Old man yells at Internet
INDIANAPOLIS — Railing against “billionaire broligarchs,” local curmudgeon Ross A. Baker launched a broadside against the modern Internet in a feisty defense of the IndieWeb.
“Back in my day, we had personal web sites!” Baker published to his own domain. “We owned our content, our tools, our platform. Not some algorithm, hoovering up our data just to serve back slop.”
He lamented the Web’s homogenization. “It’s supposed to be eclectic. One real connection an some arcane interest is worth a thousand likes.”
Baker’s rant on open protocols was cut short by a more pressing question: whether he could smoke a pork shoulder from within Emacs.
What’s he building in there?
When the beard comes off
I’ve had a beard for as long as I’ve been able to grow one. A few years before I could grow a decent one, and a few years and counting after it began to betray my age. It’s very much part of my identity.
Rust Book, Chapter 7: Packages, Crates, and Modules
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