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misone··on My one weird trick for managing my internet addiction
This is exactly the logic behind Plucky (https://pluckyfilter.com/) and Andoff (https://docs.andoff.one/home). There's no need to lock everything behind a password. The entire system is based on delay friction, including changes to the delay itself.
misone··on The Enhanced Games: It's like the Olympics – except steroids are allowed
We already accepted “programming on steroids”, now sports are catching up.
misone··on Microsoft BitLocker – YellowKey zero-day exploit
https://infosec.exchange/@wdormann/116565129854382214
misone··on Microsoft Will Preload Windows 11 File Explorer to Fix Bad Performance
Try dragging a file and accidentally hovering over an unavailable network drive. Explorer will freeze for 5+ minutes with no timeout or cancel option. The entire UI locks up while it waits for a TCP timeout on an obviously unreachable resource. Been reported since Windows XP, still not fixed.
misone··on Random Font – a typographic experiment exploring randomness [pdf]
A printed essay where each paragraph is rendered in a different, randomly selected typeface. Found on Il Covile, an Italian publication exploring typography, philosophy, and design. The text is presented in both Italian and English.

The text is presented in both Italian and English.

The authors also created a LibreOffice extension that applies random fonts to any document, allowing users to experiment with the same generative approach directly. It's called "Patina": https://www.ilcovile.it/V3_p_patina.html