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Why is paid social media a bad idea?

It'll soon cost $7/month to fully participate on Twitter. Musk has announced they'll start reserving presence in the For You tab solely for paying customers from April 15th, limit participation in polls to just those customers, and soon also give preferential showing in replies as well. Legacy blue-checks will not be spared, and will i...

From Bookstores to Rockets: The Surprising Paths of Elon Musk, Jeff...

It's easy to assume that successful people were born with some inherent talent or advantage that enabled them to achieve greatness. However, the reality is frequently quite different. "Sometimes it takes an outsider," as the saying goes. Take, for example, Elon Musk. He may now be one of the world's foremost experts on rockets and spac...

The Benefits of Prioritising Asynchronous Communication in the Work...

As someone who has observed real-time communication challenges in the modern workplace, prioritising asynchronous communication can lead to happier and more productive employees. The pressure to always be available and responsive can lead to unnecessary stress and burnout. People must be online and in as many meetings as possible to en...

Portico Darwin: Impromptu Movie Reviews

TODAY'S RAMBLINGS 2 Minute Read Happy Monday and I came down with COVID, for the 2nd time since the pandemic's inception. I knew this already when I made my post on Friday, but hey, why ruin your weekend when I had that covered already? I'm fine already - mostly like a quick cold - but I thought these things were behind us? So line me ...

kwee’s weeks in photos

He was also wearing the Hereditary sweatpants Team Superset + badgalriri and badgalzizi I spy with my little eye,,, an Emmy in a window recent dinnertime companions Z the sun god Pi day praying mantis egg sac // all hail giger 2 different restaurants, floating noods abound BAM nights with sashie and her spacious pockets The 你幹什麼 specia...

Delpher

Geïnteresseerd in historische kranten? In Delpher vind je miljoenen gedigitaliseerde teksten uit Nederlandse kranten, boeken en tijdschriften die je allemaal woord voor woord kunt doorzoeken.

Getting Out More, Finally

While I mentioned my New Year’s resolutions to no longer take on every project, accept every challenge, and work every weekend, I left out my other resolve to get out more. During the pandemic, we’d gone on trips, met friends, and similar, but taking part in cultural events had come to an utter standstill. No concerts, exhibitions, pla...

MRSK and Laravel

I've recorded a video version of this article which you can find on my YouTube channel. --- The 37signals folks released a new tool for deploying containerized web apps called MRSK. When we think about deploying containerized apps, we might think of Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Hashicorp's Nomad, or any container service our cloud provide...

The Busy Trap: Why Being Busy Is Not A Safe Place For Your Health A...

In today's fast-paced world, being busy has become a badge of honor. We glorify the hustle culture and often feel guilty if we're not constantly working or doing something productive. However, is being busy really a safe place, as we believe it to be? There's no denying that being productive and efficient is important. It helps us achi...

Using dotnet watch from a Docker container

Run this command from the directory of the web application. I don't recommend it as daily development workflow, as the container adds quite some performance overhead, but it's great if you need to check how something works when running in a container. docker run -it --rm --mount type=bind,src="$(pwd)",target=/app -p 5000:5000 -e "some_...