Nelson Minar @nelson@lgbt.io

FTFY • A Python library to magically correct mojibake and other forms of broken character encoding https://github.com/LuminosoInsight/python-ftfy #linkblog #pythontextunicodemojibakeencodingtootme

Alien Dreams • An overview of current trends in art assisted by GANs https://ml.berkeley.edu/blog/posts/clip-art/ #linkblog #machinelearningaiganarttootme

Machine learning and art • Hannah Johnston's notes on learning a new medium https://medium.com/@hannahj/the-future-of-art-with-machine-learning-6f839575481 #linkblog #artmlmachinelearningaitomwhitetootme

Leap second bugs in GNSS • Various quirks of timekeeping, particularly in the satellite GNSS infrastructure https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/leapseconds-expose-bugs-even-when-they-dont-happen/ #linkblog #timentpgpsleapsecondgnsstootme

Space Station near disaster • Docked Russian ship fired its thrusters and spun the ISS around 1.5 times. Counterthrust from other docked ships prevented even worse motion. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/science/nasa-space-station-zebulon-scoville.html #linkblog #spaceissrussiadisastertootme

Immaterial: Sophie, Gender, and Identity • Thoguhtful musings on a musician and video artist working on transgender themes https://medium.com/@henrysaurus/immaterial-sophie-gender-and-identity-121b0438c868 #linkblog #transtransgendermusicsophietootme

Faceshopping (CW: strobe) • Excellent and disturbing music video about body dysmorphia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es9-P1SOeHU&t=29s #linkblog #musictransgendertransdysmorphiaphotoshoptootme

Hacking printer tracking dots • Modern printers all print a code on the page that identifies you. Here's some software to manipulate that. https://github.com/dfd-tud/deda #linkblog #privacyprinterfbicivilrightsnsasteganographytootme

Pac-Man and porn (NSFW) • 1982 article in a porn magazine is remarkably detailed about Pac-Man and its culture. Also contains some burlesqueish images of naked women. https://retrobitch.wordpress.com/2021/07/30/hot-for-pac-man-oui-magazine-1982/ #linkblog #porngamespacmanvia:metafilterculture1980stootme

What's the best way to merge two home networks? I want them to look like one LAN: 192.168.* addressing, Windows file sharing, etc. I've got Linux servers on both networks and also Ubiquiti routers to run tunnels, etc on. The Starlink network has double NAT (one carrier).

Inter font family • Lovely simple sans-serif font, open source https://rsms.me/inter/ #linkblog #via:hackernewsfontstypographysansserifdesigntootmeopensourcefree

Safari is killing the web • Detailed criticism of Apple's browser being underdeveloped https://httptoolkit.tech/blog/safari-is-killing-the-web/ #linkblog #browsersafariwebkitapplewebtootme

Amanda Knox's words • Victim of a bad prosecution talks about the problems of being famous and yet without any power as other people appropriate and misrepresent her story https://amandamarieknox.medium.com/who-owns-my-name-93561f83e502 #linkblog #identitymoviesamandaknoxcelebrityculturetootme

Dyson Sphere designs • Youtube channel for someone who's making beautiful designs in the game Dyson Sphere Program https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRqgwnzLvQMhvpkHEfousjw #linkblog #gamesdspdysonspherefactoriotootme

Covid time use • Some statistics on changes in American behavior during Covid https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/07/27/business/economy/covid-parenting-work-time.html #linkblog #covid19coronavirusbehavioramericaworktootme

100 no lead • Small airplanes still use leaded fuel; after many, many years a no lead alternative was finally approved https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/gami-awarded-long-awaited-stc-for-unleaded-100-octane-avgas/ #linkblog #gamiaviationplanesfuel100llenvironmenttootme

Max Steiner for Congress • Democratic candidate running for CA-1 in 2022 https://maxsteinerforcongress.com/ #linkblog #politicscaliforniacongressmaxsteinertootme

Poppers • A detailed article about the inhalant drug popular with gay men https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/poppers-factory #linkblog #drugspoppersalkylnitrateamylnitrategaylgbtvia:metafiltertootme

OneTrust Cookie Consent • A decent UI for user privacy management on websites https://www.onetrust.com/products/cookie-consent/ #linkblog #cookiesprivacygdprwebdevelopmenttootme

ColorfulTabs • Firefox extension to color tabs based on the domain name of the site. Doesn't seem to change the window title though :-( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/colorfultabs/ #linkblog #firefoxtabscolorsuitootme