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Search Results | BBC Sound Effects
https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?cat=Clocks
Sound effects of clocks, free to use
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The JavaScript Date Quiz
https://jsdate.wtf/
Brrrr, date in javascript is even worse than I thought. Ridiculous.
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Democracy Takes Time: Intersectional Temporalities in Participation and Deliberation
https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PaperDetails/79797
Time is not shared equally, just like wealth.
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cICP in PNG, explained • Chris Lilley
https://svgees.us/blog/cICP.html
All the details about ‘Coding Independent Code Points (CICP) for color space identification’
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How Elites Rebrand Power as Virtue - CounterPunch.org
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/18/how-elites-rebrand-power-as-virtue/
A well informed rant against rutger bregman and his school for moral ambition, a *powerwashing* school for the elite, for them to feel good, but not to solve the issues they cause irl.
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Nederland wil van Amerikaanse cloud af, maar weet niet hoe - Follow the Money - Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek
https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/amerikaanse-cloud-ondermijnt-de-soevereiniteit-van-europa?share=KhaJE%2FB4FN0%2Fz88WK9mF049JYxOT0A3DB22NFh0d7xiukJHQFuxkLkp6FlecnyQ%3D
Oef, wat zijn digitale directeuren toch belachelijk voorzichtig.
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The Force-Feeding of AI on an Unwilling Public
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-force-feeding-of-ai-on-an-unwilling
Numbers about the idea that people do not want AI.
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(optional.is) Latency and the Sea
https://optional.is/required/2025/07/03/latency-and-the-sea/
Fun exercise that compares internet speeds to nerve-speeds in animals.
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Contra Ptacek's Terrible Article On AI — Ludicity
https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-article-on-ai/?1
A few extra arguments against LLMs. Mostly a personal answer/rant to an earlier article, and mostly pointing out flaws in the argumentation.
For instance, that something was bad 6 months ago doesn't mean it’s good now. The same argument was used 6 months ago by the same people.
Comparing people to large organisations when it comes to copyright
Anonymous examples
The fact that something gets attention doesn’t mean it’s as good as stated: see apps, crypto, etc.
The fact that CEOs want us to use it, same thing, and even worse, because CEOs
etc
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The Server Doesn't Render Anything
https://unplannedobsolescence.com/blog/the-server-doesnt-render/
Good article that explains that server side rendering does not exist.
> If you love React and love using it—by all means. Just don’t mistake the complexity of React Server Components for complexity that is inherent to the web platform.
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Halsema krijgt vanwege 750 jaar Amsterdam een speciaal jasje – en het wordt op de Nieuwmarkt en de NDSM gemaakt | Het Parool
https://www.parool.nl/ps/halsema-krijgt-vanwege-750-jaar-amsterdam-een-speciaal-jasje-en-het-wordt-op-de-nieuwmarkt-en-de-ndsm-gemaakt~b0b6e1e0/
Natural colours, coloured landscape in Amsterdam
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Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists | Holovaty.com
https://www.holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/
Interesting case where a new feature is added to software because chatgpt tells people it exists while it doesn’t
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Brutal Types | The home of Interwar Period fonts
https://www.brutaltypes.com/
Interesting “brutalist” typefaces
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Sunday CSS #14: Recursive square - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=rFPZM6tCT_o
Brilliant, clever recursive animations
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Broken
Making Software
https://www.makingsoftware.com/
Wow, an incredible "book" about how digital things work. Can’t wait to see more articles.
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Iceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019, nearly 6 years later, all the predictions made by Generation Z have come true.
https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/31/iceland-approved-the-4-day-workweek-in-2019-nearly-6-years-later-all-the-predictions-made-by-generation-z-have-come-true/
Not sure what the real source is, but work less.
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A Few Things About the Anchor Element’s href You Might Not Have Known - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/href-value-possibilities/
Some excellent nerdy and niche HTML knowledge about the href attribute value.
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AI Images and Sketchy Realism — Silvio Lorusso
https://silviolorusso.com/publication/ai-images-and-sketchy-realism/
Interesting observation that the idea and the form of a quick sketch changes.
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Pakkenmaker Bonne Reijn (34) maakt zich zorgen om de monocultuur van de binnenstad: ‘Jongeren kunnen zich niet verhouden tot Amsterdam’ | Het Parool
https://www.parool.nl/ps/pakkenmaker-bonne-reijn-34-maakt-zich-zorgen-om-de-monocultuur-van-de-binnenstad-jongeren-kunnen-zich-niet-verhouden-tot-amsterdam~bee2b5ef/
Geweldig verhaal over een geweldige kerel. Onder andere over dat zaken doen niet per se alleen maar over zoveel mogelijk geld verdienen gaat. Wat een fantastische kerel, wauw.
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Overcoming Challenges in Enterprise UX by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.
https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/overcoming-challenges-in-enterprise-ux/
Tips for enterprise UX. If we do this at CMD, this could be interesting
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The sad funeral of the sparkles emoji ✨ – Goed Maken ❤️
https://goedmaken.org/index.php/2025/09/04/the-sad-funeral-of-the-sparkles-emoji/
RIP sparkles emoji
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James Bridle: ‘The Denial of Genocide Is on the March Everywhere’ - ArtReview
https://artreview.com/james-bridle-schelling-architecture-award-the-denial-of-genocide-is-on-the-march-everywhere/
Shocking article about the ‘hysterical obedience’ in Germany:
> very common in Germany, that to be law-abiding means not merely to obey the laws but to act as though one were the legislator of the laws that one obeys.
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