Jackson Wambolt
@jackocoolio.bsky.social
Software Developer in Madison, WI.
Passionate about programming languages and UX.
Passionate about programming languages and UX.
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heyyy, sorry to bother you! your operating system just got in touch with me and said it was having trouble getting hold of you. it said it has an important system update it needs to install, but you aren't responding to its notifications. it sounded pretty worried honestly
June 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
heyyy, sorry to bother you! your operating system just got in touch with me and said it was having trouble getting hold of you. it said it has an important system update it needs to install, but you aren't responding to its notifications. it sounded pretty worried honestly
Great article that whether I like it or not (I don’t) still holds true today
www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/t...
www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/t...
Things You Should Never Do, Part I
Netscape 6.0 is finally going into its first public beta. There never was a version 5.0. The last major release, version 4.0, was released almost three years ago. Three years is an awfully long tim…
www.joelonsoftware.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Great article that whether I like it or not (I don’t) still holds true today
www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/t...
www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/t...
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ten years ago i was watching doug reruns with sam altman, like we often did together. i said it was a tragedy that doug funnie only had one outfit, and that someone should develop a program that would come up with different-colored vests for him to wear. "wait here," sam said. i never saw him again
March 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
ten years ago i was watching doug reruns with sam altman, like we often did together. i said it was a tragedy that doug funnie only had one outfit, and that someone should develop a program that would come up with different-colored vests for him to wear. "wait here," sam said. i never saw him again
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EXPLORER 1: what should we name this new land we found
EXPLORER 2: how bout Newfoundland
EXPLORER 1: damn that’s fucken good
EXPLORER 2: how bout Newfoundland
EXPLORER 1: damn that’s fucken good
March 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
EXPLORER 1: what should we name this new land we found
EXPLORER 2: how bout Newfoundland
EXPLORER 1: damn that’s fucken good
EXPLORER 2: how bout Newfoundland
EXPLORER 1: damn that’s fucken good
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watched one of those obama-narrated nature documentaries, lots of dire warnings about climate change. i guess he changed his mind from when he was bragging about increasing US oil production. must be kicking himself now
March 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
watched one of those obama-narrated nature documentaries, lots of dire warnings about climate change. i guess he changed his mind from when he was bragging about increasing US oil production. must be kicking himself now
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How firm is the hold of antivax beliefs?
From the parents of the 6 year old unvaccinated child who died of measles:
“Don’t do the shots,” the girl’s mother said. Measles, she added, is “not as bad as they’re making it out to be.” She noted that her four other children all recovered…
From the parents of the 6 year old unvaccinated child who died of measles:
“Don’t do the shots,” the girl’s mother said. Measles, she added, is “not as bad as they’re making it out to be.” She noted that her four other children all recovered…
How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old’s measles death
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old’s measles death
Anti-vaccine influencers see the child’s death as proof — not of the danger of measles, but of their own debunked theories.
www.nbcnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
How firm is the hold of antivax beliefs?
From the parents of the 6 year old unvaccinated child who died of measles:
“Don’t do the shots,” the girl’s mother said. Measles, she added, is “not as bad as they’re making it out to be.” She noted that her four other children all recovered…
From the parents of the 6 year old unvaccinated child who died of measles:
“Don’t do the shots,” the girl’s mother said. Measles, she added, is “not as bad as they’re making it out to be.” She noted that her four other children all recovered…
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Accessibility doesn't only help a small group of people. Accessibility helps everyone
January 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Accessibility doesn't only help a small group of people. Accessibility helps everyone
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discovered that Little Caesar’s has an Apple Watch app and it’s just this image that you can’t interact with in any way
February 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
discovered that Little Caesar’s has an Apple Watch app and it’s just this image that you can’t interact with in any way