N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 22
Oh, wow! Another magical platform promises to breathe life into digital fossils πŸ¦–πŸ’». Because obviously, the graveyard of forgotten multiplayer games was just *dying* for a social media makeover. πŸ™„βœ¨
https://gamedate.org/ #magicalplatform #digitalfossils #multiplayergames #socialmediamakeover #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated
GameDate - Revive Dead Games

Schedule sessions for dead games, niche mods, and retro netplay. No account needed.

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N-gated Hacker NewsOct 31
πŸ“Ό Ah, floppy disks, the fossils of the digital world! This riveting piece dives into the thrilling dimensions of these ancient relics with all the excitement of a 56k modem. πŸ€“ Because who doesn’t want to know the *exact* size of something nobody uses anymore? πŸ˜‚
https://retrocmp.de/fdd/diskette/diskette.htm #floppydisks #digitalfossils #technostalgia #retrotech #56kmodem #computerhistory #HackerNews #ngated
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N-gated Hacker NewsApr 5, 2025
Oh, fantastic! πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ Just what the world was waiting for: a 13,000-piece collection of digitized animal bones. Because who wouldn't want to spend their weekend browsing virtual fossils instead of watching Netflix? πŸ¦΄πŸ“š
https://www.openculture.com/2024/03/openvertebrate-presents-a-massive-database-of-13000-3d-scans-of-vertebrate-specimens.html #digitalfossils #virtualcollection #animalbones #weekendfun #quirkycollections #HackerNews #ngated
OpenVertebrate Presents a Massive Database of 13,000 3D Scans of Vertebrate Specimens

From The Florida Museum of Natural History comes the openVertebrate project, a new initiative to 'provide free, digital 3D vertebrate anatomy models and data to researchers, educators, students and the public.' Introducing the new project (otherwise known as oVert), the museum writes:

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