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How The Heck Does JPEG Work? (An Interactive Exploration) in c/webdev@programming.dev
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

I always really enjoy articles by this author, and I always randomly stumble across them. Thanks for sharing this and helping me randomly stumble across yet another.

Your Cookware Got Worse On Purpose in c/humanities@beehaw.org
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing this. The article was really well written. I'm excited to read more of articles on this blog.

Scientists discover ‘ballista spider’ that launches prey at 140x the force of gravity in c/science@lemmy.ml
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

The paper itself has a really well put together video explaining the situation. It also has a real-time shot of the ant being slung upwards very fast.

Thanks for the link.

Gallery of Computation in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago

Oh wow! I totally forgot about this! I found this gallery years ago. I took a shot at coding the "Substrate" family of images in Processing. It was super fun and the results were beautiful.

Thanks for sharing this!

Unraveling AI's 'Knitting Bullshit' in c/humanities@beehaw.org
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

This was a lovely article. Thanks!

While refrigerators and air conditioners still rely on gases that can leak, a Cambridge startup raises $10 million to create refrigeration with plastic crystals that cool when squeezed. in c/technology@lemmy.zip
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Right? My first thought reading the title was "okay sure, the crystals get cold. Then what? Are we going to push the crystals outside so they can warm up again, ready to start the cycle anew?". How is "cold crystals" working better to transfer heat than a gas/liquid?

I should read the article, I suppose...

How The Heck Does Shazam Work? (An Interactive Exploration) in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

I really liked this article! Thanks for the link. Gonna check out their QR Code article next

Chibi Mononoke in c/crochet@lemmy.ca
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

Ah! So cute!

1000 Blank White Cards Discordian Ruleset in c/tabletop@beehaw.org
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Love this game. It's exactly as fun as it sounds.

Hidden Innovations of Golf Video Games in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

I really enjoyed the article. Thanks!

ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

That's a really interesting blog post. Thanks for sharing!

Toward a Grand Unified Theory of Snowflakes | Quanta Magazine in c/physics@mander.xyz
[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Totally going to read his two papers. They sound great

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Finished a scarf inspired by nudibranchs/sea-slugs (files.catbox.moe)
 

I had the idea a while back that making a crochet nudibranch with a frilled edge would be lots of fun. And I was thinking of making a scarf. So I made a nudibranch scarf.

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Help finding yarn (beehaw.org)
 

I've been thinking about starting a new project.

I was really inspired by the look of the shawl in this blog post.

The problem I'm running into is finding yarn that will fade from one colour to the next gradually over the span of 1000m. All the skeins I'm finding in my local shop vary in colour a couple of times in just 300m, or much less gradual than that.

If such a product can't be easily found, I suppose I could buy several skeins, cut them into many long pieces, group those pieces by colour, and then wind it all back up again? But to me that sounds like a crazy idea.

I'm the first to admit that I'm new to crochet and I'm still just shopping at the local general craft store. That's why I'm posting. I'd really appreciate any advice that more experienced folks have on finding what I'm looking for.

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