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Scotch Whisky Map
Best map I've found of distilleries
2016-07-31 distilleries • map • maps • scotch • scotland • tourism • whisky
Clan Donald Skye
Remarkably good history museum in Scotland, funded by an old clan family
2016-07-31 history • isleofskye • macdonald • museum • scotland • skye
Stones of Wonder
Guide to standing stones in Scotland
2016-07-27 history • maps • prehistoric • scotland • standingstones • stonehenge
Macsween's haggis
Restaurants in Edinburgh proudly display this brand name
2016-07-23 food • haggis • macsween • scotland
Clay Shirky on opposing Trump
"we'e brought fact checkers to a culture war"
2016-07-23 america • politics • racism • trump
Blacks in SF
Humane story on the dwindling African-American population in San Francisco
2016-07-21 race • sanfrancisco • sf
Atmospheric railway
Old propulsion technique that has some similarities to Hyperloop
2016-07-21 engineering • hyperloop • pneumatic • propulsion • trains
Pokemon Go map
Someone's reverse engineered the protocols enough to make maps of Pokemon, gyms, and pokestops
2016-07-19 games • niantic • pokemon
141 outrageous Trump things
Vote for which makes him most unsuitable for running the country
2016-07-18 politics • president • trump
Trump / Pence animated GIF
NSFWish, childish, hilarious.
2016-07-16 funny • logo • pence • politics • trump • trumppence
Facebook diversity comment
More details of disappointment
2016-07-16 diversity • facebook • racism • tech
Tech Companies and Diversity Hiring
Excellent, clear writing on how most tech companies are doing a terrible job hiring
2016-07-15 facebook • google • hiring • racism • twitter
Pokemon Go implicit racism
Striking example of inequality trickling down into videogames
2016-07-15 america • games • ingress • niantic • pokemongo • race
WSJ on Null Island
Fun article with lots of friends
2016-07-13 geography • gis • maps • nullisland • wsj
OpenGL and Macs
Interesting detail from Blizzard about how they support OpenGL on Macs and Windows
2016-07-13 games • maps • opengl • windows • wow
Trump tapping divisiveness
On the deep and ugly racism that underlies Trump's support
2016-07-13 america • politics • racism • trump
Contract buying houses
A history of racism in real estate
2016-07-12 chicago • politics • racism • realestate
Bush Iraq lies
Keeping a clear view on the deliberate misleading of the country
2016-07-11 bush • iraq • politics
What🖕3🖕Fucks
Hilarious, but offensive variant of the dumb What3Words addressing system
2016-07-10 fuck • funny • maps • parody • what3words
Pinboard stats
Seven years; making $150k+ a year (attn @indievc)
2016-07-09 pinboard • revenue • startup
All houses redux
Slightly funny expansion on the reactionary attitude to "black lives matter"
2016-07-09 blacklivesmatter • blm • comic • funny • joke
Gretchen Carlson supercut
A short reel of jaw-droppingly sexist comments on Fox News
2016-07-08 fox • journalism • news • sexism • tv
Discord: 1M concurrent users
Amazing numbers for a Slack-like startup for gamers
2016-07-07 discord • games • slack
Raw video of racism
Examples of abuse of African-Americans on video
2016-07-07 america • politics • racism • video
Comey's abuse of power
Observation on the FBI announcement about Clinton's exoneration
2016-07-07 clinton • comey • fbi • government • politics
Harvard Sentences
Standard English text for audiology research
2016-07-07 audio • research • sound • via:metafilter
CloudFlare high perf TCP
Details on how the DDOS protection service does high performance networking
2016-07-07 cdn • cloudflare • ddos • networking • performance • tcp • tcpip
Quilted maps
Fabric art, rich embroidery
2016-07-07 art • crafts • maps • quilts • rivers
Sphere Map maps
Using GL lighting techniques for relief shading
2016-07-06 maps • opengl • terrain • webgl
US police killings
Excellent data + visualization of 558 people killed by police in the US in 2016
2016-07-06 america • killing • police
WEB Du Bois data vis
Interesting turn of the century charts
2016-07-06 africanamerican • america • datavis • race • visualization • webdubois
Securing an iPhone
How to bring an iPhone into a hostile environment
2016-07-06 ios • iphone • security
Baron von Steuben
Gay revolutionary war figure
2016-07-05 america • gay • history • lgbt
Bojart Horseblog
Art from the awesome animated TV show
2016-07-05 bojack • bojackhorseman • funny • tv
CS:GO gambling scandal
Ridiculous side economy that's unhealthy for gamers
2016-07-05 csgo • gambling • games • steam • valve
Trump's anti-semitic post origins
The Star of David wasn't an accident
2016-07-03 politics • racism • trump
Wide color gamut Web
Moving beyond 24 bit sRGB
2016-07-02 color • display • graphics • via:hackernews • webkit
Mapzen outdoor map style
Major new terrain / hiking map
2016-07-01 maps • mapzen • outdoor • terrain
User-space TCP
Roundup of options for non-traditional networking for high performance
2016-07-01 code • hft • linux • networking • tcp • tcpip