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I hate when I casually agree to something I should have said no to in the first place, then circumstances change to make it harder, then it doesn't work out in the end anyway

Funny comments on this innocent question win the internet today. The "wrong answers only" thread is gold as well.

reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/1e4r7wj/whats_the_box_on_the_back_of_the_tour_de_france/

"An empire that no longer lives, and cannot live, strikes, kills in the name of its impossible return."

daniel.industries/2022/12/11/an-empire-that-no-longer-lives-kills/

It's sad that when I discover a new app that does provide value, but it's clearly a SPA in React or similar, I know that sooner or later it will degrade with all the bugs all these apps seem to have. Forms resetting while typing into them, after modifying one value a few seconds ago that autosaved. Using the back button and getting shoved to the top of a long result set that I had previously scrolled down and waited for each "page" to load.* Staring at throbbing grey squares for 10 seconds...

It's a new day. Listening to Michael Cera Palin, hitting ctrl+c on this node server, closing 100 Vercel documentation tabs, and starting over in Ruby. Easy things shouldn't be this hard.

Surprisingly got a PR on one of my favorite local Strava segments this morning. Wasn't planning on trying, it was a last second decision to put in the effort. But I've been riding this high all day. Previous PR on this segment was 2018 at the latest. Might have been 2016. I'd have to re-up my Strava subscription to find out but I'm not that serious and unemployed so no unnecessary 💸 right now.

"Trust people who talk about stuff other than each other"

thisisindexed.com/2024/06/trust-people-who-talk-about-stuff-other-than-each-other/

"The temptation, particularly in a world of influencer media on note-taking, is to get a Big System to Lead You Right To The Big Connections in Your Thoughts. You don’t need that, you’ve got one sizzling away in your noggin, right now."

therealadam.com/2024/07/13/journal-highlight-revisit.html

Why are gifs on masto mp4s?

Ermagawd, my computer-specific glasses just arrived and everything is so crisp and clear it's freaking my brain out. 🥳