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Revision as of 01:46, 2 December 2021
January
- https://nextcloud-talk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/TURN/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/health/coronavirus-smell-taste.html
- https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/01/after-embracing-remote-work-in-2020-companies-face-conflicts-making-it-permanent/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233208if_/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/08/21/feature/my-life-with-face-blindness/ - prosopagnosia
- Nextcloud one-click migrtion:
- https://mastodon.infra.de/@galaxis/105498883403636006 - Kobo hacking
- https://twitter.com/mattmay/status/1344728355912880129 - Flash and platform design
- https://pureos.net/ - OS designed to be friendly on both desktop and mobile hardware
- https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ - modular phone that runs PureOS (very expensive, though)
- https://scantailor.org/ - automatic fixing of photographed documents
- https://github.com/blackle/mastodon-data-viewer.py - Mastodon export data viewer
- https://vulpine.club/@rey/105510069682660487 - how to get the data
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/augustinefou/2021/01/02/when-big-brands-stopped-spending-on-digital-ads-nothing-happened-why/ - digital advertising not actually that effective
- https://soatok.blog/2020/05/09/how-to-de-anonymize-scam-knock-off-sites-hiding-behind-cloudflare/
- https://www.sciencealert.com/autopsies-reveal-the-terrible-damage-coronavirus-can-inflict-on-your-brain
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLP_L7Mgz6M - repurposing old laptops & components
- OPEN ME UP! HP DV6 7000 series and HP Envy 15 Disassembly
- https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/in-774-ad-the-sun-blasted-earth-with-the-biggest-storm-in-10000-years
- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/12/956051995/why-you-should-still-wear-a-mask-and-avoid-crowds-after-getting-the-covid-19-vac
- https://www.stereogum.com/2112251/the-number-ones-janet-jacksons-when-i-think-of-you/columns/the-number-ones/ - Janet Jackson
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/health/covid-cdc-variant.html
- https://www.vox.com/22220301/covid-spread-new-strain-variants-safe-grocery-store-n95-masks-vaccine
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-lungs-scarring-smokers-lungs/
- http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210117-stromatolites-the-earths-oldest-living-lifeforms - stromatolite, Australia
- https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/about - Ojibwe People's Dictionary
- A curious observer's guide to quantum mechanics:
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/a-curious-observers-guide-to-quantum-mechanics-pt-2-the-particle-melting-pot/
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/a-curious-observers-guide-to-quantum-mechanics-pt-3-rose-colored-glasses/
- https://arstechnica.com/features/2021/01/a-curious-observers-guide-to-quantum-mechanics-pt-4-looking-at-the-stars/
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/a-curious-observers-guide-to-quantum-mechanics-pt-5-catching-a-wave/
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/a-curious-observers-guide-to-quantum-mechanics-pt-6-two-quantum-spooks/
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/23/business/package-didnt-order-brushing/index.html - scams on Amazon
- https://www.vulture.com/article/an-oral-history-of-disney-the-emperors-new-groove.html
February
- https://twitter.com/sky_evangeline/status/1356103619481894913?s=20 - Discord MP4 vulnerability
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/1/2013258/-The-Good-News-you-are-NOT-hearing-about-the-vaccines
- https://www.quora.com/What-did-the-Apollo-11-astronauts-see-on-the-moon-that-had-them-so-shaken-up/answer/John-Flavin-1 - first Lunar landing, Apollo 11
- https://fortune.com/longform/iowa-covid-derecho-thunderstorm-2020-election-trump-biden-polarization/
- https://feministkilljoys.com/2021/01/27/apologies-for-harm-apologies-as-harm/
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/our-14-400-year-old-relationship-with-bread
- MusicBrainz: comprehensive music database
- https://undark.org/2021/02/10/the-enduring-mystery-of-critchfields-spruce/ -- pleistocene North America
- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210128-right-to-repair-how-the-french-are-fighting-avoidable-waste
- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/12/50-years-of-carole-king-tapestry - Carole King/Tapestry
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/5-languages-that-could-change-the-way-you-see-the-world
- https://twitter.com/ekverstania/status/1362343044301922306 - autism and RSD
- https://www.wired.com/story/researchers-levitated-a-small-tray-using-nothing-but-light/
- https://books2read.com/ - indie books
- intersex:
- http://www.talkingelectronics.com/projects/100%20IC%20Circuits/1-100_IC-Ccts.html - IC circuits
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/middle-high-school-bully-depression_n_602c0800c5b65259c4e52240 - bullying
- Library Genesis (libgen.gs; libgen.lc; libgen.li; genesis.lib)
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/do-certain-sounds-enrage-you-neurologists-may-know-why - misophonia is real
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-do-narcissists-lose-popularity-over-time
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-led-zeppelin-came-to-be
- https://www.quora.com/What-interesting-thing-did-you-read-today/answer/Vignesh-Atm - Nicki Minaj
- https://theattic.jezebel.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-joss-whedon-and-the-myth-of-the-h-1846288271 - Joss Whedon
- https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/02/how-know-when-pandemic-over/618122/
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/chills-and-thrills-why-some-people-love-music-and-others-don-t - psychology of music
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=138y6mtgll8 - Sia, autism...
