Progress

I joined a podcast episode, that was so much fun. Very happy with that.

My current project is slowly coming to a close. That is always such an interesting time, when your main work is cleaning up and doing a good hand-over. Have I mentioned that you can/should hire me?
And there's also the kick-off for one of the next projects.

Articles

• IMG_0416 - ben-mini
• AvaloniaVisualBasic.Browser
• githublog/2024/11/1/sending-an-ethernet-packet.md at main · francisrstokes/githublog
• Nahrungsergänzung mit Vitamin D für Frauen während der Schwangerschaft - Palacios, C - 2024 -- Cochrane Library
• Ten simple rules for writing a technical book -- PLOS Computational Biology, yes, "simple" rules
• infinition/Bjorn: Bjorn is a powerful network scanning and offensive security tool for the Raspberry Pi with a 2.13-inch e-Paper HAT. It discovers network targets, identifies open ports, exposed services, and potential vulnerabilities. Bjorn can perform b
• Dr-Nekoma/lyceum: An MMO game written in Erlang (+ PostgreSQL) + Zig (+ Raylib)
• This elephant learned to use a hose as a shower. Then her rival sought revenge -- Science -- AAAS
• Algorithms we develop software by
• Shae Erisson's blog - The github plugin my coworkers asked me not to write.
• Nominative determinism in hospital medicine -- The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England: Hilarious paper!
• The Booze Of Monkey Island by BeanAdventureAgency
• The Art of Deception, Lighthouse Score Edition—zachleat.com
• Thinking About Recipe Formats More Than Anyone Should • Robb Knight: oof, now I need to change my recipe handling as well.
• Transit -- No GPS required: our app can now locate underground trains
• MetroDreamin' -- Build the Public Transit System of Your Dreams
• Antidepressants or Tolkien
• Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess
• We can all be AI engineers – and we can do it with open source models
• [2409.13740] Language agents achieve superhuman synthesis of scientific knowledge
• Virality in cartography: What makes a map go viral? - Geoawesome
• Relativty an Open-source VR headset for $200
• Wind Blowing Out of Uranus Makes It Hard to Probe, NASA Complains
• YC is wrong about LLMs for chip design - zach's tech blog
• Casio’s first smart ring has innovative features like a stopwatch and flashing alarm - The Verge
• The Polars vs pandas difference nobody is talking about -- Labs
• Biological Miracle - Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)

Libraries, programming, etc

• GitHub - pex-tool/pex: A tool for generating .pex (Python EXecutable) files, lock files and venvs.: looks very cool!

Games

• Astroneer
• Grand Mountain Adventure
• Walkabout Minigolf
• Mini Golf Aeons: this is interesting, because it is another VR-only mini golf, but it's worse in many aspects. The courses are super sticky, the environments are (though nicely imagined) not very detailed and the handling is comparatively bad. It's just not as polished as the other mini golf game, and it's interesting to see the differences so directly. And even though the base game (ie. the first 9-hole course) is free, SteamSpy estimates only between 750 and 1700 owners. 4/10
• Half-Life 2

Backlog

• The Bookwalker (from Humble Choice)
• Garden Life (from Humble Choice)
• Cassette Beasts (from Humble Choice)

Board games

• Phase 10

Recipes

• Quarkbällchen
• Bratapfel-Eis mit Zimt-Mandel-Eis

Other media

• i paid 3 game developers on Fiverr to create the same game - YouTube
• Unreal Engine 5.5 Feature Highlights - YouTube
• Expert Explains Why, Essentially, You’re Fucked -- Onion Now: Focus - YouTube
• When the boys all try to coordinate quarter zip sweaters - YouTube: Range, emotion, delivery, timing... Hollywood, hire this man!
• The Rabbit R1 & Humane AI Pin Teardowns - Worst Devices Ever? - YouTube
• How Wireless Charging Works and Why It's Terrible - YouTube
• Air fryers are simpler than you think, but still pretty neat - YouTube
• Making a 1770's Waistcoat With Werther's Wrappers [CC] - YouTube
• The Making of Live Events: Introducing the Industry to the Next Generation - YouTube
• We Fell For The Oldest Lie On The Internet - YouTube: this is a lesson for everyone: check four facts! (And, just for reference: the length of the human vascular system is between 9000 km and 19000 km. So let's say a nice round 10k.)
• Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary - YouTube