How Ivy League Admissions Broke America
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How I configure my Git identities
Note: I’ve had this post drafted for 3 YEARS!!! It’s finally time to publish it. I like to mess with…
Monitor replacement — using a projector for a home office setup | by Sofia Pandelea
Projector: Short-throw Optoma GT1080HDR Screen: 90″ Grey fixed frame hung on chains from a ceiling (about 85″ x 50″) Mount:…
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super Cassette Vision
The Epoch Cassette Vision was a moderate success. But in 1983, that all ended, when Nintendo and Sega released new…
Making your connection bad
This is directly inspired by Engineering for Slow Internet. I figured I’d give running with dogshit internet on my desktop…
Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds
Remotely operated camera traps, sound recorders and drones are increasingly being used in conservation science to monitor wildlife and natural…
RFC 35140: The Do-Not-Stab flag in the HTTP Header
Date: March 7, 2111 This document defines the syntax and semantics of the Do-Not-Stab header, a proposed HTTP header that…
The two factions of C++
Zero Ranger. Toggle original/dithered image There seems to be a lot of fighting and arguing over the future of C++….
Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
Bluesky, the formerly Jack Dorsey-affiliated, decentralized answer to Elon Musk’s X is closing the gap with Threads at breakneck speed….
This Website is Hosted on Bluesky · Daniel Mangum
Well, not this one. But this one is! How? Let’s take a closer look at Bluesky and the AT Protocol…
Software Engineer at Continue | Y Combinator
Continue is seeking an outstanding software engineer to help us build state-of-the-art autocomplete and codebase retrieval, who thinks rigorously and…
Getting started with AI agents (part 2): Autonomy, safeguards and pitfalls
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