Obscure Links - February 24, 2026¶
Theme: Forgotten Technology
Today's curated discoveries from the hidden corners of the web.
1. science based - What is the ideal time period for 'forgotten history' novels/stories to take place and still end up w...¶
9 $\begingroup$ In novels (SF and FF) that hint at being earlier in Earth's history, such as Lord of the Rings and The Wheel of Time , in which period would such a story need to take place to plausibly and realistically be able to play out into our history? Some examples are LotR , Star Gate , Fringe , Assassin's Cr...
2. An oral history of Bank Python¶
The strange world of Python, as used by big investment banks
3. Free IP Geolocation Database¶
IP2Location LITE provides free geolocation database to query IP address for country, city, states & etc. IP2Proxy LITE provides free proxy detection database.