User:Woozle/linkdump/2016
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January
- http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2016/01/hydrogen-nano-reactor.shtml
- http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-joys-of-watching-a-bridge-shave-the-tops-off-trucks-1452045185?mod=e2fb - the Durham Bridge of Doom makes the WSJ
February
- http://www.newsobserver.com/living/food-drink/mouthful-blog/article59132318.html - Big Bundts, Hummingbird Bakery
- http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsobserver/obituary.aspx?n=elizabeth-muse-tornquist&pid=177534360&
- https://plus.google.com/102282887764745350285/posts/L7TwNiBfs6q - a note about how opaque Shockwave files apparently still are
- http://oresmus.github.io/blog/2015/09/21/social-net-for-ideas.html - "Overlaid Personal Semantic Networks" (OSPN)
- https://www.reverbnation.com/chathamcountyslimandpapamike
- http://www.hairremovallaser.com/hair_growth_cycles.htm - is there a more authoritative source for this information somewhere?
- http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/this-picture-reveals-how-dolphins-communicate-and-how-we-may-some-day-understand-their-language/
- http://www.thinkinghumanity.com/2015/12/learn-how-this-family-grows-6000-lbs-of-food-on-just-1-10th-acre..html
- http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34798438 - the hangover that led to the discovery of ibuprofen
- http://boingboing.net/2015/11/06/man-interviews-himself-38-year.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRvk5UQY1Js&feature=youtu.be
- https://learn.adafruit.com/touch-pi-portable-raspberry-pi
- https://www.adafruit.com/products/2901 - Raspberry Pi DAC optimized for quality
- https://www.technologyreview.com/s/528121/a-contraceptive-implant-with-remote-control/
- http://singularityhub.com/2015/12/31/printable-organs-are-closer-than-ever-thanks-to-three-bioprinting-breakthroughs/
- http://www.cleverscript.com/about/
- https://www.shipt.com/
- http://jebrown.us/Relationshop/Definitions/verbal_abuse.html - also "enabler"
March
- http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ - but does it have an API so its contents can be included in a cross-site index?
April
- http://preciousplastic.com/ - open-source plans for home recycling equipment
May
- http://www.gizmag.com/rechargeable-zinc-manganese-battery-pnnl/42930/?li_source=LI&li_medium=default-widget
- http://www.gizmag.com/toyota-magnesium-battery/43204/?li_source=LI&li_medium=default-widget
- http://www.gizmag.com/qoros-qamfree-camless-engine/43045/?li_source=LI&li_medium=default-widget
- http://www.gizmag.com/huttlin-kugelmotor/19923/?li_source=LI&li_medium=default-widget
- http://www.gizmag.com/dhl-drone-delivery/43248/?li_source=LI&li_medium=default-widget
- http://www.gizmag.com/lilium-electric-vtol-jet-aircraft-esa/43191/
- http://sorcyress.tumblr.com/post/144174424762/gamercat-fulcrumisthebomb-adhd-community
- http://scienmag.com/these-space-rocks-could-save-the-planet/ - planetary defense research
- http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/ - Library of Congress hierarchical classification system
- Music:
- http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/orbital-sciences-corp/orbital-atk-proposes-lunar-orbit-habitat/
- crowdfunding for open-source projects:
- https://www.wallabag.org/pages/download-wallabag.html - link-filing software
- http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/the-astonishing-age-of-a-neanderthal-cave-construction-site/484070/ - pushing back humanity's origins yet again
- https://laverna.cc/ - private notes online
- http://www.techconnect.com/article/3074020/windows/how-to-go-back-to-windows-7-or-8-after-an-unwanted-windows-10-upgrade.html
- https://www.inverse.com/article/15852-nasa-chief-announces-a-2028-expiration-date-for-the-iss-it-is-inevitable
June
- http://www.thereusewarehouse.com/retail-store/
- http://imgur.com/hPuGKes - The Purple-Red Scale of Human Attraction
- http://www.androidcentral.com/root
- http://www.bigmessowires.com/2016/06/04/db-19-resurrecting-an-obsolete-connector/
- http://www.engineering.com/ElectronicsDesign/ElectronicsDesignArticles/ArticleID/12312/Massive-800-MegaWatt-hour-Battery-to-Be-Deployed-in-China.aspx
- https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/06/06/list-of-81-sub-200-linux-friendly-sbcs-hackerboards-linux/
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160602151837.htm - direct synthesis of fuel from sunlight, 10% efficient
- active carbon sequestration:
- https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/11/22/bird-by-bird-anne-lamott/?platform=hootsuite - Anne Lamott on writing
- https://www.rt.com/news/347921-russian-promobot-dismantle-threat/
- http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2016/06/23/msu-putting-solar-panels-over-parking-lots/
- http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/06/23/but-why-does-the-manipulator-have-to-look-like-a-skull/ - robots
- http://www.techinsider.io/google-compiled-how-people-act-when-they-see-a-driverless-car-2016-4
- https://internetcreatorsguild.com/about
July
- http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/a-better-kind-of-happiness
- http://www.sciencealert.com/a-bug-in-fmri-software-could-invalidate-decades-of-brain-research-scientists-discover
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/+KeeHinckley/posts/KoJNRpUgTg9 - Chad Haney explains that this is misleading
- https://mega.nz/#sync - 50GB free storage; Linux client
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2013/jul/10/lock-picking-cockatoos (via) - animal intelligence
- https://spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/living-between-genders/ - autism and gender dysphoria
- https://backchannel.com/forget-comcast-heres-the-diy-approach-to-internet-access-ef1e37bc09e1#.4kztm8jto
August
- https://news.uic.edu/breakthrough-solar-cell-captures-co2-and-sunlight-produces-burnable-fuel
- http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160802-why-we-should-pity-attention-seeking-narcissists
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36961433 - straddling bus
- private moon landing:
- https://www.rei.com/product/103081/gotenna-text-and-location-communicator-2-pack
- http://phys.org/news/2016-08-elephants-knowledgenot-mutationsto-survive.html - elephant culture
- http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/2/8/10925098/animals-have-empathy - animal empathy
- https://university.upstartfarmers.com/intro-aquaponic-raft-system/
- http://libidablog.com/how-to-avoid-problem-people/2011/ - problem people, and how to avoid them and how to avoid becoming one
- http://www.isna.org/books/medicalinvention - hermaphrodites and the medical invention of sex
- http://www.isna.org/faq/frequency - How common is intersex?
