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10ft Paywall, 3ft Ladder |
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<time class="dt-published published" datetime="2022-03-22T12:02-04:00">12:02 on 2022-03-22</time> |
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<figcaption>Break the chains of advertising!</figcaption> |
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<figcaption>Smash!</figcaption> |
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<figcaption>Well, maybe not <em>these</em>, chains...</figcaption> |
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Managing Markdown with a Myriad of Mediocre Mislabeled Misfits |
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<time class="dt-published published" datetime="2022-03-21T15:17-04:00">15:17 on 2022-03-21</time> |
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<p>I don't care much for OneNote as a note-taking tool. It works |
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alright, but it's slow and often feels sloppy and disorganized. |
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I much prefer plain text. It's universal and note prone to |
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corruption like the former. So, then why is it so hard to have |
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everywhere?</p> |
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<h3>Bear</h3> |
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<p>What a beautiful app. Too bad it's probably the worst. Not |
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only do you pay $1.49/mo. for sync on it's own systems, but you |
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don't even get web access for non-Apple platforms. No choice of |
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sync to preferred services.</p> |
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<h3 id="emacs">Emacs</h3> |
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<p>Ah, yes, my favorite editor. Not really something that you |
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would call a "markdown" editor, specifically. However, |
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it <em>does</em> edit Markdown, and it can save to any location |
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the device has access to, including OneDrive or iCloud. There is |
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just one problem: No iOS. Not surprising, really, but it makes |
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it a shitty cross-platform tool for taking notes.</p> |
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<h3 id="byline">Byline</h3> |
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<p>Another iOS, Markdown-focused editor. Saves to a number of |
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locations, just not OneDrive, not even through the files app. |
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While you can <em>access</em> already created notes on it, you |
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can't start them there.</p> |
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<h3 id="ios-notes">iOS Notes</h3> |
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<p>It saves notes in Exchange Online (or iCloud) and syncs with |
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if you're not using iCloud as the back-end.</p> |
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(and Android), syncs with OneDrive and has connections to notes |
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in Exchange Online. Has lots of features and whatnot. It's |
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just slow, clunky and unintuitive and messy and... bleh.</p> |
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<p>Is OneNote really the only answer? 😞</p> |
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All Apologies |
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<p>What else could I write?<br/> |
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I don't have the right<br/> |
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What else should I be?<br> |
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All apologies</p> |
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<cite>Nirvana - "All Apologies"</cite> |
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<p>I don't feel much like myself today.</p> |
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PHP Traps |
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<p>There are a lot of ways to automate things. PHP has, |
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<a href="https://wordpress.org" rel="nofollow">historically</a>, |
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been very good at making HTML templated things like blogs. Even |
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as it has expanded in purpose with command-line utility, it |
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still does and amazing job at sticking content in HTML and |
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sending that to a browser.</p> |
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<p>So seductive is this ability to make content appear in HTML |
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that even stupidly trivial things, like this page, whisper their |
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almost silent promises of making it <em>so much</em> easier to |
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write and publish on it. Thankfully, this has already been done |
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to death by a dearth of links to abandoned PHP projects smeared |
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across the gleaming black and white surface of GitHub's project |
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listings pages.</p> |
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<p>Would I like to make this whole process easier? <em>Of course |
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I would.</em> That's not the point, though.</p> |
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<p>I <em>could</em> implement a PHP page to iterate through a |
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directory of Markdown files and render them unto this page. I |
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<em>could</em> have a PHP powered image pipeline to crop, slice, |
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dice and thumbnailize images included on the page. I'm fairly |
