Back again with more interesting links!
This week there have been a plethora of sites and blog posts that have caught my interest. And so, here we are again, with a link roundup for the last week-ish.
This week we have:
- An anxiety inducing live world map.
- A free and opensource map poster generator.
- Another interesting web game where you must outsmart a computer in a betting game. Best of three wins.
- A thought provoking article on the benefits of reading.
- A culinary abomination.
I find it difficult to look at this map without feeling some trepidation at the current state of the world. On the other hand though, this site is well designed, and looks extremely cool. It feels like the kind of visual that would show up in the background of some action thriller!
This poster generator is so beautifully simple. I was shocked to find that its not a paid service, but instead freely available to anyone. This is giving me ideas for printing out important locations for our family and making a giant poster. Or creating a collage of the places we have explored together.
I must admit, this game is much more difficult than it seems at first glance. I do not have an impressive Win/Loss ratio.
This article from TidBits speaks to something that I have been thinking a lot about. I read a lot. Oftentimes, though, I am frustrated by how little I am able to recall on command. I feel like, with as much reading as I am doing, I should also be able to express the ideas presented in the reading fluently. But that is seldom the case. But what if we were not reading to memorize arguments or ideas to be regurgitated later, and instead were filling our “internal LLM” with more reference material. Adjusting weights, adding context, and leaving room for natural growth.
Ok, last one. I don’t know whose idea this was or who signed off on it, but it’s an abomination. It might be good? In the same way that salty and sweet bacon and chocolate can complement each other? (But I highly doubt that ranch is on a level with either chocolate or bacon).