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Does anyone know of a Signal 101 primer resource out there?
I don't mean ones like "here are the most secure settings", I mean like "every church lady on the block has installed this app at the same time and has no idea whatsoever how to use it, here's how to do it and what settings even are"
I don't mean ones like "here are the most secure settings", I mean like "every church lady on the block has installed this app at the same time and has no idea whatsoever how to use it, here's how to do it and what settings even are"
January 14, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Does anyone know of a Signal 101 primer resource out there?
I don't mean ones like "here are the most secure settings", I mean like "every church lady on the block has installed this app at the same time and has no idea whatsoever how to use it, here's how to do it and what settings even are"
I don't mean ones like "here are the most secure settings", I mean like "every church lady on the block has installed this app at the same time and has no idea whatsoever how to use it, here's how to do it and what settings even are"
I recommend Robert's pod Behind the Bastards which has a couple of episodes on Adams including the pool.
Scott Adams died the way he lived: as the owner of a house with a swimming pool shaped like Dilbert's head
over on twitter people are attacking and doxxing the reporter for People who wrote this. i really hope she's doing okay because "disgraced" is really not that out of pocket for an article like this:
people.com/scott-adams-...
people.com/scott-adams-...
January 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I recommend Robert's pod Behind the Bastards which has a couple of episodes on Adams including the pool.
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dip dip dip DAHHH DAHHH DAHH onk WHEE-onk WHEE-onkEE [static noise]
> you are now connected
> you are now connected
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM
dip dip dip DAHHH DAHHH DAHH onk WHEE-onk WHEE-onkEE [static noise]
> you are now connected
> you are now connected
What's wrong with some journalists these days? This is a weird headline because it turns out he fired 3 out of 4 people - literally. There were four people and now it's just him.
Tailwind CSS lays off 75% of its engineers after Google traffic to its documentation fell 40% since early 2023 due to AI, leading to an 80% decrease in revenue (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable)
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January 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
What's wrong with some journalists these days? This is a weird headline because it turns out he fired 3 out of 4 people - literally. There were four people and now it's just him.
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I feel like AI should not be given the active voice in news articles. It’s like saying: “In 1993, rakes began to give Jim a lot of help organizing leaves on the lawn.” Center the agency of humans, with anything inanimate (including AI software) as the direct objects.
January 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I feel like AI should not be given the active voice in news articles. It’s like saying: “In 1993, rakes began to give Jim a lot of help organizing leaves on the lawn.” Center the agency of humans, with anything inanimate (including AI software) as the direct objects.
Counterpart en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter...
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Counterpart en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter...
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“It is not simple. I do not know what that means.“
How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog
“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!) and I like working with ...
anniemueller.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
“It is not simple. I do not know what that means.“
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
This person says "hates AI" but her actual message here is something different and more important.
December 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This person says "hates AI" but her actual message here is something different and more important.
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This is what peak performance looks like
December 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is what peak performance looks like
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Give your senior engineer and devops team a heart attack with this one weird trick
December 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Give your senior engineer and devops team a heart attack with this one weird trick
How I'm walking out of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
How I'm walking out of 2025
Well ain't this place a geographical oddity
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Well ain't this place a geographical oddity
Wait what - PER MONTH?
Sources: India raises concerns about the misuse of Indian phone numbers on WhatsApp, which banned 9.8M Indian accounts per month on average in 2025 to October (Kiran Rathee/The Economic Times)
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December 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wait what - PER MONTH?
The other day I saw a video with a historian who specializes in Victorian times, who swore that the Muppets version best captures the spirit of Dickens' original. I guess it's my favorite because I've loved every Muppet movie I've ever seen so far.
What’s your favorite adaptation of A Christmas Carol?
an older man wearing a top hat is smiling and saying bah humbug .
ALT: an older man wearing a top hat is smiling and saying bah humbug .
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December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The other day I saw a video with a historian who specializes in Victorian times, who swore that the Muppets version best captures the spirit of Dickens' original. I guess it's my favorite because I've loved every Muppet movie I've ever seen so far.
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we have a really good dev rel engineer here throwing himself to (i would say) a small number of very loud, hungry wolves because the new ceo did (i would also say) a very weird announcement that sounded like it was written in 2024 by an ai startup
Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features.
We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.
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We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
we have a really good dev rel engineer here throwing himself to (i would say) a small number of very loud, hungry wolves because the new ceo did (i would also say) a very weird announcement that sounded like it was written in 2024 by an ai startup
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
Omg my friend has this. She calls left and right "direction 1" and "direction 2" resp when driving. Dir 1 is left because if you get in a collision and you get hit from dir 1, it's your fault, and if you get hit from dir 2 (the right) it's their fault and that is ACTUALLY her reasoning.
December 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Omg my friend has this. She calls left and right "direction 1" and "direction 2" resp when driving. Dir 1 is left because if you get in a collision and you get hit from dir 1, it's your fault, and if you get hit from dir 2 (the right) it's their fault and that is ACTUALLY her reasoning.
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every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
If you look up the movie on IMDb, the rating isn't out of 10 but 11. RIP Rob Reiner who was behind some of the greatest movies ever made.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
If you look up the movie on IMDb, the rating isn't out of 10 but 11. RIP Rob Reiner who was behind some of the greatest movies ever made.
I have always wanted to visit New York City but now I guess I will pass on it. There are plenty of cool places elsewhere in the world to go - I will go there instead.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I have always wanted to visit New York City but now I guess I will pass on it. There are plenty of cool places elsewhere in the world to go - I will go there instead.
It's so weird. I'll tell people that North Korea is surprisingly good at cyber warfare and they'll look at me with this glazed look and even I'll not quite believe what I've just said, even though I know it's true - from sources I trust, like Marcus.
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It's so weird. I'll tell people that North Korea is surprisingly good at cyber warfare and they'll look at me with this glazed look and even I'll not quite believe what I've just said, even though I know it's true - from sources I trust, like Marcus.
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If lamb chops aren't supposed to be eaten with your hands why do they have handles
December 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
If lamb chops aren't supposed to be eaten with your hands why do they have handles
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It's useful to note that the incidence of "some degree of dyslexia" is about 10%.
Not all dyslexics are helped by the same font features. I know one who strongly prefers monospaced fonts, which is counter-intuitive.
My #1 recc is DO NOT FULLY JUSTIFY. Ragged right helps a lot.
Not all dyslexics are helped by the same font features. I know one who strongly prefers monospaced fonts, which is counter-intuitive.
My #1 recc is DO NOT FULLY JUSTIFY. Ragged right helps a lot.
In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's useful to note that the incidence of "some degree of dyslexia" is about 10%.
Not all dyslexics are helped by the same font features. I know one who strongly prefers monospaced fonts, which is counter-intuitive.
My #1 recc is DO NOT FULLY JUSTIFY. Ragged right helps a lot.
Not all dyslexics are helped by the same font features. I know one who strongly prefers monospaced fonts, which is counter-intuitive.
My #1 recc is DO NOT FULLY JUSTIFY. Ragged right helps a lot.