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sure I could even <em>create</em> those things myself.</p> |
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<p>I don't like that, though. It feels cheap. It feels … |
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sterile and formless. I don't <em>want</em> that because I'm |
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tired of managing <em>that</em>. The workflows, the process, |
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making sure things go right. Setting up infrastructure on my |
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laptop to make sure that the code I'm pushing doesn't break on |
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<p><em>Feh!</em></p> |
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<p>I have a preview function in VSCode, and even if I didn't, |
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the dwindling number of browsers out there would be more than |
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sufficient for the task.</p> |
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<p>I'm not above a certain level of irony and dissonance. I |
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<em>know</em> that VSCode is basically a hyper-fancy webpage for |
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writing code. I <em>know</em> that most applications I use are |
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just webpages guissied up and mangled beyond their original |
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intents. But this is <em>my</em> site, and <em>I</em> get to |
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DST Sucks |
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<time class="dt-published published" datetime="2022-03-15T15:43-04:00">11:11 on 2022-03-15</time> |
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<p>Daylight Savings Time is awful. You either get an hour of false extra sleep, or you struggle for like two weeks while your body adjusts to the 'new normal'.</p> |
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<p>Not only does it <a href="https://openheart.bmj.com/content/1/1/e000019">increase risk of heart attack</a>, <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389945716302222?via%3Dihub=">increase risk of stroke</a>, <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-020-06090-9">increases your risk of being injured while working</a>, and <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2009-12532-013">increases the risk of car accidents</a>. It also <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31678-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982219316781%3Fshowall%3Dtrue">increases the amount of sleep depravation</a> that teenagers experience.</p> |
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<p>Why do we, then, continue the practice when <a href="https://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/daylight-savings-time-state-legislation.aspx">at least half the country dislikes it so much that they're trying to abolish it</a>?</p> |
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Ms. Marvel |
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<section class="article-content e-content"> |
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<p>Looks like we're finally getting <a |
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Marvel">Ms. Marvel!</a> |
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While the (origin) story is decidedly different thant the |
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comics, without having covered the whole Terragen Mists thing, |
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this is as good as origin as any.</p> |
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<p>Can't wait for June 8<sup>th</sup></p> |
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<footer> |
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<address class="p-author author hcard h-card"> |
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<img src="/assets/images/2020-minimal-avatar-50.png" alt="Me!" class="u-photo" height="50" width="50" loading="lazy"> |
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<a href="/" class="u-url">Nathan DeGruchy</a> |
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</address> |
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</footer> |
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</article> |
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<article class="hentry h-entry" id="20220312-obiwan"> |
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<header> |
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<h2 class="p-name entry-title"> |
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Obi-Wan Kenobi |
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<a href="#20220312-obiwan" class="u-url">🔗</a> |
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</h2> |
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<time class="dt-published published" datetime="2022-03-12T11:11-04:00">11:11 on 2022-03-12</time> |
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<section class="video-embed"> |
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<figure> |
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/TWTfhyvzTx0" title="YouTube video player" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen loading="lazy"></iframe> |
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</figure> |
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</section> |
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</header> |
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<section class="article-content e-content"> |
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<p>It's happening!</p> |
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<section class="video"> |
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<figure> |
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<video class="lazy" autoplay controls="" playsinline muted loop data-poster="/assets/images/posts/2022-03-12/key-and-peele-attendent-poster.jpg"> |
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<source data-src="/assets/images/posts/2022-03-12/key-and-peele-attendent.mp4" type="video/mp4"> |
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<source data-src="/assets/images/posts/2022-03-12/key-and-peele-attendent.webm" type="video/webm"> |
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<source data-src="/assets/images/posts/2022-03-12/key-and-peele-attendent.ogv" type="video/ogv"> |
