Bill Atkinson has died(daringfireball.net)
1519 points by romanhn | 258 comments
Daring Fireball link post noting the death of Bill Atkinson, the Apple engineer behind MacPaint and HyperCard; the capture shows a Facebook login wall instead.
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Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own(ssp.sh)
468 points by articsputnik | 216 comments
A personal blog post by Simon Späti about self-hosting his blog, second brain, newsletter and other tools to gain independence from tech platforms.
The librarian immediately attempts to sell you a vuvuzela(kaveland.no)
430 points by rkaveland | 307 comments
A blog essay by Robin Kåveland using a library metaphor to critique how modern websites and the internet push ads and distractions on visitors.
My experiment living in a tent in Hong Kong's jungle(corentin.trebaol.com)
427 points by 5mv2 | 192 comments
Personal blog post recounting the author's 2016 experiment living in a tent in Hong Kong's jungle as a student to save on rent.
Joining Apple Computer (2018)(folklore.org)
425 points by tosh | 117 comments
Bill Atkinson's Folklore.org reflection on the 40th anniversary of joining Apple Computer in 1978, recounting how he left his neuroscience PhD to work there.
Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)(tech.slashdot.org)
422 points by miles | 270 comments
Slashdot story summarizing a Washington Post column advising readers to stop using Chrome and delete Meta and Yandex apps after a covert tracking discovery.
Convert photos to Atkinson dithering(gazs.github.io)
404 points by nvahalik | 47 comments
A browser tool styled like classic Mac OS that converts uploaded photos into Atkinson-dithered black-and-white images using HTML canvas.
Getting Past Procrastination(spectrum.ieee.org)
396 points by WaitWaitWha | 159 comments
IEEE Spectrum guest article by Taro founder Rahul Pandey on building systems to overcome procrastination and stay consistently productive.
Low-Level Optimization with Zig(alloc.dev)
286 points by Retro_Dev | 184 comments
Why We're Moving on from Nix(blog.railway.com)
260 points by mooreds | 122 comments
What was Radiant AI, anyway?(blog.paavo.me)
210 points by paavohtl | 113 comments
Coventry Very Light Rail(coventry.gov.uk)
198 points by Kaibeezy | 263 comments
Hate Radio (2011)(rwandanstories.org)
125 points by thomassmith65 | 107 comments
The “Frankfurt Kitchen”(museumderdinge.org)
48 points by tosh | 38 comments
Math Symbol Frequencies(leancrew.com)
37 points by tosh | 14 comments
Uber Just Reinvented the Bus Again(wired.com)
26 points by beardyw | 35 comments
Log-Linear Attention(arxiv.org)
19 points by sva_ | 3 comments
