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robertluteceon The Russian State Social University Is Developing a Social Rating System "We"

"Finnerty, Edward Francis Finnerty, Ph.D., one-time EC-002."

"There's a collector's item - a double-o-two number!" said Lasher. "I've known several single-o men, but never a double-o. I guess you're the highest classification I ever had friendly words with. If the Pope set up shop in this country, he'd be only one notch up - in the R-numbers of course. He'd be an R-001. I heard somewhere that the number was being held for him, over the objections of Episcopal bishops who want R-001 themselves. Delicate business.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_Piano_(novel)

robertluteceon Young people are flocking to astrology

i pull a card every day and see what connections i can make to my life. or oddly they sometimes serve as kind of reminders: "there's a lack of creative energy" which perhaps reminds me that i've not been playing the guitar in a while. to me they're more like brian eno's oblique strategies [1], than something mystical.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Strategies

robertluteceon The aloha shirt has many possible inventors

Articles of interest as part of the 99% Invisible podcast did an episode [1] on Aloha shirts.

1: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/hawaiian-shirts-artic...

robertluteceon I had ChatGPT write a Decemberists song and recorded it

somehow I managed to miss completely who the author was and checked it only after thinking that "of course they'd ask for a decembrists' song, they sound exactly like them"

robertluteceon Show HN: I built an interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster

> Like, why can't I hit right at the end of a line, and move to the next line?

:h whichwrap

robertluteceon Building my first mechanical keyboard

homerow mods with layers. q and p are the furthest my fingers go. The customizability of the software is an equally nice feature.

robertluteceon Ask HN: What is your system for backing up family photos and video?

I also don't understand the necessity of having all these images. "Remember that? I'd tell you about that day, but as it happens we actually have 1214 photos and 2 hours of footage from that event!"

Or start shooting film, also gives the photos some character.

relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/1832/

robertluteceon Use Touch ID for Sudo on Mac

CTRL when used as a modifier, escape on its own

robertluteceon eBay port scans visitors' computers for remote access programs

Your article links to that exact story though.