https://missymeyer.com/category/freebies

That’s it. That’s the post.

Matching brackets / braces / parens can be quite a PITA these days, especially in languages that breed them like it’s going out of style (Looking at you C#, Java and derivatives!).

This tool helps keep them straight inside VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer-2

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/pandemics-wrongest-man/618475/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/esheep-64bit/9mx2v0tqt6rm

I’m sure this won’t change anyone’s mind. If you already believe that Covid isn’t real, and that all the statistics are just made up, then even more facts won’t change your mind.

However, this is handy to have around: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2020.306130

Just keeping this handy. I’m sure I’ll never need it, but if I do, it’s here.

https://www.protocol.com/parler-misinformation-macedonia

How much of the misinformation is out there just to stoke up rage and page views? Certainly some people believe and repeat things that are just strange (flat Earthers perhaps?), but to do it for cash is beyond callous.

Of course this has been happening with a couple of cable “news” networks, so I guess I really shouldn’t be surprised.

Not something I need today, but maybe when I run out of things to do (hahahahhahaaa) I should pick one of these up and mess around with it.

https://turingpi.com/

How many years is this going to take to resolve?

2020 was obviously the year where conferences either cancelled or went online. For many of those that went online, all, or most, of the content has been made available. These sorts of things are great resources – even if you didn’t have the time to watch when they were happening ‘live’.