Marcin Wichary gives a really entertaining talk on looped videos, as a live looped video with no post production. Vimeo description: This is a remote Ignite talk I gave at Figma on May 27, 2021.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 139 views • 5:18

From Youtube, "The logistic map connects fluid convection, neuron firing, the Mandelbrot set and so much more. Animations, coding, interactives in this video by Jonny Hyman

posted by w1ndex 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,091 views • 18:39

YouTube description: Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Apollo 11's mission to the moon was when the Eagle began its final descent to the lunar surface and the Apollo Guidance Computer became overloaded.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 1 month ago • 765 views • 7:18

In which Half as Interesting explains the Machine Identification Code covertly printed in yellow dots by virtually all colour printers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,644 views • 5:45

YouTube description: A short video of the result :) Thanks for watching! Like, comment, subscribe! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kris.temmerman/ check out the previous video: https://youtu.be/E_6e71BJOzM... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 338 views • 2:51

My first video of a 3 part series on "coordinated inauthentic behavior". Thanks to ExpressVPN for sponsoring this series.

posted by bobknight33 3 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 852 views • 20:22

YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 445 views • 9:29

YouTube description: This is the story of one of the best, and also one of the worst, text messages I've ever received. It's about harm, about consequences, and about the responsibilities that designers,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 8 months ago • 606 views • 6:16

In which Brian McManus discusses the loss of the Mercury 1 mission after a component failure exposed an error in the error recovery code. (H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,396 views • 6:53

YouTube description: What do you do if you're lost in Central Park? How to always find your way out with the secret code in New York City 1800s street lights. (via laughingsquid)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,853 views • 2:20

YouTube description: Isn't it a problem to handle powerful magnets with iron in our blood? Let's find out! This video was sponsored by https://brilliant.org/Brainiac75/ The D200xH50 mm neodymium... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 684 views • 9:46

Infuriating [E!] YouTube: The US has a problem with income inequality. The current tax code makes it worse.

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 595 views • 8:47

YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 920 views • 4:46

Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 64 views • 6:31

In the vast pantheon of American hamburgers, the smashed burger holds a special, cult-like status among patty purists. It's the Fourth of July, and to help Sean Evans understand this all-American classic,... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 285 views • 6:11

YouTube description: It was fall of 1918. The Allied military’s tactical movements were jeopardized by the German military’s superior espionage capabilities. Not only were the Germans tapping Allied... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 188 views • 1:58