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Matthew Butterick | Extinction-level capitalism
Matthew Butterick
screen toys
hi there. we'll call these
Far Out Company — Countercultural visual overload
Explore the work of under-appreciated artists of the 1960s and ‘70s counterculture.
Every Frame Perfect
How imprecise UI animations erode trust in product
The History Behind the Signs Lighting Up Our Daily Lives: Vacuum-Form Signage and Human Connection
Branding Main Street America and a rabbit hole into the history behind the vacuum-formed signage found in our daily lives
Watch Japan's railways bloom: every station, 1872 to today
Why can't we have nice things like this?
The Illusionless Man & the Visionary Maid
Once upon a time there was a man who had no illusions about anything. While still in the crib he had learned that his mother was not always kind; at
Design Essentials | Penn State Brand Book
Brand guidelines from PSU! Love it.
Why Are Cells Small?
Two physical constraints — surface area and diffusion — explain why cells are (usually) tiny.
Dopamine Fracking
The act of pumping immense, disproportionate resources into a previously casual or complex and layered activity to forcefully extract and squeeze out the purest, most concentrated dopamine hit
The Bitter Lesson
...again....
How LLMs Actually Work
A from-the-ground-up walkthrough of how modern LLMs work, from tokens to transformer blocks to the next-token loop
Dario Amodei — The Adolescence of Technology
Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
The Pope and AI! Who would have thought.
CloudCLI | Cloud Dev Environments for AI Coding Agents
CloudCLI gives your coding agents a cloud dev environments that keep running when you close your laptop.
Windows GOG DOS Games on M-series Macs • F055
Saving this for a long flight that is coming up.
Brockovich Data Center Reporting – U.S. AI Data Center Awareness & Issue Map
Interactive map of major AI data centers across the United States — operational and under construction. Learn about energy use, water consumption, e-waste, and report concerns in your community.
A few interesting modern pixel fonts – Unsung
Pixel fonts! <3
Meshic — Procedural Pattern Generator
Free tool for ASCII, dithering, shimmer, LEGO, and procedural pattern effects.
Flipdisc Display Build and Software Guide
flip disc build guide
50 Hours to Draw Some Lines - Doug MacDowell
Artist Doug MacDowell spends 50 hours hand drawing data visualizations using vintage drafting techniques, rulers, ink, and lettering tools.
Is AI Profitable Yet?
Love this.
Map of Metal
The internet can be great sometimes.
Polypad – The Mathematical Playground
Oooo love this for learning math.
ruvnet/RuView: π RuView turns commodity WiFi signals into real-time spatial intelligence, vital sign monitoring, and presence detection — all without a single pixel of video.
π RuView turns commodity WiFi signals into real-time spatial intelligence, vital sign monitoring, and presence detection — all without a single pixel of video. - ruvnet/RuView
ferdous-alam/GenCAD
Image to 3d CAD! Neat. I really want to try this one day.
AI Is Technology, Not a Product
It’s not even a feature. It’s just technology.
FlagOpen/FlagEmbedding: Retrieval and Retrieval-augmented LLMs
Retrieval and Retrieval-augmented LLMs. Contribute to FlagOpen/FlagEmbedding development by creating an account on GitHub.
Local AI Needs to be the Norm
Local AI models should be the default.