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"On a Thursday morning nearly 30 years ago at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, a software developer checked-in some code for a dialog box he was working on. The box was only supposed to be temporary, so he didn’t worry that it was very basic. Except, nobody ever got around to changing it — and it’s still the same to this day in Windows 11."
theverge.com/2024/3/25/24111288/microsoft-format-drive-windows-ui-dialog
Ok, I'm not usually one for videos this slick, but this is pretty cool: youtube.com/watch?v=BuEziDm9gQw
@RolloTreadway Sun hasn't yet risen here in CDT (UTC-5), so good morning! Raining, so bike ride replaced with slow coffee and phone. My physical symptoms preface bad mental episodes, like prophetic warnings. I usually pop out of said episodes with slight mania.
As for work, meh? Maybe noodle on what you can?
15 miles and a donut this morning. He's got a mountain bike thing this afternoon. #bicycling
I'd forgotten what a banger the outro of Over the Rhine's "Let's Spend the Day in Bed" is
youtube.com/watch?v=kI25AWaHDh8&list=OLAK5uy_kSOkPKlNtDbbLjk6n55ZMHzqYfoyqSOls&index=8
Productivity porn is a lot like real porn. It can feel like the real thing, but doesn’t produce the same results. It can make you feel like you’re doing it wrong when you are doing the real thing. People can get addicted to it. Acronyms.
Both scenes have stars. Both appear to have a lot of free content available but it’s all just trying to get you to pay for more content.
"We’re in a strange moment, where overall vibes about the economy are good, but some parts of it, like media, remain busted. Pessimism still lingers. And it feels like every week, a new garbage fire gets lit and knocked over into the street, with little anyone can do about it but gawk..."
@ernie at
tedium.co/2024/03/21/deadspin-kotaku-media-climate-individual-loses/
Pleased to find thisisindexed.com still going. Rediscovered checking a link on a 17-year-old blog post.