- https://thenextweb.com/media/2012/05/21/how-pixars-toy-story-2-was-deleted-twice-once-by-technology-and-again-for-its-own-good/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J52mDjZzto - heat pumps, part one
March
- https://nautil.us/issue/17/big-bangs/the-family-that-couldnt-say-hippopotamus - natural language
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ2czFuIYmQ - problems with vinyl records
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/milestone-experiment-proves-quantum-communication-really-is-faster
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjrBTcnnK6c - Marmite
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-70-percent-alcohol-disinfects-better-than-91-percent-according-to-a-microbiologist
May
June
- https://www.cityam.com/virgin-media-o2-promises-market-shake-up-after-31bn-merger/
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/use-the-magic-5-1-ratio-to-improve-all-your-relationships
- http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210527-the-woman-who-walked-around-the-world
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-vitamin-pills-don-t-work-and-may-be-bad-for-you
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/stronger-than-steel-able-to-stop-a-speeding-bullet-it-s-super-wood - super strong wood and transparent wood
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33439749/ - sublingual estradiol
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/this-is-the-most-bizarre-grammar-rule-you-probably-never-heard-of - adjective-order grammar rule
- https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean-when-Costco-says-it-only-sells-Top-Tier-gasoline-How-does-it-differ-from-regular-gas/answer/Charles-Sendicker - gasoline
- https://decrypt.co/73302/bitcoin-lightning-network-twitter-only-matter-time-jack-dorsey? -- Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Bitcoin
- https://torrentfreak.com/wormhole-instant-encrypted-file-sharing-powered-by-webtorrent-210611/
- https://decrypt.co/73440/bitcoin-miners-lock-in-privacy-focused-taproot-upgrade -- what could possibly go wrong
- https://hbr.org/2021/06/my-fixation-on-time-management-almost-broke-me -- time management
- Jellyfin -- like Plex but libre
- https://twitter.com/newworlddd555/status/1403692131429064704 - animal friendship in the wild
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-grand-unified-theory-of-rogue-waves - rogue waves
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/jimi-hendrix-s-are-you-experienced-10-things-you-didn-t-know
- https://www.orionsarm.com/ - Orion's Arm shared fictional universe
- https://nadeko.bot/commands - Nadeko, a Discord bot
- https://bananominer.com/ - earn Banano by contributing to medical research (like Folding@Home)
- https://colony.io/
- https://colony.io/product/app/ - Tools to Organize and Incentivize Collaborators, Contributors, and Communities. / Organize your colony into teams, projects, departments, or whatever structure suits you.
- https://blog.colony.io/colony-v2-launch/
- https://docs.requarks.io/en/rendering - looks interesting but not clear on what it actually is/does
- https://www.coingecko.com/en - like Coindesk
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-case-for-the-humble-garbage-disposal
- https://youtu.be/aWMyFfRxB_4 - Scanlime does a teardown of the Ring doorbell camera ("It's not good.")
