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Nestflix
The £5 coffee that tells a story of global economic turmoil
> A media company demanded a license fee for an Open Graph image used on my twitter archive. I gave in and paid it, but what does that mean for open graph images and copyright?
(How) do computer maps make money?
The 'freaky and unpleasant' world when video games leak into the physical realm
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n05/tony-wood/why-did-he...
https://dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/why-some-dvla-digital-ser...
(they were frontends to old systems that were based on assumptions of when data would be submitted)
Wrist watch modelled on Apollo DSKY computer
- lite.cnn.com
- text.npr.org
Unofficial:
- 68k.news
- skinnyguardian.xyz
... I'm sure there are plenty more!
A Syllabus for Generalists
> What about PMTiles?
> I would have loved to use PMTiles; they are a brilliant idea!
> Unfortunately, making range requests in 80 GB files just doesn't work in production. It is fine for files smaller than 500 MB, but it has terrible latency and caching issues for full planet datasets.
> If PMTiles implements splitting to <10 MB files, it can be a valid alternative to running servers.
The main thing is to have markdown as the output format and if I copy text from the editor that it pastes in markdown
* Finlandica font for Finland [2]
* Public Sans for USA public sector [3]
* Mariane and Spectral for France [4]
... among others![1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36775398
[2] https://toolbox.finland.fi/brand-identity-and-guidelines/fin...
[3] https://public-sans.digital.gov/
[4] https://www.systeme-de-design.gouv.fr/elements-d-interface/f...
> Avoid reporting methods of suicide
> Don’t refer to a specific site or location as popular or known for suicides
[1] https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/media-guidelines...
https://qz.com/618734/italys-coffee-pot-king-was-buried-in-t...
You might also find things in Jorge Luis Borges' short stories (although I can't think of any specifically off the top of my head).
The film Inception has a recursive theme to it.
And there is a popular sci-fi book called Recursion, but I've not read it so not sure how much it fits the actual idea of Recursion!
Edit: Also, Mick Heron's Slow Horses series, based on a group of outcaste MI5 spies in London. (The first book was made into a TV series on Apple TV).
Scrolljacking 101
There Are at Least 10 Cities with Their Own Psychological Disorders
The “LadyGrab” program was meant to protect women drivers. It backfired
[1] https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-as-broken-d...