Miyawaki Method Turns Urban Spaces Into Thriving Micro Forests
Make Your Own Micro Forest: 🔗https://t.co/ZhE9kbFYjs "The Miyawaki method of reforestation inserts small, densely packed wild acreage into urban environs. It’s proving wildly successful."
Beyond NAND: Master the Deeper Logic Stack
Pff... NAND gates are for rookies who are too afraid of digging deeper into the stack.
New SVG Dragon Curve Lecture Updates Compilers Course
UPDATE: I have added a new lectures to our 'Compilers & Interpreters' course to use SVG to display the dragon curve example. The easylang syntax we were using changed since I first recorded these lectures, so going with SVG is...
Jackie's Talent Shines as a Leading Gen‑Z Artist
Jackie's talent is beautiful. One of the few examples of great artists of this generation.
OpenBSD Installs with All Services, Even SSH, Disabled
When you install OpenBSD for the first time and everything is disabled by default (including SSH). 😅
Sega's SuperH: The CPU Behind 32X, Saturn, Dreamcast
When Sega needed a CPU more powerful than the Zilog Z80 and the Motorola 68000, they chose the Hitachi SuperH. This new CPU powered Sega's 32X, the Saturn, and the Dreamcast. But, what was exactly the SuperH, and what's its history? Let’s find...
Humans Keep Chess Fun Despite AI Dominance
Some people won't ever get it, will they? Computers already play chess better than virtually any human; but, as we speak, there's a sea of smiling nerds out there having the time of their lives playing their 775th game of...
Lil
Carl-August Zehnder & Niklaus Wirth with the Lilith computer. Lilith was strongly influenced by the Alto computer developed at Xerox’ Palo Alto (in which Niklaus Wirth had been working during his sabbatical in 1976). The whole Lilith system sotware was...
Retro FMV Vibes Resurface in Cool New Project
Nice. It reminds me of those old early-90s FMV (NovaStorm-like) games. Not my favorite style, but still, cool project.
Temporarily Muting AGI, May Miss Its Debut
I had to mute "AGI." So, forgive me if I miss it for a couple of days once it hits. https://t.co/GtuvomXI5X
Hype Over AI Education Tools Ignoring Basic Usability Flaws
Thousands of reposts, tunderous applause, raving claims about AI disrupting education. Has at least *one* person really tried to use the app? Twenty seconds running it and I've already found flaws with both usability & the simulation itself. If you shared this you're...
Most Complex Games Were Nearly Unplayable on PS1
Yes. But to be fair, almost every non-trivial game was nearly impossible to run on the PS1.
Retro Pixel Art's Charm Remains Unbeatable
Low resolution, subpixel rasterization, limited color palette, and dither. It's hard to beat that look.
Site Would Thrive by Ending Creator Payments
Imagine how much better this site would be if they simply stopped paying "creators." By the way, I hate using that word. 🙄
Nobelium: Synthetic Radioactive Metal Named After Alfred Nobel
How about... No? It's a synthetic, highly radioactive metal, and is the 14th member of the actinide series. Also, it is named after Alfred Nobel. https://t.co/2j8KzgnU9B