- https://github.com/propublica/politwoops-tweet-collector
- https://gitlab.com/finnoleary/discord-thread-bot
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/02/office365-pro-plus-wont-hijack-your-search-engine-after-all/
- https://www.circle.com/en/circle-account?hsLang=en
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ebp4/how-pizza-took-over-our-freezers - frozen pizza. hot pockets
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-make-kung-pao-chicken-that-tastes-better-than-takeout
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/anatomy-of-a-car-crash
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-american-obsession-with-lawns
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/gentle-parenting-explainer-no-rewards-no-punishments-no-misbehaving-kids
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-obsessive-life-and-mysterious-death-of-the-fisherman-who-discovered-the-loch-ness-monster Loch Ness monster
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/20/health/supernatural-encounters-pandemic-loved-ones-blake/index.html
- https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/06/the-beatles-get-back-exclusive-deep-dive-peter-jacksons-movie
- https://www.sciencealert.com/our-planet-has-a-27-5-million-year-old-pulse-says-study-we-don-t-know-what-causes-it
- https://www.bustle.com/life/youve-been-scrambling-your-eggs-wrong-heres-how-to-do-it-right - scrambled eggs
- methylphenidate hydrochloride:
- https://woob.tech/applications/bank - online banking-scraper code (mostly EU banks, looks like)
- https://twitter.com/teacup_art/status/1408808105698267141?s=20 - Jeffrey Catherine Jones
- https://www.datasketch.co/ - proprietary data-visualization service (has free tier)
- https://letterboxd.com/ -- looks like GoodReads, but for films
- https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/21/22538240/google-chat-allo-hangouts-talk-messaging-mess-timeline - Google chat services
- parenting:
July
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/mathematician-finds-easier-way-to-solve-quadratic-equations
- https://nautil.us/issue/104/harmony/plants-feel-pain-and-might-even-see
- https://github.com/audacity/audacity/discussions/1353 - Audacity again
- https://www.wired.com/story/trucks-move-past-cars-road-autonomy/ - self-driving trucks
- https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-just-looked-inside-mars-heres-what-they-found/ - Mars
- COVID-19:
- https://www.theringer.com/2021/7/21/22586870/google-reader-ode-end-of-the-good-internet - Google Reader
- https://www.elle.com/culture/books/a36843667/melissa-febos-proposal-relationship-essay/ - love
- human space exploration:
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-international-space-station-is-more-valuable-than-many-people-realize
In 1984 when President Reagan directed NASA to build a permanently occupied space station, no one could have predicted the critical role it would play in human space exploration nearly four decades later.
- Oh please.
- I always said it was an absolute crime that they let Skylab burn up, and it always seemed glaringly obvious how important it would be to have a waystation (better yet, make that plural) -- as long as we could be bothered to maintain it and build it out as needed.
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-international-space-station-is-more-valuable-than-many-people-realize
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-unexpected-philosophy-icelanders-live-by - life in Iceland
- https://twrp.me/ - some sort of recovery software for Android
- https://ew.com/movies/costume-designers-evolving-female-comic-book-characters-black-widow-loki/ - female costume design in movies; Black Widow
- https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210713-why-introverts-excelled-at-working-from-home - introverts, extroverts, and the pandemic
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/pommes-persillade-potatoes-with-parsley-and-garlic -- recipe
- https://decrypt.co/76424/circle-unveils-backing-behind-dollar-pegged-cryptocurrency - USDCoin
- https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/brain-signals-converted-words-speak-person-paralysis
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHbLV7xEhc - modelling lunar orbital mechanics to determine if Eagle might still be in orbit
- https://kotaku.com/discord-buys-ai-company-to-combat-a-big-problem-harass-1847292114 - Discord
- https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1415991083939635200?s=19 - Telegram's crypto
- https://wiki.libravatar.org/running_your_own/ - Redmine is apparently compatible with this standard
- Odoo:
- https://twitter.com/AlexPetrovnia/status/1415670096761065472 - Appalachian mountains
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/pandora-s-vox - Pandora
- https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/07/07/jetpacks-willy-suitor-where-are-they-now-2021-daily-cover
- https://rys.io/covid/ - scariest COVID data
- https://www.vox.com/22559293/food-waste-expiration-label-best-before -- food expiration dates
- lawns:
- https://www.prisjakt.no/c/mobiltelefoner?b_11118=1 - cellphones with replaceable batteries
- OnePlus per-app notif sounds:
- https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/different-notification-sound-on-different-apps.854450/ - initial answer claims it's not possible; someone else posts screenshots showing how
- https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/notification-sounds.1359165/
- for some apps, like AquaMail, you may have to enable per-category sounds in the app
- https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/6/30/22555687/terminator-2-judgement-day-t2-oral-history
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-2010s-is-the-decade-we-finally-stopped-obsessing-over-how-a-man-should-dress -- in case it comes up again...
