User:Woozle/linkdump/2017

January

• Defunct CrunchBang Linux now replaced by BunsenLabs Linux https://www.bunsenlabs.org/index.html
• Difficult to classify: https://medium.com/@sarahjoyshockey/uncle-bob-9631e9907b71#.qv02kjue9
  • same author has other pieces that are similarly difficult to classify
• http://arstechnica.com/business/2017/01/yahoo-board-drops-to-five-mayer-is-out-name-changed-to-altaba/
• https://www.facebook.com/sageandswiftcatering/ - Sage & Swift
• http://www.boredpanda.com/solar-geodesic-dome-solardome-norway/ - another self-sustaining geodesic-domed house in Scandinavia
• http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/ - as I suspected, most mammals do not menstruate.
  • https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PaulaRizzuto/posts/iqvS9DeF2iR
• http://www.momthisishowtwitterworks.com/
• http://blog.neospeech.com/2016/07/08/top-5-open-source-speech-recognition-toolkits/
  • Simon blog: http://simon-listens.blogspot.com/
  • https://openstt.org/
• http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/201830255/tahiti-floating-village-to-test-technology-for-a-better-ocean - seasteading finally to get going?
• try this when wireless is being weird: sudo ifup wlan0
  • Doesn't work. What does work is "service network-manager restart" (as root/sudo)
• http://www.crowdcrux.com/deadly-ecommerce-mistakes-avoid/ - planning to do many of these deliberately
• http://kotaku.com/how-peanuts-used-marcie-to-explore-unhealthy-relationsh-1791599363 - Charles Schulz, self-esteem, asymmetrical relationships
• https://thezoequinn.tumblr.com/post/155785701663/a-gender - Zoë Quinn
• hardware for massive external storage:
  • http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-external-desktop-hard-drive/
  • http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-network-attached-storage/
  • http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-usb-hubs/
  • https://www.amazon.com/Vantec-CB-ISATAU2-Supports-2-5-Inch-5-25-Inch/dp/B000J01I1G/ - handles IDE drives
  • related: https://freedompenguin.com/articles/how-to/old-vista-laptop-linux-zfs-file-server/
• https://healthchecks.io/pricing/
• https://www.braintreepayments.com/

February

• https://nextcloud.com/collaboraonline/
• https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/bored-with-ho-hum-cloud-backups-use-usenet-yes-usenet-instead/ - some details about how usenet works
  • http://www.ngprovider.com/free-newsgroup-server.php
• https://keybase.io/docs/the_app/install_linux - encrypted chat
• https://www.hamrick.com/reg.html - not FOSS, but seems to serve a useful function (and is available for Linux)
• A Cheap Battery That Can Store Renewable Energy and Last a Decade
• https://www.neuraldesigner.com/blog/perceptron-the-main-component-of-neural-networks - gives the standard sigmoid function
  • https://plus.google.com/105349929791302602676/posts/XLTzzS5mzBP
• In case the "$title->userIsWatching()" bug ever comes up again: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/rSBLSda9896651d212588ff97b9a6c60fe3616da069c7
• https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/02/aol-will-cut-off-third-party-app-access-to-aim/

March

• https://news.utexas.edu/2017/02/28/goodenough-introduces-new-battery-technology
  • https://plus.google.com/+YonatanZunger/posts/46TLpR9bGhJ
  • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/super-safe-glass-battery-charges-in-minutes-not-hours/
    • https://plus.google.com/111952522706131998075/posts/KYYPK9nRJ2n
• artificial organs (both done at Wake Forest):
  • http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26885335 - vagina
  • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/40th-anniversary/organs-made-to-order-863675/
  • http://hplusmagazine.com/2014/05/08/total-gender-change-within-decade/
• https://www.moonwards.com/index.html
• http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/microsoft-programmed-in-nsa-backdoor-in-windows-by-1999.html
• https://zoneminder.com/ - "A full-featured, open source, state-of-the-art video surveillance software system."
• http://indeed.com - check "email production"
• http://www.comeoutandshowthem.com/buydurhamsigns - "welcome to Durham" signs
• https://medium.freecodecamp.com/how-to-set-up-a-vpn-in-5-minutes-for-free-and-why-you-urgently-need-one-d5cdba361907
• Android stuff:
  • https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-remove-the-google-search-bar-from-your-android-homescreen
  • https://www.androidpit.com/what-is-the-best-android-launcher
  • https://www.androidpit.com/root-android - complete rooting guide
• https://diybookscanner.org/ - from Marla

