complexity Antikondo: Orderliness is not the same as efficiency Cory Doctorow

computer science Lies programmers believe about calendars Cory Doctorow

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Comic Books Cory reviews Stepping Stones By Lucy Knisley Mark Frauenfelder

Games Zombie Dice expansion pack improves this quick press-your-luck game Mark Frauenfelder

Games Shieldwall: A fun video game where you control a Roman legion Jason Weisberger

Republicans Do you have what it takes to be this guy's "Awesome Republican Goddess?" Take the quiz! Thom Dunn

beatboxing World beatbox champion shows 13 levels of her craft in increasingly complexity Mark Frauenfelder

Business Billionaire Bloomberg won't have to disclose finances until late March Xeni Jardin

music Wuhan, coronavirus ground zero, is also China’s punk music capital Xeni Jardin

News German proposal to control links to news stories: headlines, 3s of video, 128 pixel thumbnails Cory Doctorow

Space New Lego International Space Station model kit David Pescovitz

Games The Kinship Hybercube and the meaning of progress in Civilization games John Struan

Games Bee simulator games compared Rob Beschizza

twitter German researchers with ties to for-profit "neuromarketing" company want to use AI to guess peoples' "intelligence" from their writing Cory Doctorow

books The Pursuit of Capyness is a capybaras-only coloring book Rob Beschizza

makers Behind the scenes, "plain" text editing is unbelievably complex and weird Cory Doctorow

youtube The Youtubers' union just wants Google to give them the rulebook Cory Doctorow