Pat
@patput.xyz
Upstate New Yorker now happily in the mountains of Colorado. Software engineer. You'll find me in the woods, hacking away on a nerdy project, or sampling the offerings at the local brewery.
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March 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Amazon's changing the way the Kindle works on Tuesday, so if you want to download and de-DRM your books, you have until the 26th to get it done. I wrote a quick how-to, for anyone who is interested: next.content.town/p/kindle-drm...
The Kindle DRM Deadline is Approaching!
On the 26th, Amazon is disabling a feature that makes backing up your Kindle eBooks easy. You have a couple of days to download them before it’s too late
next.content.town
February 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Amazon's changing the way the Kindle works on Tuesday, so if you want to download and de-DRM your books, you have until the 26th to get it done. I wrote a quick how-to, for anyone who is interested: next.content.town/p/kindle-drm...
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There’s a lot to talk about here, from tips and tricks that will help you reclaim your time to shining spotlights on the software and services that are still doing it right. So I’ve started a newsletter/blog. You can sign up here if you’re interested.
What's Next?
Will Smith thinks today's computers are broken. They're designed to capture our attention instead of make our lives easier, and users are at a breaking point. Let's figure out what's next!
next.content.town
February 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There’s a lot to talk about here, from tips and tricks that will help you reclaim your time to shining spotlights on the software and services that are still doing it right. So I’ve started a newsletter/blog. You can sign up here if you’re interested.
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Had ChatGPT write a program in a language I don't know and no matter how many times I prompt it with errors and hints it can't make it work.
I'm anticipating a human capability apocalypse relying on this stuff from youth.
I'm anticipating a human capability apocalypse relying on this stuff from youth.
February 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Had ChatGPT write a program in a language I don't know and no matter how many times I prompt it with errors and hints it can't make it work.
I'm anticipating a human capability apocalypse relying on this stuff from youth.
I'm anticipating a human capability apocalypse relying on this stuff from youth.
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amazing troll. incredible representation for phish wives.
February 6, 2024 at 3:51 AM
amazing troll. incredible representation for phish wives.
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Whoever is designing this stuff apparently didn't realize that cyberpunk fiction is dystopian.
At this point, you’d have to convince me that Facebook devs *don’t* sit around trying to figure out how to make the experience better for people who commit atrocities. www.theverge.com/22537624/met...
Leak: Meta’s next Ray-Bans will stream video and let viewers whisper in your ear
How would that work?
www.theverge.com
August 24, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Whoever is designing this stuff apparently didn't realize that cyberpunk fiction is dystopian.
I introduced a VPN at work so I could stop managing allow lists of people's home IPs. Now I'm doing client support for an open source VPN. I think it might be worse.
August 24, 2023 at 5:55 PM
I introduced a VPN at work so I could stop managing allow lists of people's home IPs. Now I'm doing client support for an open source VPN. I think it might be worse.