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NC GOP Sore Losers

On the brink of losing their supermajority in the state legislature, North Carolina Republicans overrode a gubernatorial veto on Wednesday to enact a new law that gives them control over elections in the state and strips the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of some…
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Writing Down Every UUID

I’ve been struggling to remember all of the UUIDs. There are a lot of them. So this week I wrote them all down. You can see my list at everyuuid.com. Nolen Royalty Writing down (and searching through) every UUID (eieio.games)
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The Purpose of a System is What it Does

When trying to understand systems, one really eye-opening and fundamental insight is to realize that the machine is never broken. What I mean by this is, when observing the outcomes of a particular system or institution, it’s very useful to start…
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The Case for “Single Stair” Reform

Building only one staircase into a building means that builders can use more space for living area. It not only lowers construction costs (building more stairs adds costs), but it also increases the amount of available housing space, bringing down…
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Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Time Zones

What if event organizers could share a link that would do the work for you? If someone clicked on mytime.at/5pm/EST, they would see their local version of that time. It sounded simple enough. I began coding. I knew trying to…
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Tricked by A.I.

A good video by a content creator who accidentally included some AI generated footage in one of their recent videos. It takes a look at how it ended up there and how the internet is getting filled with generated slop…
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NC GOP Sore Losers

Writing Down Every UUID

The Purpose of a System is What it Does

The Case for “Single Stair” Reform

Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Time Zones

Tricked by A.I.

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