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110377/china-digital-yuan-test-programmable-chengdu
- https://decrypt.co/75035/what-dfinitys-internet-computer-means-for-the-future-of-crypto
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-alberta-won-the-rat-race
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/journey-to-antarctica-is-this-what-a-climate-catastrophe-looks-like-in-real-time -- Antarctica glacier melting
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/when-did-americans-lose-their-british-accents
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-get-rid-of-cockroaches-for-good-according-to-bug-experts - at least one claim in this article (that bug bombs are ineffective against cockroaches) is wrong. Also, it's still advising that you buy a ready-made formula rather than just making the stuff from household ingredients.
- https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/fossil-v-git.wiki
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/crows-are-self-aware-and-know-what-they-know-just-like-humans
- http://www.nostalgickitscentral.com/heath/heathkit.html Heathkit
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/5-ridiculously-easy-chicken-bites-with-only-2-ingredients
- https://twitter.com/v21/status/1412768526813827077 - Audacity fork maintainer stabbed by 4chan mob
- https://github.com/tenacityteam/tenacity - Audacity fork
- Bitcoin:
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2021/07/08/are-institutional-investors-undervaluing-the-taproot-upgrade-to-bitcoin/
- https://decrypt.co/75591/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-calls-bitcoin-mathematical-miracle
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110916/jack-dorsey-square-bitcoin-hardware-wallet
- https://www.popsci.com/space/nasa-new-venus-missions-davinci-veritas/ - Venus
- https://www.quora.com/Why-is-USB-C-necessary-when-the-previous-USB-was-adequate-to-accomplish-everyday-tasks/answer/Andrew-Silverman-10
- https://symfony.com/doc/current/the-fast-track/en/index.html
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-boy-who-saved-batman
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-decade-of-music-is-lost-on-your-ipod-these-are-the-deleted-years-now-let-us-praise-them
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-long-linguistic-journey-to-dagnabbit -- taboo deformation
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-brontosaurus-is-back -- history of "brontosaurus"
- https://obsidian.md/features - proprietary, but may have some good ideas for Wikcess
- https://ivanceras.github.io/svgbob-editor/ - converts ASCII diagrams into SVG images
- the Loki TV show:
August
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/make-them-care-about-what-you-think-and-other-writing-advice-from-nora-ephron
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-a-newfound-kingdom-means-for-the-tree-of-life
- https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/08/dean-kamen-viral-mystery-invention-2001.html - history of the Segway and Dean Kamen
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2021/08/04/fentys-fortune-rihanna-is-now-officially-a-billionaire/ - Rihanna, Fenty Beauty, Savage x Fenty, LVMH
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/06/ancient-grain-amaranth-food-trend-indigenous -- amaranth
- https://www.newstatesman.com/marvel-studios-bankruptcy-box-office-kevin-feige - Marvel Studios, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Kevin Feige
- What3Words Is Not A Good App | Mia Mulder a somewhat diffuse criticism
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/space-travels-most-surprising-future-ingredient-mushrooms/ - Paul Stamets, mushrooms for space construction
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/mom-s-chicken-fettuccine-alfredo-video
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/bananas-have-died-out-once-before
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/five-reasons-why-nasas-starship-award-is-a-watershed-moment-in-spaceflight/
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-the-tomato-was-feared-in-europe-for-more-than-200-years
- https://www.thecut.com/2021/08/dissociative-identity-disorder-youtube.html
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/16/the-lost-canyon-under-lake-powell - Lake Powell, Lake Mead, climate change
- https://www.popsci.com/science/haiti-earthquake-aftershocks/ - Haiti, earthquakes & other disasters
- https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1027426388/jeopardy-host-mike-richards -- Jeopardy!, Mike Richards
- https://www.salon.com/2021/08/15/nasa-slightly-improves-the-odds-that-asteroid-bennu-hits-earth-humanity-will-be-ready-regardless/ - Bennu, asteroid deflection
- https://www.coinbase.com/learn/crypto-basics/7-biggest-bitcoin-myths - biased, but not obviously wrong
- https://www.coinbase.com/learn/crypto-basics/what-is-eip1559 - Ethereum
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqnAcWBTdbU - music recommendations: David Bennett's top 20 albums
- https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210815-an-immense-mystery-older-than-stonehenge - dawn of civilization, Gobekli Tepe
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/scott-mcleod-missed-his-chance-to-go-to-the-moon-but-landed-the-love-of-his-life - true love and NASA "boys' club" sexual politics
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-get-rid-of-black-mold-naturally - home remedies for black mold
- https://mastodon.online/@FediFollows/106788757410618084 - mobile Linuxes
- https://decrypt.co/79037/blackrock-bets-big-bitcoin-mining-sector-rakes-44-million-day - why crypto is going up again, basically
- https://ensia.com/features/solar-recycling/ - solar panel recycling
- https://www.reddit.com/r/NoContract/comments/lc1wcg/cell_phone_plan_comparison_chart_2021_update_now/
- https://www.airtable.com/product - similar to Wikcess?
