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Teaser for a 60% keyboard PCB kit using only through-hole components.

Tartan # Through Hole: Mechanical Keyboards This is not interest check or group buy, just teaser. - Only through-hole parts like Plaid // through hole - 60% row-staggered - ISO Enter and some alternative layout - some "North-face" switches for avoid overlapping holes. hsgwchan on Reddit

Noted by Damian Cugley 6 years, 11 months ago.

Timeline of ancient civilizations

The Lifespans of Ancient Civilizations As part of an examination of the potential collapse of our own civilization, Luke Kemp produced this graphic that shows the lifesp

Noted by Damian Cugley 6 years, 11 months ago.

HTTP/2 allows for sequential and parallel downloading of page content over others, which can make a big difference to how quickly a page is readable. CloudFlare don’t think much of the browsers’ prioritization algorithms, so now provide a mechanism for specifying the ordering server-side.

(Via Patrick Meenan on Twitter via John Graham-Cumming on Twitter)

Better HTTP/2 Prioritization for a Faster Web Advancing the state of the art of HTTP/2 to deliver a faster user experience. See why it matters and how much of a difference it can make.

Noted by Damian Cugley 6 years, 11 months ago.

Traditional architectural styles use largely forgotten tricks to regulate their internal climate with little expenditure of energy.

Wrath Of Gnon on Twitter “Before the International Style (modernism) in architecture, our ancestors knew how to adapt the room heights according to the climate, achieving maximum effect (comfort) for the least effort (energy). Today we trust in the grid and so build 8-9 ft rooms from Bermuda to Reykjavik.”

Noted by Damian Cugley 6 years, 11 months ago.

Cats have more social intelligence than previously thought. Article on cat research, with some simple tests you can carry out on your own cat, should you have one.

(Via Probing the secrets of the feline mind and how Uber and Lyft may be making traffic worse — Science Magazine Podcast — Overcast)

Ready to pounce After years of favoring dogs, researchers are finally probing the secrets of the feline mind.

Noted by Damian Cugley 6 years, 11 months ago.

Blurhash is an algorithm that lets you transform image data into a small text representation of a blurred version of the image that might be used as a placeholder while the image downloads, for example.

(Via halcy:icosahedron: (@halcy@icosahedron.website))

halcy/blurhash-python Implementation of the blurhash algorithm in pure python - halcy/blurhash-python

Noted by Damian Cugley 6 years, 11 months ago.

An approach to organizing long-lived software projects in which data objects and abstract APIs live in the middle and external interfaces and database connections in the outer crust.