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Wot I read
The flip phone web: browsing with the original Opera Mini
Opera Mini was first released in 2005 as a web browser for mobile phones, with the ability to load full websites by sending most of the work to an external server. It was a massive hit, but it started to fade out of relevance once smartphones entered mainstream use.
Opera Mini still exists today as a web browser for iPhone and Android—it's now just a tweaked version of the regular Opera mobile browser, and you shouldn't use Opera browsers. However, the original Java ME-based version is still fu
OwnYourSwarm
OwnYourSwarm is a service which sends your Swarm checkins to your own website via Micropub.
The Unlikely Rise of the Indian Space Program
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Producer/Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus
Head of Production: Mike Ridolfi
Editor: Dylan Hennessy
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What were the intended uses of those icons in moricons.dll? - The Old New Thing
Icons for old MS-DOS apps.
From the aws community on Reddit: LLM Inference Speed Benchmarks on 876 AWS Instance Types
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VR Design Unpacked: The Secret to Beat Saber’s Fun Isn’t What You Think
Our series Inside XR Design highlights and unpacks examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at Beat Saber (2019) and why its most essential design element can be used to make great VR games that have nothing to do with music or rhythm. Editor’s Note: It’s hard to believe Beat Saber was first released in Early Access seven …
The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Business
Driverless trucks are officially running their first regular long-haul routes, making roundtrips between Dallas and Houston.
Show HN: Tinysums, HN thread and story summaries that don't suck | Hacker News
slint-ui/slint: Slint is an open-source declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, JavaScript, or Python apps.
looks like a nice toolkit to build GUIs
Ask HN: Do you know travel blogs that have animated SVG maps of their travels? | Hacker News
Cool tips on how to make animated maps for your travelogue. They all are pretty complex though
What If SQL Queries Returned Results Instantly?
Try Instant SQL - now available in MotherDuck and the DuckDB Local UI!☁️🦆 Start using DuckDB in the Cloud for FREE with MotherDuck : https://hubs.la/Q02QnF...
It's easier than ever to de-censor videos | Jeff Geerling
How it's going...
When
friends from outside the US ask you how it's going and
you almost tell them.
I turned my Lamp into a Kubernetes cluster
You've heard of a LAMP Stack, but have you seen it in a Lamp Rack?Mentioned in this video (some links are affiliate links, I earn for qualifying purchases): ...
Celebrating 50 years of Microsoft | Bill Gates
This one piece of code led to a half century of innovation from Microsoft.
Windows Longhorn Explained by a Retired Microsoft Engineer
Dave reveals the inside story of Windows Longhorn.
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Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design
A fan was ejected from a Knicks game in 2021 for wearing a shirt calling out the team’s owner, James Dolan. This week, the designer of the shirt was swept up in the saga when he was informed that he, too, was banned from all Madison Square Garden venues.
Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code
Online discussions about using Large Language Models to help write code inevitably produce comments from developers who’s experiences have been disappointing. They often ask what they’re doing wrong—how come some …
Iconography of the PuTTY tools
The early days of Linux [LWN.net]
These are my memories of the earliest days of Linux, its creation, and the start of its path to where it is today.
searchcode.com’s SQLite database is probably 6 terabytes bigger than yours | Ben E. C. Boyter
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Gina Trapani made a week-by-week map of her life
The Sydney Metro has been a huge success. So...what's next?
The Sydney Metro and its most recent extension to Sydney CBD has been a hugely successful project, reporting strong patronage and high customer satisfaction. In this video, I'll perform a retrospective on the Sydney Metro; what was done right, what was done wrong, and how the Sydney Metro has changed Sydney. More importantly, we’ll discuss upcoming projects, and finally, what the government should be building next.
Check out an extended cut of my adventure down to the future Hunter Street Station platforms here: https://youtu.be/tvwW3JVVpfY
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SMH article about rezoning Kellyville and Bella Vista: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-suburbs-where-new-housing-density-will-double-under-revised-plan-20241124-p5kt3r.html
NSW Planning Site about Kellyville and Bella Vista: https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/plans-for-your-area/priority-growth-areas-and-precincts/sydney-metro-northwest-urban-renewal-corridor/kellyville-and-bella-vista
Michelle Rowland is a NIMBY: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/labor-divided-over-plans-for-higher-density-at-north-west-metro-stops-20240831-p5k6ta.html
SMH article about the secret report into possible future metro lines: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-eastern-line-hidden-in-34-billion-plan-for-next-generation-of-sydney-s-metro-20240909-p5k8y9.html
Corridor reserved for future metro line through Marsden Park: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2022/SEPP%20Zone%20Map.PDF
Housing commisioner suggesting we spend less on the metro: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-hidden-downside-to-sydney-s-love-affair-with-shiny-new-trains-20240910-p5k9ef.html
Music:
Rush by Nikistan
Dat Groove by Audionautix
Crimson Fly by Huma-Huma
Time Dust by Schematist
Dollars by Soundroll
Time There Was by CineMedia
Energetic 80s Synthwave by CineMedia
VHS Dreams by Shane Ivers
What Adrian Did Next — Part 1 — Starting Out
My bio starts with this phrase “Adrian Cockcroft has had a long career working at the leading edge of technology, and is fascinated by…
Making the Video That Made Gorillaz
Plus: news.
So You Want to Build Your Own Data Center
When it comes to infrastructure engineering, building a data center is probably closer to building a house than to deploying a Terraform stack.
Nagarathna Memorial Grant – 2025 Open for Applications | Thejesh GN
Welcome to the eighth edition of the NMG grant. It seems like it started yesterday, and it's already been eight years. I am grateful to friends (Nemo, Gangadhar, Shweta, Divya) and other anonymous folks who have joined me on this journey with additional grant support. We do have some of them supporting us this year,
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