An engineering history of the Manhattan Project(construction-physics.com)

127 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 65 comments

The Fall and Rise of Screwworm(construction-physics.com)

128 points by crescit_eundo 3 months ago | 54 comments

Why Levittown didn't revolutionize homebuilding(construction-physics.com)

58 points by sien 2 years ago | 125 comments

The story of titanium(construction-physics.com)

285 points by weird_user 2 years ago | 146 comments

Japan's Skyscraper Factories (2021)(construction-physics.com)

62 points by Pikamander2 9 months ago | 1 comments

Strap Rail(construction-physics.com)

30 points by surprisetalk 11 months ago | 2 comments

Television is 100 years old today(diamondgeezer.blogspot.com)

612 points by qassiov 9 months ago | 233 comments

A London blog post marking 100 years since the first television demonstration, held above what is now Bar Italia in Soho.

A New Experiment Meta-Strategy(chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com)

26 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 1 comments

A Substack post by an amateur physicist describing a new strategy for doing home experiments after reorganizing a messy lab to fit limited free evenings.

A new PNG spec(programmax.net)

610 points by bluedel 1 year ago | 553 comments

A blog post announcing the release of a new PNG specification after two decades of stalled progress and explaining why it matters.

Using an 8K TV as a Monitor(daniel.lawrence.lu)

498 points by ingve 2 years ago | 489 comments

A personal blog post on using an 8K TV as a computer monitor, covering its pros, cons, image quality and Linux driver issues, example devices, and an FAQ.

New study reveals most classic video games are unavailable(gamehistory.org)

430 points by coldpie 3 years ago | 390 comments

Video Game History Foundation article on a study finding 87% of classic video games are commercially unavailable today.

The Chalk and the Airplane(unintendedconsequenc.es)

23 points by paulorlando 4 days ago | 9 comments

Blog essay on mathematicians' emotional reactions to AI-generated proofs, framing it as the end of math's romantic era and comparing it to past industrial disruptions.