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NEET was code for bums/ layabouts/hikikomori right from the beginning I suspect. ;)

That is 100% not what the link says.

Do you use your touchscreen on your laptop when browsing the web? Has anyone seen data on how many people actively use the touchscreen on their laptop or desktop computer when brow…

Stopping social drinking was tougher than stopping binge drinking for me. What helped was deciding to go 100% cold turkey for a year. It forced me to learn how to socialise sober. …

How many tons of earth need to be processed to end up with 80k tons of neodymium?

I'm a fan of writing things in my own words. Don't just copy and paste chunks of text verbatim. Andy Matuschak has written about his techniques for keeping notes. https://notes.and…

Ha, what did you do right or wrong to end up with declining income?

It’s been a while since I looked at IPCC report. Is the worst case still apocalyptically bad? We’re nearing 1.5 degrees above average and the results are bad enough already. (Not l…

Would love to read a blog post about what this kind of code looks like!

Sounds fun!

Your four emotional needs ring true to me. I’ve also spent a good chunk of time playing video games. Can I suggest trying out mountain biking as an alternative source of adrenaline…

> Is it the way the cows are slaughtered? Is it that we take their life? Is it how they live their life? Do cows have emotions and awareness of the world they live in?

> the people buying houses in the outer-inner-suburbs that would still be vastly outside their price range without massive help from both sets of parents; these buyers are unfailin…

There are sooooo many VST plugins out there. If you don't see the value in the cost of Omnisphere don't buy it. Look for other options. It's an extremely competitive market. Ableto…

Elixir possibly has some of this flavour. If and switch are both expressions and return values. I dig it.

> It's a shame because Perth and even Melbourne used to have a relatively low cost-of-living and high quality-of-life. I honestly don't know how anyone does it now. The experience …

> I'm always kind of surprised by people who move to Australia. It's a country that has had an active policy of censorship on entertainment for a very long time - books, video game…

What happens in 15 years?

Nice work! Is voice triggering with midi sample accurate? What's the story for building VST plugins? How much c++ glue code do you need to write? The amount of effort required to b…