Embraer's new turboprop airplane and other cool links
6/8/2022
— Embraer revealed its next turbopro airplane, the TPNG. It’s due to start flying in 2027.
— LinkedIn’s 20 most popular courses are available for free until the end of August.
— Pokémon’s phone has been updated and now boasts two cameras, like (almost) every good modern phone.
— Insta360 has a new webcam, called Link, with a feature similar to that of Apple cameras that “follows” a person in the frame. USD 299.
— A suitcase that resembles (and fits like) Lego pieces. For now, just a concept.
— The 1kB Club is a select group of sites that weigh less than 1 KB. So far it has four members.
Apps and sites
— Papers, Please was released for phones (Android, iOS).
— This guy built a dictionary app from scratch. Why? None of those available worked the way he uses dictionaries. The app is Wordnote Dictionary (Android, iOS) and here he told its making of.
— Emery’s proposal is ambitious: tie together your tasks, appointments, and thoughts in one app. For USD 4.50 per month.
— Banish is a Safari extension that removes those annoying requests from sites like Reddit to “install the app”. For iOS, USD 1.90.
— LibRedirect is an extension that redirects you to privacy-friendly front-ends when you access social media sites. For Chrome and Firefox, free.
— Blurred is an app that fades background windows and the desktop so you can better focus on the window you’re working on. For macOS, free and open source.
— CyberChef is the developer’s Swiss Army knife: over 300 common operations presented graphically. Free.
— Material You Color Theming extension changes the colors of windows and other UI elements according to the wallpaper in use, just like recent Android versions. For Gnome, free.
— Avoid using CAPTCHAS. If you must, use mCAPTCHA, an open, free and privacy-compliant solution.
— Yesterlinks is a directory of interesting sites. “Remember when the internet was mysterious and exciting?”