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# Link dump - week 38
- URL: https://broddin.be/link-dump-week-38/
- Published: 2022-09-20T09:51:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-19T19:04:39.000Z
- Author: Tim Broddin
- Tags: linkdump, #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-03 13:15, #broddin, #Migrated-1784487752640, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-19 19:02

Here I am again with my weekly collection of links. But I forgot to bookmark the most interesting video I saw this week. Do you know how petrol pumps know how to turn themselves off? Turns out it’s caused by an engineering marvel.

How petrol pumps know when to turn themselves off

## Coding

[Roadroller: Flattens Your JavaScript Demo](https://lifthrasiir.github.io/roadroller/?ref=broddin.be)

[Theatre.js v0.5 is out! – Theatre.js Blog](https://www.theatrejs.com/blog/theatre-05-is-out?ref=broddin.be) Theatre.js 0.5 introduces 3D scene editing, complex keyframing, and a new extension API

[The seventh way to call a JavaScript function without parentheses](https://portswigger.net/research/the-seventh-way-to-call-a-javascript-function-without-parentheses?ref=broddin.be) I thought I knew all the ways to call functions without parentheses: 

[JavaScript APIs You Don’t Know About — Smashing Magazine](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/javascript-api-guide/?ref=broddin.be) In this article, Juan Diego covers the least known yet extremely useful APIs, such as the Page Visibility API, Web Sharing API, Broadcas…

## Tech

[▶️ PowerTower Pro: The Mac Clone That Almost Killed Apple](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEm-f2MTjcY&ref=broddin.be) Apple’s official Mac licensing program in the mid-90s only lasted a bit over two years, but some companies came out with clones so compe…

[New Block Diffusion Plugin Creates AI-Generated Images from Text Prompts](https://wptavern.com/new-block-diffusion-plugin-creates-ai-generated-images-from-text-prompts?ref=broddin.be) AI image generation has quickly become more accessible over the past few months and is making its way into different industries that req…

[AI Seamless Texture Generator Built-In to Blender](https://github.com/carson-katri/dream-textures?ref=broddin.be) Stable Diffusion built-in to the Blender shader editor – GitHub – carson-katri/dream-textures: Stable Diffusion built-in to the Blender …

[Welcome to Linux command line for you and me! — Linux command line for you and me 0.1 documentation](https://lym.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html?ref=broddin.be)

[▶️ The REAL fight over AI art](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NiJeB2NJy1A&feature=share&ref=broddin.be) Why DALLE, Midjourney, and other AI image generation tools are so controversial…

## Gaming

GTA 6 leaked … but it seems like all the videos are offline already 😬

## Misc

[Office Today](https://broddin.be/content/files/2026/07/officetoday-wordpress-com.html) Automatticians can work from anywhere – it can be pretty awesome.