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@aaraalto I wonder if the pop in of the next card can be reduced; perhaps crossfading with the bottom edge of the current card?

working through the browsing and notes for my record app

@SciTechera Looks like cellular automata

Brain cell communication seen in action. Scientists have captured the millisecond fast process of brain cell communication using advanced imaging. Teams in Berlin and the US used rapid freezing techniques on mouse and human neurons to observe neurotransmitter release and vesicle recycling, revealing key steps and proteins involved. This could help understand brain diseases.

It’s live! 🎉Meet the Modos Developer Kit, an open‑hardware display controller that drives e‑ink at 75 Hz. • mini‑HDMI + USB‑C • C API & SDK • Works on Linux, macOS, Windows crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/mod…

@viditb @harshitbeni Enjoying it against this background:)

Playing around with a font I contributed to, along with @andrepology , @harshitbeni and friends. This is so eclectic. lol.

@esther_confused @michael_nielsen 🐥🐣🐓 chicken is passing through me

@michael_nielsen Maybe my spaced repetition shouldn’t be for facts, but for love. Q: On Sept 21, 2025, what did Svit and Andre do when I was sad? A: They shouted at my window, pretending to be chickens to wake me up 🤪

Takeaways from the memory conference: 1. @michael_nielsen: “I genuinely enjoy Anki. Maybe don’t do spaced repetition if you don’t enjoy it.” 2. Memory isn’t just recall, it’s part of identity. So I asked myself: what memories matter most these past few years? Nothing intellectual, only moments with loved ones. Then why have I worked so hard to shuffle abstract knowledge around my brain?

After more than a year in the making, the Niche design magazine is officially out. Through essays and interviews with designers and builders, it explores where design flourishes in this age of sameness. A sewn-bound paperback will begin shipping soon. nichedesign.press

@GrantCuster @viditb has put the projector/imaging system within a desk lamp, which to me brilliantly improves the ergonomics and setup ... I'm so inspired by both of you and would like to put both ideas together :) blog.viditb.com/designing-dist…

@GrantCuster really enjoy the physicality here

Book images -> generated summaries (that I checked) -> embeddings -> force-directed graph with nearest neighbor.

@szgbo ive been collecting my research on "digital ink" and techniques for rendering hand-drawn marks here: are.na/andre-vacha/di… we can run many of the handwriting CNNs in the browser today as well!

I've been thinking a lot about how cool Harry Potter moments translate to interface design concepts. We are really creating magic now!

@mattparavel @daylightco is this using HTML Canvas? I own a daylight and have wanted to prototype canvas-based drawing too

Spent a day last week prototyping a drawing app built specifically for @daylightco. General theme = constraints enable creativity. So small square canvas, only one or two pen options, and an eraser--that's it. There would be a daily drawing prompt. You'd be able to submit a drawing each day, view all the other submissions, and then vote on different awards (I think it would be fun to come up with unique awards per prompt instead of just voting for which one is "the best"). Might just leave it to the pros though @steveruizok, a native @tldraw app for the Daylight would be amazing.

@hyperseref seems like it is!

@andrepology Lovely. It feels like it's time for our long-overdue catch-up call.

The intent is what needs to be portable, that's the critical part, not the memory.

@GrantCuster so cool. are you thinking of projecting back onto the whiteboard in the future?

Exploring the flow some more. There's definitely friction to it, but I think some of it may be good friction.

Experimenting with setting up my desk to use Gemini as a whiteboard assistant, with sticky notes as "lenses" that can be applied across different concepts. (video is 1.5x)

@hyperseref 'schema' was a way to say we that 'intent' can mean different things in different contexts. in a browser context, intents are tasks we want to fulfill, whereas with a recommender system it can mean interests we want to follow.

@andrepology Yeah, memory should be used when inferring intent, as long as it’s relevant. I’m curious, why do you need a schema for intents rather than just plain text?

@ftlsid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_chimera

a life spent trying to get something back

@nopranablem how can I learn these skills? I feel like I’ve seen the frozenness compound over the years …

working to solve this! if this is happening to you: 1. recognize this happens from "stuck, unfelt emotions", not because you're Bad 2. you can resolve this by processing the emotions with a sense of safety 3. these are skills you can train for better resolution and prevention

academics gone wild: bootleg course reading appears to be a scan of a printout of screenshots from every page of the text in the Books app sent and opened as gmail image attachments.

I love my wife @CathyTie

Finally finished the report on impact assessment and onchain ecosystem funding! This survey takes inventory of various existing protocols and platforms for grassroots funding mechanisms and impact evaluation processes. clinamenic.com/writing/Survey…

@DylanMcD8 gorgeous water ripple shaders omg

Apple's done a lot to bring back "classic Mac" stuff in recent versions ("hello" on setup, boot chime, etc.)... imagine if the redesign finally brings back the welcome videos!