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I don't understand why this character needs to exist given that, at least according to the author, it has only been seen once in the wild, and it's semantically identical to another more widely used character.

I'm glad I'm not responsible for unicode. Clearly I have the wrong mindset for it.

Oh. I thought this was a different type of inflation gallery.

This is still cool, though.

As in the transformer brick in the power cable? I picked up a NuBrick while I was there, so I should be okay.

I just picked up my first C64 last weekend at the midwest vintage computer festival. It needs a little work because it's one of the revisions with the weak video output, but otherwise it's in great condition.

I can't wait to start playing around. Seems like a great sandbox to finally get comfortable with assembly. I think I'll try diagnosing the issue this weekend if I can muster up the energy.

Why is the word "surveillance" in quotes? Is calling it surveillance controversial at this point?

Yeah, Disney+ is bad. But have you seen Paramount+? They think Star Trek nerds will put up with anything. As a Star Trek nerd, I found the UI of Transmission to be much better. ;-)

For getting around the paywall...

https://archive.ph/jJLuz

You're on the right site for it.

Social media has been at least as warped thanks to state interference and astroturfing, as well as The Algorithm itself creating echo chambers. Social media is designed to make every user feel like they're in the majority no matter their views. Couple that with the incentive to keep users "engaged" by keeping them outraged, and you end up with a user base of various angry mobs from all sides.

Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages by Bruce Tate

Seriously, check out this book. It's delightful! It'll level you up as a software developer. Also, I've heard it heavily influenced José Valim to create Elixir.

I pulled up a metronome web app in another tab and set it around 23 bpm. And it still took me about an hour to hit 5.5.

I love the name. What's in a name? In my experience, names that come off like a brag are unlucky. Names that are self-deprecating are lucky.

It's my dream to make something awesome with a particularly off-putting name. People who judge a book by its cover will miss out. People who don't care about names will reap the benefits.

In other words, your customers don't care if you utilize a tool called "Turd" or whatever.

You are not defined by your work. Anyone who looks at you and only sees your most recent accomplishment is not worth your time. It's okay to not be productive sometimes. It's okay to do nothing sometimes. Everyone needs to hear that.

I'm just as guilty as anyone. I've been sold the lie that because I'm a programmer, I'm soon to be rich. I just have to work a little harder. When I'm not working for a paycheck, that time is supposed to be for me to be working towards my dreams and striking it rich and making the world a better place.

Don't fall for it. It's okay if you need to spend that third of your day not spent sleeping or working for the man to recover.

They don't allow you to have jokes in here.