l3x
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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
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...
Comment · 1 year ago
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)
Comment · 1 year ago
Similar (official):
- lite.cnn.com
- text.npr.org
Unofficial:
- 68k.news
- skinnyguardian.xyz
... I'm sure there are plenty more!
Comment · 2 years ago
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.
Comment · 2 years ago
Not s important if it's markdown or wysiwyg in the interface (although an intelligent mix like the obsidian editor would be nice)
The main thing is to have markdown as the output format and if I copy text from the editor that it pastes in markdown
Comment · 2 years ago
Anyone know of a collaborative markdown editor? Like a Google Doc but where everyone can write in markdown?
Comment · 2 years ago
Related - a previous HN thread about Sweden Sans [1] that links to:
* Finlandica font for Finland [2]
* Public Sans for USA public sector [3]
* Mariane and Spectral for France [4]
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36775398
[2] https://toolbox.finland.fi/brand-identity-and-guidelines/fin...
[3] https://public-sans.digital.gov/
[4] https://www.systeme-de-design.gouv.fr/elements-d-interface/f...
> 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?