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</video> |
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<figcaption>AHHHHHHHHHH!!</figcaption> |
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</figure> |
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</section> |
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</section> |
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<footer> |
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<address class="p-author author hcard h-card"> |
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<img src="/assets/images/2020-minimal-avatar-50.png" alt="Me!" class="u-photo" height="50" width="50" loading="lazy"> |
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<a href="/" class="u-url">Nathan DeGruchy</a> |
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</address> |
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</footer> |
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</article> |
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<article id="20220314-fomo" class="hentry h-entry"> |
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<header> |
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<h2 class="p-name entry-title"> |
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The Fear of Missing Out |
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<a href="#20220314-fomo" class="u-url">🔗</a> |
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</h2> |
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<time class="dt-published published" datetime="2022-03-14T11:49-04:00">11:49 on 2022-03-14</time> |
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<a title="Read the article that inspired this post" href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katiecamero/sleep-better-tiktok-wellbeing"> |
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<figure> |
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<picture> |
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<source srcset="/assets/images/posts/2022-03-14/tiktok-sleep-fomo.webp" type="image/webp"> |
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<source srcset="/assets/images/posts/2022-03-14/tiktok-sleep-fomo.avic" type="image/avic"> |
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<img src="/assets/images/posts/2022-03-14/tiktok-sleep-fomo.jpg" alt="Fear of missing out" loading="lazy"> |
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</picture> |
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<figcaption><cite>Graham Roumieu for BuzzFeed News</cite></figcaption> |
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</figure> |
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</a> |
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</header> |
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<section class="article-content e-content"> |
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<dl> |
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<dt> |
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out"> |
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F.O.M.O. or "The Fear of Missing Out" |
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</a> |
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</dt> |
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<dd> |
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Fear of missing out (FOMO) is the feeling of |
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apprehension that one is either not in the know or |
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missing out on information, events, experiences, or life |
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decisions that could make one's life better. FOMO is |
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also associated with a fear of regret, which may lead |
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to concerns that one might miss an opportunity for |
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social interaction, a novel experience, a memorable |
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event, or a profitable investment. |
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</dd> |
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</dl> |
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<p><a href="#20220309-antisocial">I have a problem with Social |
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Media.</a> It stems from my underlying depression. With social |
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media, I can create a persona that is similar to me, but is |
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designed to be a much more symapathetic overview. To what end? |
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More interaction.</p> |
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<p>The more replies, likes, boosts and other buttons, the more |
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my head gets a tiny little dopamine kick. String those along for |
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enough time and it becomes habit. The problem with this, though, |
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is that while dopamine is all well and good. It doesn't keep you |
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coming back. That's where FOMO comes into play.</p> |
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<blockquote> |
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<p>"A challenge is that the part of our brain that |
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reinforces behaviors is stimulated by novelty; social media |
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scrolling always promises something new with the next |
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scroll."</p> |
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<cite>Dr. Michael Jaffee, director of the Neurology Sleep |
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Clinic at the University of Florida</cite> |
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</blockquote> |
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<p>Forget drugs! Scrolling Reddit, Twitter or Mastodon allows |
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you to get that "just <em>one</em> more" satisfaction. |
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|
Infinitely. That makes it not only hard to quit, full stop, but |
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also hard to just put down.</p> |
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<p>For me, it wasn't something I could handle responsibly. I |
