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A free browser-based electrical wiring simulator for building circuits, testing faults, and seeing how current and protective devices behave.
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ZCAT is a browser demo that uses a published Zcash viewing key to decrypt and reassemble an image embedded in a shielded payment.
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An Indianapolis reporting project examining how local courts and the Marion County jail treat people with serious mental illness, alongside a campaign to restore in-person family visits.
Useful Tools · score 84.0
AnyChess turns plain-language rules into chess bots
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A browser chess app for describing custom bots and house rules, then playing against them.
Weird Finds · score 84.0
Barrel Never Pumps: the oil shop that ships nothing
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A parody oil shop lays out crude grades, origins, pack sizes and prices, while making clear that no barrels exist and no orders are fulfilled.
Content & Blogs · score 84.0
BiyografTam puts a seal on every biographical claim
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A Turkish-language biography archive connecting notable people, their works, and their influence to visible sources.
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A free, three-minute preliminary check for people weighing a business lease, new location, or loan, organized around risks such as local competition, demand, and capital reserves.
Learning & Exams · score 84.0
Circuito Sonoro: a child-sized modular synthesizer
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A browser-based sound lab for ages 7–10 that teaches acoustics by letting children connect synthesizer parts and explore the math behind the sound.
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Civic Atlas is a free guide to Los Angeles city and county government, with ways to find representatives, understand offices, and choose next steps on local issues.
Personal Pages · score 84.0
Ethan Paschkes — apps for planes, gliders, and pasta
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A personal portfolio from a student glider pilot, presenting three apps for aircraft spotting and flight logging, plus a food-cost calculator.
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A community directory organizes clubs, events and discussions around traits standard products and spaces often overlook.
Human Services · score 84.0
Fin/ite asks what achievement is supposed to settle
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A six-month advisory practice for people deciding what they want from their ambitions—and what those ambitions cost.
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A tongue-in-cheek career page for Annabelle Peterson, a licensed Virginia freshwater angler whose “pro” purse is a promised dollar.
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A flood map for Bangkok and beyond that combines road-water sensors, official notices, public reports and route planning.
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A site documenting Aref and Osama’s reported work feeding Gaza’s stray dogs and cats, taking injured animals to vets, and helping families keep pets.
Weird Finds · score 84.0
Genesys Archives: an alien artifact with a password to earn
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An interactive science-fiction project points visitors from a rotating alien artifact to mission logs and case reports, which the site says can be read or heard.
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An open-source file manager that brings terminal and desktop views together across local files, remote servers, cloud storage and archives.
Content & Blogs · score 84.0
Homunculus Cabinet and Hartsoeker’s 1694 optics book
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An independent press is preparing an English translation of Nicolaas Hartsoeker’s 1694 Essay on Dioptrics, with reader and scholar editions planned.
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A free Android app for finding ie-kei ramen shops, exploring their lineage, and logging what you ordered.
Useful Tools · score 84.0
ImportWindow maps when specific cars become import-eligible
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A vehicle eligibility calendar tracks when cars reach import-age thresholds and offers reports based on a vehicle’s build date and destination country.
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A free, browser-based 4v4 game where teams paint an arena and try to control more ground before a three-minute match ends.
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A browser-based 3D island trading and building game pits players against AI rivals who remember slights and bargain accordingly.
Civic & Public Life · score 84.0
Long Game: a protocol for testing self-set trading limits
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A Stage 1 Registered Report in preparation asks whether self-set trading limits reduce risk or shift it elsewhere, and whether a delay before lifting a limit changes behavior.
Content & Blogs · score 84.0
The Turning links a planned trilogy to a playable game
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A speculative-fiction project connecting three novels across distant eras with a free, short browser game set in their shared world.