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Interesting Links - May 2019

May 31, 2019

Zdog · Round, flat, designer-friendly pseudo-3D engine for canvas and SVG

Zdog is a 3D JavaScript engine for canvas and SVG. With Zdog, you can design and render simple 3D models on the Web. Zdog is a pseudo-3D engine. Its geometries exist in 3D space, but are rendered as flat shapes.

https://zzz.dog/

Sustainable Startups – The Growing, Responsible Companies of Tomorrow

https://sustainablestartups.co/

Maildown · GitHub

A super simple CLI for sending emails

https://github.com/chris104957/maildown/blob/master/README.md

Founder Books – Postmake

https://postmake.io/books

Building a Multi-label Text Classifier using BERT and TensorFlow

https://towardsdatascience.com/building-a-multi-label-text-classifier-using-bert-and-tensorflow-f188e0ecdc5d

CNNs, Part 1: An Introduction to Convolutional Neural Networks - victorzhou.com

https://victorzhou.com/blog/intro-to-cnns-part-1/

A Playful Building Kit Incorporates Real-World Physics Concepts With Springs and Magnets | Colossal

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/05/mola-model/

Three.js Fundamentals

https://threejsfundamentals.org/threejs/lessons/threejs-fundamentals.html

Video Editing and Screen Recording Software | ScreenFlow

https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/

Black · python/black · GitHub

Black is the uncompromising Python code formatter. By using it, you agree to cede control over minutiae of hand-formatting. In return, Black gives you speed, determinism, and freedom from pycodestyle nagging about formatting. You will save time and mental energy for more important matters.

https://github.com/python/black/blob/master/README.md

Gilbert Strang's New Course on Linear Algebra+ for ML Now Online | Hacker News

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19939030

Spotify 2018 Wrapped on Behance

Hundreds of millions of music fans listen to Spotify. But no two fans listened exactly the same. So how could we recap each fan’s year in a way that was unique to them?With 2018 Wrapped, Spotify invited both artists and fans to explore and celebrate th…

https://www.behance.net/gallery/75636503/Spotify-2018-Wrapped

SPACE TYPE GENERATOR

https://spacetypegenerator.com/

PyFormat: Using % and .format() for great good!

https://pyformat.info/

Things you're probably not using in Python 3 - but should - Data, what now?

Many people started switching to Python 3, unfortunately most people still write their code like it is Python 2.

https://datawhatnow.com/things-you-are-probably-not-using-in-python-3-but-should/

Pedro Cortés

https://www.cortes.design/

Digirule2 - The 8-bit Programmable Binary Ruler from bradsprojects on Tindie

https://www.tindie.com/products/bradsprojects/digirule2-the-8-bit-programmable-binary-ruler/?pt=ac_prod_search

Say hello to Color Dot, a typeface that wants to make the internet friendlier | It's Nice That

Martin Grasser, the designer responsible for the Twitter logo, talks us through his colourful alternative to language.

https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/color-dot-typeface-martin-grasser-graphic-design-080519

Full Help

The self-hosted help desk and knowledgebase software for small businesses, professionals and freelancers

https://www.fullhelp.com/en?ref=hacker-news

Everything I Know: Strategies, Tips, and Tricks for Anki

https://senrigan.io/blog/everything-i-know-strategies-tips-and-tricks-for-spaced-repetition-anki

Publication Checklist

  1. This is what I am focusing on

  2. This is why it is relevant

  3. This is what is known/not known (and why it needs attention)

  4. This is my burning question

  5. This is how I aim to address the question (theoretically/empirically)

  6. This is what I did

  7. This is what I found

  8. This is what it means

  9. This is what I add

  10. This is why you should care

https://mobile.twitter.com/CarlessDavid/status/1121679812353900545/photo/1

synthwave-vscode · GitHub

Synthwave inspired colour theme for VS Code 🌅🕶 . Contribute to robb0wen/synthwave-vscode development by creating an account on GitHub.

https://github.com/robb0wen/synthwave-vscode/blob/master/README.md

Your Questions About Food and Climate Change, Answered - The New York Times

How to shop, cook and eat in a warming world.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/30/dining/climate-change-food-eating-habits.html

Restless Cities Cycle Through Day and Night in Time Slice Videos by Dan Marker-Moore | Colossal

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/05/time-slice-videos-by-dan-marker-moore/