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tried, like the author, to do things like:</p> |
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<blockquote> |
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<p>While app developers want to keep you engaged for as long |
|
|
as possible, most of them do offer tools to limit screen |
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use. So I did what I don't think (anecdotally) many people |
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|
do — I set up time limits on my social media apps like |
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Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok to help manage my screen use |
|
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before bed with the hopes of getting more sleep.</p> |
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<p>…</p> |
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<p>Sometimes it worked and I would surrender my phone to my |
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|
bedside table, irritated but also appreciative of the sweet |
|
|
relief of darkness on my eyes. But other times I would plug |
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in the passcode, ignoring the tinge of regret that pinched |
|
|
my stomach and knowledge that my future self would be angry |
|
|
— and tired — in the morning.</p> |
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|
<cite>Katie Camero, BuzzFeed News Reporter</cite> |
|
|
</blockquote> |
|
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<p>Only to ignore the rules I had set for myself and just plow |
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|
on, unhindered. It was really surreal the first few times, and |
|
|
pretty much automatic by the time I had my blow up. For me, the |
|
|
problem wasn't lack of sleep. It was the crumbling relationships |
|
|
I had ignored for too long. Worse than being tired or cranky, I |
|
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had to deal with real human issues around my additction. I still |
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do.</p> |
|
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<p>I feel it still. The need to post pithy little comments. |
|
|
Engage in conversation and insider's humor. Every time, though, |
|
|
I need to understand that it's not <em>that</em> important. |
|
|
Especially it's not important enough to interrupt family time, |
|
|
or other important events, where I should be present.</p> |
|
|
<p>To that end, I am seeking professional help for my addiction. |
|
|
I know I need help, and now I'm going to get it. Maybe one day |
|
|
I'll be in control enough to re-engage with social media, but my |
|
|
suspicion is that I am going to have to treat this like |
|
|
Alcoholism and just abstain.</p> |
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</section> |
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<footer> |
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<address class="p-author author hcard h-card"> |
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<img src="/assets/images/2020-minimal-avatar-50.png" alt="Me" height="50" width="50" class="u-photo"> |
|
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<a href="/" class="u-url">Nathan DeGruchy</a> |
|
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</address> |
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</footer> |
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</article> |
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|
<article class="hentry h-entry" id="20220309-antisocial"> |
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<header> |
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|
<h2 class="p-name entry-title"> |
|
|
Anti-social Media |
|
|
<a href="#20220309-antisocial" class="u-url">🔗</a> |
|
|
</h2> |
|
|
<time datetime="2022-03-09T11:28-05:00" class="dt-published published">11:28 on 2022-03-09</time> |
|
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</header> |
|
|
<section class="article-content e-content"> |
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<p>I've been using social media a <em>lot</em>. My drug of |
|
|
choice is the federated system known as Mastodon. It's an |
|
|
ad-free, user supported system of services that have no one |
|
|
central point of control or failure. This means you can chat |
|
|
with all kinds of people on all kinds of wacky subjects.</p> |
|
|
<p>That's kind of the problem.</p> |
|
|
<p>I've been using it as a substitute for my own life. I've used |
|
|
it in ways that have hurt others, but mostly I've used it for |
|
|
the minimal dopamine kick that you get when someone does … |
|
|
whatever, respond, like … etc. Small kicks frequently enough |
|
|
over time make you feel good, in control and liked. Regardless |
|
|
of the actual state of things.</p> |
|
|
<p>Destroying my life for a dopamine kick isn't exactly |
|
|
sustainable. Hence, my abstinence.</p> |
|
|
<p>To help fill that void, I've decided that I want to journal |
|
|
more. I got a book and a pen and I've been writing. I also have |
|
|
this blog to help me with that. Despite my misgivings around |
|
|
WordPress, I've tabled them until I can get my head and life |
|
|
straightened out.</p> |
|
|
<p>I'm going to take this opportunity to take a good hard look |
|
|
at myself and what I get out of the tools and systems I use. I |
|
|
want to be enriched by things, not dragged into small highs that |
|
|
I seek more and more of to the detriment of everything else.</p> |
|
|
<p>So, if you're looking for me. I'm here, just not there.</p> |
|
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</section> |
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<footer> |
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<address class="p-author author hcard h-card"> |
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<img src="/assets/images/2020-minimal-avatar-50.png" alt="Me" height="50" width="50" class="u-photo"> |
|
|
<a href="/" class="u-url">Nathan DeGruchy</a> |
|
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</address> |
|
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</footer> |
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</article> |
|
|
<article class="hentry h-entry" id="20220301-gpgsucks"> |
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<header> |
|
|
<h2 class="p-name entry-title"> |
|
|
GNUPG Sucks |
|
|
<a href="#20220301-gpgsucks" class="u-url">🔗</a> |
|
|
</h2> |
|
|
<time class="dt-published published" datetime="2022-03-01T10:17-05:00">10:17 on 2022-03-01</time> |
