"Who is peeking over your shoulder while you work, watch videos, learn, explore, and shop on the internet? Enter the address of any website, and Blacklight will scan it and reveal the specific user-tracking technologies on the site—and who’s getting your data. You may be surprised at what you learn."https://themarkup.org/blacklight
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Magic Earth
"Turn-by-turn navigation, HD Traffic, OpenStreetMap, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit. Entirely free."—https://www.magicearth.com/ A privacy friendly alternative to Google Maps.
TextExpander
Enables canned input, such as ty = thank you, addy = your address, etc. https://textexpander.com/
Fawkes: Protecting Personal Privacy against Unauthorized Deep Learning Models (USENIX Security 2020) – YouTube
Ghost Boxes and Psycho-Phones
SPIRIT SOUNDS In 1957 a Swedish painter by the name of Friedrich Jürgenson – a man so famed for his artistic ability that Pope Pius XII had a total of four portraits painted by him at his personal request – purchased a reel to reel tape recorder. 3,247 more wordsGhost Boxes and Psycho-Phones Fascinating.
The Joy of Sets: BBC Video Conference Backgrounds
"Give your video calls a makeover, with this selection of over 100 empty sets from the BBC Archive."
Rad Power Bikes
Rad Power Bikes are priced at ~$1,500 and can replace an automobile in a variety of contexts. Bookmarking because I think the future will likely move to autonomous electric automobiles and some variety of electric bike, scooter, etc. for shorter distances. These may very well be where individual ownership moves, and the advantage of a … Continue reading Rad Power Bikes
Inexpensive Landline/VoIP Service Replacement: The OBi202 Voice Adapter
Recently, I had a need for to have a plug-in, landline phone. A cell phone simply wouldn't get the job done. Our Internet provider was charging $50/month for VoIP, and even a VoIP specialist wanted $30/month. I wanted a less expensive VoIP option, and I thought there should be something that works with Google Voice. … Continue reading Inexpensive Landline/VoIP Service Replacement: The OBi202 Voice Adapter
The tidyverse style guide
All style guides are fundamentally opinionated. Some decisions genuinely do make code easier to use (especially matching indenting to programming structure), but many decisions are arbitrary. The most important thing about a style guide is that it provides consistency, making code easier to write because you need to make fewer decisions."-Hadley Wickham, "The tidyverse style … Continue reading The tidyverse style guide
Roam
A note-taking tool for networked thought.As easy to use as a document. As powerful as a graph database. Roam helps you organize your research for the long haul.-Roam I wanted to bookmark this for the future. I currently use org-mode in emacs for journaling and NextCloud Notes for a Keep replacement. But, this looks interesting.
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