Darren's First Hallowe'en-Themed Name

Darren's First Hallowe'en-Themed Name

@darrn.bsky.social

No one of note. From Ontario. Cannot Haiku.

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No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

I was late to Twitter-like discourse, and remain willfully ignorant of the following concepts: - when to use the reply button to reply and when to make a quote tweet to reply - "subtweet?" Is there a button for that? - what is a "ratioed?" - why limit text length but allow huge images with more te

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Replying to @sarahedo.bsky.social

It’s not about Twitter the platform. It was the first time someone thought I had something worthwhile to say. Thank you Shanley

I am spending more time refurbishing these old computers than their monetary worth. They are technically usable... more so with a lightweight Linux distro... I don't want to just garbage them... funny that when I was young, I would rescue and restore garbaged computers from the University.

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'Barbarism to decadence without the intervening stage of civillisation'

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social

"doesn't understand the appeal of patina" feels like neat summation of American aesthetics

Wow. Frankfurt airport really wanted us to miss our connection. Luckily my wife has the "Voice of the Emperor" perk and got us through the line, much to the chagrin of principled line waiters (normally me). So many layers of passport control.

During my vacation I have starting working on a web-based slideshow program to display at our band's show next week. It will feature weird videos on loop and cycling images and distortions based on input sound. This gives me an excuse to learn Web Components and the Sound API. MIDI control too?

I remember my first experience with an interface for connecting a computer to a wireless network. You had to type in the key, but it was treated like a password so you couldn't see what you were typing. This interface demanded you enter it perfectly, twice, with no way to see the characters. Why?

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