Wednesday, 25. March 12020
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Solved: How the 'Monstrous' Iguanas of the Bahamas Got So Darn Big.

With their seabird poop-fertilized plants, the iguanas on Allen Cay were ingesting double the nutrients, in the form of nitrogen, that their peers were. And they were growing bigger because of it (…)

LettuceMeet, a Doodle alternative.

Corona round-up, cont’d.

When’s the toilet paper emoji coming, Unicode consortium? Oh, we already got it… my bad 🧻

The Color Dot Font is a font composed entirely of colored circles.

In the Color Dot Font, each Latin character is replaced with a circle of a certain color. For example, an “a” character is represented by a blue circle, a “t” by a yellow circle, and so forth. Available as a TTF file, the font can be installed and used on any computer operating system.

Terminal is everything you need to build fast modern websites hosted on IPFS.

What does an IPFS hosted site look and feel like? You’re on one!

Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aware of.

Do not use Facebook to sign in.

Friday, 20. March 12020
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The most surprising Unix programs.

Only a couple of these programs are indispensable or much used. What singles them out is their originality. (…) Originators of nearly half the list (…) were women, well beyond women's demographic share of computer science.

Relevant:

The Wealth of Networks – How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom (PDF).

Pocari Sweat.

“Pocari” was merely chosen for the word’s cute, peppy sound (it means nothing) and “sweat” for its purpose of replenishing the water and electrolytes lost to perspiration.