Mat Duggan

Old fashioned YAML farmer

Popular posts: 25
Total points: 7,693
HN comments: 5,423
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Fixing Macs door to door

20241,033 points203 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

Fun stories from my time working as an AppleCare Dispatch contractor going door to door in Chicago.

Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Greenland is a complicated topic here in Denmark. The former colony that is still treated a bit like a colony is something that inspires a lot of emotions. Greenland has been subjected to a lot of unethical experiments by Denmark, from taking their kids to wild experiments in criminal justice.

Stop Trying to Schedule a Call with Me

2025588 points198 comments Career & Management details

Stop Trying To Schedule A Call With Me - The harassment by SaaS

The year of the 3D printed miniature and other lies we tell ourselves

2025201 points150 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

3D printing and miniatures as a case study in how tech misses what users actually want

I'm tired of being on the network

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You can tell how tired someone is of the always-online life pretty easily. When they get home, watch the distance between the phone and the body. The people who love being connected never let the thing leave them be it pocket, palm, face-down next to the fork. Everyone