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February 1, 2024

[SC 2.4.4] The rules are made up and the points don't matter

These things usually go out on Wednesdays, but this week it's Thursday. The rules are made up and the points don't matter.

Anywhoo, here are some links!


Food Not Bombs trial rescheduled after too many jurors objected to $500 fine for feeding homeless
Hey, maybe there's something deeper to think about here.

These Are the Notorious NSA Furby Documents Showing Spy Agency Freaking Out About Embedded AI in Children's Toy
Fropie's!

Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems—Simple Cells Can Do It
Huh.

The Living New Deal
Interactive map of every New Deal site in the United States.

The Quest to Decode the Mandelbrot Set, Math’s Famed Fractal
To call this article exhaustive is an understatement.

'Obelisks': Entirely New Class of Life Has Been Found in The Human Digestive System
Hell yeah, I'm full of obelisks.

Jane Austen's 8-bit Adventure
A NES game about, you guessed it, Jane Austen.

In Praise of Buttons – Part One
I'm seeing more and more of these types of post lately and wonder if flat design is going to fall out of of vogue soon.

“Can it run Doom?” (Gut bacteria edition)
Yes, but where are the obelisks.

Making a PDF that’s larger than Germany
"Please don’t try to print it."

In Loving Memory of Square Checkbox
I am getting so sick of Apple pulling shit like this.

New GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality'
wow you don't say

Lichen Survives on Outside of International Space Station January 25, 2024 Sam Anderson
Good job, lichen!

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