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58 votes
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Pentagon's new website lets you explore declassified UAP sightings info. Eventually, people will be able to submit their own reports of "unidentified anomalous phenomena."
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The creators of TikTok caused my website to shut down
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What "lost" web page would you like to find again?
What was your favorite web page back in the day that you would visit religiously and tell all your friends about but have since lost? Did it shutter permanently or did you lose the bookmark when...
What was your favorite web page back in the day that you would visit religiously and tell all your friends about but have since lost? Did it shutter permanently or did you lose the bookmark when switching computers never to find it again?
Back in the days of printed web page yellow pages and search engines you had to submit your page to be reviewed before it was listed, I had found a page about movie easter eggs, errors and insider information. It had factoids about nearly 1000 movies ranging from obscure facts, mistakes in editing, anachronisms, funny on-set stories and the like.
It was fun to read that this character was named after the art directors niece, the stunt car is visible losing 8 hubcaps in the main chase, etc. It was amazing to read how different movies would interact (IIRC, Kim Bassinger's gasp/jump reaction to opening the door in "Batman" was real due to them having a xenomoprh from Aliens there instead of Jack Nicholson since they were filming at the same time). It was also cool to read that certain characters made cameos in other movies (most people caught that Randolph and Mortimer Duke from "Trading Places" were in "Coming to America" but there are so many other not as obvious blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameos). I never would have noticed the car visible in the background of Johnny Cage vs Scorpion in the orchard fight in "Mortal Kombat" without this page--and now I can never unsee it when I watch it.
I don't know if I lost the bookmark or if the page shut down so I deleted it but any search I've undertaken for this page in the last few decades only seems to return listicles like "21 obvious anachronisms in modern movies!" but not my all comprehensive target.
Honorable mention to Damn Interesting (although I did find that one again after a few years). Although it's underwent some turbulance and changes since I first disovered it, I would often reread the articles and gleefully looked forward to each new article when I was younger. With article names like Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom it was hard not to be intrigued.
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FedFingerprinting: A federated learning approach to website fingerprinting attacks in Tor networks
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What would the internet of people look like now?
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What is your favorite small internet forum? Whats your favorite story/drama from it?
About a week ago i made A post asking people what their favorite BBS board is, so I'd be curious to see what people answer to his question. Personally the only one i remember is emptyclosets, a...
About a week ago i made A post asking people what their favorite BBS board is, so I'd be curious to see what people answer to his question. Personally the only one i remember is emptyclosets, a forum for queer people.
Edit: By drama/story, it doesn't have to be something someone did that pissed people off. You can also include something interesting that happened on there (e.g on a Nirvana forum that used to exist, theres a micro-famous story about a user who went to a prostitute and talked about it on there)64 votes -
C64 OS: A modern(ish) operating system for the Commodore 64
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Every time you click this link, it will send you to a random Web 1.0 website
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The Password Game
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Inside Snopes: The rise, fall, and rebirth of an internet icon
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The small web and minimalist websites - what are your thoughts and experiences?
I'm a supporter and believer in the small web and minimalist websites (i.e. NOT "minimal design" websites, which are not minimalist more often than not). Some examples: Tildes. Sourcehut....
I'm a supporter and believer in the small web and minimalist websites (i.e. NOT "minimal design" websites, which are not minimalist more often than not).
Some examples:- Tildes.
- Sourcehut.
- HackerNews.
- To a limited degree, the different motherfucking websites (as they are, in essence, websites with no purpose).
- Members of the 512kb club (also see https://10kbclub.com/).
- Tools like Miniflux and Kanboard.
- Pinboard.in.
- And many others.
What is your experience, if any, with the small web?
Which steps have you taken (if at all) to ensure your website is not bloated?
What do you think can be done better both individually as well as globally to make the web a nicer, faster place?Edit: So I don’t look like I don’t practice what I preach, this is my blog. I try and follow the minimalist principles.
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What are your favorite wikis to browse and/or contribute to?
Just curious which sites people enjoy, and how many other frequent wiki contributors there are around here. I personally spend a lot of time on Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap.
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What are your favourite lightweight websites?
I'm a huge fan of lightweight sites. They load super fast on mobile and that's the most important thing for me. I found a number of outdated lists online and wanted to hear what your favourites...
I'm a huge fan of lightweight sites. They load super fast on mobile and that's the most important thing for me. I found a number of outdated lists online and wanted to hear what your favourites are.
Here is my list.
News
https://lite.cnn.com/
https://text.npr.org/
https://www.cbc.ca/lite/news/canada/toronto?sort=editors-picks
http://68k.news/
https://legiblenews.com/
https://www.skinnyguardian.xyz/
https://www.newshound.co/editions/en-us/
http://skimfeed.com/
https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/text/texteditionEdit
- Lots to think about, thank you everyone!
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What webhost and software do you use for your personal website?
In the 2000s, I had Blogger or a subdomain on some random free host. I even tried Ning at some point. Since 2012, I’ve had a personal site at a custom domain, on Squarespace, then WordPress who...
In the 2000s, I had Blogger or a subdomain on some random free host. I even tried Ning at some point.
Since 2012, I’ve had a personal site at a custom domain, on Squarespace, then WordPress who knows where, then Tumblr, then WordPress on Linode, now a combo Bear Blog and GitHub Pages.
I dislike WordPress for how clunky it is, Squarespace for how expensive it is, Tumblr for how obviously Tumblr it is (I could say the same about Squarespace and many WordPress sites), GitHub Pages for making me use git to post. Basically, I’m not happy with anything.
