Internet Is Awesome
- Famous Trials - Synopses of famous trials including the legal and historical changes that occurred after them
Heard about this one on this video on Steve Lehto’s second channel.
- Trummerkind, the secret apartment built inside a shopping mall
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.
- Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Informationaftermath.site Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information - Aftermath
Internet forums are still alive and kicking and full of information. Here are the best niche communities I could find that are alive and well.
- Your Name in Landsat 🛰️ - Type in your name to see it spelled out in Landsat imagery of Earth!
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." > > !
- Sonic Adventure's official site is still up! Last updated Nov 2000.
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.
- Eel slap!eelslap.com Eel slap!
Ever wanted to slap someone in the face with an eel? Well, today is your lucky day.
Slappa da eel mon
- Transformer Explainer: LLM Transformer Model Visually Explainedpoloclub.github.io Transformer Explainer: LLM Transformer Model Visually Explained
An interactive visualization tool showing you how transformer models work in large language models (LLM) like GPT.
- not pr0n - The hardest riddle available on the internet
> The hardest riddle available on the internet
- Concarneau - Play Carcassonne online for free
Neat open source implementation of Carcassonne, supports multiplayer and self-hosting
- How to Fold a Julia Fractalacko.net How to Fold a Julia Fractal
A tale of numbers that like to turn: a different look at complex numbers and the strange things they do.
It's a small part of it overall, but this made me really get imaginary numbers
- Gears, by Bartosz Ciechanowskiciechanow.ski Gears – Bartosz Ciechanowski
Interactive article explaining how mechanical gears work.
More than you ever knew you wanted to know about gears
- Mercator Extreme:
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.
- Sliding Rainbows - Optical Illusionoptical.toys Sliding Rainbows - Optical Illusion
Something is amiss, are they moving or not? How can this be.
My eyeeeesss ahhhhh
- found this Y2K style weather website
Link: https://scrump.cfd/weather
I'm a huge weather nerd and found this website while looking for new weather sites. I've kinda fallen in love with the windows 98 y2k aesthetic and all the cat gifs lol
Also doesn't disappoint with the weather data but some parts of it are a bit slow to load
- Supper Mario Broth: Obscure Mario trivia blogwww.suppermariobroth.com Supper Mario Broth
A Super Mario variety blog. Screenshots, photos, sprites, gifs, scans and more from all around the...
- And Now For Something Completely Different ... Fun site with lots of Public Domain videos and instrumental music. You'll either love it or absolutely hate it. Sorry in advance
easy on the eyes pdf format [here](https://qu.ax/WOo.pdf]
- Chat jai pete - Make the cat fartchat-jai-pete.fr La toute nouvelle version de ChatGPT avec effets sonores !!
La toute nouvelle version de ChatGPT avec effets sonores !!
- You're the OS! - Browser game where you play as the operating systemdrfreckles42.itch.io You're the OS! by drfreckles42
Become a computer operating system and try not to anger the user!
>Do you sometimes get frustrated at how slow your computer's operating system can be? Now is your chance to prove that you could do a better job! > >Behold the nerdiest game ever, in which YOU are the operating system! As such, you have to manage the computer's processes, memory and input/output events, and try not to get rebooted by an impatient user. Good luck!
- Play sGuare(.com) or be squaresguare.com Play sGuare(.com) or be square
SGuare puzzle game - flatter, snazzier version of Rubik's cube
I got pretty addicted to this recently. I found it very randomly while looking for code examples on the personal website of an author of a computer graphics book, and there was a link "Board?". An hour later, I am no wiser about computer graphics, but was mildly entertained.
- GPTrolley – Ask ChatGPT how it would solve the "trolley problem"
Saw it on hacker news and thought it'd fit here :D. Wikipedia page for context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem
- PhD Simulatorresearch.wmz.ninja PhD Simulator
A completely random event based text game. Simply make your choice at the beginning of each month and see if you can graduate in time. All outcomes are determined by the random number generator and do not take them seriously. Sometimes the RNG can be brutal :)
Not been able to post much lately. Link related! Soon I'll be able to lemmypost more (and ykno, sleep). Sooooon.
- This Site Talks About US Incarceration. I'm not here to discuss politics/policy, but the design reminded me of this communitymkorostoff.github.io Mass incarceration is unimaginably large.
Each icon represents one incarcerated person.
- Archive.org's Software Library - Emulate Old Games In Your Browser
This is a huge collection of classic games, software and demos that can all run right out of your browser. There are a lot of different collections to browse through. If you have some time, it's worth checking out.
- Pokemon Booster Pack Simulatorpokemonboosterpack.com Pokemon Booster Pack Simulator
Pokémon TCG pack opening simulator. Open packs, booster boxes, and collect all the cards online in this free web app.
Anyone get any rare cards? I got Mewtwo on my third pack and then a Blastoise .-.
- The Pug in the Rug – it is a pug in a rugpuginarug.com The Pug in the Rug
Watch the Pug be in the Rug. Level up and maximize the amount of pug in your life.
You're welcome
- Every Noise - A Big Scatterplot of Music Genres!
Higher is more electric, lower is more organic, left is more steady and right is more bouncy
