Weekly Shaarli

All links of one week in a single page.

Week 05 (January 27, 2025)

Regex Chess: A 2-ply minimax chess engine in 84,688 regular expressions

A stack machine that can play chess implemented in 84,688 python regular expressions.

Here's a game I played against it (I'm white -- it played as well as you'd expect from a 2-ply engine :)

https://lichess.org/Zc6aDiJ8

The Static Site Paradox
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The Family Bass

Linux connects a Family BASIC keyboard to an NES via a bespoke adapter in order to play its unique triangle waveform live.

How Much Does It Matter? Overall Summary - PrecisionRifleBlog.com

A good series on how sensitive accuracy is to various factors of marksmanship (group tightness, consistency of ammo velocity, cartridge selection, wind calls...)

Make it Yourself

"Make it Yourself is a digital book that showcases this incredible talent, bringing together over 1000 useful DIY projects to demonstrate just what is possible when you make things yourself."