Nolan Egly

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

“when you're thinking about who you're going to vote for, think about this: if there's a politician who's picking villains and pointing fingers, that's means they don't have a solution. Because if they had a solution, instead of blaming somebody, they would be working on the solution.” - Jeff Bezos

Look at the past - empire succeeding empire - and from that, extrapolate the future: the same thing. No escape from the rhythm of events. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, book 7, section 49

I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point. I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

Great post on the importance of doing something solely for yourself. Two favorite quotes: “burnout doesn’t usually come from laziness or disconnection. It comes from caring too much, too long, with too little support.” And “hobbies aren’t luxury. They’re survival” ashley.dev/posts/effort...

The biggest problem with “strong opinions, weakly held” is that you look really stupid walking back a strong opinion even if you have a good reason to do so. This is why big companies end up with risk aversion and decision by committee. Looking like you made a mistake is fatal while inaction isn’t.

Me too, gonna have to remember this one! My other favorite traffic analogy is about the myth of resource efficiency…a highway at 100% usage becomes a parking lot.

New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."

This one came pre-assembled... 🐈‍⬛

I reported a problem with newly released Microsoft tooling last year, and in a quickly following update MS backpedaled a breaking behavior change. I’m still getting occasional “someone replied” notifications from everyone commenting “worked for me” on the thread, lol

No matter how good you think you are, you gotta be coachable if you want to get better.

Don’t rely on just the GitHub star rating…check the project history too! Bot networks are selling fake stars to help legitimize malware packages. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

It’s amusing how you can judge how much an organization cares about a required training subject by the production budget. Preventing security hacks, data leaks, and social engineering attacks? Video with actors, music, interactive mini-games. Ethics and compliance? Walls of text to read lol

Ooh, gonna try this today. Thanks Sarah!

This was such a defining game series for me growing up, I might get pulled into buying this remaster. Great storytelling!

Not taking your paid time off is voluntarily taking a pay cut. Worse, it signals your employer it’d be OK to cut vacation time benefits.

I absolutely do this. And sometimes writing out the message causes me to revise who it’s getting sent to lol

It’s easy to be discouraged about circumstances outside your control. Choose to focus on what you can influence- your beliefs and values, your interactions with others, and whether you resolve to continue regardless of your environment.