April

• http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/blogs/age-cheap-electric-car-has-arrived
  • https://plus.google.com/+DawnShepardME3/posts/dqvUHXcjFNN
• http://agbuilders.us - Durham-based; the web site was apologizing for the contact form having been broken
• http://www.communitychi.com - Miles Rowe
• https://www.indeed.com/ - another job-hunting site
• http://takeastance.us/ - Stance phone-your-representative app
  • https://www.twilio.org/#stories - used by Stance; apparently they've adopted a "free for organizations that support our agenda" policy like one I've been considering
• https://en.liberapay.com/about/faq
  • fees may make it mostly useless in the US, but it is open-source (someone could set up a US-based liberapay)
  • there's a comparison of crowdfunding services linked from that page
• https://www.pimcore.org/en/resources/download
  • https://www.cmscritic.com/free-open-source-personalized-web-experience-management-with-pimcore/
• http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/android-apps-linux-desktop-anbox
• https://community.republicwireless.com/message/529658-why-does-the-republic-app-say-its-incompatible-with-evolvesms-when-everything-actually-seems-to-work-fine - my question
• https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/linux/
• https://opensource.com/article/17/4/webcomic-artist
  • https://mastodon.technology/users/schestowitz/updates/22793
• http://www.2daygeek.com/cockpit-monitor-administer-multiple-remote-linux-servers-via-web-browser/#
  • https://mastodon.technology/users/schestowitz/updates/22816
• https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15421734/artificial-womb-fetus-biobag-uterus-lamb-sheep-birth-premie-preterm-infant
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15112
  • https://mastodon.social/users/cypnk/updates/2170154
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-27/we-re-getting-closer-to-mass-production-of-bones-organs-and-implants
  • https://plus.google.com/+UmediaTDurgen/posts/1NYb2Ry117S
• OStatus / GNU Social compatible:
  • http://www.postactiv.com/
    • https://plateia.org/notice/11228

May

• https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=914 - problem setting up a CIFS (Samba) mount
• PayPal evilness:
  • https://hackernoon.com/paypal-is-still-one-of-the-worst-online-examples-of-customer-service-42f3c13f6cd0
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/68cg8h/psa_if_you_opened_your_paypal_account_before_you/
• http://alternativeto.net/software/weebly/?license=opensource
• https://lbry.io/what - distributed alternative to YouTube, currently in development
  • Downside: namespaces are allocated by bidding, i.e. money = power, yet again
  • Another alternative, tho does not appear to be federated: https://mediagoblin.org/
• http://www.durhambikewalkplan.com
• http://techrights.org/2017/04/30/twitter-shadowbans-epo-critics/
  • https://mastodon.technology/users/schestowitz/updates/28881 - via
  • https://twitter.com/Woozalia/status/865537503742246913 - my tweet
  • http://techrights.org/2015/05/28/reddit-censorship/ - Reddit does it too (owned by Conde Nast, wayyyy too Microsoft-friendly)
• https://jsonfeed.org/2017/05/17/announcing_json_feed
• http://inhabitat.com/forward-labs-new-solar-roof-is-33-cheaper-than-teslas-and-it-can-be-installed-in-half-the-time/
  • https://plus.google.com/109429043900581551434/posts/1GwJNAcrvfA
• http://www.flamingpear.com/superbladepro.html - used to create a lot of the artwork for VBZ (with PaintShop Pro)
• https://www.linux.org/threads/freetuxtv.4557/
  • https://mastodon.technology/users/schestowitz/updates/46361
• https://blog.freeradical.zone/why-ive-automated-deployments/ - automated deployment of Mastodon

