Actually probably more a task orchestration than build system itself, it shows how to offer similar feature with a Python syntax. Not maintained but good to know.

The tsundere is a well-known anime trope, that many people still love to this day. But something happened to it since its inception, and I want to talk about that.

The “database” is a very interesting comparative media concept; will keep it in mind.

lpm is a package manager for Lua, written in Lua.

via: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46835612

Excellent explainer of memory ordering

Waifus are a very well-known part of anime culture. So many have strong opinions on them, and yet very few know the full story.

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Airport reviews, airport guides and the best and worst airports. Tips for sleeping in the airport overnight or while stuck in the airport during transit, weather or airline delays.

Web app for easy viewing/comparing different translations of the Tao Te Ching

via: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820264

a tool for org mapping:

Consider a team, group, or department in your company. Use the prompts and options below to explore different frames and lenses that might help you describe how it operates.

“Our riches of information are in some deep and perverse sense a terrible burden to us. We have to artificially invent ways to forget…” -Bruce Sterling, from his address to the Computer Game…

A list of telnet servers and fun destinations

Let Laura Kalbag guide you through the accessibility landscape: understand disability and impairment challenges; get a handle on important laws and guidelines; and learn how to plan for, evaluate, and test accessible design.

One of most people’s biggest complaints about anime is the abundance of fanservice. But what is it? And is it always bad? Let’s take a deep dive into anime fanservice and find out.

This is a good video, and I especially appreciate its sex-positivity, but I do wish the author applied more of a feminist lens. People reacting poorly to fanservice as a concept goes far beyond it being utilized poorly and Puritanism, me thinks.