Links for 2020-10-28
- What was BeOS, and why did people love it? Definitely installed this on a few machines back in in the day. I remember it’s general aesthetic becoming very popular in the theming community, especially with respect to window managers. [How-to Geek]
- How the Electoral College works [Reuters]
- NASA discovers water on sunlit surface of moon [NASA]
- MONOSPACE: Flip dots with feelings, a JavaScript demo in 1021 bytes, winner of the 1024 bytes demo competition at Assembly 2020 [Mathieu ‘p01’ Henri]
- Saved by the Bell (reboot). “When California governor Zack Morris gets into hot water for closing too many underfunded high schools, he proposes they send the affected students to the most well-funded schools in the state – including Bayside High. The influx of new students gives the privileged Bayside kids (who never have a problem that can’t be solved in twenty-two minutes) a much-needed dose of reality.” Wait, what?! [Peacock]
- Study shows which messengers leak your data, drain your battery, and more [Ars Technica]