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i would like to note that, per screenshots of the not freely schedule parts of this newsletter i’ve seen posted on the twitter, when platformer.news/p/elon-takes-o says “print”, it really does mean “on paper”

standard library API design is when you make all the functions as short as pawsible like we’re still complying with ancient C compiler limitations. the shorter all the function names are the more standard library API design it is

seeing the public view of a post on mastodon dot social sure does look weird to me now though, i will admit

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i’ve seen people get upset that guar gum wants to use the same UI (down to the URI) regardless of whether a user is logged in or not but honestly i wish mastodon had always worked like that. the current separation is very confusing at first and i’m not sure it was ever really ideal

covid, death counts 

in the United States, the number of people dying of covid in two weeks rivals the official death count in China throughout the entire pandemic

-slaps roof of polycule- this baby can fit so many plural systems inside it

you can definitely criticize China but liberals are terrible at it

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the way American liberals talk fearfully about China is very funny to me sometimes

spoilers that do not matter 

you get to kiss a dragon. 10/10

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