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A sapien, a mass of quarks, a miracle of nature, a humble believer, a questioner; In awe of the human achievement yet wary of the human ignorance!
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Retailers warned that raising wages would "force" them to raise prices and to use automated checkout. Fed min wage remained flat, but they raised prices & used automated checkout anyway. Result: Workers got even poorer as customer service plummeted while prices & profits soared.
August 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Retailers warned that raising wages would "force" them to raise prices and to use automated checkout. Fed min wage remained flat, but they raised prices & used automated checkout anyway. Result: Workers got even poorer as customer service plummeted while prices & profits soared.
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Science is hard. You gotta prove it, test it, and reproduce the results.
Pseudoscience is easy. You make it up, add some fear, and watch ignorant people spread it.
Pseudoscience is easy. You make it up, add some fear, and watch ignorant people spread it.
August 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Science is hard. You gotta prove it, test it, and reproduce the results.
Pseudoscience is easy. You make it up, add some fear, and watch ignorant people spread it.
Pseudoscience is easy. You make it up, add some fear, and watch ignorant people spread it.
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Carousel Gallery: "You've landed on the #CSS Carousel Gallery site that showcases the capabilities and potentials of CSS Carousel specs. There's not a single line of JavaScript in this gallery." chrome.dev/carousel/
Carousel Gallery
Collection of CSS only carousel demos by Adam Argyle.
chrome.dev
August 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Carousel Gallery: "You've landed on the #CSS Carousel Gallery site that showcases the capabilities and potentials of CSS Carousel specs. There's not a single line of JavaScript in this gallery." chrome.dev/carousel/
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behold the "HTML bomb"
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
August 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
behold the "HTML bomb"
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
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"And if you thought this was unimportant to you, remember BLS calculates the CPI used for Social Security COLAs, as well as the headline CPI used to calculate TIPS yields. Oh, also the inflation adjustments to the marginal tax rate thresholds…"
#econsky
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
#econsky
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
August 1, 2025: A Day that Will Live in Statistical Infamy | Econbrowser
econbrowser.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"And if you thought this was unimportant to you, remember BLS calculates the CPI used for Social Security COLAs, as well as the headline CPI used to calculate TIPS yields. Oh, also the inflation adjustments to the marginal tax rate thresholds…"
#econsky
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
#econsky
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
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This wonderful 1805 book exposes the reality behind various tricks and illusions of the day, beginning with arguably the most enigmatic of the tricks listed, that of the “Learned Pig”, or as the excellent frontispiece refers to it “The Pig of Knowledge”: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...
July 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This wonderful 1805 book exposes the reality behind various tricks and illusions of the day, beginning with arguably the most enigmatic of the tricks listed, that of the “Learned Pig”, or as the excellent frontispiece refers to it “The Pig of Knowledge”: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...
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What is #CSS Owl Selector (* + *)? - "Find out what the owl (* + *) selector in CSS is, how it works, why you should use it, and the viable alternatives." www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O0s...
What is CSS Owl Selector (* + *)?
Find out what the owl (* + *) selector in CSS is, how it works, why you should use it, and the viable alternatives.Subscribe to CSS Weekly Newsletter: 💌 h...
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May 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What is #CSS Owl Selector (* + *)? - "Find out what the owl (* + *) selector in CSS is, how it works, why you should use it, and the viable alternatives." www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O0s...
Become the antithesis of a black hole, an inexhaustible wellspring constantly offering more.
Touch whatever comes your way and alchemize it into something precious.
In doing so, you will realize that you are, in truth, the brightest, most wondrous being, overflowing with vital life force.
Touch whatever comes your way and alchemize it into something precious.
In doing so, you will realize that you are, in truth, the brightest, most wondrous being, overflowing with vital life force.
May 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Become the antithesis of a black hole, an inexhaustible wellspring constantly offering more.
Touch whatever comes your way and alchemize it into something precious.
In doing so, you will realize that you are, in truth, the brightest, most wondrous being, overflowing with vital life force.
Touch whatever comes your way and alchemize it into something precious.
