Victor Loux Bookmarks

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Beauty Filters Aren’t Trying to Fool Anyone

wired.com/story/augmented-reality-beauty-filter-tiktok-instagram/
Augmented reality filters on TikTok and Instagram are the most surprising way to be yourself online.

Plant care app - Keep your plants alive

getplanta.com/
Individual care schedule and reminders for your plants, recommendations, step by step guides, identification, light meter and more. Keep your plants alive with Planta!

The all-in-one tool for thinking and learning.

remnote.com/
RemNote combines Notes, Flashcards, and PDF-Annotation. Study, stay organized, and think better.

You're Not Going to Make It

okdoomer.io/youre-not-going-to-make-it/
I read about this one family... They were tired of society. They thought civilization was unraveling. They wanted to live off the grid. Authorities found their mummified remains a few months later. The family died from exposure and malnutrition. They didn't make it. A while back, a prepper tried to

(500) https://godly.website/

godly.website/
Introducing Godly Website 📣⚡️ A side project I've worked on over the past few months, showcasing the most godlike websites on the Internet.

How to sabotage your salary negotiation efforts before you even start

interviewing.io/blog/sabotage-salary-negotiation-before-even-start
These are the two things you must avoid. Both involve how you talk to recruiters at the start of your job search, way before there’s an offer: Revealing information too early in the game Negotiating before you’re ready

Bricolage Grotesque — Free & Open Source Variable Font

ateliertriay.github.io/bricolage/
An expressive variable font that blends iconic French and British designs across three axes: weight, width, and optical size. It visually expresses what it feels like when you cannot be what you were and yet you can never truly be anybody else.

some weird tricks for working faster

chiefofstuff.substack.com/p/some-weird-tricks-for-working-faster
Hi. FYI, I’ll be cross-posting to my blog karlyang.net, where you can find other writing that won’t appear on Substack. The basic theory here is that, most of the time, dependencies slow you down. There are ways to ac/decelerate the process that are problem-agnostic. Usually, you are communicating back and forth with other people until you have reached some form of mutually acceptable agreement, and there are ways to do that faster.

New Word Order : A Neologisms Quiz

monkeon.co.uk/new-word-order/
Can you put the words and phrases into the order they first appeared?

What to Do with Climate Emotions

newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/what-to-do-with-climate-emotions
If the goal is to insure that the planet remains habitable, what is the right degree of panic, and how do you bear it?