20 random bookmarks

Links to things I share without comment: tools, articles, whatever else I find interesting. My blog with actual writing is at [Sam's Stuff](https://stuff.interfree.ca)

2026-05-19

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Toronto gets a new hub for accessibility innovation | BetaKit

betakit.com/toronto-gets-a-new-hub-for-accessibility-innovation

Access to Success says its new physical space will help founders build among peers.

2026-05-18

874.

How the New Testament Was Copied and Preserved

www.jeremysarber.com/p/how-the-new-testament-was-copied

The New Testament’s transmission differed from the Old Testament due to the early church’s dispersion and persecution. This led to less uniform copies but a greater number of manuscripts. Textual criticism, using principles like the “golden rule,” helps determine the original text by analyzing variants and their origins.

Scribes often made changes to biblical texts, both accidental and intentional. Accidental errors were common due to the nature of early manuscripts, while intentional changes were usually made out of reverence or a desire to clarify or harmonize passages. This tendency led to a longer, smoother text over time, with later manuscripts often expanding titles for Christ, adding phrases, and harmonizing accounts across different Gospels.

The addition of verse numbers to the Bible in the 16th century reflected the longer form of the text found in later manuscripts. As textual scholarship advanced, it became clear that certain phrases were later additions, leading to their removal in modern critical editions. This removal, while sometimes perceived as missing content, does not affect any essential doctrine, demonstrating the faithful preservation of Scripture’s substance.

2025-12-27

808.

Mr5niper/WindowsAudioControl-CLI-wGUI: Windows audio control CLI/GUI tool (pycaw-based)

github.com/Mr5niper/WindowsAudioControl-CLI-wGUI

Windows audio control CLI/GUI tool (pycaw-based). Contribute to Mr5niper/WindowsAudioControl-CLI-wGUI development by creating an account on GitHub.

2025-11-20

741.

Rogers, Telus and Bell Launch New Tool to Stop Recycled Number Scams

www.iphoneincanada.ca/2025/11/19/rogers-telus-and-bell-launch-new-tool-to-stop-recycled-number-scams

2025-10-27

681.

Ken Thompson Recalls Unix's Rowdy, Lock-Picking Origins

thenewstack.io/ken-thompson-recalls-unixs-rowdy-lock-picking-origins

2025-08-18

619.

Unskilled teen interns brute-forced and broke a disk

www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/who_me
620.

GitHub - the-byte-bender/Playmaker.Audio: A modern, end-to-end 3d game audio engine on top of OpenAL Soft.

github.com/the-byte-bender/Playmaker.Audio

2025-07-21

594.

Under-qualified sysadmin crashed Amazon.com for 3 hours

www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/who_me

2025-05-29

495.

HellCaptcha: Accessibility Theater at Its Worst — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/hellcaptcha-accessibility-theater-at-its-worst

2025-05-23

483.

Techie fixed broken PC with a nail file

www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/on_call

2025-05-12

432.

LESSONS FROM CATS

www.brittlestar.com/p/lessons-from-cats

This Kitty Kills Fascism

2025-05-07

395.

Microsoft moved the goalposts before. Could it happen again?

www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/microsoft_hardware_gates

2025-05-06

157.

The Great Social Media Diaspora | NOEMA

www.noemamag.com/the-great-decentralization
311.

Manifest Fantasy | Royal Road

www.royalroad.com/fiction/75057/manifest-fantasy
377.

Expanding on what we missed with sycophancy

openai.com/index/expanding-on-sycophancy

2025-05-05

56.

The Accessibility of Self-Service Screens

accessiblelink.substack.com/p/the-accessibility-of-self-service
131.

RANsacked: Over 100 Security Flaws Found in LTE and 5G Network Implementations

thehackernews.com/2025/01/ransacked-over-100-security-flaws-found.html
111.

How does DeepSeek R1 really fare against OpenAI’s best reasoning models?

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/how-does-deepseek-r1-really-fare-against-openais-best-reasoning-models
87.

tim.sh

timsh.org
129.

Not So Super, Apple

onefoottsunami.com/2025/01/23/not-so-super-apple