In doing so, you will realize that you are, in truth, the brightest, most wondrous being, overflowing with vital life force.
What? Why? How? 3 important questions to ask yourself about what you are doing or want to do...
May 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
What? Why? How? 3 important questions to ask yourself about what you are doing or want to do...
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Everyone should read this to understand Server and Client Components better
Love @danabra.mov 's post and choice of words to make things so simple to understand
overreacted.io/what-does-u...
Love @danabra.mov 's post and choice of words to make things so simple to understand
overreacted.io/what-does-u...
What Does "use client" Do? — overreacted
Two worlds, two doors.
overreacted.io
May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Everyone should read this to understand Server and Client Components better
Love @danabra.mov 's post and choice of words to make things so simple to understand
overreacted.io/what-does-u...
Love @danabra.mov 's post and choice of words to make things so simple to understand
overreacted.io/what-does-u...
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Authentication is hard. We've been juggling OAuth and pockets full of app passwords, and we're know we're not the only ones. That's why today, we're open sourcing an all in one, best-in-class service that anyone can use to deal with ATProto authentication - for free.
GitHub - graze-social/aip: ATmosphere Authentication, Identity, and Permission Proxy
ATmosphere Authentication, Identity, and Permission Proxy - graze-social/aip
github.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Authentication is hard. We've been juggling OAuth and pockets full of app passwords, and we're know we're not the only ones. That's why today, we're open sourcing an all in one, best-in-class service that anyone can use to deal with ATProto authentication - for free.
I often have a fleeting feeling that time is moving incredibly fast. Yet, we often fail to realize the immense value of the present moment, because it is all we truly possess.
April 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I often have a fleeting feeling that time is moving incredibly fast. Yet, we often fail to realize the immense value of the present moment, because it is all we truly possess.
Spread your ideas if you love them.
Give Your Ideas Wings: Why Sharing Sparks Their Flight
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April 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Spread your ideas if you love them.
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The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.
Always remember, you are manipulated at every second of your life. Everything you believe in could be just a gimmick...
February 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Always remember, you are manipulated at every second of your life. Everything you believe in could be just a gimmick...
Attempting to pursue many goals simultaneously is like trying to travel down twenty different paths at once - you'll make little progress on any of them. Instead, channel your energy into one or two carefully chosen objectives.
February 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Attempting to pursue many goals simultaneously is like trying to travel down twenty different paths at once - you'll make little progress on any of them. Instead, channel your energy into one or two carefully chosen objectives.
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🌠 The linear() timing function allows us to embed lush spring physics inside vanilla CSS. It’s one of my favourite modern features. But: providing a fallback for older browsers has been pretty painful.
I just discovered a lovely pattern for this. ✨
Here’s the code. Description in thread. 🧵
I just discovered a lovely pattern for this. ✨
Here’s the code. Description in thread. 🧵
February 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
🌠 The linear() timing function allows us to embed lush spring physics inside vanilla CSS. It’s one of my favourite modern features. But: providing a fallback for older browsers has been pretty painful.
I just discovered a lovely pattern for this. ✨
Here’s the code. Description in thread. 🧵
I just discovered a lovely pattern for this. ✨
Here’s the code. Description in thread. 🧵
Musk is for free speech. Just a thought, why does he never speak against China. He is happily interfering with the UK and Europe. Am I missing something or is it a little dodgy? Doesn't fit what he preaches now, does it? Happy to be enlightened. Anyone?
February 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Musk is for free speech. Just a thought, why does he never speak against China. He is happily interfering with the UK and Europe. Am I missing something or is it a little dodgy? Doesn't fit what he preaches now, does it? Happy to be enlightened. Anyone?
1/2 Humanity has evolved from believing in God to Institutions to big brands to believing in Individuals. Now they are losing faith in everything.
Basically as humans we need to believe in something.
Basically as humans we need to believe in something.
February 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
1/2 Humanity has evolved from believing in God to Institutions to big brands to believing in Individuals. Now they are losing faith in everything.
Basically as humans we need to believe in something.
Basically as humans we need to believe in something.
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My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
January 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