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**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/complete-topic-archive-for-pluralist-garden/338 "2026-07-04T12:33:08Z")
This is a crawler-friendly complete archive of public Pluralist Garden topic pages. It makes every topic reachable from one normal HTML page, not only from the XML sitemap. Canonical sitemap: https://pluralist.net/sitem… --- ## [What is this: daily TIL, memeX, link dump, and breadcrumbs](https://pluralist.net/t/what-is-this-daily-til-memex-link-dump-and-breadcrumbs/105)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/what-is-this-daily-til-memex-link-dump-and-breadcrumbs/105 "2024-03-12T15:24:20Z")
This is a garden, wiki, memex, a watermelon bustan, a bunch of breadcrumbs, TILs. We use Discourse as a framework for content management… or a wiki. In other words: a daily publication of “today I learned” + interesting … --- ## [Naming like a 1972 IBM engineer (2026-10-03)](https://pluralist.net/t/naming-like-a-1972-ibm-engineer-2026-10-03/349)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/naming-like-a-1972-ibm-engineer-2026-10-03/349 "2026-10-04T02:27:07Z")
We, here at the Pluralist Network, love this naming rule from Neil Panchal of U.S. Graphics Company: Every name you choose, for files, scripts, directories, functions, variables, classes, commits, branches, anything, m… --- ## [Donald Knuth on bugs and proofs (2026-10-02)](https://pluralist.net/t/donald-knuth-on-bugs-and-proofs-2026-10-02/348)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/donald-knuth-on-bugs-and-proofs-2026-10-02/348 "2026-10-02T07:00:00Z")
Brilliant quote from Donald Knuth: Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. Knuth wrote this in 1977, at the end of a memo on van Emde Boas priority deques. The word only is key… --- ## [Original Eichler Communities With 1960s Construction: A 38-Entry Inventory](https://pluralist.net/t/original-eichler-communities-with-1960s-construction-a-38-entry-inventory/347)
**Author:** [@system](https://pluralist.net/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/original-eichler-communities-with-1960s-construction-a-38-entry-inventory/347 "2026-09-21T16:05:46Z")
Joseph Eichler and his companies developed residential communities in California during the postwar period. The broader original Eichler building period extended from approximately 1949 to 1974. This article documents 38… --- ## [Windows 3.11 icons](https://pluralist.net/t/windows-3-11-icons/346)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/windows-3-11-icons/346 "2026-09-21T04:08:39Z")
src --- ## [Steel Bank Common Lisp (2026-08-20)](https://pluralist.net/t/steel-bank-common-lisp-2026-08-20/345)
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SBCL: Steel Bank Common Lisp I’ve been playing with SBCL, or Steel Bank Common Lisp. SBCL is one of the main modern implementations of Common Lisp. It is both a compiler and runtime, and it compiles Lisp into native mac… --- ## [Xerox Alto (2026-08-19)](https://pluralist.net/t/xerox-alto-2026-08-19/344)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/xerox-alto-2026-08-19/344 "2026-08-19T13:37:22Z")
Xerox Alto The computer is a Xerox Alto, developed at Xerox PARC beginning in 1973. Specification Xerox Alto Introduced 1973 Display resolution 606 × 808 pixels Orientation Portrait Display 1-bit monoch… --- ## [Zoom and Pan interfaces (2026-08-17)](https://pluralist.net/t/zoom-and-pan-interfaces-2026-08-17/343)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/zoom-and-pan-interfaces-2026-08-17/343 "2026-08-18T04:49:54Z")
Zoomable Interfaces https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3UwZkKsWgc0&ra=m https://byte.tsundoku.io/ and also Interlisp Online --- ## [As heard in Detroit (2026-07-04)](https://pluralist.net/t/as-heard-in-detroit-2026-07-04/341)
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Music we discovered in Detroit Juan Atkins / Borderland - Transport Gerry Mulligan Sextet - Night Lights --- ## [Visiting the Detroit Guardian building (2026-07-02)](https://pluralist.net/t/visiting-the-detroit-guardian-building-2026-07-02/339)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/visiting-the-detroit-guardian-building-2026-07-02/339 "2026-07-02T04:00:00Z")
We really enjoyed an architectural tour of Detroit. Visited a few buildings starting with Michigan Central Depo and finishing with the Guardian Building. The Guardian Building, per our tour guide, is essentially Detroit… --- ## [Kurt Vonnegut on making your soul grow (2026-06-30)](https://pluralist.net/t/kurt-vonnegut-on-making-your-soul-grow-2026-06-30/337)
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Something to read often, get inspired by, and deeply internalize. The line to keep close: art is not mainly for money or fame, but “to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.” --- ## [Mini contents before each chapter (2026-06-29)](https://pluralist.net/t/mini-contents-before-each-chapter-2026-06-29/336)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/mini-contents-before-each-chapter-2026-06-29/336 "2026-06-30T02:53:49Z")
I love this style of providing a mini contents overview at the beginning before each chapter. It reminds me of the Minto Pyramid Principle of laying out your thoughts: start with a TL;DR, then slowly go deeper and deepe… --- ## [Still using ThinkPads and loving it (2026-06-24)](https://pluralist.net/t/still-using-thinkpads-and-loving-it-2026-06-24/335)
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I’m still using ThinkPads and loving it. The form factor, the keyboard, the little red nub, the ports that assume you might actually plug things in: this stuff still feels right. Modern machines are faster, but Think… --- ## [Bulgarian Monasteries and the Horseman of Madara (2026-06-18)](https://pluralist.net/t/bulgarian-monasteries-and-the-horseman-of-madara-2026-06-18/334)
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Nikola Gruev has a wonderful old PBase index of Bulgarian monasteries and the Horseman of Madara. The page is very of-its-era: black background, tiny map images, and a long grid of monastery galleries. Source: Bulgarian… --- ## [Alan Kay’s Computer Software, printed (2026-06-17)](https://pluralist.net/t/alan-kay-s-computer-software-printed-2026-06-17/333)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/alan-kay-s-computer-software-printed-2026-06-17/333 "2026-06-18T04:43:14Z")
The pen is gorgeous and distracting. Linus Lee posted “A romance with the material” This was a reflection on Alan Kay’s 1984 Computer Software - printed out, underlined, and photographed with a pen! The rabbit hole is … --- ## [Billy Collins MasterClass Poetry Reading List (2026-06-15)](https://pluralist.net/t/billy-collins-masterclass-poetry-reading-list-2026-06-15/332)
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I have been very much enjoying learning about poetry from Billy Collins and his MasterClass, Billy Collins Teaches Reading and Writing Poetry. I want to read through the poets and poems he references, so I am saving thi… --- ## [WNEW AM 1130 NYC Jazz Radio Station (2025-12-27)](https://pluralist.net/t/wnew-am-1130-nyc-jazz-radio-station-2025-12-27/331)
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WNEW 1130 AM (New York): A Short, Unsparing History of a Giant That Died on the Air If you grew up within earshot of New York radio, “WNEW 1130” wasn’t just a station. It was an institution: big-city polish, neighborh… --- ## [Monochrome photography (2025-12-26)](https://pluralist.net/t/monochrome-photography-2025-12-26/330)
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--- ## [Coros Watch Face (2025-12-09)](https://pluralist.net/t/coros-watch-face-2025-12-09/328)
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Gorgeous monochrome watch face (Coros Running) --- ## [GeekDad.Club (2025-12-07)](https://pluralist.net/t/geekdad-club-2025-12-07/327)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/geekdad-club-2025-12-07/327 "2025-12-07T22:38:24Z")
Geek Dad Ideas PlayDate Game Teach kids how to make their own game on the Playdate handheld console using Lua. Start with simple animations and crank interactions, then build up to creating levels, sound effects, and ga… --- ## [Lex Fridman and his gear (2025-12-06)](https://pluralist.net/t/lex-fridman-and-his-gear-2025-12-06/326)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/lex-fridman-and-his-gear-2025-12-06/326 "2025-12-07T02:13:23Z")
I was listening to Lex Fridman’s conversation with Michael Levin on morphogenesis, intelligence, and the future of bio‑engineering. The talk moved fast. Sharp ideas. Clean hits. No wasted motion. Then a detail on the de… --- ## [Modern Browsers (2025-11-26)](https://pluralist.net/t/modern-browsers-2025-11-26/325)
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Browser First release (year) Approx. global desktop share (2025) Google Chrome 2008 (Wikipedia) ~ 73% (StatCounter Global Stats) Microsoft Edge 2015 (legacy), rebuilt 2020 on Chromium (Wikipedia) ~ 5% globally … --- ## [Learning \[from SuperMemo\] (2025-11-26)](https://pluralist.net/t/learning-from-supermemo-2025-11-26/324)
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This is a summary of the 20-rules from “Twenty rules of formulating knowledge” (SuperMemo) by Piotr Wozniak. (SuperMemo) Key ideas How you formulate what you learn matters at least as much as what you learn. Good form… --- ## [Cozy Study Rooms (2025-11-15)](https://pluralist.net/t/cozy-study-rooms-2025-11-15/323)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/privatestudyrooms/ Building a Deep Work Cabin...in an Apartment - Cal Newport Deep Habits: Work Analog - Cal Newport - Terry Pratchett exhibition offers peek into writer's own world | Terry Pr… --- ## [Incremental Reading (2025-11-02)](https://pluralist.net/t/incremental-reading-2025-11-02/321)
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SuperMemo.guru: Incremental Reading SuperMemoPedia.com: Incremental Reading Michael Nielsen - reading papers into Anki and Pinboard App, which OneNote is great https://supermemoadventures.blogspot.com/ - Incremental Rea… --- ## [Everything about Anki (2025-11-15)](https://pluralist.net/t/everything-about-anki-2025-11-15/320)
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Tom Brown’s Anki tweets Cathy Wu - LaTeX in Anki Michael Nielsen’s Tweet about Anki --- ## [Favorite Firefox Theme (2025-11-14)](https://pluralist.net/t/favorite-firefox-theme-2025-11-14/319)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/favorite-firefox-theme-2025-11-14/319 "2025-11-15T03:01:09Z")
These Firefox Themes are just the right balance of color for the chrome to stand out (and disappear) --- ## [Austere Windows (2025-11-08)](https://pluralist.net/t/austere-windows-2025-11-08/329)
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We use all operating system here at this lab. Of them all Windows is the most fitting for the job. Why? Because (see Principles) we: want an OS that works don’t care to recompile the Kernel want to focus on research … --- ## [GPU fine-tuning a model: 80W; Other household items? (2025-10-25)](https://pluralist.net/t/gpu-fine-tuning-a-model-80w-other-household-items-2025-10-25/318)
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We have been fine-tuning some open-weights models here recently and noticed that our GPU temperature in Celsius and the power consumption hover around the same number: 80 (Celsius / Watts) We know that 80 degrees Cels… [Next page](https://pluralist.net/latest.md?page=1)