- https://mic.com/articles/142171/meet-the-female-mechanic-trying-to-disrupt-the-male-dominated-auto-industry-for-good
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RisaWood/posts/JD3RhamX7Nz - online deaths/memorials: Risa Wood
- http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/rjmedwed/the_problem_with_gender_identity - my take: we have more concepts that need labeling than we have unambiguous labels.
- http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2016/08/24/durhams-cocoa-cinnamon-to-open-third-location-with.html
- http://ncpedia.org/biography/hall-frank-gregory
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-research-available-free-online-a7200011.html - research data
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/27/16-year-old-teen-devises-way-to-make-deadly-breast-cancer-more-t/
- http://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-babylonian-map-of-jupiter-just-changed-history-as-we-know-it
- http://artiphon.com/ - innovative musical interface instrument
- http://anajet.com/products - direct-to-garment printer (could be used for, say, t-shirts)
- https://simbi.com/howitworks - trading microeconomy site (can't see any evidence that it's extendable or open-source
- http://reflexions.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_426090/en/a-portable-drug-factory
- https://medium.com/startup-grind/i-got-scammed-by-a-silicon-valley-startup-574ced8acdff#.hlrzt4m78 - how a startup can go wrong
September
- http://www.asimovinstitute.org/neural-network-zoo/
- https://www.ethz.ch/content/main/en/news-und-veranstaltungen/eth-news/news/2016/09/die-mikrodoktoren-in-unserem-koerper.html - nanotech progress
October
- https://backchannel.com/zuckerberg-in-africa-da3dabf74276#.6rvrr68sh - Nigeria, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
- http://phys.org/news/2016-10-nano-spike-catalysts-carbon-dioxide-ethanol.html
- https://www.wired.com/2016/10/internet-outage-ddos-dns-dyn/
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-with-autism-can-read-emotions-feel-empathy1/
- https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-of-damaged-old-immune-system/
- http://chapelboro.com/ -- WCHL
November
- http://elevr.com/were-not-a-startup/
- https://www.portent.com/blog/10-tips-for-a-successful-post-mortem.htm (via Edward Morbius)
- http://180rule.com/the-gray-rock-method-of-dealing-with-psychopaths/
- https://www.talkspace.com/ - text a therapist
- Open protocol to replace IRC/Slack: https://matrix.org/
- App that implements it: https://riot.im/ (formerly known as Vector)
- Now with E2EE: https://medium.com/@RiotChat/exciting-new-riot-release-get-ready-for-chatting-securely-acc93ecfe0a
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/11/accused-of-running-support-scam-office-depot-stops-using-dubious-scanner/ - Office Depot, OfficeMax, PC Health Check
- https://medium.com/slack-developer-blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-unfurling-but-were-afraid-to-ask-or-how-to-make-your-e64b4bb9254#.tw5scj4w9 - link previews
- http://www.easterncarolinaorganics.com/about.php
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MarlaCaldwell/posts/YKDKSaRbgcA - Bob Calder briefly explains how to do cell-counting
- http://mashable.com/2016/11/19/facebook-fib-extension-fake-news/#C_aGgEDBXqqH - fake news detector
- https://mastodon.social/about
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/09/nuclear-fusion-young-scientist-jamie-edwards-star-in-jar
December
- https://www.tindie.com/ - kind of a techno-Etsy
- http://173.21.66.232/photo_album/chron/2016/2016_03_09-watching_videos_in_my_album/ (archive.is) - Microsoft's and Apple's war on libre video formats
- https://ko-fi.com/ - sounds like Kachingle and Flattr
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/push-notifications-firefox?as=u&utm_source=inproduct - web push notifications
- https://www.pathology.umn.edu/programs/epstein-barr-virus-ebv-diseases-research-program - possible cure for mononucleosis, multiple sclerosis
- https://landing.zoey.com/ecommerce-web-design/ - drag-and-drop e-commerce (what is the deliverable? Code? Hosted on a service?)
- https://nextcloud.com/migration/ - migrating from ownCloud to NextCloud
- https://www.wired.com/2016/12/mysterious-virus-cause-obesity
- https://blisk.io/ - cross-platform smartphone development tool (no mention of cost or licensing)
- https://github.com/slackhq - open-source tools by Slack (do these work with Slack? possibly unrelated) Slack itself appears to be proprietary.
- https://about.mattermost.com/pricing/ - Slack replacement with an open-source version (license makes it unclear whether modification is allowed)
- Complex post-traumatic stress disorder
- http://www.lunalindsey.com/2013/10/splines-theory-spoons-metaphor-for.html - how high-functioning autism can work
- https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/no-that-isnt-bad-english-1b2923899c7#.tes7x9cv6
- https://plus.google.com/+Nextcloud/posts