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October 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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I am nearing the end of my Recurse Center batch and starting to look for work! If you know of something short- or long-term that might be a good fit, please be in touch. More details in the next post
June 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is kicking my BUTT

Also it kicks butt

Definitely one of the more interesting and challenging rhythm games of recent years
Get ready to FACE THE MUSIC 💀🎶

Rift of the NecroDancer, the rhythm game where the music fights back, is OUT NOW on Steam.

🎧 30+ original songs
✨ Packed with cool extras and features
⚙️ Custom music & workshop support

Get 10% off until Feb 11:
store.steampowered.com/app/2073250/...
February 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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December 22, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Even for someone reasonably au fait with the demented world of Sam Smith's pubs/Humphrey Smith, some great details in this piece. Comes across someone who doesn't understand that other people are as real as he is. www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
December 19, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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December 8, 2024 at 4:08 PM
There used to be a magazine here called CustomPC that I was a big fan of during my computer building days.

Even after those, I used to buy one issue every year without fail: the Christmas issue where they taste tested all the mince pies available on the high street.
December 8, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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People are not wrong: this piece by Fara Dabhoiwala is all the superlatives. A masterful weaving of evidence, argument and story-telling.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 12:14 PM
I endorse this
The youths need mosh education
November 29, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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finally - it has been a *journey* - published @zachsdorfman.bsky.social's dive into how U.S. intelligence convinced itself that Pokemon Go might be a Chinese trap.

foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/29/p...
The Great Pokémon Go Spy Panic
How a global hit sparked digital paranoia inside U.S. intelligence.
foreignpolicy.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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The Dungeon Cops reboot 1/2 #comics #webcomics #dnd
November 26, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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'Tis better to labor alone in a black lagoon than to suffer the slings and arrows of an open office. — William G. Shakespeare #webcomics
November 22, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Co-sign
Some thoughts on the quiet HTTPS revolution:
medium.com/@boblord/the...

🔐
November 17, 2024 at 8:50 AM
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We are hiring (in the US & CA) for a Security Engineer to join my team @tailscale.com job-boards.greenhouse.io/tailscale/jo... If you're a security generalist who likes intertwined security and product problems we'd love to hear from you. Happy to answer any questions about the role here or in DM 😄
Job Application for Security Engineer at Tailscale
job-boards.greenhouse.io
October 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM
@tychobrahe.bsky.social are you playing Metal Slug Tactics? I feel like they've made something pretty unique here (if it does remind me of any other tactics game, it's Into The Breach)
November 12, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Amazing article, and also some very creative CSS; you will not regret scrolling to the end modem.io/blog/blog-mo...
How to Monetize a Blog
A guide on turning your diary into dollars.
modem.io
November 7, 2024 at 8:35 PM
I injured my knee by walking too much. Playing Pokémon Go.
v.milcom.in Viv @v.milcom.in · Nov 2
Hit me with your most embarrassing injury.

Mine is spraining my side trying to remove a shirt.
November 5, 2024 at 8:33 PM
TIL
October 28, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Implementing your own cryptography
October 28, 2024 at 12:03 AM