US election in a nutshell. The result is predominantly down to economics. All the other stories about why are mostly surface and/or minor influences, in my opinion 
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One day, I'll be good at producing quality software and will have intelligent things to say about it
Windows: unsafe. Linux: unsafe. Major browsers: unsafe. https://thenewstack.io/feds-critical-software-must-drop-c-c-by-2026-or-face-risk/
Discovered a new musical instrument:
Lots of different shots of the booster catch
How to sharpen a knife:
Copying someone's voice with just a 10 second example 
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You really, really should not trust audio clips anymore
Even a couple months ago, it used to take a commercial service to clone a voice. No more. ...
Video YouTube recommended to me. Some things change and some things remain the same
Cleaned the chimney... 
I suspect many nation's elites prefer to have data on their citizens grabbed by rival states than having to give up that spying https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b
Assange starts 44 mins in:
My experience of the dev world is the tooling (language, dependencies, etc.) on projects changes so fast that it's a major life sacrifice to keep up. And even if you sacrificed everything, mastering those tools is still impossible.
I think the knowledge required to work on a project needs to be carefully scoped such that, if programming is your profession, you can be reasonably expected to understand the tooling's subtleties. The need for learning should be minimised to allow for the possibility of mastery.
The first thing every project should do is establish a membrane, such that everything inside can be reasonably expected to be understood by those working on the project. And that membrane should be fanatically defended.
Lots of insights into chinese culture:
My prediction of Starmer being the UK's Obama is looking on - early optimising leads to complete disillusionment with the political establishment. And as Obama led to Trump, maybe Starmer leads to Farage: 
Declassified UK
Revealed: Keir Starmer billed taxpayer nearly £250,000 for travel expenses at CPS
The Labour leader racked up an extraordinary expenses bill - an average of close to £50,000 a year - while he was senior public prosecutor, includ...