Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog aboutarchivemastodonfeed
Lana Del Rey / Video Games
Thoughtful retrospective article. "the link between depression and Tumblr is well-documented"
2021-04-30 music • lanadelrey • videogames • tumblr • tootme
What3words failures
Details on one of the many flaws in the stupid proprietary location system
2021-04-30 what3words • location • maps • mapping • tootme
What3words is bad
Researcher finds a serious flaw in the algorithms, gets served with legal threats to stop talking about them. What3words is a bad company with a bad product, behaving poorly.
2021-04-30 what3words • legal • mapping • tootme • maps • location
Electronic prayer rug
Sajdah; a prayer rug with an electronic screen and an iPhone app.
2021-04-30 islam • muslim • prayer • tootme • via:rami • internet • tech • religion
fnnch's overexposure
Details of how San Franciscans have come to hate the street artist's honeybears because they are overexposed. Be sure to read all the histrionic inappropriate criticism (omg! he's straight!)
2021-04-29 fnnch • streetart • sanfrancisco • exposure • honeybear • sf
Paper sizes
Website with lots of different country's standard paper sizes
2021-04-28 paper • iso • envelope • size • print • tootme
OSCAR
Open Source sleep apnea data processor
2021-04-27 sleepapnea • cpap • apnea • medical • opensource • software • tootme
WSL Graphics
Microsoft's Linux environment for Windows is being extended to include GUI support via Wayland (and therefore, X11)
2021-04-25 x11 • windows • wsl • linux • wayland • gui • tootme
Levels of driving automation
Figure 1 is a good depiction of the various forms of driving automation
2021-04-25 selfdriving • tesla • cars • autopilot
Pink Hello Kitty Laptop
2001 project of a cute pink fuzzy computer from a friend of min
2021-04-24 phkl • hellokitty • laptop • customization • gay • tootme
Coinbase lists Tether
Semi-legit Bitcoin companies decides to trade the very-likely-fraudulent Tether cryptocoin. Terrible idea
2021-04-24 bitcoin • fraud • tether • crypto • cryptocurrency
Google ads self-dealing
Project Bernanke: Google was using insider information to win bids in its own ad market
2021-04-12 ads • fraud • google • antitrust • bernanke • varian • auction
Oleo Saccharum
Extract citrus rind oils with sugar, use in cocktails
2021-04-10 cocktails • food • sugar • citrus • flavor • tootme
Technical drawing pens
Guide to a specific kind of precise pen
2021-04-10 pens • plotter • plottertwitter • art • tootme • fineliner
Types of Pens
Useful intro to how different kinds of pens work, different types of ink, etc
2021-04-10 pens • plotter • plottertwitter • art • tootme
Kati Kariko's career
Woman behind many key mRNA discoveries has had a challenging career on the fringes of academic funding
2021-04-10 science • covid19 • coronavirus • mrna • funding • hungary • tootme
Ramadan, a personal view
Nice set of tweets from one man explaining what Ramadan means to him
2021-04-10 ramadan • muslim • islam • games • tootme
Gaetz Venmos sex workers
Just absolutely stupid in addition to disgusting and appalling
2021-04-09 gaetz • sex • prostitution • scandal • republican • congress • venmo
Starlink Tracker
Another visualization of the satellites; this one does a not job avoiding clutter
2021-04-08 starlink • space • internet • satellite • tootme
Georgia's new voting law
A detailed breakdown of provisions to try to prevent people from voting
2021-04-07 georgia • politics • votersuppression • republicans • gop • democracy
Starlink costs
Satellites and dishes both fabulously expensive
2021-04-07 starlink • internet • spacex • isp • cost • tootme
Trump fundraising fraud
Dark patterns dupe donators into unintended double donations and weekly recurring payments
2021-04-03 trump • fraud • darkpatterns • politics • fundraising • scam
isEven API
An excellent SaaS component for testing whether a number is even. Reasonable pricing including an ad-supported free model!
2021-04-03 funny • numbers • saas • microservices • programming • tootme
Free as in piano
The reality of free software; it's often a lot of work to get any value out of it
2021-04-02 freesoftware • funny • opensource • code • engineering • tootme
PingInfoView
Excellent simple ping tool for Windows
2021-04-01 ping • windows • networking • utility • nirsoft • tootme