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That's Not a Monopoly
Mike Fahey writing for Kotaku:
While the merging of Microsoft and Activision feels like far too much power being consolidated
Matt Birchler
My Worst Take Ever
I was looking through a few posts and found this doozy from 2015:
With this week’s news that Apple
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The Unbelievable Power of Keyboard Maestro
David Sparks:
I’ve had a lot of questions about the relationship between Keyboard Maestro and Shortcuts for Mac. Specifically,
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WordleBot Gets More Accessible
Federico Viticci updated his WordleBot shortcut based on user feedback:
Although well-intentioned, my original approach was misguided: even with line-based
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The Unifying Case for Getting Covid Under Control? Probably not, but It Should Be.
The National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund put out their 2021 End-Of-Year Preliminary Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report (PDF) and it
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When the Assholes Show Up
Doodled Dragons takes at least $30,000 after tweeting "our charity will instead now be... my bank account"
How Do You Like Them Wordles? (Newsletter #98)
Happy Friday! Not the biggest week ever, but I'm actually in love with every single item linked below,
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Programming Should Not Be an Elite Practice
I wasn't going to link this this, but then I got to the last paragraph:
The entry barrier
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When You Don't Show Up to Your Own Product Announcement
Samsung no-showed on its major Exynos 2200 launch and won’t say why | Ars Technica
Samsung pulled a no-call no-show
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How Dead is RSS? I Looked Into it and Things Seem…Good, Actually
I Miss RSS, by Billy Wilcosky:
RSS is still around but I’m saying I miss it because it’s
Wordle is Kinda Great
Wordle is a word-based puzzle game that you can play once per day, and everyone plays the same puzzle. You
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HomePods + Apple TV: Fun, but I Had to Move On
This was going to be a very long post, but I got bored reading my own post, so I threw
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People Were Skeptical About the Web Too, You Know
Eric Selfert on Twitter:
Calling out the fact that some other technology at a similar stage was (1) ridiculed and
Web3's Instant Rush to Centralization
Moxie Marlinspike has written my new favorite piece about the modern crypto bubble. Read the whole thing, but a few
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So, About the MacBook Pro Notch…
I’m here to say that yes, I notice the notch on the 2021 MacBook Pro every single time I
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Gear Does Matter
Two Cameras: Two Uses, by Greg Morris:
My smartphone needs to have a good camera to capture all of life&
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The Erosion if the Common Good
Anita Sreedhar and Anand Gopal writing about vaccine hesitancy in the U.S.
Public health is no longer viewed as
Apple
Fitness+ is Adding the One Feature That Could Bring Me Back!
Apple Newsroom:
Time to Run on Fitness+ is a new audio running experience designed to help users become more consistent
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