whispers from the crackhouse

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A collection of 13 issues

vim ~/.config/thefuture.rc

we talk often about the k-shaped economy, usually as shorthand for the widening chasm beneath the middle class. but i hear a strange alternate version of this from silicon valley friends who have enough wealth to retire for several lifetimes. work has lost its meaning for them. they either keep

/home/memories/glitter.md

humanity.dmg

why pure code changes how you think about software

Most programming starts with a simple question: how do I make the computer do this? Functional programming asks a slightly different question: how do I make this program easier to reason about? That shift sounds small, but it changes almost everything. Instead of building software around mutation, hidden state, and

trying to balance med school and fitness

so much about med school and a demanding career in general is putting your all into it and then making an effort to make time for the things that you love outside of it. one thing i learned is that people in medicine are so passionate which is great but

/home/memories/stranger.md

/var/log/hangzhou.log

i’ve been back in hangzhou for a few weeks now and the difference since 2015 is kind of insane. watching a city change over a decade is one thing but in china it’s just on a completely different scale the cultivated west lakexihu used to feel like this

/var/log/olórin.nfo

I Spent Several Day Binge Researching Gandalf Lore After Rewatching the LOTR trilogy 1. gandalf the grey's silly little pilgrimage when i first watched gandalf in the lord of the rings, he struck me as the stereotypical wizard. yet over the last few days of exploring tolkien’s

/home/me/trips/monterey/ihg_clement.review

i stayed at the intercontinental the clement monterey for a 2 nights on a weekend, and overall it was a really solid experience. the location is unbeatable, right on cannery row, next to the aquarium, with the ocean basically outside the window. it feels upscale without being pretentious, and walking

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