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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/29462285

I only just found out about this from Boing Boing, but it's really cool!

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Interesting blog with cool animations and toys to understand some science about the Moon

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https://www.famous-trials.com/

Heard about this one on this video on Steve Lehto’s second channel.

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In 2003, these guys found a secret nook in a shopping mall. They secretly built an apartment in there and squatted it. This lasted until 2007.

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geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/3251000

"The Landsat series of satellites has been observing Earth for over 50 years, collecting breathtaking imagery and invaluable data used to study our planet’s changing surface.

With a new online interactive, users can type in their name, then view and export the graphic of that name spelled out in Earth features found in Landsat images."

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Things my girlfriend and I have argued about (www.thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com)
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23900616

Look at it all. The low-res background that doesn't scale right. All the styled UI as just tables of images. The awkward typography.

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Slappa da eel mon

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The hardest riddle available on the internet

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Neat open source implementation of Carcassonne, supports multiplayer and self-hosting

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It's a small part of it overall, but this made me really get imaginary numbers

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More than you ever knew you wanted to know about gears

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WINDOWS93 (slrpnk.net)
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An interactive web app that shows you how much Mercator distorts the Earth by allowing you to set the center of it anywhere you'd like.

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My eyeeeesss ahhhhh

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