June

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-LATBZNBs - an independent experiment using neural networks to reproduce speech
• Command-line A/V playback on Android with VLC, Termux and youtube-dl
  • https://mammouth.cafe/users/dredmorbius/updates/3960
• https://opensource.com/article/17/6/internet-standing-rock
  • https://mastodon.technology/users/schestowitz/updates/47600
• https://futurism.com/china-is-about-to-begin-the-worlds-first-clinical-trial-with-embryonic-stem-cells/ to cure macular degeneration and Parkinson's
  • https://framapiaf.org/users/rixty/updates/73868
• https://www.masterclass.com/classes/steve-martin-teaches-comedy
• https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-set-up-your-own-private-rtmp-server-using-nginx.50/ - Icecast and nginx
  • https://kitty.town/@Jookia/222954
• https://matrix.org/ - replacement for IRC? Federated.
  • https://social.tchncs.de/users/milan/updates/87107
• https://rocket.chat/ - another Slack-like service, but not federated
• https://www.olimex.com/
  • https://mastodon.technology/users/tuxmachines/updates/49615
• https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-looper/
• http://altplatform.org/
  • https://mastodon.social/users/jsavalle/updates/2600611
• https://itch.io/ - indie-game-sharing site
  • via https://theoutrider.itch.io/
• http://scuttlebot.io/ -- I think this is a logger for Discord
  • https://github.com/Martacus/LoggerBot/blob/master/README.md
• https://www.coactivate.org/people/location-search?location=North+Carolina
  • http://quitter.se/notice/12963128
• http://www.streetjelly.com/
  • http://jelly.media/ - professional services
• https://windowmaker.org/ - Linux GUI with GUI config? Gasp of astonishment.
• sox notes:
  • https://mastodon.social/users/enkiv2/updates/3191184
  • https://mastodon.social/users/enkiv2/updates/3191232
• https://podupti.me/ - automatically updated list of active Diaspora pods
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/durham-makerspace - apparently SplatSpace's only online interactive presence?
• https://hypatiasoftware.org/transparency/ -- I should talk to these folks when vbz is up
• http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/06/ring-linux-skype-alternative
  • https://mastodon.social/users/linux/updates/3360165
• https://github.com/halcyon-suite/halcyon-for-mastodon/tree/master/public_html - PHP-based Mastodon (client? server?)
• http://cheapbotsdonequick.com/source/celesteh - Twitterbots for Dummies
  • https://mastodon.social/users/celesteh/updates/3396001
• https://www.image-line.com/flstudio/ - proprietary multitrack audio editor for Windows
• http://www.shareable.net/blog/the-mutual-aid-network-takes-a-ground-up-approach-to-create-a-collaborative-economy
  • https://social.coop/users/risabee/updates/6591
• https://www.getgrav.org/
  • http://www.arcanotech.com/blog/hello-world
• https://unhosted.org/
  • https://gs.kawa-kun.com/notice/2150535
• https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ -- a federated social networking standard
  • https://lgbt.io/users/codeawayhaley/updates/3653
• http://aaron-kelley.net/blog/2012/02/automatically-reset-your-cable-modem-when-the-internet-goes-missing-part-2/ - automatically reset cable modem when internet goes out
  • https://octodon.social/users/kensanata/updates/151707
• https://streamable.com/ -- apparently a service of Apricot Mountain Inc:
  • http://apricotmountain.com/ - one sentence
  • https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=282620936
  • https://whalewisdom.com/filer/apricot-mountain-inc
  • https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK=0001631070&action=getcompany
• https://musicoin.org/nav/howitworks.html
  • https://medium.com/@musicoin/roadmap-of-musicoin-blockchain-4a65620fefce
• https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/220/testosterone?act=2#play - This American Life episode about testosterone ("Infinite Gent")
• https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolinekee/distractions-come-at-me - ADD (ADHD-PI)

July

• mutual aid networks & related:
  • http://www.mutualaidnetwork.org/more-about-man/join/
    • http://www.shareable.net/blog/the-mutual-aid-network-takes-a-ground-up-approach-to-create-a-collaborative-economy
  • https://ragtag.org/
    • https://cybre.space/users/LogicalDash/updates/75231
    • http://technicalmajority.com/
• http://theheroines.blogspot.com/ - text interviews with trans women
• http://ask.metafilter.com/310771/What-does-it-mean-to-know-youre-a-certain-gender
• https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1445999785467370&id=645746355492721&_rdr#1450546875012661 - kid comes out as gay to his mom. Link to longer YouTube vid.
• The Elderly Girl:
  • http://elderlygirl.blogspot.com/ - blog; last entry is 2014-01-20
  • https://www.blogger.com/profile/06676077471122625558
  • http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?pid=183291572 - died 2016-12-30
• http://yourls.org/ - URL shortener
  • https://thishosting.rocks/how-to-shorten-your-links-with-your-own-domain/#shared
  • https://frama.link/ - another one, albeit all in French
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zov7PEXdVZk - inside Rolling Acres Mall, Akron OH
  • https://socially.constructed.space/users/KitRedgrave/updates/17191
• https://garbados.github.io/outreachy-blog/documentation-is-hard/ - guide to writing it
  • https://toot.cat/@garbados/1388030
• http://www.sicpers.info/2017/07/open-source-because-i-got-mine-so-fuck-you/
  • https://toot.cat/@woozle/1390214
• http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ - panorama photo stitcher
• https://bankofthecommons.coop/fairpay/
  • https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/faircoin-activates-first-cooperative-blockchain/2017/07/20
    • https://plus.google.com/116589201391591303703/posts/N2aJ8dcoZAa
• https://introvertdear.com/news/introverts-speak-class/
  • https://plus.google.com/+KeithWilson/posts/M857WUX3wpj
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/633b5583-f0b1-4917-baf5-eb02ca44552a
• https://woocommerce.com/ - open source (I think) e-commerce software
• crowdfunding stuff:
  • https://www.puddle.com/
  • https://lendstar.io/
  • https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/history/software
  • http://www.hispanictrending.net/2011/01/emoneypool-online-tandas-with-friends-and-family.html
  • discussion: https://social.wxcafe.net/users/amphetamine/updates/39733

