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  The list of items excluded from Target Circle coupons gets longer every day. My favorite is now the specific (rather than brand- or category-wide) "Play-Doh Ice Cream Truck Playset."

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  I thought, self, is there anything worse than the "tomorrow you will receive an email" email? And then self said yes, it's the slack message to say I left you a voicemail about the email after the meeting we had about the chat from last week.

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  I've been on a real tech history rabbit hole kick lately, and the entertainment is endless. Fortune Magazine, 1990: "As PCs are moving up in the world, the technical workstations are traveling down, dropping below the $10,000 price barrier and appealing to customers with broader interests and lower IQs than nerds."

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  #nostalgia When "Open Source" first appeared on Yahoo! in early 2000 as a category under Home > Computers and Internet > Software, here's what you got:

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  Next in the tech history rabbit hole... CNet's "10 Technologies That Don't Stand a Chance," 10/16/97 1. push (2024 mobile is dying laughing) 2. ISDN 3. 56k modems (everyone will jump from 33 to cable) 4. phone calls over the internet 5. The Net PC (a cheap Microsoft/Intel computer with no floppy drive) 6. spam-blocking software 😂 (because "people don't dislike spam enough to really do anything about it") 7. PDAs, because they&amp...

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  AI just created this horror show for me... feel free to have it attack the players at your next D&D night 😱

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  I was not using my phone or laptop when suddenly the DoorDash Dasher app installed itself on my phone. As I am not exploring a career in food delivery, I found this concerning. I changed my password and contacted Google support. Here's what they said. Color me skeptical.

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  I have a 5.5 W blue laser module that attaches to a Sainsmart CNC with an 11.8" x 7.1" working area. Let's say I wanted to upgrade for about $1,000... do I want an Omtech K40 or an Xtool M1 (Ultra?)? We mostly use it to engrave wood, but things that would be nice include: - larger working space (looks like I'm not going to get much bigger - "embossing"/burning designs in leather, maybe cool other materials like slate? - small woodcutting a...

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  Happy 20th anniversary, @makemagazine ! https://geekmom.com/2025/02/happy-20th-make/

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  The OSI Executive Director job posting is up--if you're interested, take a look. If you know someone who might be, pass it on. And if you have any questions, feel free to ping me! https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-initiative-now-accepting-your-application-for-executive-director

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  If you're interested in security tooling, proficient in Python, and want to do work that supports software for the public good, The Apache Software Foundation is hiring! Fully remote, contractor position. https://tooling.apache.org/job-posting.html

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  [mumblenumber] years ago, I was a big fan of Gallery (http://galleryproject.org/). What's the equivalent here in the future for hosting your own photo gallery? (Actual top level question: How do I not be so beholden to my Google Photos space allocation?)