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[Link] I Can't Stop Playing This Wikipedia History Game

Read: 19/1/2022 www.vice.com

WikiTrivia is a deceptively simple game that has consumed my entire morning. Wordle is fun, but it’s over quickly. WikiTrivia you can play over and over again. Players sort random events in history along a timeline.

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[Link] The art of the steal: ‘I have poached shamelessly from my enemies’

Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Down through history, writers have stolen material from those nearby. Family, lovers, friends – even writing group members.

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[Link] Inkplate Comes Full Circle, Becomes True Open Reader

Read: 4/11/2021 hackaday.com

Regular readers will likely remember the Inkplate, an open hardware electronic paper development board that combines an ESP32 with a recycled Kindle screen.

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[Link] The Sincerest Form Of Flattery: Cloning Open-Source Hardware

Read: 31/10/2021 hackaday.com

We’re great proponents (and beneficiaries) of open-source hardware here at Hackaday. It’s impossible to overstate the impact that the free sharing of ideas has had on the hacker hardware scene.

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[Link] The restoration project giving oyster shells a new life

Read: 27/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Discarded oyster shells from restaurants, usually destined for landfill, are being recycled to create shellfish reefs in Queensland's Moreton Bay. It is the biggest community-driven reef restoration in Australia.

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[Link] Where You Are Influences What You Invent

Read: 17/10/2021 hackaday.com

[Timon] just bought a new PCB holder setup for his desk. It’s one of those spring-loaded jobbies that uses strong magnets to hold it up off of a work surface, and is made of metal so that you can reflow solder with it.

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