Google have declared Droidscript is malware https://groups.google.com/g/androidscript/c/Mbh5TZ6YYnA/m/GflwflqaDAAJ
Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died https://www.npr.org/2021/04/28/509599284/forgotten-astronaut-michael-collins-dies
Labor shortage or terrible jobs? https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-capitalism-is-broken-economy
Culture Study
The 'Capitalism is Broken' Economy
This is the midweek edition of Culture Study β the newsletter from Anne Helen Petersen. If you like it and want more like it in your inbox, consider subscribing. Subscribers: If you havenβt activated your invitation to Sidechannel, email me for a new one!β¦
The compiler will optimize that away https://blog.royalsloth.eu/posts/the-compiler-will-optimize-that-away/
blog.royalsloth.eu
The compiler will optimize that away
Hosting SQLite databases on GitHub Pages or any static file hoster https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2021/hosting-sqlite-databases-on-github-pages/
phiresky.github.io
Hosting SQLite databases on Github Pages - (or IPFS or any static file hoster) - phiresky's blog
I was writing a tiny website to display statistics of how much sponsored content a Youtube creator has over time when I noticed that I often write a small tool as a website that queries some data from a database and then displays it in a graph, a table, orβ¦
Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class https://twitter.com/EricLengyel/status/1389106103179378689
Twitter
Eric Lengyel
Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class, and there was a semester-long factorization contest that we could participate in. I implemented a distributed multiple polynomial quadratic sieve (MPQS) for the Mac, and I needed a cluster of computers toβ¦
ClearURLs β automatically remove tracking elements from URLs https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon/
GitHub
GitHub - ClearURLs/Addon: ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove trackingβ¦
ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy. - ClearURLs/Addon
Bob Dylan lays down what killed rock n roll (2016) https://medium.com/cuepoint/like-it-is-bob-dylan-explains-what-really-killed-rock-n-roll-f6a4b6587a1a
Medium
Like It Is: Bob Dylan Explains What Really Killed Rock βnβ Roll
And no, it wasnβt Nickleback
The global chip shortage is starting to have consequences https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/07/chip-shortage-is-starting-to-have-major-real-world-consequences.html
CNBC
The global chip shortage is starting to have major real-world consequences
The severity of the global chip shortage has gone up a notch over the last few weeks and it's now looking as though millions of people will be impacted.
Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10 years (2020) https://turriate.com/articles/modern-javascript-everything-you-missed-over-10-years
Turriate
Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10 years
JavaScript has come a long way since I knew it as the βDβ in DHTML. For anyone like me, whoβs been reluctant to use the latest syntax that could require polyfills or a transpiler, Iβve written this cheatsheet to get you caught up on all the goodness thatβsβ¦
Observing my cellphone switch towers https://fabiensanglard.net/lte/index.html
AMP pages no longer get preferential treatment in Google search https://plausible.io/blog/google-amp
Plausible Analytics
Google AMP is dead! AMP pages no longer get preferential treatment in Google search
From the release of the page experience algorithm, there is no longer any preferential treatment for AMP in Googleβs search results, Top Stories carousel and the Google News.
Welcome to Libera Chat https://libera.chat/news/welcome-to-libera-chat
Libera Chat
Welcome to Libera Chat
Weβre excited to announce the launch of Libera.Chat, and welcome you to a next-generation IRC network for free and open source software projects and similarly-spirited collaborative endeavours.
Before the iPhone, I worked on a few games for what were called "feature phones" https://twitter.com/id_aa_carmack/status/1395089205986988043
Twitter
John Carmack
Before the iPhone existed, I worked on a few games for what were called "feature phones": Doom RPG 1&2, Orcs&Elves 1&2, and Wolfenstein RPG. Qualcomm's native-code BREW platform had better versions, but I haven't seen any emulators and archives for it, soβ¦
Spintronics: Build Mechanical Circuits https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/upperstory/spintronics-build-mechanical-circuits
Kickstarter
Spintronics: Build mechanical circuits
A puzzle game where players discover electronics in a tangible way, using the first physical representation of electronic circuits.