User:Woozle/linkdump/2020

January

• https://www.overleaf.com/ - proprietary (but highly-recommended) WYSIWYM LaTeX editor web service (free for single user)
• https://www.reddit.com/r/bullcity/comments/ejxh2i/old_wimpys_grill_in_durham_is_reopening_with_a/
• https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-doomed-mouse-utopia-that-inspired-the-rats-of-nimh
• Why can't I remember the name of the Dunning-Kruger effect half the time??
• https://www.3dbuzz.com/ - lots of free video courses for download (paid site has shut down), don't know how long they'll be available
• https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/ - this article has some value, but also is questionable in places
• https://github.com/synesthesiam/rhasspy "an offline, multilingual voice assistant toolkit inspired by Jasper that works well with Home Assistant, Hass.io, and Node-RED."
  • https://hackers.town/@drwho/103438566197854182
• https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted - self-hosted software - list of what's available in many categories
• https://www.quora.com/I-was-at-McDonald-s-and-I-noticed-that-customers-were-choosing-to-wait-in-line-to-order-with-the-cashier-instead-of-using-the-available-kiosks-Why-do-you-think-that-is - bad retail-automation design
• https://means.tv/
  • https://toot.cat/@woozle/103455740711404993
• https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50841104 - hydrogen power for transportation
• https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51014148 - Greenland
• http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ -- online SF/F mag
• https://www.popsbackdoorsouth.com/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/zipcar-into-the-wilderness/597217/
• https://social.bau-ha.us/@aurora/103467073698637618 - deleted eastern bloc TLDs
• http://www.whatisemerging.com/
• https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle
  • YouTube alternatives:
    • https://about.d.tube/
    • https://bittubers.com/
• Durham intentional community:
  • https://www.durhamcoho.com/
  • https://www.bullcitycommons.com/faq
  • http://www.solterra.net/
  • https://www.bruderhof.com/en/where-we-are/united-states/durham - religious
• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/01/linus-torvalds-zfs-statements-arent-right-heres-the-straight-dope/
• https://getpocket.com/explore/item/is-lab-grown-meat-really-meat - cultured meat
• https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-america-s-new-apartment-buildings-all-look-the-same - five-over-one construction
• https://icosahedron.website/@bstacey/103495577870332223 - ethics of data-scraping and Mastodon/federation
  • https://likeable.space/notice/9qwGoknsLbUGV0M5lQ
  • https://medium.com/@maloki/on-scraping-mastodon-dffd83139bc1
    • https://elekk.xyz/@maloki/103556619704616134
• https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615059/these-living-bricks-use-bacteria-to-build-themselves/
• https://venmo.com/about/product/ - like PayPal but maybe less evil? Nope, it's owned by them.
• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51014028 - active recruitment of neurodiverse individuals
• https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/12/10/emily-dickinson-love-letters-susan-gilbert/ (via) - another true love example
  • https://toot.cat/@woozle/103510672341620910
• Pixelfed
  • https://social.tchncs.de/@jookia/103322629792648647 "So in conclusion: Don't use Pixelfed, the main developer refuses to investigate or fix bugs and will close and lock issues without explanation."
• https://hackaday.com/2020/01/19/trs-80-clone-uses-modern-parts/ - TRS-80
• https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/frontier-an-isp-in-29-states-plans-to-file-for-bankruptcy/
  • https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/01/20/2129246/frontier-an-isp-in-29-states-plans-to-file-for-bankruptcy
• https://mydeveloperplanet.com/2018/10/31/git-lfs-why-and-how-to-use/ - Git LFS
• https://store.pine64.org/
  • https://www.pine64.org/gettings-started/
• https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/
• https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/design-and-ux/responsive
• https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/access-intimacy-the-missing-link/
• https://www.wired.com/story/behind-the-scenes-rotten-tomatoes/ - might offer some thoughts on crowdsourcing of value-judgement
• https://sentient-lang.org/library/array - AI language for solving math/logic problems
• https://www.imperial.co.uk/about-us/# - company that handles parking tickets in some areas of UK, as well as school truancy fees
  • https://www.apollo.io/companies/Imperial-Civil-Enforcement-Solutions-Limited/54a1357d69702d36c9eed900%3F__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=98444309c62f7c23033f4dc2ac4894ce63b6c0c6-1580140428-0-AY07pLPOris5xmIBYwTHJbFE-wUxM5T2ohUFo8pcZYrbnTYxgXbb0UeuPqVOGbAunj8ax3beU3jax0BdR5ovgFMhUh8xJ5NrLBCM-EdWCzbkruHaKyQRvUiyqtk0dqqgQrNAXq_xR3W8vdlQQdZ1RR8zU7dNAA5eMzvKj15-_kyJ2smCCx9KrswUi5mJKLdkvvnJMMwL6C1fy3oe6x7dg16gHWEupz_t18CTfIMRZXN8MhAV6OaRdtxxcsH601k3wEQCeMnzSSnrVvr4KJYviLGrrqrjpc303Lk6wdaSZLBOLUgQ-bdm3bW-1hqdtMCJQLi0HSfjtUHcEC51nwvmxKQQBvvL6w_5L616a2QGiVS8WlaoL8gjtU0LIIsdX9gMlni3NT9NpN3vnFai3mMjMC9mIxC-94oXhsTIryLLdh6e?chart=count
  • https://www.localgov.co.uk/Imperial-Civil-Enforcement-Solutions-Limited/48663
    • https://www.volarisgroup.com/
• https://geo.coop/articles/why-we-dont-need-cooperative-uber
  • https://social.coop/@GuerillaOntologist/103556482804631461
• http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/neil_degrasse_tyson_8_books_every_intelligent_person_should_read.html - free ebooks
  • https://tooot.im/@OpenCulture/103557524021667264
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/789465/generate-white-noise-to-calm-a-baby - SoX formula
  • https://social.diskseven.com/@Jo/103558465554225461
• https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/01/transgender-children-development-consistent-current-gender-not-sex-assigned-birth/ "These findings, therefore, provide preliminary evidence that neither sex assignment at birth nor direct or indirect sex-specific socialization and expectations (e.g., rewarding masculine things and punishing feminine ones for assigned males) in alignment with early assignment necessarily define how a child later identifies or expresses their gender," the authors write.
  • https://girlcock.club/@maeve/103563686078039695
• https://twitter.com/jxxf/status/1219009308438024200 - earliest known y2038 problem incident, in 2018; also, how complex financial calculations are done
• https://www.netmeister.org/blog/ops-lessons.html
• https://floss.social/@Valenoern/103566381531722185 - the secret knowledge of making .deb files
• https://reclaimthenet.org/nextcloud-hub/
• https://turn-me-into-a-girl.com/ - self-affirmation tools for egg trans girls
• https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/30/linux_5_6_2038/ - Y2038