rubenerd

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by rubenerd 4y ago
That made my morning, thanks :)
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by rubenerd 4y ago
Hi, author here. Yes this was just a bit of silly/pointless fun, though people overanalysing it here is just as delightful.
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by rubenerd 6y ago
That's unfortunately true. Remember when Twitter et.al. used to support RSS? Social networks had a vested interest in removing it, because it means you don't need to go to their pages. It's up to all of us to bring it back.
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by rubenerd 6y ago
It's a reasonable question. I'm not against advertising per se, but thesedays it comes with a lot of tracking and JavaScript baggage that I don't want. My blog also isn't there to make money, it pays for itself by being
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by rubenerd 6y ago
Definitely! My old posts are cringe to an extreme. I think turning 30 helped with some perspective; I don't care [as much] anymore. "Yeah my partner is a manga artist and drew me a mascot, so what?" In my early 20s that wou
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by rubenerd 6y ago
I struggled with this too. I used to have separate blogs for different interests (especially anime, for fear of judgement, some of which has since come true in some of the comments below!) Eventually I merged them back to save on maintenanc
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by rubenerd 6y ago
Thanks, that really means a lot :). I agree, we definitely lost something special after the early 2000s. We got standards compliance and rid ourselves of IE which is awesome, but I think we lost a part of the web's soul in the process.
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by rubenerd 6y ago
That struggle is real, especially when grappling with imposter syndrome or a shy personality too. Half the reason I love reading personal blogs is seeing the author's personality. An old boss of mine said you can't truly fake enth
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by rubenerd 6y ago
I was thinking more in terms of the UI/decorations, but this is a fair point. It's curious people don't complain that I talk about trains/coffee/anime among my FreeBSD and OpenZFS tweets. Maybe it is about expecta
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by rubenerd 6y ago
Aw thanks, I'll let my partner know :).
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by rubenerd 6y ago
I'm the author of the post. Sincerely appreciate all the words here, this legit made my morning. I wonder if part of this has to do with fewer people writing in their own space anymore. Most people post in sanitised UIs of Facebook,
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by rubenerd 8y ago
Looks amazing, I also miss my massive MacBook Pro's size. But the 17-inch screen only has the same resolution as my 13-inch MacBook Pro, like so many PC laptops. If it had an equivalent DPI, it'd be very compelling.
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by rubenerd 15y ago
I was still living in Singapore at the time the preverbal matter hit the rotating device. Whether or not you think Arrington or Fusion Garage were at fault for their falling out, I reckon their squabble did more to set back Singapore's IT i