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"mom, how are computer programs made"

"you see, when two silly catgirls like each other very much-"

I just realized what a powerful influence Star Trek: TOS had on me. Thanks to CBS's tacky '00s CGI effects replacing Desilu's cheesy '60s model/rotoscope effects, I've developed an unhealthy distrust of absolutely everything appreciated in its original run and now available only in remastered editions.

Commission for 8 Xenia emotes. The commissioner paid extra to have them CC0, which means they're free for anyone to use. Have fun~
archive.org/details/xenia_2023

Periodic reminder that RSS is still alive and well. Lots of websites still have up to date RSS feeds, and RSS feed readers still exist for every OS as well as every major browser.

"With more data at hand than theoretical projection, the evidence is overwhelming: Universal #BasicIncome is working nearly universally."

"In city after city and cohort after cohort — old, young, single parents, ex-convicts — universal basic income has improved health outcomes, raised employment, and bolstered childcare opportunities (and recipients have had consistently better outcomes than control groups)."

UBI works. We know that. It will reduce other costs.

businessinsider.com/universal-

Technical debt shitpost 

"If technical debt is a debt, does that mean you can go to debtors prison for it?"

Yes. It's a cubicle in the programmers wing. All it has is a crufty Pentium desktop, a heavy CRT monitor, and a small bookshelf with Visual C++ for Windows 95 manuals.

"Why programmers like cooking: You peel the carrot, you chop the carrot, you put the carrot in the stew. You don’t suddenly find out that your peeler is several versions behind and they dropped support for carrots in 4.3" -- Randall Koutnik

Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin

Recently, YouTube has been ramping up its anti-adblock effort, and I’ve been watching this closely due to personal interest. This blog post is where I write down what I know.

andadinosaur.com/youtube-s-ant

You know who's sexy? Discord moderators that /ban 1081004946872352958 to pre-emptively remove Clyde AI before it can even appear in their server 😘 😳 🥺

Give a man a fish. Just give him the fish. He's hungry. You have extra fishes. Hand it over fuckface. He doesn't have time to go to your shitty fucking fishing school.

i opened 17776 to show part of it to some peeps here

and

fucking hell i forgot how good it is

give it a browse if you havent already

sbnation.com/a/17776-football

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