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Futility is resistant

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  • You should get that checked

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  • When you’re past a certain age, having an unexpected, rebellious boner that refuses to calm down is an achievement. I remember when they were a constant nuisance, so I can relate to the young and dumb guys.

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  • Worst answer to “Is that a roll of coins in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?”

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  • Thank you too, Docker pants.

  • That sound was the best part of connecting to the internet, like a liminal space

  • I swear the faster modems also made a bell-like “clong” sound

  • The canvas built in is the easiest UI I’ve used to make mind maps, I’d surely miss it if I had to migrate.

  • The community plugin “Google Drive Sync” is free, open source, and lets you (clunkily but effectively) bypass Obsydian Sync. One less server to manage.

  • This is the attitude. Some people make a community as if it was an enterprise, trying to grow big fast. The best communities, here or everywhere, are labors of love that may or may not grow much. A community getting huge is even a liability that can kill it as effectively as low traffic.

    People, don’t make communities expecting them to become big, make them expecting them to stay authentic.

  • You were working with computers since before smartphones existed, that’s a pass of course.

  • Mercado libre is literally the Spanish eBay.

  • My litmus test is: “Have you tried Linux?”

    Even if they just used a live cd for curiosity, it means they know enough about computers to grasp the concepts that make them versatile, and were exploring around the net enough to read about it.

  • SpaceX is still doing truly revolutionary work, and that usually gets you in regulatory trouble. Of everything Musk, I think this company is the greatest thing his paws have made.

    I will change opinion if his dream is actually becoming the dictator of the first Nazi Mars Colony, but I wish SpaceX much success in its endeavors for the time being.

  • Mozilla’s Multi-Account Containers extension.

    It lets you define several cookie+local storage spaces, each isolated from the rest, and from private browsing. This way you can open random sites in the Default container, work sites in the “Evil Corp.” container, Furry fanfic sites in the “Guilty pleasures” container, etc.

    With a container-aware cookie manager extension, you can even clear a whole container without affecting the rest.

  • I see “opinionated” and I become instantly skeptical. I want software to be flexible, not inflexible. I want to make it work my way, not viceversa.

  • This might sound weird, but sleep deprivation. I know it’s unhealthy, I only did it when young, but it was a rush to not sleep reading or gaming all night, then go to work/school. My record was 72 hours awake (Friday to Sunday) and while my head was wonky, and sometimes I would get very mild shakes, it was a high feeling still in control.

    I’ve only felt a similar rush while fasting for several days, but for me it was much harder not eating compared to not sleeping.

  • This is one of my highs too! It’s a wonderful feeling to get out of work knowing you did something great, like the implementation opposite of impostor syndrome.

    Unfortunately I don’t experience it every week, or even frequently, but I guess if I did it wouldn’t be a high.

  • If there’s a secretary bird today, who knows what was their highest position then?

    There even was a Tyrannosaurus Rex, that means they had at least one monarchy!

  • Dinosaurs had a stagnant civilization that needed external aid to destroy itself. We need no stinking asteroid for that!