/
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atoav•7h ago