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Aug 23, 2025 from Michael Lynch

Flash an AirGradient ONE from the Command Line

I’ve purchased two AirGradient ONE indoor quality monitors to measure air quality in my home. AirGradient devices are open-source, so you can flash your own custom firmware and collect your air dat...

Aug 22, 2025 from fasterthanli.me

The science of loudness

My watch has a “Noise” app: it shows dB, for decibels. Your browser does not support the video tag.My amp has a volume knob, which also shows decibels, although.. negative ones, this time. Your bro...

Aug 22, 2025 from Palladium

The Case for Crazy Philanthropy

Bureaucratic science is already generously funded and does not need more private support. Philanthropists should fund young outsiders, like during the Golden Age of Science. The post The Case for C...

Aug 22, 2025 from home - SHRIK3 on SHRIK3

archlinux setup + LUKS + LVM

system setup: LUKS + LVM + (ext4) + archlinux. This is for experienced arch user. For detailed guide on arch installation please use archwiki and https://shrik3.com/post/archlinux/arch_setup_new/ p...

Aug 22, 2025 from is this it?

Seven Weeks with the Camera among the Glaciers of Mt Cook

Mount Cook, Hooker Valley. George Moodie’s account and photographs from his February 1893 trip to Mount Cook. Text sourced from the NZ Alpine Journal Vol I, No. 4, November 1893. Photographs from t...

Aug 22, 2025 from Noahie's Blog

Pocket Knife

This is a rewrite of an old story I wrote back in 2020 and was initially published on Substack. This isn't a major rewrite—just some revisions to make it flow better and have a bit more logic to it...

Aug 20, 2025 from Benny Powers: Web Developer

Am Yisrael Chai

The Jewish people are fighting for their lives. Stand with them. Put this Web component on your web site to direct visitors to donate to Israeli causes

Aug 19, 2025 from The Linkfest

Linkfest #38: Garlic Hackers, the "Ignorosophere", and The Upside of Societal Collapse

Hello people! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, in which I descend into the Plutonian mine-shafts of the Internet and bring up the finest gems of science, culture an...

Aug 19, 2025 from Volution Notes

Individual URL compression experiment initial thoughts

I've made some experiments with compressing individual URLs, and I describe my initial observations (while comparing to standard compression algorithms).

Aug 19, 2025 from Benny Powers: Web Developer

Introducing CEM Language Server

Remember wishing your editor actually *understood* your custom elements? Wish granted. The CEM Language Server is here, and it's built right. ✨ After weeks of development, the CEM Language Server i...

Aug 18, 2025 from The Fly Blog

Trust Calibration for AI Software Builders

Trust calibration is a concept from the world of human-machine interaction design, one that is super relevant to AI software builders. Trust calibration is the practice of aligning the level of tru...

Aug 17, 2025 from Hammy Havoc

Remembering Ted Fletcher

Daniel Fletcher shared some very sad news with me. His father—my friend—Ted Fletcher, passed away today. Ted Fletcher founded Alice, JoeMeek, tfpro, Orbitsound, and most recently, co-founded Airsou...

Aug 17, 2025 from Chaotican Writer

Daggerheart Rewind: 7 Takeaways from Running 20 Demos in 20 Hours

I ran twenty 45-minute demos of Daggerheart at Gen Con 2025. Here is a list of big takeaways I have for game masters and players alike looking to play! The post Daggerheart Rewind: 7 Takeaways from...

Aug 16, 2025 from The Scholar's Stage

Did Taiwan “Lose Trump?”

OVER THE LAST WEEK Christian Whiton’s essay “How Taiwan Lost Trump” has ricocheted its way through the Taiwanese media. Ever sensitive to foreign perceptions of Taiwan, the Taiwanese chattering cla...

Aug 16, 2025 from Galaxy Garden

Bak Baan The Dog And Her Puppies

Ever since I met my uncle's dog, Bak Baan, for the first time in late January 2025 during Lunar New Year, seeing Bak Baan has become what I look forward to most when we visit our family's durian pl...

Aug 15, 2025 from Refereeing and Reflection

Supplement Supplemental! (Lower Deck Larks and Paranoia Farces)

Time for another entry in my occasional series of mini-reviews on game supplements I have thoughts substantial enough to write about, but lean enough that I don’t want to dedicate a whole article t...

Aug 15, 2025 from fasterthanli.me

Summer fasterthanlime update

There are news! Cool Bear's hot tip TL;DR: If you’re a patron or sponsor, check your Profile page to get detailed explainers of every perk. You’ll need to log in. Duh. Here are all the changes I’m ...

Aug 15, 2025 from Jasco's Website

Debloatube

I talk about my history of skirting Youtube's tracking and my new solution

Aug 15, 2025 from Muffin Man

How to draw a Space Invader

This is an interactive article. To fully experience it, you'll need to turn JavaScript on. I recently made the Space Invader Generator for Creative Coding Amsterdam code challenge. I made it for fu...

Aug 14, 2025 from Chuck Carroll's RSS Feed

Terminally Online: When the Internet Becomes Your Reality

To be "terminally-online" is to be deeply engaged on social media, consuming YouTube creator-driven drama, or spending a significant amount of one's free time doing online activities. Personal inte...