motd - 01/##/2025
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01/30/2025 Breaking up with Vinyl:
https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/01/breaking-vinyl-going-back-cds/
01/30/2025 Kinesis mWave:
https://rubenerd.com/the-kinesis-mwave-keyboard/
https://kinesis-ergo.com/keyboards/mwave/
Looks like it might be a good alternative to my Sculpt keyboard,
especially because it can be connected using a USB cable:
"The mWave can be used wired or wirelessly via Bluetooth (no
dongle required). The mWave ships with a detachable USB-C to
USB-A cable. The USB-C end is connected to the keyboard and the
USB-A connects to a full-size port on your computer."
01/30/2025 Anti-icing properties of polar bear fur:
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.ads7321?af=R
"[W]e show that polar bear fur exhibits low ice adhesion
strengths ... [as] a consequence of the fur sebum (hair grease).
Lipid analyses reveal the presence of cholesterol, diacylglycerols,
anteisomethyl-branched fatty acids, and the unexpected absence of
squalene. Quantum chemical calculations predict low ice
adsorption energies for identified lipids and high adsorption for
squalene, suggesting that sebum composition is responsible for
the observed anti-icing properties."
01/23/2025 Schrodinger's Splinter:
https://www.bookofjoe.com/2025/01/my-entry-33.html
@22:55
01/23/2025 Walking coral:
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-walking-coral-moves-around-and-we-finally-know-how
@22:53
01/15/2025 Upgrade a Core Solo Mac Mini to a Core Duo:
https://lowendmac.com/2025/upgrade-your-core-solo-or-duo-mini-to-a-core-2-duo-cpu/
@23:33
01/15/2025 checkbashism(1):
https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/devscripts/checkbashisms.1.en.html
https://github.com/Debian/devscripts/blob/master/scripts/checkbashisms.pl
I knew about shellcheck(1) (https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/), but
checkbashisms(1) is new to me.
See also: https://www.bowmanjd.com/bash-not-bash-posix/
https://rubenerd.com/my-a-z-toolbox-cowsay/
@23:19
01/14/2025 Mountains on neutron stars might cause detectable gravitational waves:
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-neutron-star-mountains-ripples-space.html
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.04855
@14:12
01/13/2025 arkenfox v133:
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/releases/tag/133.0
* New:
user_pref("browser.urlbar.fakespot.featureGate", false); // [FF130+] [DEFAULT: false]
user_pref("widget.non-native-theme.use-theme-accent", false); // [DEFAULT: false WINDOWS]
// user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior.optInPartitioning", true); // [ETP FF132+]
// user_pref("network.http.microsoft-entra-sso.enabled", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
// user_pref("privacy.bounceTrackingProtection.mode", 1); // [FF131+] [ETP FF133+]
* Removed
// user_pref("dom.securecontext.allowlist_onions", true);
// user_pref("network.http.referer.hideOnionSource", true);
* Deprecated
user_pref("webchannel.allowObject.urlWhitelist", "");
@19:01
01/13/2025 Shortcuts for spell checking in Vim:
https://www.ncartron.org/vim-shortcuts-for-spell-check.html
Examples to add to .vimrc:
:nnoremap <F1> :set spelllang=fr<CR>
:nnoremap <F2> :set spelllang=en_gb<CR>
@18:38
01/12/2025 More fun with C:
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/getting-silly-with-c-part-void2
@18:24
01/12/2025 More tips to maximize iPhone battery life:
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/10/10-iphone-battery-tips/
@12:34
01/12/2025 A brief history of supercomputers:
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/history-of-supercomputers
@12:30
01/12/2025 New fossil discovery may change theories about the early history of dinosaurs:
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/203/1/zlae153/7942678?login=false
"[T]hese taxa demonstrate a Carnian presence of small-bodied
early saurischian and probable sauropodomorph dinosaurs at low to
mid palaeolatitudes, rejecting a central tenet of the diachronous
rise hypothesis[.]"
@12:24
01/12/2025 Self-documenting Makefiles:
https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/make-help
@12:09
01/12/2025 [Update] Enable / disable website link previews in Mail.app on Sequoia (MacOS 15):
https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/disabling-apple-mail-website-link-previews-compose-option-on-macos-sequoia/#comment-72649
Enable:
$ defaults write com.apple.mail AddLinkPreviews true
Disable:
$ defaults write com.apple.mail AddLinkPreviews false
@11:54
01/09/2025 Trouble with Tribbles, the anime:
https://laughingsquid.com/star-trek-trouble-with-tribbles-anime/
@23:30
01/09/2025 Gundam tabletop miniatures game:
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/504430/gundam-assemble-tabletop-miniatures-game-bandai
@13:56
01/07/2025 Rocket launch as seen from the ISS:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250105.html
@17:08
01/06/2025 Enable / disable website link previews in Mail.app:
https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/disabling-apple-mail-website-link-previews-compose-option-on-macos-sequoia/
"1. Launch Mail[.app]
2. Under the Mail menu, select Settings.
3. In the Settings window, select the Composing option.
...
4. Uncheck the Add link previews option."
@18:39
01/06/2025 Enable / disable Enhanced Visual Search in iOS 18 / MacOS 15:
https://www.extremetech.com/internet/new-iphone-feature-sharing-photo-data-apple
For iOS: Settings -> Apps -> Photos
For MacOS: Photos.app -> Settings
@17:53
01/04/2025 NetBSD in space:
https://machaddr.substack.com/p/why-some-satellites-use-netbsd
@16:29
01/02/2025 Compact ergonomic keyboard by Incase and Microsoft:
https://betanews.com/2025/01/02/microsoft-designed-incase-compact-ergonomic-keyboard-launches-with-ai-copilot-key/
https://www.incase.com/products/compact-ergonomic-keyboard
Looks like it might be nice option if my Sculpt keyboards
stop working.
@18:55
01/02/2025 Nite Ize Dual Chamber Carabiner:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/nite-ize-carabiner-review/
"A near-perfect keychain [-] This stainless steel carabiner has a
slim size that still holds plenty of keys, and it's extra secure
thanks to its double-gated design."
Got mine at Home Depot for less than $5 nearly a year ago and it
works great.
@18:43
01/02/2025 Box handle cutter:
https://www.bookofjoe.com/2025/01/my-entry-43.html
https://www.amazon.com/BoxBuddy-BOXB001-box-handle-cutter/dp/B002V0KVPG
@17:36
01/02/2025 Public domain day 2025:
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/
@17:04
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