link-collection

Here I gather interesting links from all around the web. This is practically a peek into my endless web bookmark list. The topics vary and some links may be dead. I try to check and update the collection frequently enough that I'd notice if a link goes dark.

I know there are many alternatives to many of these links, but I try to include the ones that I found most interesting or the ones I often use / have used myself. The non-italic comments inside parenthesis are mine.

Awareness

www.gapminder.org > Gapminder identifies systematic misconceptions about important global trends and proportions and uses reliable data to develop easy to understand teaching materials to rid people of their misconceptions.

amiunique.org > This website aims at studying the diversity of browser fingerprints and providing developers with data to help them design good defenses. Contribute to the efforts by viewing your own browser fingerprint or consult the current statistics of data provided by users around the world! (by researchers at University of Lille)

clickclickclick.click > (before you click this: make sure to turn on the audio, maybe sit at home before entering the website) The visitor of the website clickclickclick.click will find itself on a flat white website with one single green button in the centre of the screen.

www.privacyguides.org > Privacy Guides is an impartial, non-profit organization that is focused on building a strong privacy advocacy community and delivering the best digital privacy and consumer technology rights advice on the internet.

Entertainment

howlongtobeat.com > See if a potential game purchase is worth your hard earned money. (sometimes I just want a short, relaxing game to play)

radio.garden > Radio Garden invites you to explore live radio from around the world. (excellent resource if you are learning a language or just don't know what to listen to, but want to listen to something)

www.peppercarrot.com > A free(libre) and open-source webcomic supported directly by its patrons to change the comic book industry! (it is an impressive project that, due to being open-source, has been/is actively translated to 28 languages by the community and even more if partial translations are counted)

Web-Based Tools

private.coffee > We provide privacy-respecting alternatives to common services, educate users about digital privacy, and advocate for a more private and secure internet. (alias pride.coffee)

www.testufo.com > The world's most popular display testing website.

carbon.now.sh > Create and share beautiful images of your source code. Start typing or drop a file into the text area to get started.

librespeed.org > Free and Open Source Speedtest. No Flash, No Java, No Websockets, No Bullsh*t.

Link-Aggregators & Social Media

Lemmy > Lemmy, A decentralised discussion platform for communities (decentralised, open-source, federated via ActivityPub protocol. If you don't know what any of that means but want to just check out the platform: lemmy.world and think of it as open-source Reddit-like)

Mastodon > Social networking that's not for sale. Your home feed should be filled with what matters to you most, not what a corporation thinks you should see. Radically different social media, back in the hands of the people. (decentralised, open-source, federated via ActivityPub protocol. If you don't know what any of that means but want to just check out the platform: mastodon.social and think of it as open-source Twitter-like)

Hacker News > (From Wikipedia: Hacker News (HN) is an American social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by the investment fund and startup incubator Y Combinator. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.")

Lobsters > Lobsters is a computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion