Links June 2024

Modos Labs have released the design of an e-ink display connected by USB-C [1]. They have provided a lot of background information on e-ink displays which isn’t available elsewhere. Excellent work!

Informative article about a company giving renters insecure locks while facilitating collusion to raise rents [2].

Insightful video by JimmyTheGiant about the destruction of housing estates in the UK [3]. I wonder how much of this was deliberate by the Tories.

Insightful video by Modern Vintage Gamer about the way Nintendo is destroying history by preventing people playing old games [4].

Interesting video by Louis Rossmann about the low quality of products and reviews on Amazon [5]. We all know about Enshittification, but it seems that Amazon is getting to the stage of being unusable for some products.

Amusing video by Folding Ideas about Decentraland an attampt at a blockchain based second life type thing which failed as you expect blockchain things to fail [6]. The top comment is a transcription of the actions of the speaker’s pet cat. ;)

• [1] https://github.com/Modos-Labs/Glider?tab=readme-ov-file
• [2] https://tinyurl.com/2yosvptu
• [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxCgueTf0W0
• [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2KV8MHRJlQ
• [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y83BS_mK9GE
• [6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZhdpLXZ8Q