- https://musiversal.com/pricing - online session musician service
- https://beach.city/@scanlime/106805775489778584 - based on this discussion, my understanding of cryptocurrency is wayyyy off
- https://tineye.com/ - reverse image search (does not search images by text, though)
- https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why
- https://www.digicert.com/help/ -- SSL checker
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/desi-arnaz-how-he-changed-the-culture-of-tv-with-a-single-business-deal - reruns, recording TV shows on film, and I Love Lucy
- https://twitter.com/Nereide/status/1175422902465900544 - G+ refugees
- https://decrypt.co/79567/government-cuba-says-will-recognize-regulate-cryptocurrencies
- https://www.quora.com/Why-do-smartphone-makers-lock-away-the-battery-compartments-on-their-phones-to-make-the-battery-difficult-impossible-to-replace/answer/Dave-Haynie - the iPhone, planned obsolescence, sealed batteries
- https://www.coinbase.com/learn/crypto-basics/what-is-a-smart-contract - how coinbase explains smart contracts. Is it wrong in any key respect?
- https://lithub.com/meet-the-real-life-inspiration-behind-mr-toad/ - early history of cars/motoring
- https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/28/oral-history-of-oxfordastrazeneca-making-a-vaccine-in-a-year-is-like-landing-a-human-on-the-moon
- https://rusingh.com/2021/08/30/fediverse-google-plus-circles/
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/brett-butler-speaks-out-on-financial-struggles-1234998647/ - Brett Butler, Grace Under Fire, depression
September
- https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/30/frank-oz-on-life-as-fozzie-bear-miss-piggy-and-yoda-id-love-to-do-the-muppets-again-but-disney-doesnt-want-me - Frank Oz, The Muppets, Sesame Street, Disney
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/116413/vitalik-buterin-reveals-his-biggest-regret-about-ethereum - Ethereum
- https://magazine.atavist.com/the-girl-in-the-picture-aundria-bowman-dennis-murder-michigan-cold-case/ - the long road to solving a serial murder case
- https://rednuht.org/genetic_cars_2/ - algorithmically evolving 2d cars
- https://www.algorand.com/resources/blog/the-enduring-value-of-nfts-on-algorand
- https://www.okayplayer.com/music/the-making-of-lauryn-hill-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill.html - Lauryn Hill
- https://gist.github.com/Rapptz/4a2f62751b9600a31a0d3c78100287f1 - history of issues with the Discord API
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/meet-the-people-who-believe-they-ve-traveled-to-a-past-life
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-break-toxic-relationship-patterns
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-land-a-job-you-re-not-qualified-for
- https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-people-who-brush-still-get-cavities/
- https://www.allure.com/story/future-hair-replacement-treatments
- 2021-08-11 Duran Duran Talk New Album, 'Invisible,' Working With Artificial Intelligence
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2021/08/19/secret-life-worlds-most-hated-insect/ - mosquitoes
- https://archive.org/details/en_vs.net_2002_pro - Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional: downloads
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/we-finally-know-why-stress-turns-your-hair-white
- https://libgen.is/ - Library Genesis: a site for finding... stuff?
