This electrical transmission tower has a problem https://twitter.com/tubetimeus/status/1306359385656946688
X (formerly Twitter)
Tube Time on 🟦☁ (@TubeTimeUS) on X
this electrical transmission tower has a little problem. can you spot it? actually, it's not a small problem--it cost us 16.65 *billion* dollars and caused the deaths of 85 people.
FreeCAD: A free and open source multiplatform 3D parametric modeler https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD
GitHub
GitHub - FreeCAD/FreeCAD: Official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.
Official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler. - FreeCAD/FreeCAD
The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017) https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/691462?journalCode=jacr
Journal of the Association for Consumer Research
Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity | Journal of the Association for Consumer…
Abstract Our smartphones enable—and encourage—constant connection to information, entertainment, and each other. They put the world at our fingertips, and rarely leave our sides. Although these devices have immense potential to improve welfare, their persistent…
Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/issues/28
GitHub
Boot from USB · Issue #28 · raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom
When are you planning implement booting from USB? Thanks
Precursor – A mobile, open source electronics platform https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5921
DuckDB – An embeddable SQL database like SQLite, but supports Postgres features https://duckdb.org/
DuckDB
An in-process SQL OLAP database management system
DuckDB is an in-process SQL OLAP database management system. Simple, feature-rich, fast & open source.
uMatrix has been archived https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix
GitHub
GitHub - gorhill/uMatrix: uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type
uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type - gorhill/uMatrix
Embedded PDF viewer in Firefox 81 supports filling forms https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-or-choose-another-viewer
support.mozilla.org
View and edit PDF files using Firefox’s built-in viewer | Firefox Help
You can view PDF files directly in Firefox with the built-in viewer. Learn how to use the PDF viewer and how to resolve common problems.
$1 hearing aid could treat millions with hearing loss https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/1-hearing-aid-could-treat-millions-hearing-loss
Science
This $1 hearing aid could treat millions with hearing loss
LoCHAid can be assembled in 30 minutes with cheap parts
Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute https://www.statnews.com/2020/09/24/crows-possess-higher-intelligence-long-thought-primarily-human/
STAT
Brainiacs, not birdbrains: Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute
New research finds that crows can ponder the content of their own minds, a manifestation of higher intelligence long believed the sole province of humans and a few other higher mammals.
MS treatment a step closer after drug shown to repair nerve coating https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/25/ms-treatment-step-closer-drug-shown-to-repair-nerve-coating-trial-multiple-sclerosis
the Guardian
MS treatment a step closer after drug shown to repair nerve coating
Side-effects of bexarotene rule out use but trial suggests other drugs may halt multiple sclerosis
Firefox's JIT is getting significantly faster https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.platform/1PHhxBxSehQ
Ora2Pg – Oracle to PostgreSQL database schema converter https://www.ora2pg.com/
Ora2Pg
Ora2Pg - Moves Oracle database to PostgreSQL
Oracle to PostgreSQL migration tool, automatically convert Oracle and MySQL database to PostgreSQL
Show HN: A SQL database implemented purely in TypeScript type annotations https://github.com/codemix/ts-sql
GitHub
GitHub - codemix/ts-sql: A SQL database implemented purely in TypeScript type annotations.
A SQL database implemented purely in TypeScript type annotations. - codemix/ts-sql
CRDTs are the future https://josephg.com/blog/crdts-are-the-future/
Seph
I was wrong. CRDTs are the future
I saw Martin Kleppmann’s talk a few weeks ago about his approach to realtime editing with CRDTs, and I felt a deep sense of despair. Maybe all the work I’ve been doing for the past decade won’t be part of the future after all, because Martin’s
APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS https://eclecticlight.co/2020/06/29/apfs-changes-in-big-sur-how-time-machine-backs-up-to-apfs-and-more/
The Eclectic Light Company
APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS, and more
APFS adds 6 volume roles, including one which supports Time Machine backups. And per-file encryption is coming.
Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow https://motion.hoanhan.co/
Alar: The making of an open-source dictionary https://zerodha.tech/blog/alar-the-making-of-an-open-source-dictionary/
zerodha.tech
Alar: The making of an open source dictionary - Zerodha Tech Blog
The story of a massive Kannada dictionary created by V. Krishna single handedly over four decades, and its accidental discovery and open sourcing at an unlikely place, a stock brokerage.