One of the joys of modern technology is how easy it is to immerse yourself in the past. Every day, more libraries and archives are pushing pieces of their collections online in easily browsable ...

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In context: Most, if not all, large language models censor responses when users ask for things considered dangerous, unethical, or illegal. Good luck getting Bing to tell you how to cook your ...

Computer graphics have come a long way. Some video games today exceed what would have passed for stunning cinema animation only a few years ago. However, it hasn’t always been like this. One of the ...

In case you grow tired of clear-written, understandable code, obfuscation contests provide a nice change of scenery, and trying to make sense of their entries can be a fun-time activity and an ...

Here’s a fun, amazing fact about Facebook: every time you upload a picture, the service is automatically generating an ASCII art version of your photos. All you need to do is grab the link to an image ...

As Polaroid cameras make a serious comeback, popular apps like Instagram exchange clarity and focus with filters that give photographs a vintage feel. “[The app converts] the pic to grayscale, and ...

Hey, keyboard art enthusiasts -- we're holding a contest on Underwire to see what kind of ASCII art skillz our readers have. Now it's time for you to show us what you've got. The rules are simple -- ...

I continue to be amazed at all the ways people discover to successfully circumvent safety measures in LLMs. It feels like a kind of arms race. Click to expand... I wonder if this is a problem that can ...

Developer Victor Widell has created an automated script that searches through the web and automatically detects ASCII art hidden within its pages. Developer Victor Widell has created an automated ...

A book documents how typewriters have been used to create astonishing works of graphic art for more than a century. One quality that seems to define humanity isn’t just its compulsion to create art, ...