|
|
</header> |
|
|
<section class="article-content e-content"> |
|
|
<p>GNUPG, the so-called "GNU Privacy Guard" and only |
|
|
realistically suriving member of the PGP band from |
|
|
back-in-the-day. Sucks. It does. Don't <kbd>@</kbd> me, I |
|
|
don't care about your opinion.</p> |
|
|
<p>It sucks because everything about it is old, hard-to-use |
|
|
and made by people who still think that terminals are what |
|
|
everyone should be using. Packages distributed for desktops |
|
|
that are actually used (read: Windows and Mac) are out of date |
|
|
or have seperate certificate trust chains that cause problems |
|
|
looking up key server information. Honestly, it's just a |
|
|
mess.</p> |
|
|
<p>Fortunately, public key encryption has come a long way. |
|
|
Services like Matrix implement security almost entirely |
|
|
transparently. We need more stuff like this to make real |
|
|
encryption <em>and</em> certification/signing a real |
|
|
<em>thing</em> that is available to the masses. |
|
|
</p> |
|
|
<p>Right now? I'm tired of waiting. Fuck GnuPG.</p> |
|
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</section> |
|
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<footer> |
|
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<address class="p-author author hcard h-card"> |
|
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<img src="/assets/images/2020-minimal-avatar-50.png" alt="Me!" height="50" width="50" class="u-photo"> |
|
|
<a href="/" class="u-url">Nathan DeGruchy</a> |
|
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</address> |
|
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</footer> |
|
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</article> |
|
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<article class="hentry h-entry" id="20220228-allgoodthings"> |
|
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<header> |
|
|
<h2 class="p-name entry-title"> |
|
|
All Good Things… |
|
|
<a href="#20220228-allgoodthings" class="u-url">🔗</a> |
|
|
</h2> |
|
|
<time class="dt-published published" datetime="2022-02-28T10:06-05:00">10:06 on 2022-02-28</time> |
|
|
</header> |
|
|
<section class="article-content e-content"> |
|
|
<p>I used to like WordPress. Back when it was just a naicent |
|
|
blogging platform with spaghetti code PHP and an friendly |
|
|
interface.</p> |
|
|
<p>However, it's turned into a monster. A monster that wants to |
|
|
be everything to everyone without actually fixing anything. This |
|
|
feels dangerous, as it doesn't feel like anything substantial is |
|
|
being done to help ensure that the codebase is more organized or |
|
|
easier to interface with. Instead they add features, like |
|
|
Gutenberg, and press the "advantages" of "Full Site Editing". |
|
|
Throwing the theme world on it's head, pushing more and more |
|
|
features into JavaScript instead of using the proper tooling |
|
|
already installed on the server. They push more WooCommerce |
|
|
plugins and online store updates to monitize and drive |
|
|
"engagement" and "click throughs" and "sales".</p> |
|
|
<p>I want the <em>old</em> WordPress back. The one that was |
|
|
designed to be a blogging platform. It filled a niche that was |
|
|
needed, and left the more generic Content Management to the |
|
|
heavy-hitters like Joomla and Drupal. You can see the fragments |
|
|
of the fevered development in where they put things in the |
|
|
database. Tables once only intending to hold one type of content |
|
|
now layer lots of different options and configurations in a |
|
|
haphazard manner. Things like theme customizations appearing in |
|
|
the post content tables along side block customizations. Term |
|
|
tables house post content information. It's chaos.</p> |
|
|
<p>So, for now, I'm back to hand-editing this content, in a text |
|
|
editor and uploading it to my server and serving it statically. |
|
|
No content management system like Hugo, no PHP or Laravel or |
|
|
Node.js. Just me, an editor and a bit of time. I'm sure a time |
|
|
will come where I migrate to (or back to) something. Right now, |
|
|
I'm just enjoying the feeling.</p> |
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</section> |
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<footer> |
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<address class="p-author author hcard h-card"> |
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<img src="/assets/images/2020-minimal-avatar-50.png" alt="Me!" height="50" width="50" class="u-photo"> |
|
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<a href="/" class="u-url">Nathan DeGruchy</a> |
|
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</address> |
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</footer> |
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</article> |
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<article class="hentry h-entry" id="2022-02-25T1602_nodoubt"> |
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<header> |
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<h2 class="p-name entry-title"> |
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Press <kbd class="bluex">X</kbd> to Doubt |
|
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<a href="#2022-02-25T1602_nodoubt" class="u-url">🔗</a> |
|
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</h2> |
|
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<time class="dt-published published" datetime="2022-02-25T16:02-05:00">16:02 on 2022-02-25</time> |
|
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</header> |
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<section class="article-content e-content"> |
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<section class="picture"> |
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<figure> |
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<img src="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-25/cookie-consent.png" alt="Cookie 'consent'" loading="lazy"> |
|
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<figcaption>Cookie "Consent"</figcaption> |
|
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</figure> |
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</section> |
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<section class="picture"> |
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<figure> |
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<picture> |
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<source srcset="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-25/xtodoubt.webp" type="image/webp"> |
|
