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[–] Jordan117 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can do anything at Zombo.com. Anything at all. The only limit is yourself.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this a meme or what? I can't do anything at all with Firefox in Android.

[–] chimbori 7 points 1 year ago

The unattainable is unKNOWn at ZomboCom.

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[–] to_urcite_ty_kokos 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I spent the last 10 minutes of my workweek on this site.
Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Very niche here, but worth a look if you’re in the market for rechargeable batteries:

http://lygte-info.dk/

Crazy detailed benchmarks and technical analysis of flashlights, batteries, and chargers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Now thats niche!

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

www.erdetfredag.dk

Translated: Is it Friday?

Displays yes on Fridays and no on other days

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jeg ville ønske, det var fredag 😩

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the website I never knew I needed

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://plato.stanford.edu/

Any new philosophy or philosophy adjacent idea I discover and want a beginners level understanding over. Incredible stuff here.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/

The name explains it.

[–] TokenBoomer 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pair it with sci-hub so you can actually read the whole articles and not just abstracts.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was sticking with the 'one website'. Thanks for adding my second post. ;-)

Here's another: https://libgen.is/ - Library Genesis

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Anna's Archive does it for me. It's so good!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

That's definitely https://noclip.website/

I love retro video games (and current games). And some badass implemented the rendering of several games and consoles in JavaScript just for fun, so that you can explore levels from many games right in your browser.

Note that I did say explore, not play. This website let's you fly the camera through the level like with a "no clip cheat" (hence the site name).

It somewhat works on mobile devices in landscape mode (and maybe also "show desktop page"), but is best viewed and controlled on a PC.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The site that comes to mind is Ian's Shoelace Website. The ultimate guide about shoelaces. The most impactful/important thing for me was Ian's Knot, the fastest and most correct way to tie a shoe. I discovered this website in the mid-2000s and have been using his method since. Anyway, it's a fun and comprehensive website about shoelaces. https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know if it fits, but congrats, you've just reached the end of the internet. There's nothing more to see.

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

http://www.thingsmagazine.net/

I love a good weblog with all kinds of link rabbit holes to fall down.

Also you can ring the fish doorbell and help release the fish: https://visdeurbel.nl/?fbclid=IwAR05zJk-mJiBIx5zq88S78E559cYHV-kkHOSM21MW1XX_e3jaqBfdTN-z30

[–] soupspoon 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Omg! The fish doorbell just made my day, thank you

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 3 points 1 year ago

Isn't that marvelous? I can't wait for spring.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Niche hobby website from the 90s that's both really useful and still updated (somewhat) - the Parker pen penography. Look at all those pens! Genuinely the most useful source of info on the topic of old Parkers that isn't a big hefty coffee table book. Most of it probably isn't too interesting to non-fountain pen people, but there's some articles about the history of Parker and their decline that might be interesting if you like economics and buisness (like the one about the Itala

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Incredibly niche! And funnily enough one Ive been on before.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Models-resource.com

Ripped old school 3D models

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

https://vogons.org

People talking about Windows 98 and Pentium 3 processors all day long, feels just like home.

[–] ch00f 7 points 1 year ago

Ninite.com. Download the latest installers for basically all the free software you install on a new machine.

[–] waterbogan 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Curbside Classic a nice hobbyist site about Classic cars and related subjects. I go there every day, has a lot of extremely informative (but very niche) content

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

www.vecka.nu

Tells what week it is.

[–] Custoslibera 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Drew's Script-O-Rama.

He's been running the site since 95. I've been visiting since 96 or 97. I even provided the hardcopy for the Big Lebowski shooting script which he posted a few months before the movie premiered.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was a website where if no messages where not sent in 24 Hours it would die, I sometimes wonder if it's still up

[–] CaptainBlagbird 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Well, Lemmy...

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[–] applecore 4 points 1 year ago

OP1.fun a neat little site for sharing OP1 synthesizer sounds and patches

[–] Screamium 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

When I I've exhausted my Subscribed (HOT) and All (Top 12 Hours) Lemmy feeds but still have the desire to scroll, I usually head over to Printables to look at 3D prints for a while... see what my printer will be doing for the next week. I really like the filtering options that model site has. Less often I'll do the same on MyMiniFactory

[–] shanjezi 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maille Artisans. I make chainmail jewelry and find many new weaves through this website.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Now thats the kinda thing im talking about! Thats great

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
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