Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in July — From the world’s wildest places to the origins of American fascism to memoirs of grief and recovery, July’s nonfiction has something for everyone. * The Savage Landscape, Cal Flyn Flyn’s 2021 book,…
Win cool gadgets we can’t keep because The Verge has ethics — Did you know The Verge doesn’t keep the products companies send?
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Medieval Fantasy City Generator — Procedural town maps.
Pre-2022 Books | Notes by Lorenzo Gravina — I noticed that I seem to, subconsciously, gravitate towards books published on or before 2022, and somewhat discount books published after, especially from authors I haven’t heard of.
Tetracube's stuff — D&D character and monster makers.
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Windows GOG DOS Games on M-series Macs • F055 — GOG is great. I bought a few old games from them: SimCity 2000, Theme Hospital, Syndicate Plus. And by old games, I mean games from my childhood that still
The back cover of C++: The Programming Language also raises questions not answered by the front cover - The Old New Thing — Not doing the reading.
Nine Books That Showcase Queer Life in the Arab World — When the genocide in Gaza began in 2023, I remember seeing a repeated commentary on social media: every time a queer-presenting person posted about Israeli war crimes, a troll would pop up to tell …
How to Be a Tree: Notes on the Resilience of Letting Go — This essay and poem are part of the Universe in Verse book. Trees grant us some of the richest metaphors for our own lives — a polished lens on the quality of attention we pay the world. “The…
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MTG Bench: Testing how well LLMs can play magic | MTG Auto Deck — MTG Bench tests how well LLMs can play Magic.
Curiosity as an Instrument of Love: Thoreau’s Touching Account of 24 Hours with a Tiny Owl — “If you would learn the secrets of Nature, you must practice more humanity than others.”
I Thought I Had Nothing to Write About. Then I Got a Dog. — A contract accepted under duress is typically considered voidable. My wife Helen is a lawyer, so she would understand this better than anyone, and yet when she convinced me to say yes to a puppy af…
What I've Learned (So Far) Building Online Mini Games with Elixir and Swift — What I've Learned (So Far) Building Online Mini Games with Elixir and Swift -- My most recent side project is a little social arcade called Migo Games. You can check it out on the App Store for Mac and
Developer gets Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95 — proves 2007 phones can just about match 1998 PCs — The 1998 shooter now runs on Symbian hardware, with Bluetooth mouse and keyboard support added.
Stop coming up with your own Home Assistant automations—this free tool does it for you — Inspiration for your automation.
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There's an Unhinged New Video Game About Trump and the Iran War — The game, developed by the group of anonymous artists known as Secret Handshake, is available online and in person in Washington, DC.
The Donkey and the Meaning of Eternity: Nobel-Winning Spanish Poet Juan Ramón Jiménez’s Love Letter to Life — “Come with me. I’ll teach you the flowers and the stars.”
Wordle is turning into a primetime TV game show on NBC — It’s set to debut in 2027.
“Couture,” Reviewed: Angelina Jolie Faces Trouble with Style — The new melodrama, starring Jolie as a movie director, treats the Paris fashion world as a backdrop for medical and domestic crises.
Found out a restaurant near me makes their pasta water into a sauce base instead of just draining it — now I can't stop thinking about how much starch I've been throwing away
Correlated randomness in Slay the Spire 2 — Here are three true statements about the game of Slay the Spire 2 (in single player): If you pick Neow's Bones in the Underdocks, the random curse is ~54% likely to be Debt.* It is impossible to receive Rebound from the Trash Heap…
13 Airlines With the Best Economy Cabins for International Flights — Including Qatar Airways' “secret” economy cabin on the upper deck of its A380 planes, and two airlines that offer footrests.
Sony says "efficient" AI tools will lead to even more games flooding the market — But human artists still "must remain at the center," PlayStation maker says.
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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week — Isabel Waidner’s As If, Danielle Allen’s Radical Duke, and Amitav Ghosh’s Ghost-Eye all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s …
Click click click — A browser-based game on online profiling.
ASUS ROG Swift gaming monitor hits lowest-ever price at Amazon — save $200 — Your gaming setup deserves a serious upgrade.
New Lego Olivia Rodrigo collection: Where to buy, preorder details, prices — Five collectible sets packed with Easter eggs are on the way.
Kirkland Roundabouts — Navigate the chaos of Kirkland's real roundabouts. A free browser game.
NBC is turning Wordle into a TV show - Engadget — The NYT's word game has been pretty much everywhere else.
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Albert Camus on the Three Antidotes to the Absurdity of Life — “In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among men, a greater sincerity.”
Backloggd - A Video Game Collection Tracker — Keep a virtual backlog of your video game collection, then rate and review the ones you've played to share with your friends!
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Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles — Exploring cyberspace with a thumbstick.
there's a podcast where two people just read old internet forum posts from 2003 and neither of them understand the references — makes me feel less alone about not getting why anyone cared about that stuff
ProtonDB — Run Windows games on Linux.
'NZ are wrapping this up' - Root and Archer out in same over — England lose Joe Root and Jofra Archer to Matt Henry in the same over early on day five as New Zealand move closer to victory in the second Test at The Oval.
OpenFOV — Webcam head tracking for iRacing — OpenFOV uses your webcam to control iRacing's in-game FOV. Unlocks VR-style functionality for your monitor!
Gerrymandle — Draw districts and win the election. A new puzzle every day.
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OpenAI reportedly wants all AI companies to give the US government a stake in their businesses — According to the Financial Times, Sam Altman is floating the idea of having leading AI companies give US sovereign funds a five percent equity.
HowLongToBeat.com | Game Lengths, Backlogs and more! — How long are your favorite video games? HowLongToBeat has the answer. Create a backlog, submit your game times and compete with your friends!
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The last Romans are still around — For some of us, our Roman Empire actually is the Roman Empire. As far as pre-modern states go, the Roman Empire was incredibly powerful, culturally influential, and well documented. Rome’s expansio…
Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200 — A big Steam Deck price hike.
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Simone de Beauvoir on How Chance and Choice Converge to Make Us Who We Are — “My life… runs back through time and space to the very beginnings of the world and to its utmost limits. In my being I sum up the earthly inheritance and the state of the world at this …
Dungeon Mastering | The 5e Blog — Your Greatest Adventure Starts Today! Read D&D 5th Edition guides and tips from seasoned dungeon masters and enthusiast players.
Netflix may have finally figured out games — The new TV-based games feel right.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Unleash Your Hero! | Paizo — Pathfinder Second Edition is easier to learn and faster to play, with deep character customization options that let you build the perfect character.