Today's links Tech workers and gig workers need each other: Each disenshittifies the other. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current …
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January 13, 2024I wear headphones a lot. The thing that makes me frustrated with my headphones is how they feel on my head. I use DT 770 Pro headphones at my gaming desk and Audiotechnica ATH-M40x headphones at my work desk, and the cushions on the ATH-M40x's…
via Xe Iaso's blog
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January 13, 2024USB, the Universal Serial Bus, was first released in 1996. It did not achieve
widespread adoption until some years later; for most of the '90s RS-232-ish
serial and its
awkward sibling the parallel port
were the norm for external peripheral. It's sor…
via computers are bad
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January 6, 2024Hello! I’ve been extremely slowly trying to figure how to explain every core
-concept in Git (commits! branches! remotes! the staging area!) and commits have
-been surprisingly tricky.
-Understanding how git commits are implemented feels pretty straightforward …
via Julia Evans
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January 5, 2024