Wise words from @ThisIsSethsBlog ā why it's preferable to use products, services, and tools that *don't* try to be all things to all people:
seths.blog/2020/07/it-migā¦
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Iāll take āThings that Hong Kong Is Not Really Known For In Popular American Cultureā for $400, Alex https://t.co/jc6UOeZoEh
Seemingly overnight, HK is visibly and viscerally different: Parents whispered about whether to stop children from singing a protest song, while activists devised coded w...
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"text": "Seemingly overnight, HK is visibly and viscerally different: Parents whispered about whether to stop children from singing a protest song, while activists devised coded ways to express now-dangerous ideas. @vwang3 @yuenok @elaineyu @nytmay nytimes.com/2020/07/05/wor\u2026",
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HOW DID HE KNOW, HE NAILED EVERYTHING @danielhowell HELLO?!
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If āHamiltonā is the defining literary work (or at least theatrical work ā depending on how much of a snob you are) of the Obama era, then what is the defining work...
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Thank you Virginia, for listening to science and opening responsibly! (Line to get into Norfolk Ikea with social distancing enforced)
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Donāt bury the lede. This is a test run for foreign interference in the election twitter.com/bobosphere/staā¦
By the way, Nazis are imbeciles.
Militias flocked to Gettysburg to foil a supposed antifa flag burning, an apparent hoax created on social media washingtonpost.com/inves...
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Link: How Life Became an Endless, Terrible Competition nadreck.me/2020/07/how-liā¦
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Here's what I post on Instagramā¦ (1/2)
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The state of the weekend cocoon is strong. Happy eternal Caturday!
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Beginning the stubbing of my GitHub account. I run my own Git server and it has support for signing in with GitHub for those who really need it so thereās no need for me to keep using that site (outside of the need to work with the centralized open source community).
Going to REALLY stick to my stances this time.
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With all conferences going online now is even more important than ever as a presenter to UP THE FONT SIZE of your presentations, especially live-coding ones.
Not everyone has the bandwidth to stream your talks in Full HD, nor can folks from the back rows remind you this time.
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Simple Location 4.1.5 Released: di5.us/b/x0
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don't deny me, the fashion witch #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch
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Kanye tweeting that heās āofficiallyā running for President reminds me of Michael Scott ādeclaring bankruptcy.ā https://t.co/QfJCJ0Xikn
Lotta outlets out here using the word āofficialā based on a tweet as opposed to him filing or the creation of a campaign committee. Please slow your roll
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Beard is coming along nicely.
As much as Iād like to, Iām not going to any cookouts today ā playing it safe due to increased Covid cases. Sarah 5 and Elliott dropped off some food and this sunflower on my doorstep, though, so that was nice.
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