# COTM Avgust 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Curiosities of the Month\ **Created:** [August 1, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231 "2025-08-01T11:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ashen0ne](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/ashen0ne/32/1422_2.png) [@ashen0ne](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/ashen0ne)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/1 "2025-08-01T11:34:57Z")
> **[Silk – Interactive Generative Art](http://weavesilk.com/)** > > Create beautiful flowing art with Silk. ---
**Author:** ![venmo](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/venmo/32/445_2.png) [@venmo](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/venmo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/2 "2025-08-01T18:29:57Z")
[![](https://forum.dmz.rs/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e4fdb2cf12d29dd453971fcb4e80fa18f499adc1.jpeg "How Plate Tectonics was Discovered") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY9IL1F9aj8) ---
**Author:** ![coja](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/coja/32/1856_2.png) [@coja](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/coja)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/3 "2025-08-02T15:08:16Z")
fighting web crawlers designed to improve LLMs. > **[A valid HTML zip bomb - ache](https://ache.one/notes/html_zip_bomb)** > > \

\A valid HTML zip bomb\\\\Illustration d'une bombe zip > Many sites have been... > **[Anubis](https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/)** ---
**Author:** ![ashen0ne](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/ashen0ne/32/1422_2.png) [@ashen0ne](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/ashen0ne)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/4 "2025-08-03T04:35:10Z")
> **[GitHub - Swordfish90/cool-retro-term: A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the...](https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term)** > > A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display... ---
**Author:** ![venmo](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/venmo/32/445_2.png) [@venmo](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/venmo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/5 "2025-08-04T15:05:40Z")
> **[Leaked AI-powered Game Revenue Model Paper Foretells a Dystopian Nightmare](https://www.techpowerup.com/240655/leaked-ai-powered-game-revenue-model-paper-foretells-a-dystopian-nightmare)** > > An artificial intelligence (AI) will deliberately tamper with your online gameplay as you scramble for more in-game items to win. The same AI will manipulate your state of mind at every step of your game to guide you towards more micro-transactions.... ---
**Author:** ![netstat](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/netstat/32/24_2.png) [@netstat](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/netstat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/6 "2025-08-04T22:54:02Z")
[https://neal.fun/password-game/](https://neal.fun/password-game/) ---
**Author:** ![netstat](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/netstat/32/24_2.png) [@netstat](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/netstat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/7 "2025-08-04T23:46:26Z")
[![](https://forum.dmz.rs/uploads/default/original/2X/4/45e59626e938503183a944c10dd8ade0556be0cf.jpeg "introducing copyparty, the FOSS file server") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15_-hgsX2V0) ---
**Author:** ![ashen0ne](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/ashen0ne/32/1422_2.png) [@ashen0ne](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/ashen0ne)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/8 "2025-08-05T20:55:14Z")
> **[Mexico makes biometric identifier mandatory for all citizens | Biometric Update](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202507/mexico-makes-biometric-identifier-mandatory-for-all-citizens)** > > The mandatory CURP will contain personal and biometric information, including a photograph and a QR code containing biometric fingerprint and iris data. ---
**Author:** ![coja](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/coja/32/1856_2.png) [@coja](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/coja)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/9 "2025-08-10T23:04:20Z")
> **[Bitchat - Decentralized Offline Messaging App](https://bitchats.app/)** > > Revolutionary messaging app by Jack Dorsey that works without internet using Bluetooth mesh networks ---
**Author:** ![ashen0ne](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/ashen0ne/32/1422_2.png) [@ashen0ne](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/ashen0ne)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/10 "2025-08-14T00:36:19Z")
![image](https://forum.dmz.rs/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3a084f430ee9e801fbab896aa03e11b28ad5154c.jpeg) > Linux for PlayStation 2 (PS2 Linux) is a kit released by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2002 that transformed the PlayStation 2 console into a personal computer, including a Linux-based operating system, a USB keyboard and mouse, a VGA adapter, a PS2 network adapter (Ethernet only), and a 40 GB hard disk drive (HDD). > The PS2 Linux distribution is based on Kondara MNU/Linux, a Japanese distribution derived from Red Hat Linux, making it similar to Red Hat Linux 6 with most of its expected features. > The stock kernel is Linux 2.2.1, though it incorporates USB drivers from Linux 2.2.18 to support the keyboard and mouse, and can be upgraded to versions like 2.2.21, 2.2.26, or 2.4.17. ---
**Author:** ![coja](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/coja/32/1856_2.png) [@coja](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/coja)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/11 "2025-08-19T21:33:20Z")
_TL;DR_ - GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has resigned, and GitHub will be managed by the Microsoft’s CoreAI team which GitHub was already under. (main reason they bought it, for copilot training) > **[Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub ♥️](https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/goodbye-github/)** > > I am stepping down as GitHub CEO to build my next adventure. GitHub is thriving and has a bright future ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Anonionman](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/anonionman/32/333_2.png) [@Anonionman](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/Anonionman)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/12 "2025-08-26T16:35:36Z")
[https://youtu.be/boTUOgka3LA?si=AAseSDGOFHHFl7cl](https://youtu.be/boTUOgka3LA?si=AAseSDGOFHHFl7cl) The advanced tech of the Roman Empire ---
**Author:** ![coja](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/coja/32/1856_2.png) [@coja](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/coja)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/13 "2025-08-27T22:53:01Z")
> **[chawan](https://codeberg.org/bptato/chawan)** > > TUI web browser ---
**Author:** ![coja](https://forum.dmz.rs/user_avatar/forum.dmz.rs/coja/32/1856_2.png) [@coja](https://forum.dmz.rs/u/coja)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.dmz.rs/t/cotm-avgust-2025/1231/14 "2026-01-13T11:34:06Z")