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I used to care that I wasn't "writing enough" and that I spent more time tinkering with the code than making content. But the reality is that I'm the main audience and that anxiety was coming from potential perception of others.

Tinker away tinkerers!



To be pedantic, it is still a conspiracy, just no longer a theory.


To be pedantic, a theory that has been proven correct is still a theory, right?


I found it cute until I realised it didn't disappear when you let it finish shrinking, nor if you click the little blue square. Then I found myself annoyed by it and left the page.


Continuing the confessions: I do php.net/<function_name> at least twice a day


Is that a bad thing? I also call man <libc function> several times per day, most times I think I already know the calling semantics, but there is always some nitpick about the calling semantics or a bug description, that I didn't had in mind.


Is there a way for you to split the configuration out into a separate file? That way you can tell it to explicitly ignore it altogether.


They do it intentionally to annoy you in particular.


This is true: when I load the page I just get stock photos of business meetings and cubicle …


Non-paywall link: https://archive.md/SpAV5


To be fair, the blog post does not explicitly say anywhere that the week was for bug fixes only.


They will most likely utilise some sort of system where a photo or short video are uploaded and an AI will make a determination of age. It’s not going to be accurate but will probably be compliant enough.


Then they will say it's broken and demand digital ID to 'fix' it.


The law speifically reuired non-ID methods

> Specifies that no Australian will be compelled to use government identification (including Digital ID) to prove their age online, and platforms must offer reasonable alternatives to users,

> Establishes robust privacy protections, placing limitations on the use of information collected by platforms for the purposes of satisfying the minimum age obligation, and requiring the destruction of information following its use

https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/default/files/docume...


Roblox has already begun to roll something out. I’m anticipating about 6-12 months we’ll start hearing news about privacy concerns and all these photos of children have been leaked.


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