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Cake day: August 19th, 2023

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  • I feel like I have to add some historical context.

    We know a lot because of Roman documents and people take it for granted but the amount we know is miniscule and a lot of it is archaeology and guesswork.

    The documents we have are a tiny fraction of everything written. The books we have are often referencing other books that are lost, documents are mostly lost unless by some stroke of luck end up in a sterile dry environment.

    The rest was copied. Not just once, over and over, spread over large geographical areas. This is how we still have the Strategicon from the Byzantines for example.

    It has taken a lot of work and many lifetimes to preserve history. Now in the age of technology the people keeping the digital past alive are called pirates.

    Be proud. Future generations will thank you for pirating an absolute garbage BBC sitcom that makes reference to the working class views on Margaret Thatcher since it’ll be one of the few things they’ll have to piece together the past.


  • This is very relatable, whenever someone asks for anything of any size then they’ll never know what they want until you show it to them.

    I’ve started to do a bit of overengineering every now and then when I have a hunch they might want to charge something about it later.

    I created a GUI for changing every single string of text on a webapp for admins, showed it to them 10x and they complimented me on how easy it is to use and change any small string in it.

    Project then gets halted for Corp approval reasons and they come back with a PDF of changes they want where half of it is text changes.

    I recommend insulating yourself from stuff that is subject to change like payment providers or other third party integrations. In ecommerce everyone wants something like “shipping but different if the client’s name ends with ‘SHIP1’ but use default if his number is the default number” and since they asked for the wrong thing you’ll have to do a fast revert.

    Never mind, this is getting into rant territory, lol.




  • The thing is that we need an class action Anti-Competitive lawsuit that says that streaming providers are not allowed to only host shows on their own platform and need to “sell themselves” their shows at the same price as they sell to others in pay-per-view terms. That way all streaming providers can host all shows and everyone gets theirs.

    It’ll also bring out other streaming services that specialise in low-volume purchases with an a-la-carte payment model.

    All shows on every platform should be the standard and subscriptions should focus on packaging it into “100/200/1000” views per month, SD/HD/4K model just like Internet service providers do.

    Rip not going to see that before I die so that’s the pirates life for me. 🦜🏴‍☠️