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Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

https://tekstien-marginaalien-keskus.aalto.fi/residenssi/heikki/blog/004-december-2/

33•jfil•2d ago

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functionmouse•34m ago

Good Lord what is happening in there?

These screenshots look awesome. Definitely checking this one out. Thanks for this!

drbscl•29m ago

This is a very enjoyable read, what a great project!

fwipsy•23m ago

People who grow up using these sorts of bespoke software are gonna have some pretty weird nostalgia. "Hey when you were a toddler did you ever play with a paint app where the fill tool created flashing swirly patterns? ...no?"

Organic Maps

https://organicmaps.app/

632•tosh•6h ago•185 comments

New AI tutor achieves 0.71-1.30 SD effect size in Dartmouth course [pdf]

https://intextbooks.science.uu.nl/workshop2026/files/itb26_s1s2.pdf

73•jonahbard•2h ago•42 comments

The future of Flipper Zero development

https://blog.flipper.net/future-of-flipper-zero-development/

115•croes•2h ago•9 comments

Starring the Computer

https://www.starringthecomputer.com/computers.html

115•gitowiec•3h ago•31 comments

Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

https://tekstien-marginaalien-keskus.aalto.fi/residenssi/heikki/blog/004-december-2/

36•jfil•2d ago•3 comments

It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership

https://popcar.bearblog.dev/its-about-ownership/

179•popcar2•6h ago•140 comments

Introduction to Compilers and Language Design (2021)

https://dthain.github.io/books/compiler/

240•AlexeyBrin•9h ago•41 comments

Run Windows 2000 on a DEC Alpha with a new es40 fork

https://raymii.org/s/blog/Run_Windows_2000_for_Dec_Alpha_on_a_new_es40_fork.html

79•jandeboevrie•7h ago•43 comments

The great blogging collapse: What happened to 100 successful blogs?

https://danielstanica.com/posts/Great-Blogging-Collapse

111•thm•3d ago•81 comments

Installing A/UX 1.1 like it's the 90s

https://thomasw.dev/post/aux11/

30•zdw•4h ago•8 comments

You need a webring

https://shub.club/writings/2026/july/you-need-a-webring/

26•forthwall•2h ago•17 comments

Papa Johns Can Predict When Your Fridge Is Empty

https://www.adexchanger.com/tv/papa-johns-can-predict-when-your-fridge-is-empty/

14•WaitWaitWha•3d ago•14 comments

Small Penis Rule

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_penis_rule

64•chistev•1h ago•21 comments

Airplane Boneyards List and Map

https://airplaneboneyards.com/airplane-boneyards-list-and-map.htm

67•hyperific•1d ago•12 comments

Why DMARC's new "NP" tag can fail with DNSSEC

https://dmarcwise.io/blog/dmarc-np-incompatibility-with-dnssec

35•matteocontrini•6h ago•12 comments

Shadcn/UI now defaults to Base UI instead of Radix

https://ui.shadcn.com/docs/changelog

270•dabinat•16h ago•146 comments

We Always Leave Things Unfinished

https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/we-always-leave-things-unfinished

5•bryanrasmussen•3d ago•0 comments

Jim Keller's startup is building a factory to mass-produce small chip fabs

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/atomic-semi-rebrands-as-fab2-and-shifts-operations-to-...

46•logickkk1•2h ago•9 comments

Taphonomic analysis reveals behavioral & tech capabilities of Homo floresiensis

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb7219

6•bushwart•3h ago•0 comments

Medieval-style fortifications are back in the Sahel

https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/06/25/medieval-style-fortifications-are-bac...

77•andsoitis•4d ago•61 comments

OpenWiki: CLI that writes and maintains agent documentation for your codebase

https://github.com/langchain-ai/openwiki

65•handfuloflight•4d ago•17 comments

Fast Software, the Best Software (2019)

https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/

115•ustad•13h ago•64 comments

The GNU Emacs Architecture: Unlocking the Core [pdf]

https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2052282/FULLTEXT01.pdf

167•cenazoic•4d ago•12 comments

Web-based cryptography is always snake oil

https://www.devever.net/~hl/webcrypto

87•enz•12h ago•92 comments

Optimizing an algorithm that's quadratic by design

https://whatchord.earthmanmuons.com/articles/chord-ranking-performance.html

12•elasticdog•3d ago•2 comments

Show HN: KiCad in the Browser

https://demo.pcbjam.com/

84•ViktorEE•8h ago•30 comments

A sociotechnical threat model for AI-driven smart home devices

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09239

77•dijksterhuis•3h ago•54 comments

Pandoc Lua Filters

https://pandoc.org/lua-filters.html

130•ankitg12•2d ago•11 comments

EU Council forces Chat Control via fast-track

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Chat-Control-1-0-EU-Council-forces-messenger-scans-via-fast-track-11...

339•stavros•9h ago•190 comments

Every postcard tells a story

https://observer.co.uk/style/features/article/every-postcard-tells-a-story

6•NaOH•2h ago•2 comments