Nelson Minar @nelson@lgbt.io

Roku / YouTube stupidity • Situation between two companies just gets worse https://9to5google.com/2021/10/21/youtube-will-be-removed-from-roku-as-of-december-9-existing-users-unaffected/ #linkblog #rokuyoutubeyoutubetvstreamingtootme

AD 775 and AD 994 • Two specific landmark years in carbon dating; a significant astronomical event resulted in larger amounts of C-14 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2783 #linkblog #historyarchaeologyc14carbondatingsciencetootme

Weird Alibaba EVs • Selection of odd electric vehicles theoretically available from China https://electrek.co/guides/alibaba/ #linkblog #chinaengineeringvehicletransportationvia:metafilterfunnytootme

Google Real Tone • Some details on the Pixel phones' effort to capture human skin tones more accurately https://petapixel.com/2021/05/19/google-says-it-is-creating-a-more-racially-inclusive-android-camera/ #linkblog #pixelphonecameraphotographycomputationalphotographyskintoneskinracismtechtootme

Python types in practice • Some notes on converting a Python library to use static typing https://sethmlarson.dev/blog/2021-10-18/tests-arent-enough-case-study-after-adding-types-to-urllib3 #linkblog #pythonprogrammingtypingvia:redditmypyurllib3tootme

US government: IPv6 • Surprisingly aggressive policy to phase out IPv4 https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/M-21-07.pdf #linkblog #ipv6ipv4governmentitinternettechnologytootme

Migrant Mother, retouched • Cursed image https://fuckyounofuck.me/post/664899701956640768/maybe-shes-born-without #linkblog #via:migurskiphotolangedepressionartphotoshoptootme

Bezos / Shatner awk • Hilariously awkward moment of Bezos interrupting Shatner's eloquent moment https://www.indy100.com/viral/awkward-jeff-bezos-william-shatner-b1937828 #linkblog #shatnerbezosfunnystupidspaceblueorigintootme

GTFOBins • A list of Unix shell tools that can be bent a bit to give yourself elevated system access not exactly as an exploit, but more just working out of a restricted environment https://gtfobins.github.io/ #linkblog #via:hackernewsunixshellsudosecuritytootme

Weatherspark fingerprints • Novel visualization of a year's temperatures in one diagram https://weatherspark.com/map #linkblog #weathermapclimatetootme

CO2 sensors for schools • Parents are clandestinely testing school air quality (for Covid, mostly) and it's making waves https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/health/coronavirus-ventilation-carbon-dioxide.html #linkblog #co2ventilationcovidhealthschooltootme

Hydrogen fuel uses • Thoughtful article about where hydrogen energy storage can help fight global warming and where it can't https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/10/09/hydrogens-moment-is-here-at-last #linkblog #hydrogenglobalwarmingenergyfueltootme

AT&T microwave relays • 1950s era telecom network, now abandoned https://99percentinvisible.org/article/vintage-skynet-atts-abandoned-long-lines-microwave-tower-network/ #linkblog #mapstelecomattwirelessmicrowavetootme

Jellyfin media server • Alternative to Plex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfin #linkblog #plextvvideojellyfinopensourcemediatootme

Samsung TV SSL breakage • Yet more fallout from the Lets Encrypt cert change: Samsung TVs stopped being able to make secure connections in the Plex app https://forums.plex.tv/t/important-information-about-plex-for-smart-tvs-after-september-30-2021/746506 #linkblog #securitybadtechtvtelevisiontizensamsungtootme

RSS rides again • Android browser includes RSS subscriptions https://gizmodo.com/chrome-attempts-to-resurrect-rss-with-its-new-follow-fe-1847829225 #linkblog #rssatomfeedswebopenwebgoogleandroidchrometootme

Circumcision and STIs • Large study in Denmark finds circumcision does not prevent STIs like HIV. If anything, is is positively correlated with some STIs. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00809-6 #linkblog #healthdiseasesexcircumcisionhivaidsstistdtootme

Going public in 2021 • An update on the status of IPOs, direct listings, and SPACs https://www.economist.com/business/going-public-here-is-a-how-to-guide/21805069 #linkblog #investmentstartupipotechtootme

YourAdChoices • Clearing house to opt out of personalized ads from many services. Turn off your ad blocker before using it. https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2〈=EN #linkblog #adsblockingadvertisingtrackingprivacyoptouttootme

Facebook outage effects • Excellent Cloudflare analysis. They had 3x normal DNS traffic! Also an inference on which countries use Facebook the most https://blog.cloudflare.com/during-the-facebook-outage/ #linkblog #facebookoutagednscloudflarepostmortemtootme