[SC 2.4.4] Out of my head and onto the web
I've been meaning to get this post on design token ugly mode out since forever, and it feels so good to finally have the thought out of my head and onto the web.
Strong placebo response thwarts painkiller trials
One day we'll get to the bottom of the placebo effect and then things will get Real Weird.
Great Michigan Pizza Funeral
#IPlayedBass for the Great Michigan Pizza Funeral
Neko: History of a Software Pet
Someone captured the history of this adorable little program and dedicated it to their father 😭
Bats Can No Longer Haunt Apple VR Headsets Via Web Exploit
Living in the future is weird.
The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes
This is really hopeful.
checkbox-life
Conway's Game of Life with checkboxes.
Our ‘frog saunas’ could help save endangered species from the devastating chytrid fungus
Oh, to be a frog in a sauna.
History of ligatures, part 1/2
Can we all appreciate how good "Like textiles, which share its etymology, text is a weft of characters." is as an opening line?
Mosh pit rules applied to social media
Yeah, I like this.
Mozilla.ai did what? When silliness goes dangerous
Mozilla is Sideshow Bob, and its product direction is a field full of rakes.
Why are Scientists Ignoring all the Gay Animals??
I missed getting this in for Pride, but still worth sharing!
We Just Witnessed the Biggest Supreme Court Power Grab Since 1803
oh.
Researchers craft smiling robot face from living human skin cells
Sure, okay.
Out of Sight, ‘Dark Fungi’ Run the World from the Shadows
I cannot teach you about the mushrooms.
Leaving the web industry
This is haunting and sad, and rings so true.
Dunbar's number: Why we can only maintain 150 relationships
"It makes sense that there’s a finite number of friends most individuals can have. What’s less clear is whether that capacity is being expanded, or contracted, by the ever-shifting ways people interact online."
BananaBin
More software should be fun like this.
In defense of an old pixel (editor)
I love how this type editor shows you the close-up of the screen's pixel rendering.
The telltale words that could identify generative AI text
Huh.
Turning Brownfields to Blooming Meadows, With the Help of Fungi
Good job, fungus!
Scientists find desert moss ‘that can survive on Mars’
Good job, moss!
Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks
Good job, Japan!
Aboriginal ritual passed down over 12,000 years, cave find shows
"It was 'a reminder that we are a living culture still connected to our ancient past,' he added."
All I want for Christmas is a negative leap second
"No one, or almost no one, is ready for a negative leap second. It has always been a thing which can, in theory, happen. Up until the past few years, though, it looked impossible. And now it might, might just happen. And I need to see it."
Leftover Ramen Broth Is Causing Problems on South Korea’s Mount Halla
There is a software development metaphor buried in here somewhere, I know it.