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How does Chromaprint work? - Lukáš Lalinský
I've been meaning to write this post for a long time, but never really finished it. I hope it will help people understand how does the Chromaprint algorithm work, where do the individual ideas come from and what do the fingerprints really represent. It's not meant to be a detailed description, just the basics to get the general idea.
A deep-as-you-like dive into the ATmosphere
An unfinished multilayered explainer into how Bluesky and the rest of the ATmosphere works.
The Perfect Mirror
An experiment with AI spiritual direction almost convinces Matthew Milliner that it works—until the real world breaks the spell.
Redecentralization
A thought experiment! Let's reimagine the web with r-selected thinking.
How a Spinning Wheel Works | Textile Indie
Curious about how a spinning wheel works? This beginner-friendly guide explains the process behind transforming fiber into yarn.
The Faithful Channel
A translator maintaining a shadow bridge between superpowers discovers something she cannot unsee.
Mechanical Watch – Bartosz Ciechanowski
Interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works.
How LLMs Actually Work
A from-the-ground-up walkthrough of how modern LLMs work, from tokens to transformer blocks to the next-token loop
Sands of Time
Chip away at blocks of stone to make grains of sand for harnessing the power of time!
AI for science: What can it do? Can it do things? Let’s find out!
A what we’re reading spotlight
Another now: dispatches from an alternative present
What would a fair and equal society actually look like?…
All you need is links
When Tim Berners Lee talks about how he designed the web, he uses an analogy from physics, describing his process as a quest to find “fundamental laws” which can generate a desired system:
Moral Imaginations - But how could it work? Like this? moralimaginations.com/watchet-imagines-1 foodrise.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MT…
General 3 — Moral Imaginations
www.moralimaginations.comThinking about how computers can support intentional work. youtube.com/watch?v=Q7pbAW470qA
Attention architecture - thinking about todos, timeblocks, and calendars
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