Learn how to normalize audio with FFmpeg’s loudnorm filter. Covers single-pass and two-pass EBU R128 normalization, platform-specific LUFS targets, batch processing with ffmpeg-normalize, and more.

The p-adic numbers are bizarre alternative number systems that are extremely useful in number theory. They arise by changing our notion of what it means for a number to be large. As a real number, 1 billion is huge. But as a 10-adic number, it is tiny!

Fascinating.

A four-part, independently produced documentary series putting a finger on the pulse of community-led survival projects confronting crisis with care. Weaving together over 60 voices and profiling 15 groups across North America, the series explores the origins, structures, healing ways, and logistics of collective organizing.

One second to steal the jewels off the crown of the Queen of Mathematics… in LLVM IR.

This is a project I’ve been working on since about last year. This fully featured Wayland compositor works entirely integrated within a Fabric mod for Minecraft Java 26.1.2

Extremely well-featured. Uses Smithay as a base.

see: https://github.com/EVV1E/waylandcraft

OR: The Problem with Newcomb’s Paradox

A response to Veritasium’s video on Newcomb’s Paradox.

Boobs, breasts, baps, jugs, tits…what’s the fascination? And why on earth are they SO politicised?

Really great series on Nebula I’ve been following.

Do you ever get the feeling you’re being followed?

Some crazy-ass high-speed tracking shots in this one.

Why is she SO FREAKIN’ WEIRD!?!?!?!

I haven’t watched a video of Henry’s in years. Good stuff.

I’ve always wanted to understand Sporadic Groups better, so I designed some physical twisty puzzles (like the Rubik’s cube) to explore them and get a feel for how they work. I couldn’t be happier with the results.

So dope. Man, I really need to learn GAP.

A video where Thich Nhat Hanh talks about death.

CleanShot X is the best screenshot and screen recording app for Mac with a built-in annotation tool, Cloud uploading, scrolling capture, and a lot more.

A Remake / Celebration of the original ‘Super Mario Bros.’ games. Features new levels, custom modes, new characters, alongside a full level editor / custom level system! - JHDev2006/Super-Mario-Bros.-Remastered-Public

When Amia Srinivasan published The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century in 2021, it sparked widespread debate about the politics of desire, consent, and sexual justice.

In this episode of The Exchange, the Oxford academic joins Tanjil Rashid to discuss how philosophy can illuminate some of the most contentious questions in contemporary culture: from incels and pornography to whether our desires are shaped by society.

Solmaz Sharif reads “Social Skills Training” at Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2018: Poems of Provocation & Witness, April 20, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Ah. This makes much more sense now.

see: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/1580548/social-skills-training

Very nice.