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Since I didn't get the name reference either, here is a link for those who want a hint: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idraulico

I think it's this: https://bamx.epfl.ch/ Looks very cool indeed

We've experimented with that at SVT (Sweden's public service broadcaster). Or rather, the video team has, I'm just a web dev, so I don't know the details other than what's in this …

Not only that, but a lot of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts are also on the left side.

That's the thing - when the plant is outside it will get sun from multiple directions as the sun moves, but when it inside the light will only be coming from the window. And even o…

It feels like they're also prime candidates for making a tour with them as actual robots (or holograms), so they wouldn't even need to tour themselves.

I recently found this video of Billy Gibbons performing in the street in Helsinki without anyone noticing. I like that he becomes less recognizable when not wearing sunglasses. htt…

It's touring again. At least outside of the US. I was at the one in Stockholm, Sweden two years ago. It was supposed to come back last year, but you know...

There is a Swedish podcast (Snedtänkt) that has a lovely email address for contacting the show (I've translated from Swedish) - preferablyonlypositiveresponse@[email provider]. Not…

Reminds me of The pattern on the stone by W Daniel Hillis where he builds a tic-tac-toe computer out of mechanical components. It's a great book for explaining how computers actual…

You beat me to it while I was looking for references. =) "The stars and gas in the Milky Way rotate about its center differentially, meaning that the rotation period varies with lo…

Do you mean 10 minutes? He lines it up with Polaris, so it only needs one axis of rotation. But I guess the alignment isn't that good since it is just eyeballed, but it should work…

Addy Osmani has a "one-line debugger" that gives each element on the page a random colored outline. [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll("*"),function(a){a.style.outline="1px …

Actually, come to think of it, every image is created to trick the brain's image processing. When viewing real scenery the eyes get hit by photons of all sorts of colors, but since…

This optical illusion [1] is the closest thing I've come across. It relies on the fact that there are apparently separate parts of the visual processing in the brain for fine detai…

Hehe, I was just about to build something similar. I like the extra touch of it not even being served over https.

Interesting - "correct horse battery staple"[0] is flagged as not being in the data set. I was sure someone should have used that by now. [0] https://xkcd.com/936/

They're not, actually. Almost no one is average if you look at multiple features at once. I would guess that most people have something they wouldn't be too happy with everyone kno…

I guess they've named it that because the lyrebird is an amazing impersonator. The end of this BBC clip blew my mind the first time I saw it. https://youtu.be/VjE0Kdfos4Y But you m…

Not only that, but people also _want_ to buy new appliances, since they actually become better. More silent, less power drain, more features, etc. So if everyone buys new stuff eve…

According to one polling institute, yes. But in the others they are the third largest party at around 17 % which in it self is alarmingly high.[1] And Nyheter Idag is basically the…

You should check out imgix as well. They have a really nice crop feature along with automatic quality adjustment and serving different formats (webp/jpg) where available. https://d…

Actually, it already is a problem. According to this article, around 2,500 people have been assigned a personal number which differs from their birthdate. [1] The last digit is jus…