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whoever did the sound design for ARC Raiders deserves an award. I want to take a sound bath in all the incredible retro computer blips and beeps
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
why don’t flood warnings have a common convention for severity level? I’m used to seeing many warnings without ever seeing any flooding, so I can imagine it being easy for somebody to ignore notifications.
July 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I ended up caving and migrating to Readwise - the ability to import from Pocket and export to Obsidian was too good to resist
This really is too bad. One of the projects on my to-do list was a Pocket CLI tool - guess I'll cross that one off the list. If you have replacements please share!
Pocket is saying goodbye - What you need to know | Pocket Help
More information about the end of support for Pocket.
support.mozilla.org
June 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
guess what I'm doing
June 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This really is too bad. One of the projects on my to-do list was a Pocket CLI tool - guess I'll cross that one off the list. If you have replacements please share!
Pocket is saying goodbye - What you need to know | Pocket Help
More information about the end of support for Pocket.
support.mozilla.org
May 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
why is it so fun to watch bots try and ssh into my web server
May 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I just don't understand why you would assume people are coming to their beliefs insincerely, by first assessing where the aggregate of their views would be placed in the political spectrum.
Self-identifying as a centrist is perhaps the most cynical and amoral political identity you can have because you're just openly admitting your beliefs aren't really beliefs they're just strategic positions that only exist relative to others in the room you happen to be in
May 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
trying to get this site up and running within the next week. I thought that this would be a dime-a-dozen app but believe it or not, I have not been able to find a comparable tool to visualize public health data
built this little web app as a side project last sunday
May 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
built this little web app as a side project last sunday
April 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I enjoy posting, but I do not enjoy being perceived
April 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Petition for the definition of a quality start to be changed to 5 innings pitched with 2 or less earned runs.
March 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Now that football is over with… it’s time for the good stuff
February 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
watched ‘A Real Pain’ this last weekend and just loved it unbelievably. by far my favorite film from 2024
January 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
dodgers are going to get sasaki and win four more WS. their starting rotation is unreal.
January 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’m starting to feel that even recreational drone use should require a license.
January 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Reposted by Austin
What’s even more uncanny: Octavia Butler lived — and is buried — in Altadena, the location most devastated by the Eaton fire.
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."

She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reposted by Austin
The median age of first-time homebuyers hit 38 last year, up from 29 in 1981. It’s not the only milestone once common by 30 that’s now delayed.

While millennials face criticism for their choices, the truth lies in structural challenges today that didn’t exist for their parents in the 1980s.
January 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Reposted by Austin
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
December 27, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Update - it was enough time, I’m an amateur radio operator now!
decided I’m finally getting my HAM radio license - is 10 days enough time for me to cram for the exam? let’s find out
December 17, 2024 at 8:48 PM
I want this to be my vibe so bad
CWOPS CWT
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December 6, 2024 at 3:59 AM
It is a pure adrenaline rush remembering I did not terminate an ec2 instance
December 3, 2024 at 9:57 PM
decided I’m finally getting my HAM radio license - is 10 days enough time for me to cram for the exam? let’s find out
November 28, 2024 at 5:48 AM
people do this for SEO - otherwise you won’t find the recipe in the first place
I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.
November 28, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Reposted by Austin
I see a lot of you still sharing posts from the obviously fake Count Dracula account, so please be aware:

- the real Count would never post during daylight hours in Romania

- his full given name is Vlad, not Vladimir

- he does not actually say “blah” and would never write it out in a post
November 20, 2024 at 4:21 PM