19 July 2020

27 links · Sunday

Foam: Software as Curation

We tend to think of software in terms of monolithic "apps." But what if we thought about software design as a process of curating existing parts into a holistic user experience?

Adding SIP calls to Android – for free!

SIP is a stupid acronym. It’s basically a standard way of making phone calls over the Internet. This means you can make and receive phone calls over WiFi. Here’s how I got it working &#…

Made 13 Dollars with Brave and Basic Attention token

After using Brave for almost a year, I can extract some stats from its usage over time: 152,906 trackers blocked 2,26GB of bandwidth saved "2,1 hours saved" (no clue how this is calculated) But more importantly, I made some bucks! In Brave …

Audio From Scratch: Part3, changing the amplitude

In the previous post we have written code to read and write WAVE files. So now it’s time to start using this functionality to actually manipulate some sound. The goal of this post is simple, we want to change the amplitude of a given .wave file. For this, I wi…

Tired of note-taking apps

I’m tired of note-taking apps. It’s not because of limited choices. But it’s the other way around. There are so many note-taking apps you could try but end up sticking to none. At…

A Simple Scam Trick (Don't get fooled!)

How can a scammer convince people that he can predict the stock market or the price of cryptocurrencies? The trick is surprisingly simple. Learn how it works & prevent getting fooled into giving your money to online criminals! 🌍 Social Twitter: https://twit…

Release Npgsql v4.1.4 · npgsql/npgsql

This patch version has been a long time coming, and includes many important bug fixes. Note that starting with v4.1.4, the Detail property on PostgresException will be redacted by default, since Po...

reveiws on games.

Hi, my name is Ari Hunt, I am 10 years old.This is my website about my thoughts on some of my favourite video games!

Swiss Political System: More than You ever Wanted to Know (I.)

Swiss political system may be best known for its extensive use of referenda. However, others may argue that its most striking feature is the ability to avoid political polarization. In this respect it may be unique among the western nations.