So I thought I’d ask los Tildeños—do you have a personal site? What web host and tech stack are you using for it? What do you like/dislike about it? What else have you tried?
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Marginalia Search
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OpenResume
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A project that transforms QR codes into functional pieces of generative art
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NeverSSL
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Boring Report: An app that aims to remove sensationalism from the news and make it boring to read, by utilizing the power of advanced AI language models
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No Vehicles In The Park
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Pyramid Chat
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What are the XKCDs and Admiral Cloudbergs that you follow?
There are many unique and noteworthy sites that post eclectic and insightful content but who can know them all? Share yours below.
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What are some of your most frequently visited websites?
Aside from (formerly) Reddit and (now) Tildes, what are some of your favorite go-to websites whether for information, wasting time, etc.
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Another one bites the dust! RARBG abruptly shuts down
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This site is no longer solar powered (for now...)
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Which web browser do you use?
Most of the world seems to be settled around Chrome and Safari these days. I remember using Firefox a long time ago myself but then everyone started switching to Chrome and that also turned out to...
Most of the world seems to be settled around Chrome and Safari these days. I remember using Firefox a long time ago myself but then everyone started switching to Chrome and that also turned out to be a natural path of least resistance for web developers like me who had to test web apps in local environment.
This switch happened in circa 2015-16 if I recall correctly, many other browsers have evolved since then and people are looking at alternatives. The Android Kiwi browser, for example, is a great alternative for power users on mobile who need plugins but Chrome won't allow that. Other alternatives have evolved too like Brendan Eich's Brave browser which seems to be promising. Anyone here tried that yet?
I have half a mind to go back to Firefox but I recently learned about how Mozilla Corp is also funded by Google and that turned me off. Wouldn't you rather want to deal with the Devil directly instead of the Devil's assistant or sidekick!
And then there are also those who use Garibaldi, Midori, etc. but I can't go that purist way. I'm way too dependent on the digital way of life and sites like amazon and flipkart won't work in those browsers. What do you think should be the right path ahead from here?
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Generate a secure password using lyrics from Kenny Loggins. It's funny and useful!
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I found the libertarian (ultra rationalist?) tildes! Themotte.org
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The history of ecommerce: 1979 to 2023
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The internet’s richest fitness resource is a site from 1999. ExRx.net is little changed since the days of GeoCities yet beneath its bare-bones interface is a deep physiological compendium.
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The Verge complains about ubiquitous login prompts
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Google Adsense is bringing a bunch of policy changes that affect how your sites are monetized
Yesterday, Adsense support sent an email to their users regarding their upcoming policy changes. This primarily affects how subdomains are monetized. Going forward, your subdomains inside the...
Yesterday, Adsense support sent an email to their users regarding their upcoming policy changes. This primarily affects how subdomains are monetized. Going forward, your subdomains inside the primary domains in the "Sites" section (www, etc.) won't be allowed, any existing ones will be removed and their rules will be merged with the primary domain (such as example.com).
Furthermore, what constitutes a "Site" will also change henceforth. You can only add a primary domain (such as example.com) and the subdomains which are listed on the public suffix list (such as github.io, blogspot.com, etc.). Thus, your own subdomains (such as xyz.example.com or www.example.com) won't be allowed in Adsense.
I don't know what they will achieve by doing this considering they already vet and audit each site before approving them for adsense? In any case, other alternatives to Adsense exist such as Propeller Ads, CJ Affiliate, etc. for those affected by this move but I don't know their efficacy.
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FutureTools - A site that collects and organizes all the AI tools
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OpenAssistant - ChatGPT's Open Alternative
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Kagi's web page summarizer
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Ecommerce and corporate websites need to adopt some minimalism and de-clutter
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Hatepedia's guide to online hate
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NeevaAI, a ChatGPT powered search engine
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Forty years of PCMag: An illustrated guide
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To use Disqus or Giscus (Github Discussions) for comments is the conundrum
I happen to host my blog https://prahladyeri.github.io/blog statically, built using Pelican and served on Github Pages. Plebs like us can't afford a backend server infrastructure, so we must rely...
I happen to host my blog https://prahladyeri.github.io/blog statically, built using Pelican and served on Github Pages. Plebs like us can't afford a backend server infrastructure, so we must rely on external services like Disqus for comment hosting.
So far, Disqus was the only fellow in town who allowed us to host comments on a free plan. Though there were some issues (bloat, adware, etc.), people seemed to be generally happy with it so far.
But now, a new fellow named giscus commenting system has entered the town, it's basically powered by github. Since I already host my blog on github pages, this should be a natural choice for me, right? Many bloggers seem to be migrating to this new system and I might too soon. The downsides however are as follows:
- It won't allow me to export existing comments from the old disqus system. Understandable to an extent as those exact author usernames may not be on the Github platform?
- Disqus interface seems to have improved all of a sudden in last few days! There no longer seem to be any ad and even the comment interface seems to be less heavy or cluttered now. It might sound a bit conspiratorial in nature but could this be the result of rising competition in the form of Giscus!
I'm a lazy status-quoist by nature and might well end up retaining disqus if they don't deviate too much from where they are now. But I'll keep an eye out on Giscus too and its progress. What do you guys suggest?
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MOSFET: A simple technology news source
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Riffusion – Stable Diffusion fine-tuned to generate music
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ooh! Directory
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A curated collection of HCI demo videos produced during the golden age from 1983-2002
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Converting Userscript to Chrome Extension: The monkeys are no longer needed
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Phenaki - generating videos from text with prompts that can change over time
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Wikipedia Speedruns
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The notorious hacker who’s trying to fix social media
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Free AI bot that provides the Excel formula for any problem
7 votes