- https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-58465559 - one path to musicianship
- https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/tape-measure-guide/ - tape measure user's guide
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/13/2050417/-The-Daily-Bucket-Late-Summer-in-the-Mt-Baker-Wilderness-Area-Who-Shrunk-the-Glaciers - Mount Baker
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/12/what-i-saw-that-night-was-real-is-it-time-to-take-aliens-more-seriously- - UFOs
- https://thehustle.co/why-most-gas-stations-dont-make-money-from-selling-gas/ - the gasoline retail business
- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/12/1036356773/i-got-a-mild-breakthrough-case-heres-what-i-wish-id-known - COVID-19
- Inspiration4: first all-civilian orbital crew
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-58396698 - "Havana syndrome", actually a worldwide problem, may have something to do with microwaves
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/acting-like-an-extravert-has-benefits-but-not-for-introverts
- https://www.theverge.com/22654785/blockchain-explained-cryptocurrency-what-is-stake-nft
- https://www.polygon.com/features/22675483/lilo-and-stitch-disney-animation-chris-sanders-dean-deblois - Lilo & Stitch
- https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2021/9/21/elvira-cassandra-peterson-comes-out-talks-19-year-relationship
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/hidden-hearing-loss-is-hitting-people-of-all-ages-neuroscientists-are-still-debating-why
- DeepDream: the algorithm which puts dog-faces in everything
- https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22664709/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-date-december-science-hubble - James Webb Space Telescope
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-coolest-way-to-keep-food-cold-without-refrigeration - using evaporative cooling, zeer pots; work best in arid climates, of course
- https://pluralistic.net/2021/09/21/monica-byrne/#think-different - the Framework fully-repairable laptop
- https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210920-foundation-the-unfilmable-sci-fi-epic-now-on-our-screens - Foundation saga
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-the-human-brain-stays-young-even-as-we-age
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/my-lifelong-journey-to-find-pee-wee-herman -- Paul Reubens, Pee-Wee Hermann
- https://www.postandcourier.com/greenland/greenland-is-a-wonderland-of-ice-its-melting-glaciers-could-seal-the-lowcountrys-fate/article_0eb9739a-e435-11eb-b0bf-939544bf8411.html - Greenland, climate change, US/NC/Charleston...
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/mars-died-billions-of-years-ago-and-its-guts-are-still-spilling-into-space - Mars
- https://www.quora.com/Why-did-NASA-not-use-the-the-Space-Shuttles-External-Tank-ET-as-a-structure-to-enlarge-the-ISS-or-even-create-new-environments-like-storage-containers-or-habitable-structures-that-could-be-used-in-space-instead-of/answer/Steve-Smith-1155 - using Space Shuttle external tanks in orbit
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/music-saved-her-life-now-she-wants-to-save-yours - acoustic therapy or is that music therapy?
- https://metropolisjapan.com/why-tokyo-works/ - TLDR from Reddawg: "Decentralized, Relaxed Zoning, Public Transit everywhere, NOT made to some grand design, and allowed to evolve on its own."
October
- https://kylechayka.substack.com/p/essay-the-digital-death-of-collecting -- this is just one reason why I don't trust proprietary services with my stuff
- https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-be-a-man-who-has-inner-strength-and-emotional-resilience - rethinking masculinity
- https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-40/essays/babel-4/ - writingbot
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2021/10/02/texas-poised-to-be-a-world-leader-in-bitcoin-and-blockchain/
- https://apnews.com/article/merck-says-experimental-covid-pill-cuts-worst-effects-a9a2245fdcee324f6bbd776a0fffcc60
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-first-lesson-of-marriage-101-there-are-no-soul-mates - marriage
- Twitch source-code hack:
- https://kdl.dev/ - KDL document language
- https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a37867192/how-daniel-craig-changed-james-bond/ - James Bond, Daniel Craig
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_6OzZAh5k - Pauli exclusion principle
- https://www.slow-journalism.com/delayed-gratification-magazine/eight-years-stuck-on-the-suez-canal -- Suez Canal, 1967...
- https://web.hypothes.is/
- Computational thinking
- https://git.ondrovo.com/MightyPork/group-actor - Groups for ActivityPub
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spanish-stonehenge-drought - submerged Spanish Stonehenge, Valdecañas Reservoir, Augustóbriga (Roman city).
