Maps That Changed History
Similar applies to our mental models (maps).
Just Do It
Almost anything you will do with enough effort will sooner or later bring fulfillment. Minimal interest into the task or topic at the start is usually enouhg.
America’s History
Very short version after Europeans.
H.264 is magic: a technical walkthrough of a remarkable technology
Seems like witchcraft. “The H.264 video, 300 frames long is 175KB. A single frame of that video in PNG is 1015KB.” https://sidbala.com/h-264-is-magic/
Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’
Even nowadays any gold coin has no useful value for day to day stuff. “functionally no one used gold in any amount in every-day transactions in the ancient or medieval Mediterranean (or most other places!), because a gold coin at… Read More »Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part III: Paying For It
Most of economy is like this nowadays. “We’re used to the monetized form of this system, where the state pays those non-subsistence laborers, who can then buy their subsistence needs from the broader civilian economy (the loop then generally being… Read More »Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part III: Paying For It
Conan z Cimmerie – Najtvrdší barbar všetkých čias
Môžete si nechať svojich zženštilých elfov, ohraných orkov, šialené, kurva, nepochopiteľné kúzla s cestovaním v čase a celé to „high fantasy“ ošahávanie zadkov. Podľa mňa nič neprekoná pôvodného gangstera medzi barbarskými zmrdmi – Conana Barbara, nakopávača rití. A nie, nehovorím… Read More »Conan z Cimmerie – Najtvrdší barbar všetkých čias
How China Works
Probably not how you think.
John Carter z Marsu – Praotec všetkých vesmírnych hrdinov
Pred Hanom Solom. Pred poručíkom Starbuckom, kapitánom Kirkom a Flashom Gordonom. Ešte pred Buckom Rogersom tu bol John Carter z Marsu – vojvodca Barsoomu, šermiar, ktorému sa nikto nevyrovná, a úplne prvý gangster medzi medzigalaktickými dobrodruhmi a nakopávačmi mimozemských rití.… Read More »John Carter z Marsu – Praotec všetkých vesmírnych hrdinov