2024-10-25 22:16:20
I highly recommend watching Cabel Sasser’s talk at XOXO
I don’t want to spoil it, so I won’t share much, but please watch it till the end, as it is not what is seems about.
And after you’ve watched it, visit this link.
This is post 20 of #100DaysToOffload
2024-09-27 02:39:08
Another month is over, and here is a fresh portion of articles that caught my attention recently.
An essay by Sam Altman where he predicts unimaginable prosperity in the age of AI but also warns that we should act now to make it available for everyone. Well, let’s see what he himself would do. The rumors of OpenAI converting to a for-profit company may mean that this prosperity is reserved for them.
A collection of examples of interactivity in the software as well as in real life.
Distilled rules of great interface design.
What’s inside small disposable NFC chips used in public transportation?
Not really an article, but an interactive webpage to learn how floating point numbers are represented in memory.
I’d highlight Apple Notes, Calendar, and Reminders, which I cannot imagine myself living without. I’m using each of them many times daily, to schedule meetings, take private notes, and compile a todo list.
A Kotlin Multiplatform library for calculating information about the sun and moon.
An illegal number is a number that represents information which is illegal to possess, utter, propagate, or otherwise transmit in some legal jurisdiction. Any piece of digital information is representable as a number; consequently, if communicating a specific set of information is illegal in some way, then the number may be illegal as well.
This is post 19 of #100DaysToOffload
2024-09-25 02:37:28
I’ve just finished Astrobot, and it is one of the best games I’ve ever played. At least one of the best platformers.
After the huge success of the Astro’s Playroom, a short techno demo game, which is preinstalled on every PlayStation 5, it was a matter of time before we would get a sequel. Sony surprised everyone with the announcement in the early summer this year, and I immediately knew I would preorder it.
Not only I could not wait to play it, my son was excited as well. He already finished the first game and loved the cute Astrobot.
Astrobots
And the new game delivered! It is fully packed with fun challenges and loads of references to iconic PlayStation games. I was jumping on a sofa when I met Nate Drake and his friends, Kratos, Aloy and other protagonists of games I liked. And while my son didn’t know these guys, he also enjoyed saving little robots from various villains.
The story is pretty simple and unremarkable, but inventive gameplay doesn’t let you down. I’ve already finished the game, but I will come back there again and again until I get my Platinum trophy.
And developers have already promised free DLCs later this year!
10/10. My Game of the Year.
This is post 18 of #100DaysToOffload
2024-09-14 02:28:18
In January, I got a chance to try golf for the first time. We were in Cyprus, so the grass was perfect even in mid-winter. The weather wasn’t, as it was pouring for a good portion of the masterclass.
We were trained by a professional British golfer who has long retired. He was very passionate about the game and eagerly explained to us everything we wanted to know.
Thanks to that opportunity, I came to understand that I don’t like golf. I’ve spent some good time with friends, but the learning curve to master the game is quite steep. It will bring me little joy to play it knowing I can’t control the ball.
Golf City Puchheim at OpenStreetMap, before and after
However, there was the other thing I also learned that day: the whole golf course terminology (par, handicap, etc.), which I can now put in good use to map some nearby golf courses on OpenStreetMap. For example, this one in Puchheim, which I occasionally run or ride nearby.
This is post 17 of #100DaysToOffload
2024-09-11 15:08:44
I had some very intense working weeks, followed by a well-earned vacation in August, so I skipped blogging during this period. And now I’m making up for it.
We do it dozens of times a day, every day, but why do we call it logging in?
An absurdly simple algorithm to draw rounded rectangles and how they become an indispensable part of every user interface.
I don’t plan to buy an electric bike anytime soon, but I wish more people could enjoy cycling, and e-bikes really help with that.
The method described in the article is quite expensive, requires specialized hardware and physical access to the token, but nonetheless it is a serious security issue.
I need to start a regular Map of the Month section in this digest.
I’ve been reading, writing, editing and commenting on tons of Google Docs lately,
so let’s name it my App of the Month.
And it really deserves it.
Useless, but fun.
Interesting how this effect can be observed in many different languages and cultures.
This is post 16 of #100DaysToOffload
