IronSpecs
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IronSpecs
@ironspecs
Digital nomad. Startups. Finance. Coder. https://t.co/EjMMsC9gDb

IRAN THREATENS TO CUT HORMUZ INTERNET CABLES WHICH HANDLE ~18% OF GLOBAL TRAFFIC


The main program that starts and manages almost everything on modern Linux computers, “systemd”, recently added an optional "birthDate" field to its user database records. This stores a user's full birth date so apps can check age, for example, to comply with new age-verification laws in places like California, Colorado, and Brazil. It is not automatic age checking. Systemd only saves the date. Only admins can set or change it, but the user and some sandboxed apps can read it.

@levelsio How are luxury hotels worse except for access to a normal desk you can put your laptop on?





I realized something else AI has changed about coding: you don't get stuck anymore. Programming used to be punctuated by episodes of extreme frustration, when a tricky bug ground things to a halt. That doesn't happen anymore.




Most people don't realize they can systematically climb skill trees. If you know, you know. It is such a massive edge.














