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"Cyberpunk aesthetic, but done on behalf of those who already have power [...] is cybourgeois" https://twitter.com/AthertonKD/status/952651279020380160

Every time I hear someone mention Rob Pike's hilariously bad arguments against syntax highlighting it makes me want to learn and use ColorForth out of sheer spite.

2017 me, emerging from DeLorean, to 1995 me:

So, this new 'Pentium' chip, turns out the whole 'speculative execution' road is a bit of a mistake. Yes it makes Doom faster but 22 years later all our computer systems are hacked each week by gangs of roaming cyber-criminals wearing vintage 80s micros as cosmetic jewellery on their leather jackets

1995 me (stuck in E1M2): Got it, Doom will get faster

2017 me: Did you even hear a word I said? I said the 80s are going to be fashionable again.

Instagram: My life is a party.

Snapchat: My life is a quirky TV show.

Facebook: My life turned out great!

Twitter: We're all going to die.

Mastodon: Don't worry, while we are on a quirky, meandering path towards an inevitable apocalypse, we might as well enjoy the ride and show eachother some love in an unorthodox, yet irresistible manner, not in any way hindered by considerations of style, identity or consistency.

last night i was hangin out with a Twitter SRE and I repeatedly said "RIP birdsite" to him.

fightin the good fight here.

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