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-did-the-world-s-smallest-flightless-bird-get-to-inaccessible-island -- Inaccessible Island
- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/13/a-moment-that-changed-me-patrick-stewart-on-the-teacher-who-spotted-his-talent-and-saved-him - Patrick Stewart
- https://aeon.co/essays/when-a-friendship-turns-sour-more-than-feelings-get-hurt - lay overview of research into friendship
- https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/hearing-aids-book-deal-face-for-picasso.html - hearing aids vs. US healthcare
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/crispy-chicken-thighs-with-garlic-and-rosemary -- excessively complex but still delicious-sounding roast chicken recipe
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/14-colonial-era-slang-terms-to-work-into-modern-conversation - obscure conversational language
- https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58966376 - St. Helena island
- https://www.aiweirdness.com/stealing-a-giraffe-from-the-zoo-only-if-its-a-really-cool-giraffe/ - artificial pseudointelligence
- https://www.gq.com/story/inside-amazons-wheel-of-time
- https://twitter.com/michaeltbacon/status/1451561454851837955?s=21 - Durham Central Market and supply-chain limitations for independent grocery stores
- https://dusted.codes/can-we-trust-microsoft-with-open-source - nope
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-make-crispy-juicy-fried-chicken
- permacomputing
- https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/superhero-cosplay-scientific-benefits - superhero stories make us more helpful
- https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1048365940/50-years-ago-the-electric-company-used-comedy-to-boost-kids-reading-skills - ultimately, it was killed by capitalism
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/5-edible-plants-for-urban-foragers - edible yard plants
- https://www.theverge.com/22734645/apple-macbook-pro-2021-ports-magsafe-touch-bar-usb-c-future - undoing their own mistakes
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxdeay/the-dune-screenplay-was-written-in-ms-dos - MS-DOS, Movie Master
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-it-s-like-to-get-an-autism-diagnosis-after-years-of-being-called-difficult-dramatic-and-lazy
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-give-up-caffeine
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-much-money-is-enough-this-simple-thought-experiment-gives-you-an-exact-number-to-aim-for
- https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/28/22745234/facebook-new-name-meta-metaverse-zuckerberg-rebrand
- https://www.ecwid.com/pricing - online store with free tier
- https://takenode.org/info - self-registration for ToS of creative works (but how do they prevent people from registering works they don't own?)
- https://www.mining.com/liquid-metal-helps-convert-co2-into-useful-resources/ - CO2 capture
November
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/a-once-quiet-battle-to-replace-the-space-station-suddenly-is-red-hot/
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/decades-of-failing-to-recognize-adhd-in-girls-has-created-a-lost-generation-of-women
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/is-physical-law-an-alien-intelligence
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/25/the-last-great-mystery-of-the-mind-meet-the-people-who-have-unusual-or-non-existent-inner-voices - TIL: "inner voices" is usually meant literally
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/it-was-one-problem-after-another - Woodstock 50 sounds like it became a capitalist cesspit
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/an-update-to-a-37-year-old-digital-protocol-could-profoundly-change-the-way-music-sounds - MIDI 2.0
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/bacon-spinach-stuffed-chicken
- https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/15/17980866/nextdoor-bestofnextdoor-nirav-tolia-jenn-takahashi-launch - Nextdoor
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/bananas-have-died-out-once-before - reprint
- https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(21)00465-3 - hardened wood: sharper than steel, harder than iron
- 2013-12 Effective support for community resource management (paywalled, but may be on SciHub) - community resource management
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/extraordinary-500-year-old-shipwreck-rewriting-history-age-discovery-180978825/
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-north-carolina-is-the-most-linguistically-diverse-u-s-state - dialects, North Carolina
- https://tinkeredthinking.com/index.php?id=833 - Mayfer's law vs. sunk-cost fallacy
- "Mayfer's Law: The miscalculation of time required for achievement enables the undertaking of endeavors far larger than we would knowingly attempt to achieve."
- https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1052773575/in-jupiters-swirling-great-red-spot-nasa-spacecraft-finds-hidden-depths - Jupiter
- building UPSs and portable power:
- https://opencorporates.com/ - state-independent corporate registration data
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-plastic-recycling-system-is-broken-here-s-how-we-can-fix-it - plastic recycling
- https://twitter.com/aaronreynolds/status/1459274407390683142?s=20 - Netflix and the job market
- https://pointieststick.com/2021/11/13/be-flexible-to-win-big/ - I actually don't dislike most of what he (KDE developer) says, except he's way too focused on "the market" and not enough on "making stuff usable and useful".
- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/nov/15/visionaries-overemotional-people-happiness-sensitivity-smells-sounds - on being "too sensitive"
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/easy-chicken-tikka-masala - chicken tikka masala
- https://decrypt.co/86251/pharrell-nft-creators-form-dao-protect-artist-rights
- https://yewtu.be/feed/popular - Invidious, an open-source YouTube front-end
- https://crystal-lang.org/ - Ruby-like language
- https://github.com/rust-lang/team/pull/671 - Rust's entire mod team resigns
- https://www.inputmag.com/culture/pictures-for-sad-children-webcomic-simone-veil-interview
- https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/06/bob-dylan-nobel-spark-notes-plagarism/530283/ - Bob Dylan