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October 8, 2021
— Clive Thompson made a little utility to look at literary styles by stripping out everything except punctuation via MetaFilter #
October 7, 2021
— a delightful game about procrastination with a unique narrator, enabled by an equally unique authoring tool #
— searching for the not-so-stablecoin’s reserves inexplicably leads to a Mighty Ducks child actor and the co-creator of Inspector Gadget #
October 6, 2021
— Noelle Stevenson’s new comic Substack is off to a good start #
— the first posthumous episode, made with the help of the Lennon estate using unreleased interviews and demos #
— 90% of their revenue came from a contract with AT&T-owned TV platforms, including DirecTV #
— source code repos, creator payouts, encrypted passwords, mobile/console/desktop apps, and internal/unreleased tools #
October 5, 2021
— a wild ride about an author who gave a kidney, another author who drew inspiration from it, and the ensuing legal drama #
— this doesn’t paint a pretty picture of leadership under Ryan Carson, the online coding school’s founder/CEO #
— not sure what’s preventing them from amending their original snarky takedowns, but it’s a nice thought exercise #
— is it even a podcast if I can’t listen to it in my podcast player? i guess a lot can change in two years #
October 4, 2021
— interesting to see the immediate impact on other social networks #
— removed BGP routes locked out FB employees from offices, internal tools, and their own VPN, plus every site that uses FB auth #
— “Facebook has set up a system of incentives that is pulling people apart” #
— “Video Games and More” was like Twitch on TV, with kids calling in to talk to a 12-year-old gamer instead of spamming chat via Cal Henderson #
— “being nostalgic for being in the early-2010s being nostalgic for the 90s” #
— WaPo investigation based on 12M leaked documents reveal how the global elite shield their riches in international tax havens, including in the U.S. #
October 1, 2021
— absurd commitment to the gag; less than $25k left to hit $1 million raised #
— embarrassed to admit I wrote every post like this when I was a Cool Teen in the BBS era via b3ta #
