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Fake IMDB credits
I was casually browsing IMDb when I landed on the page for an upcoming Ranbir Kapoor starrer movie “Animal”.
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I Taught ChatGPT to Invent a Language
In which ChatGPT and I invent a fictional language spoken by slime-people
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SiriSpy – iOS bug allowed apps to eavesdrop on your conversations with Siri
Gui Rambo writes about his coding and reverse engineering adventures.
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How to communicate effectively as a developer
Some tactical and strategic tips for writing effectively as a software developer.
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Solid.js feels like what I always wanted React to be
I'm sold on Solid.
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macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
Here are 4 tricks that I’ve found to make my life easier and help me communicate better with my co-workers.
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Why do so many brands change their logos and look like everyone else?
Tech and fashion logos are becoming increasingly similar, all of them using sans serif fonts. Why do they do that? And why it doesn't make sense.
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Kubernetes is a red flag signalling premature optimisation
If your company uses Kubernetes, you are likely expending energy on something that doesn't take you towards your mission.
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Server-Sent Events: an alternative to WebSockets
WebSockets are the most used technology for real-time web apps. However, Server Sent Events (SSE) are a simpler alternative that is often superior.
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Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town
It sounds made up. In the wilderness of British Columbia, a two hour drive from any town with cell reception, sits a ghost town. Not only a ghost town, but a ghost town that was built for $50…
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Final thoughts on Ubiquiti
Last year, I posted a series of articles about a purported “breach” at Ubiquiti. My sole source for that reporting was the person who has since been indicted by federal prosecutors for his alleged wrongdoing – which includes providing false information to the press.
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Things not available when someone blocks all cookies
The personal blog of Thomas Steiner
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On Being Indispensable
It took far too long for it to click in my brain that I was stuck. There was no career path. Sure my title changed, pay went up, but my day-to-day never changed. I was so busy collaborating with dozens of people across all departments, that it felt like I was growing. I wasn’t.
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Procrastinatory Doom Loops
I am running for Corvallis City Council again this fall! Campaign site is here .
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“Magic links” can end up in Bing search results, rendering them useless
I recently started verifying user email addresses during signup to prevent bots, mistyped emails, and also to ensure that addresses are…
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Inspecting Web Views in macOS
I recently received a tantalizing email from a reader I’ve never met: Sam Henri-Gold . Sam showed me how you can key in a couple write commands in the macOS…
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Building a modern home in the woods
Home is an invention on which no one has yet improved. Ann Douglas A lot of people dream of building a modern home. Or rather, a lot of people dream of living in a modern home. A place of their own, with the people they love, surrounded by functional beauty
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Cool desktops don’t change
Working on my old ThinkPad x220 feels easy because I’ve used the same software for over a decade.
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Circadian lighting with Home Assistant: Like f.lux, but for your house
Artificial lighting is omnipresent in contemporary society with disruptive consequences for human sleep
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Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses (2020)
How the Nintendo Switch uses irreversible hardware fuses to prevent firmware downgrades.
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The world needs a non-profit search engine
Sometimes I forget why I’ve taken on this crazy, huge task. Why am I building a search engine ? Will it really be better than Google one day? Will people support it? Will people even use it?
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Horrible edge cases when dealing with music
Personal blog of Julien (jvoisin) Voisin
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Plain text, with lines
I like plain text. I also like doodling while I write. Some things are just easier to explain with a picture. But if I need to draw a picture today, I need to stop writing plain text, pick an app, dismiss a couple of dialogs or tours of new features in front of my face, think about all the ways it's acting for its…
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Rust Is Hard, Or: The Misery of Mainstream Programming
When you use Rust, it is sometimes outright preposterous how much knowledge of language, and how much of programming ingenuity and curiosity you need in order to accomplish the most trivial things. When you feel particularly desperate, you go to rust/issues and search for a solution for your problem. Suddenly, you…
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A short conversation with a bank
This issue imagines a darkly comic conversation between an exasperated customer and their bank, capturing the cascading frustrations of modern financial services: deleted digital statements that…
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Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it
Today I learned that, since macOS High Sierra onwards, you can move a window by starting to drag anywhere on it.