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My Cat Staged a Behind-Enemy-Lines Hostage Taking

This all begins with my cat being a mouser. He’s great at that. Brings them in all the time, and we always toss him and the mouse back outside, and that’s that. He doesn’t bring them back in. He just wants to show us, really. Of course, there’s the time Read more…

By vonguard, 8 months8 months ago
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Why David and Peter Paul Are Fucking Awesome

Steroids are a helluva drug. The Paul brothers are fucking amazing. I said that. Twice now. But it really is true. These two guys are absolute meatheads, but you know what? David Paul and Peter Paul are amazingly talented, and their movies hold up over time. This post contains three Read more…

By vonguard, 9 months9 months ago
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5G Enables the Real Peer to Peer Revolution

Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker got it right. Bran Cohen got it right. BitCoin got it right. The future is peer-to-peer. I asked my friend, a full-time telecom analyst, “What do people do with 5G?” His response? “They run a lot of speed tests.” The truth is, the applications that Read more…

By vonguard, 1 year1 year ago
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Have Fun Being a Reviewer of Stuff

Want stuff? Become a cheap-ass journalist! This is a very short and very unethical guide to becoming a gadget blogger. First, start a blog. Get your own DNS, dress it up to look pretty. Second, write a buncha blogs about a buncha things. Write about your Nintendo Switch, review your Read more…

By vonguard, 2 years2 years ago
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Eric, We Miss You

By vonguard, 2 years2 years ago
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An Incredibly Long History of this Utterly Stupid Oracle Versus Google Lawsuit

Sadly, and by no choice of my own, I am the 1 person on Earth who is most familiar with and has followed this Oracle/Google Java API thing since its absolute inception. And I mean, like, YEARS before the suit was filed. When I worked at the SD Times, I Read more…

By vonguard, 2 years2 years ago
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Why My Latest Dwarf Fortress Ended with a Cheese Maker Hitting Kids in the Mayor’s House

I started a Dwarf Fortress last week.Despite playing for 15 years now, I’ve never been able to survive the second invasion. I suck at prepping my military and especially training. But there were… reasons this time. Still, this is why I never keep their names. I don’t remember my fortresses Read more…

By vonguard, 2 years2 years ago
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Why Hacker News is Now a Steaming Pile of Shit Heads

In times past, Hacker News was a great place to discuss software, the software industry, and startup culture. You could get great links to great tools and libraries and frameworks. Developers would post their things there and people would look at them. CEOs of startups would ask for advice, famous Read more…

By vonguard, 2 years2 years ago
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The One Thing Most Religions Agree On

Let’s start about 36,000 years ago, with the Venus of Hohle Fels. There’s other stuff from earlier times, and even dimples in rocks claimed to be as old as 700,000 years in India. But I like to start in Germany, because Europe’s where this Venus is from, and she’s undisputed Read more…

By vonguard, 3 years3 years ago
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