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** https://www.macworld.com/article/606152/imessage-google-green-bubbles-sms-rcs.html | ** https://www.macworld.com/article/606152/imessage-google-green-bubbles-sms-rcs.html | ||
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Revision as of 19:33, 23 January 2022
January
- https://sixcolors.com/link/2022/01/microsoft-exchange-finds-a-y2k22-bug/
- https://my.tilaa.com/en/configure-vps - another virtual hosting service
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/octopuses-rolling-on-mdma-reveal-unexpected-link-to-humans - octopi, serotonin, MDMA, animal intelligence
- https://www.villagevoice.com/2021/12/27/the-strange-history-and-vibrant-players-of-the-hammond-organ/ - history of the Hammond organ
- COVID:
- https://www.shazam.com/ - song-recognizer app
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/goldfish-can-learn-to-drive-and-navigate-terrestrial-environments/ - animal intelligence «Not only were the goldfish able to cope with those changes, but they were also able to approach targets from different angles, suggesting that the animals have an internal representation of the world around them.»
- https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59859817 - centralized tech, but also durable tech
- Proof of Forestry: a currency with a smart contract to combat climate change
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-fixes-nightmare-android-bug-that-stopped-user-from-calling-911/
- https://www.inverse.com/innovation/blinking-cursor-history - history of the blinking cursor... but seems a bit cursory; ignores the existence of blinking cursors on video terminals, which I'm pretty sure were a thing by 1971 (didn't the VT52 have one? or at least the VT100?)
- https://sabre.io/ - DAV tools in PHP
- https://nextdoor.com/p/wpjyqKXX-CxG?view=detail - roundabouts (aka traffic circles) vs. traffic lights
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-7-safest-mushrooms-to-forage-and-eat - edible mushrooms that are supposedly safe for amateurs to identify
- https://obsolete29.com/posts/2022/01/07/in-further-defense-of-auto-update/ - wifi routers
- https://www.bespokesynth.com/
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/the-most-important-computer-youve-never-heard-of/ - history of military computing
- https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/01/05/1070046189/a-texas-team-comes-up-with-a-covid-vaccine-that-could-be-a-global-game-changer
- https://www.wired.com/story/energy-vault-gravity-storage/ - mechanical-gravity energy storage
- https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/107610535365298363 - a bit of clarity on MySQL vs. UTF-8
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-maya-ruins-at-uxmal-still-have-more-stories-to-tell - mesoamerican prehistoric civilization
- https://expmag.com/2022/01/star-trek-has-tractor-beams-so-do-we/
- https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006812.html - recipe (original?)
- https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006812.html#95609 - another recipe in a comment
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-13/covid-loses-most-of-infection-capacity-after-20-minutes-in-air $
- https://medium.com/@sergiointoronto/macos-is-hot-garbage-6f3909835b0f
- https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-a-ring-of-millions-of-metal-needles-orbiting-the-Earth/answer/Vincent-Branley
- https://thewire.in/tekfog/en/3.html
- https://blog.mollywhite.net/blockchains-are-not-what-they-say/
- https://web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=2022-01-09-0
- https://www.thedrive.com/news/43223/cincinnatis-unused-subway-system-is-a-century-old-dream-that-wont-die - abandoned subway tunnels
- https://singularityhub.com/2017/07/09/this-mini-wind-turbine-can-power-your-home-in-a-gentle-breeze/ - wind turbine for home use. Still $5k for a whole system, but that's cheaper than a lot of solar panel layouts.
- https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32757505913.html - individual turbines are bout $600 -- much more affordable on an incremental basis.
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/larping-your-job - self-evaluating productivity in information work
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWVL4B-4pI - "Blinded by the Light" performed live on Midnight Special, confirming that it's probably just a Fender-Rhodes
- https://www.firstpost.com/health/france-detects-new-covid-19-variant-ihu-more-infectious-than-omicron-all-we-know-about-it-10256521.html
- https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-11th-and-12th-gen-chips-cant-play-4k-blu-rays/
- https://www.eatgoodbowls.com/mission - frozen foods made from NC-sourced ingredients -- but are they a co-op?
- https://www.openriskmanual.org/wiki/Main_Page
- https://vcvrack.com/Rack#explore - quasi-open-source synth
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-effective-dose-of-work-you-need-to-feel-fulfilled-is-surprisingly-low
- https://xmmc.de/touchdaw/drivers.htm - MIDI musical Android tablet thing
- useful Linux MIDI commands:
- amidi -l
- aplaymidi -l
- aconnect -lio
- https://www.wired.com/story/22-year-old-builds-chips-parents-garage/ - DIY ICs
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-of-instability-the-history-of-google-messaging-apps/
- https://mastodon.technology/@IzzyOnDroid/107671566267170704 - Android is now protecting us from our own data so that we have to rely on Google for proper backups
