Colin McMillen
mcmillen.dev
Colin McMillen
@mcmillen.dev
He/him. Somerville, MA.

Previously: Google, reCAPTCHA, Carnegie Mellon (Ph.D., Computer Science).
Yeah the tomato soup thing was 100% a Campbell's Soup ad campaign. Which is funny because that has to be one of the Worst overall tomato soups and honestly one of the worst Campbell's soups specifically
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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We took professional sports - a job that is, by its very nature, one of the most high-stress, unhealthy things you can do for a living - and then added the ability for the most unsavory, unhinged freaks on Earth to tie their life savings to you, and threaten your family, without leaving their couch
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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wanna see what Twitter suspended me for?
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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every time this happens people start going "what about this, huh" and getting suspended too, so may I recommend not doing that

at this point everyone should know what the policy is and "I'm going to go right up to what I think the line is and poke it with a stick" is asking to get got
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
this must be how other countries' economic ministers feel about the Trump tariffs
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
wanders into the forest seeking the Nineteenth Hole
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"AIs spamming annoying proposals" is a unifying feature of all strategy games
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Does he need a map there?
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I tried to start as Japan (after picking Holland for some initial tutorial stuff) but it's a hot mess. Can't read the damn map due to every daimyo having their own army taking up space. There's some sort of mechanic for declaring which side of a succession to fight for, but I can't actually declare.
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I love how the "passive exonerative tense" is found in the Bible here.

"Jael smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died."

"Man in tent dies in Jael-involved smiting"
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I swear, the war on Christmas starts earlier and earlier every year.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM