Interesting links of the week (2022-4)

Here are some interesting articles, blog posts, videos, and GitHub repositories I’ve run into over the last week (January 17, 2022 - January 23, 2022):

Technology

• How to Beat Social Media Algorithms (and Why You Should Try)
• Open source developers, who work for free, are discovering they have power
• Awesome LINQ Impovements In .NET 6.0
• The Pros and Cons of Using Windows Subsystem for Linux

Non-Technology / Random

• Books and Reading Are Two Different Hobbies
• Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device
• A History of the Thesaurus
• Ten Dazzling Celestial Events to See in 2022
• Which Beginner Microscope Should You Buy? Mobile vs. USB vs. Digital vs. Traditional Microscopes
• Cost of Attrition
• Read the CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual: A Timeless Guide to Subverting Any Organization with “Purposeful Stupidity” (1944)

Videos

• What is the Largest Number?

Github Repos

• Clean Code concepts adapted for .NET/.NET Core
• https://github.com/coding-horror/basic-computer-games
• vim dev icons