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The world's flags given letter grades edit / delete

Highly entertaining.

to amusements design flags ... on 27 January 2017

Geopolitical Hedging as a Service | Jon Bruner edit / delete

"It’s possible to force [Google Maps and MS maps] to display the map corresponding to a particular country, though, and I’ve done that here in order to compare the maps that they serve to different constituencies."

to amusements maps politics ... on 14 October 2016

Magrathea edit / delete

"These web pages are an archive of differences between the initial broadcasts of the famous "Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (HHGTTG) radio series, and the versions of those broadcasts now available on CD"

to amusements douglas-adams hhgttg pink-floyd radio ... on 15 September 2016

Esolang, the esoteric programming languages wiki edit / delete

A fantastic waste of time. Very comprehensive.

to amusements bf esoteric false language-design oisc retrocomputing ... on 08 September 2016

Elite for EMACS edit / delete

Obviously.

to amusements elite emacs games ... on 28 August 2016

IKEA Lack Full Range Speakers - diyAudio edit / delete

What a splendidly silly idea! (Plenty of other weird speaker designs in this forum too.)

to amusements audio hifi ikea speaker ... on 28 August 2016

TASVideos / Front Page edit / delete

Tool-assisted speedruns. These are often technically very interesting, although it mostly focusses on games I don't like very much (what Americans were playing in the early 90s, i.e. games for Japanese consoles). The NetHack speedruns here are pretty impressive.

to amusements games retrocomputing reverse-engineering speedrun ... on 27 August 2016

NetHackWiki, the NetHack wiki edit / delete

Exactly what it sounds like. Some entertaining articles here, e.g. the list of Bad Ideas.

to amusements fantasy games nethack roguelike rpg wiki ... on 27 August 2016

Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon edit / delete

Continuation of Dudley's Dungeon. On average better than the original, I think.

to amusements comic nethack ... on 27 August 2016

Dudley's dungeon -- Wednesday, 31 December, 2008 edit / delete

A collaborative comic strip written in NetHack. 90% fairly unexciting and 10% hilarious.

to amusements comic nethack ... on 27 August 2016