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easton_son Universal Paperclips

I have no idea what is going on, but I LOVE it.

easton_son Does storing bread in the fridge make it last longer? (2019)

yes.

easton_son Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps

I super excited for the students at my small rural school district. This will be a game changer!

easton_son Classic Google Sites shutting down by September 2021

When are we getting an API for new sites?

easton_son Classic Google Sites shutting down by September 2021

4 years later and the new sites still doesn't have an API.

easton_son No, you couldn't have made more money than the Twitter hacker

I got 5k for an OAuth bypass on one of Google APIs. The leaked data was much less harmful then being able to post on any twitter account.

easton_son With questionable copyright claim, Jay-Z orders deepfake parodies off YouTube

I know its meant a a joke but Jay-z copypasta over a beat is legit cool. https://soundcloud.com/odyssey/jay-z-copypasta/s-JRXSJCBFsPu

So I get where he's coming from. If I heard this version first I would have thought it was actually Jay-Z. The naked recording has all artifices of AI generated voice but mixed into a composition they are gone to my ear.

And also there are a few moments that are surreal. A dragged out s at the end of a phrase. Change of flow from smooth to a fast staccato. Fucking the inflection was near perfect. There is something to this AI stuff.

easton_son Finland adds the demoscene as a UNESCO intangible world cultural heritage

Future Crew demos got me into programming. Scream Tracker set me on a life long love of making music. The demoscene significantly altered the trajectory of my life.

easton_son $3.4T has been wiped out of the stock market in a week

When a person has $240 bucks in their account they know exactly what that $10 is for.

easton_son “I made an operating system UI within Unity”

Hey I worked at a really dirty,ah-hem, company a few years back after leaving the army. I appreciate the details you put into your work.

easton_son ADHD, a Lifelong Struggle (2018)

Thanks for the push. I've been working with ADHD my entire life. I never considered medication before until my son started on it and I watched an absolute transformation in the way he works at school. His 4th grade teacher literally cried it was so positive.

easton_son ADHD, a Lifelong Struggle (2018)

I was told by my doctor that since I have a successful career as a software engineer I do not have ADHD. I'm still fighting to get a prescription. What he doesn't understand how my coping mechanisms are probably more unhealthy then the drug. I have allocate recreation time to work, use a lot of caffeine, and sleep deprivation to overcome my ADHD. Sleep deprivation is probably the strongest tool to combat ADHD but as I get older it takes a greater toll on my body.