Pixels of the Week – August 24, 2025
stephaniewalter.design·1h
📰RSS Reading Practices
Chipotle restaurant chain is testing drone delivery starting in Dallas
dallas.culturemap.com·12h·
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🍳Cooking
The Nickel Configuration Language
nickel-lang.org·16h·
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💻Programming languages
Reverse-engineering Roadsearch Plus, or, roadgeeking with an 8-bit CPU
oldvcr.blogspot.com·10h·
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⏳Tech History
Alarming levels of Pfas in blood of those living near US air force base, study finds
theguardian.com·22h
🔬Food Microbiology
Israel demands Lebanon buffer zone, agrees to tone down Hezbollah strikes
nordot.app·21h
☢Nuclear Arms Control
The Jargon File (1991)
jargon-file.org·2h·
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🔓Hacking
This is one of the world's richest families.
threadreaderapp.com·22h
⏳Tech History
The new Democrat faces seeking office prevent their party from ‘sleepwalking into dystopia’
theguardian.com·23h
🏛️Politics
Futility Illusions
lesswrong.com·23h
💾Persistence Strategies
They Were Breaking A Kitchen Wall And Uncovered A $75,000 Treasure Buried For 400 Years
nordot.app·21h
⏳Tech History
Seed: Interactive software environment based on Common Lisp
github.com·3h·
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✏️Code Editors
“Project,” by Rachel Cusk
newyorker.com·22m
🔎Tantivy
16-Bit Fast Inverse Square Root
ashdnazg.github.io·13h·
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🌳Data Structures
The 4 Best Zoom Lenses From 2021, and The One to Skip
nordot.app·6h
🎯Vector Quantization
From 2002–2021, global wildfire exposure rose by 40% even though total burned land shrank
science.org·5h
🌍Climate
Deep genome sequencing reveals extensive genetic heterogeneity in early human placentas
nature.com·22h
📇Vector Indexing
Australia to Speed Up Housing Construction as Crisis Lingers
bloomberg.com·21h
📈Economic Indicators
Upgrade your workflow with Office 2019 for just $43
nordot.app·1h
📱New tech trends
'Taking advantage of the moment': Why a 'whites only' compound is blossoming under Trump
nordot.app·18h
🏛️Politics