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The £5 coffee that tells a story of global economic turmoil

bbc.co.uk
2 points·by l3x·2 mesi fa·0 comments

(How) do computer maps make money?

placing.technology
1 points·by l3x·anno scorso·0 comments

The 'freaky and unpleasant' world when video games leak into the physical realm

bbc.com
29 points·by l3x·anno scorso·53 comments

Wrist watch modelled on Apollo DSKY computer

apollo-instruments.com
21 points·by l3x·2 anni fa·1 comments

A Syllabus for Generalists

syllabusproject.org
2 points·by l3x·2 anni fa·0 comments

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l3x
·12 mesi fa·discuss
I tried to submit a less click bait title but the content is less hyperbolic

> A media company demanded a license fee for an Open Graph image used on my twitter archive. I gave in and paid it, but what does that mean for open graph images and copyright?
l3x
·anno scorso·discuss
Recent article on him in the London Review of Books, exploring his rightward turn as he grew older:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n05/tony-wood/why-did-he...
l3x
·anno scorso·discuss
Relevant given a lot of the discussion here: Why some DVLA services don't work at night

https://dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/why-some-dvla-digital-ser...

(they were frontends to old systems that were based on assumptions of when data would be submitted)
l3x
·2 anni fa·discuss
Similar (official):

- lite.cnn.com

- text.npr.org

Unofficial:

- 68k.news

- skinnyguardian.xyz

... I'm sure there are plenty more!
l3x
·2 anni fa·discuss
From the FAQs on GitHub [1]

> What about PMTiles?

> I would have loved to use PMTiles; they are a brilliant idea!

> Unfortunately, making range requests in 80 GB files just doesn't work in production. It is fine for files smaller than 500 MB, but it has terrible latency and caching issues for full planet datasets.

> If PMTiles implements splitting to <10 MB files, it can be a valid alternative to running servers.

[1] https://github.com/hyperknot/openfreemap