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WebSDR is an SDR (software-defined radio)connected to the internet so that multiple users can actually tune it and use it to listen to the frequency of their choice simultaneously.

crosspost from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/3477888

I just came across this tool, which - after entering a city - shows all other cities to which there is a direct train connection. A color code depicts the travel hours.

Examples:

• Lyon → Brussels, 3:37h
• Krakow → Graz, 8:30h
• Ostseebad Binz → Wiesloch-Waldorf, 9:56h

Although I'm not quite sure yet on what occasion I can use the tool. But someday the moment will come :D

Btw. there is a Sparpreis search on https://bahn.guru/ with a monthly view ("On which day do I travel cheapest from A to B?"). Unfortunately the links to the store don't work yet.

IMPORTANT NOTE: It does take a while to compress files, however.

Post your private links lets play together

From the About-page:

What does BraceletBook provide to you?

1. A huge database with loads of friendship bracelet patterns (both alpha and normal).

2. Tutorials, so you can learn how to make friendship bracelets.

3. A lot of tools to make friendship bracelet patterns. You can create those patterns from images, font files, or even use your mouse to draw them on your own.

4. Photos of friendship bracelets. You can see how they'll look before you start tying one.

5. Videos on how to make friendship bracelets.

6. Your own profile, so you can share all of your patterns, photos, videos, and more...

7. To-do list to save the patterns you don't have time for yet.

And a lot more ...

From the Quick Start-page:

Gene Help: Integrated Access to Genes of Genomes in the Reference Sequence Collection

Gene supplies gene-specific connections in the nexus of map, sequence, expression, structure, function, citation, and homology data. Unique identifiers are assigned to genes with defining sequences, genes with known map positions, and genes inferred from phenotypic information. These gene identifiers are used throughout NCBI's databases and tracked through updates of annotation. Gene includes genomes represented by NCBI Reference Sequences (or RefSeqs) and is integrated for indexing and query and retrieval from NCBI's Entrez and E-Utilities systems. Gene comprises sequences from thousands of distinct taxonomic identifiers, ranging from viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes. It represents chromosomes, organelles, plasmids, viruses, transcripts, and millions of proteins.

F.A.Q.-page

There is also a (data) download section

The VMH database captures information on human and gut microbial metabolism and links this information to hundreds of diseases and nutritional data. At the core of the VMH lie hundreds of manually curated genome-scale metabolic models, which have been assembled based on genomic, biochemical, and physiological data. Please start your query using the quick search or by entering one of the six resources.

You can also start here

Recon 3D can be found on the download-page

From the About-page:

There are many wonderful Free/Open Source Software projects dedicated to photography. Yet there aren’t nearly as many resources dedicated to photographic workflows with them.

This site hopes to rectify that with a simple goal:

To provide tutorials, workflows and a showcase for high-quality photography and cinematography using Free/Open Source Software.

From the Start-page:

Wikenigma is a unique wiki-based resource specifically dedicated to documenting fundamental gaps in human knowledge.

Listing scientific and academic questions to which no-one, anywhere, has yet been able to provide a definitive answer. [ 1010 so far ]

That's to say, a compendium of so-called 'Known Unknowns'.

From the About-page:

Did you know that you could store the entirety of Wikipedia on your phone? And read it anywhere, at anytime? [...]

We can make highly compressed copies of entire websites that each fit into a single (.zim) file. Zim files are small enough that they can be stored on users’ mobile phones, computers or small, inexpensive Hotspot.

Kiwix then acts like a regular browser, except that it reads these local copies. People with no or limited internet access can enjoy the same browsing experience as anyone else.

The software as well as the content are fully open-source and free to use and share.

My favorites for offline use are Wikipedia and iFixit, although the step-by-step photos are (by design) very low res.

From the About-page

In the early days of the web, pages were made primarily by hobbyists, academics, and computer savvy people about subjects they were personally interested in. Later on, the web became saturated with commercial pages that overcrowded everything else. All the personalized websites are hidden among a pile of commercial pages. Google isn't great at finding them, its focus is on finding answers to technical questions, and it works well; but finding things you didn't know you wanted to know, which was the real joy of web surfing, no longer happens. In addition, many pages today are created using bloated scripts that add slick cosmetic features in order to mask the lack of content available on them. Those pages contribute to the blandness of today's web.

The Wiby search engine is building a web of pages as it was in the earlier days of the internet. In addition, Wiby helps vintage computers to continue browsing the web, as pages indexed are more suitable for their performance.

From the About-page:

[...] I’ve spent many more hours and dollars studying the subject and experimenting with glues and techniques. The content here is a result of that research. There is plenty of junk content out there and reprinted public domain information that is 100+ years old and offers little to the do-it-yourselfer who just wants to make some durable and attractive paperbacks and hardcovers.

This little bookbinding hobby has grown into a fairly comprehensive collection of information on the subject of self-publishing and I look forward to watching it continue to grow.

I wish you all the best in your bookbinding and self-publishing endeavors, [...]

I think that one fits here. There are also some nice resources linked at the end

A partial list of free and/or open-source textbooks.

This site is a freely available archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics. Texts are presented in English translation and, where possible, in the original language.

This site has no particular agenda other than promoting religious tolerance and scholarship. Views expressed at this site are solely those of specific authors, and are not endorsed by sacred-texts. Sacred-texts is not sponsored by any religious group or organzation.

Covering topics from African, Age of Reason, Alchemy to Women, Wisdom of the East, Zoroastrianism.

This website is really intuitive, and the possibilities are near endless, and very fun! These videos work as tutorials, although they are slightly outdated: https://youtu.be/sQYUQNozljo https://youtu.be/xvlsJ3FqNYU

From the About-page:

Photos for everyone

Over 3 million free high-resolution images brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers.

[...]

Is it really free? Yes.

Unsplash is a platform powered by an amazing community that has gifted hundreds of thousands of their own photos to fuel creativity around the world. So sign up for free, or don’t. Either way, you’ve got access to over 3 million photos under the Unsplash license—which makes them free to do-whatever-you-want with.