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<img src="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-25/xtodoubt.jpg" alt="Press (X) to doubt" loading="lazy"> |
|
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</picture> |
|
|
<figcaption>Press <kbd class="bluex">X</kbd> to Doubt.</figcaption> |
|
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</figure> |
|
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</section> |
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</section> |
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<footer> |
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<address class="p-author author hcard h-card"> |
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<img src="/assets/images/2020-minimal-avatar-50.png" alt="Me" class="u-photo"> |
|
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<a href="/" class="u-url" rel="me">Nathan DeGruchy</a> |
|
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</address> |
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</footer> |
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</article> |
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<article class="hentry h-entry" id="cms"> |
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<header> |
|
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<h2 class="p-name entry-title"> |
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Content Management, Who Needs It? |
|
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<a href="#cms" class="u-url">🔗</a> |
|
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</h2> |
|
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<time class="dt-published published" datetime="2022-02-25T15:56-05:00">15:56 on 2022-02-25</time> |
|
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</header> |
|
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<section class="article-content e-content"> |
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<p>I mean, <em>I do</em>, if I want to manage more than a handful of articles. Maybe that'll push me to use Hugo or whatever. So far, I think I'll stay hand-editing this … whatever this is. Running train of thought? Experiment in retro-blogging?</p> |
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<p>🤷♂️</p> |
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</section> |
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<footer> |
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<address class="p-author author hcard h-card"> |
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<img src="/assets/images/2020-minimal-avatar-50.png" alt="Me!" class="u-photo"> |
|
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<a href="/" class="u-url" rel="me">Nathan DeGruchy</a> |
|
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</address> |
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</footer> |
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</article> |
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<article class="hentry h-entry" id="hello"> |
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<header> |
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<h2 class="p-name entry-title"> |
|
|
Hello |
|
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<a href="#hello" class="u-url">🔗</a> |
|
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</h2> |
|
|
<time class="dt-published published" datetime="2022-02-24T14:26-05:00">14:26 on 2022-02-24</time> |
|
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</header> |
|
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<section class="article-content e-content"> |
|
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<p>Don't mind me. I'm just working on my website while the world falls apart and I'm stuck on a conference call with Microsoft.</p> |
|
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<details> |
|
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<summary class="cw">Content Warning: Russia/Ukraine Conflict Images</summary> |
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<section class="gallery"> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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<figure> |
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<a href="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-24/russia-chernobyl.jpg"> |
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<picture> |
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<source srcset="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-24/russia-chernobyl_thumb.webp" type="image/webp"> |
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<source srcset="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-24/russia-chernobyl_thumb.avic" type="image/avic"> |
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<img src="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-24/russia-chernobyl_thumb.jpg" alt="Russia at Chernobyl" width="128" loading="lazy"> |
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</picture> |
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</a> |
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<figcaption>Russia "captures" Chernobyl</figcaption> |
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</figure> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<figure> |
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<a href="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-24/russia-kiev.jpg"> |
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<picture> |
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<source srcset="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-24/russia-kiev_thumb.webp" type="image/webp"> |
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<source srcset="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-24/russia-kiev_thumb.avic" type="image/avic"> |
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<source srcset="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-24/russia-kiev_thumb.png" type="image/png"> |
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<img src="/assets/images/posts/2022-02-24/russia-kiev_thumb.jpg" alt="Russia is poised to take Kiev, the Capital of Ukraine" width="128" loading="lazy"> |
|
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</picture> |
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</a> |
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<figcaption>Russia is poised to take Kiev, the Capital of Ukraine</figcaption> |
|
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</figure> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<figure> |
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