August

• https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/inside-the-storm-at-soundcloud
  • https://plus.google.com/+DavidGerard/posts/Wd43qh6FpHP
• https://blog.archive.org/2017/08/11/hypercard-on-the-archive-celebrating-30-years-of-hypercard/
  • https://awoo.space/users/noiob/updates/129701
• https://shop.fairphone.com/en/ - modular smartphone (in "pre-order" phase as of 2017-08-11)
  • https://mst3k.interlinked.me/users/sydneyfalk/updates/71012
• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/26/people-owned-internet-exists-net-neutrality
  • https://social.tchncs.de/users/paulfree14/updates/102313
• https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/08/09/another-city-comes-converting-local-businesses-worker-cooperatives/
  • https://social.coop/users/risabee/updates/11694
• http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/08/10/emotionalacceptance/
  • https://awoo.space/users/vahnj/updates/132708
• http://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/how-trump-ruined-my-relationship-with-my-white-mother-1797935049 -- dealing with toxic family
  • https://plus.google.com/+SteveSIsBack/posts/T7JbDq4V6z1
• Ronald Mallett - time travel researcher
• Teleportation: Photon particles today, humans tomorrow?
  • https://www.weco.io/b/news/p/james-1499981159510/discussion

September

• https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update_on_the_state_of_the_redditreddit_and - Reddit going mostly closed-source, for corporate reasons
  • https://social.freedombone.net/notice/311758
• https://www.osvehicle.com/projects/ - open-source electric vehicle framework; assembled products also available
• https://mst3k.interlinked.me/users/Elizafox/updates/86279 - Apple apologist bingo
• https://www.opengarden.com/how-to.html - cellphone mesh app
• https://www.gotenna.com/ - hardware that also somehow enables mesh
• https://cybre.space/users/devurandom/statuses/3476995 - how to set up a "compose key" (same as "deadkey"?) for entering diacriticals
• https://hub.libranet.de/channel/zotnews/?f=&mid=966fec4e0e7df84c754a2f94f65ca8a148d63cb6b8e7d107869a70fa42ccb875@hub.libranet.de - a bit of Spam Wars history, and why you don't have to have an SSL certificate to send email
• http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/mastodon-wont-survive/
• http://conceptnet.io/
• WordNet
  • http://www.nltk.org/howto/wordnet.html
  • https://wordnet.princeton.edu/
  • WordNet
  • in use: https://twitter.com/bot_in_world
• https://www.weco.io/ - cooperatively-owned Reddit alternative
  • https://social.coop/users/LeoSammallahti/updates/13787
• http://telegra.ph/The-conflict-between-the-moderators-of-Anticapitalistparty-and-Kittytown-09-12 - Mastodon interpersonal issues
• https://www.fastcompany.com/40435064/what-alan-kay-thinks-about-the-iphone-and-technology-now - agrees with my assessment of HTML
• http://www.theplaidzebra.com/science-finally-supports-that-we-are-all-born-as-blank-slates-and-gender-is-merely-a-construct/ - hrmm...
  • https://draconicnoble.tumblr.com/post/165375038418/science-finally-supports-that-we-are-all-born-as
• https://crimethinc.com/posters - source of memes and posters; distributed collective
• http://www.tulpa.info/what-is-a-tulpa/ - kind of like a deliberate multiple personality
• http://jon.fed.wiki/view/welcome-visitors - federated wiki
• http://www.wikihow.com/Comment-on-Tumblr -- commenting on Tumblr. Ye gods.
• http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/09/05/book-review-surfing-uncertainty/
  • https://witches.town/users/Angle/statuses/5320780
• http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/20/technology/business/equifax-fake-site-twitter-phishing/index.html
  • https://octodon.social/users/jason/statuses/6728750
• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gotoky/gotoky-the-most-advanced-secure-100-off-grid-commu - another cell-mesh thingy
• https://www.moo.com/us/products/cotton-business-cards.html - possibly a source for VBZ to print cards? (Dunno anything about their business ethics in general, but recycling t-shirts seems appropos.)
• https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/ - another alternative smartphone, oriented towards security and privacy