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Gah, coincidentally really looks like an election nightmare.

Finally!

Way back last summer, I planned out an ergonomic home work station for myself that would consist of two simple planes at particular heights: One to put my computer on when sitting with my keyboard on my lap; the other, higher one, to put my computer on when standing and putting the keyboard on the lower plane.

After figuring it unlikely that I'd be able to bill these or get them built, as simple as they were, I ordered a bunch of IKEA stuff that was close enough in September.

Then, IKEA fulfillment mishaps happened.

By November, I finally had the right pieces from IKEA and actually made time to put together the main parts. I had the lower plane, the most essential part, installed and usable.

I've been using it ever since, except I didn't install the small shelf (the "upper plane"), so I couldn't really use it as a standing desk station.

I finally did it!



It's working well. And this simple idea only took about seventh months in all to actually implement.

Heh, in a moment that almost made me groan, I literally thought of an idea for a company in the shower. With a name and everything!

After getting out of the shower, I realized it's more a project idea.

It's less effort on the whole to update a resume that's already in shape a little bit at a time, than to do a painful resurrection every two years. I hope I remember that from now on.

"What exactly my anus is supposed to be doing for those three months is a question I forget to ask."

Joe Gregorio writes a very entertaining account of a terrifying medical emergency. I find the fact that they still use drugs to erase your memory unsettling.

Facebook encouraged game developers to let children spend money without their parents’ permission – something the social media giant called “friendly fraud” – in an effort to maximize revenues, according to a document detailing the company’s game strategy.

The memo stated, “Friendly Fraud – what it is, why it’s challenging, and why you shouldn’t try to block it.” “Friendly fraud” is the term Facebook used when children spent money on games without their parent’s permission.

Facebook made clear that game developers should let children spend money even without their parents’ permission.

The company was focused on revenue, not blocking friendly fraud. Its stated philosophy on chargebacks was “maximizing revenue,” according to the memo.

“There is a huge need to educate developers,” Elizabeth Williges, a Facebook employee wrote in the memo. It was sent to the head of Facebook’s payment operations and other employees, including Tara Stewart.

Rather than trying to stop children from making costly mistakes, the document stated that developers should just give free virtual items to users who complain, things such as flaming swords, extra lives and other in-game enhancements.

It's interesting that the do-gooder within Facebook (whose efforts were stopped) was named, but those who opposed her are not. I'm guessing it's not the choice of the article, but rather what's redacted within the source documents.

It hurts way more to try to sing like Chuck Schuldiner that it does to try to single like Glen Benton. To be fair, I can't even get close to Glen Benton range.

If you are not familiar with ___, we are a crypto finance company building a suite of products based off blockchain technology and crypto assets.

As River City Ransom said: BARF!

Most companies that recruiters try to match me with are VC-backed, and all of those VC-backed companies either 1) help only the rich or 2) help no one.

I don't know much about the samba genre, andIvan Conti is not what I expect from samba! It feels like spacey prog. But maybe I should.