Jesse Rusak
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
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We ditched CGI in the late 1990s because of the overhead of starting, executing and stopping a process for every incoming request... turns out modern servers (plus languages like Go or Rust with a fast startup time) mean CGI isn't such a bad idea any more! simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/5/c...
Serving 200 million requests per day with a cgi-bin
Jake Gold tests how well 90s-era CGI works today, using a Go + SQLIte CGI program running on a 16-thread AMD 3700X. Using CGI on modest hardware, it’s possible to …
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July 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
We ditched CGI in the late 1990s because of the overhead of starting, executing and stopping a process for every incoming request... turns out modern servers (plus languages like Go or Rust with a fast startup time) mean CGI isn't such a bad idea any more! simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/5/c...
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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Underrated joke of the year right here.
kool-aid man: [waking from a coma] wha- what happened
doctor: you ran head first into a brick wall
kool-aid man: oh yeah
doctor: you ran head first into a brick wall
kool-aid man: oh yeah
March 19, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Underrated joke of the year right here.
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A happy day for #rustlang steveklabnik.com/writing/a-ha...
A Happy Day for Rust
I’m not sure where we go from here, and I’m not sure what we could have done to prevent this from happening. But I feel like this is a failure, and it’s set Rust back a bit, and I’m just plain sad.
steveklabnik.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A happy day for #rustlang steveklabnik.com/writing/a-ha...
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In one of the first Council meetings I ever chaired, we advocated for the creation of a single consolidated waitlist for people in need of affordable housing - instead of separately applying to every new opportunity. Thrilled to see it launching! Info sessions: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
March 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
In one of the first Council meetings I ever chaired, we advocated for the creation of a single consolidated waitlist for people in need of affordable housing - instead of separately applying to every new opportunity. Thrilled to see it launching! Info sessions: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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In the new Trump presidency, we have got to remain focused. We can’t panic.
No matter how many executive orders he signs or statements he issues, our goal is the same:
We must fight to create an America based on economic, social & environmental justice.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No matter how many executive orders he signs or statements he issues, our goal is the same:
We must fight to create an America based on economic, social & environmental justice.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What Trump didn’t say in his inauguration speech | Bernie Sanders
The simple truth is that Trump ignored almost every major issue facing this country’s working families in his first speech
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In the new Trump presidency, we have got to remain focused. We can’t panic.
No matter how many executive orders he signs or statements he issues, our goal is the same:
We must fight to create an America based on economic, social & environmental justice.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No matter how many executive orders he signs or statements he issues, our goal is the same:
We must fight to create an America based on economic, social & environmental justice.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Hitting the ↑ key 50 times to save myself from typing a 6 character command.
After 5 taps, I can't back out. I'm committed until the very end of my command history or the very end of time. Whichever arrives first.
After 5 taps, I can't back out. I'm committed until the very end of my command history or the very end of time. Whichever arrives first.
January 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hitting the ↑ key 50 times to save myself from typing a 6 character command.
After 5 taps, I can't back out. I'm committed until the very end of my command history or the very end of time. Whichever arrives first.
After 5 taps, I can't back out. I'm committed until the very end of my command history or the very end of time. Whichever arrives first.
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🏁Looking back at 2024 and ahead to next year - my latest newsletter is up!
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Ben Ewen-Campen's Somerville Newsletter
Looking back on 2024, and ahead to the work in 2025
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December 19, 2024 at 2:23 PM
🏁Looking back at 2024 and ahead to next year - my latest newsletter is up!
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