# bit (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 913 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover bit. Page: Feed: --- ## [Example Talk](https://www.codeandunicorns.com/talk/example-talk/) _2030-06-01 · Code and unicorns_ Click on the Slides button above to view the built-in slides feature. Slides can be added in a few ways: Create slides using Wowchemy’s Slides feature and link using slides parameter in the front matter of the talk file Upload an existing slide deck to static/ and link using url\_slides parameter in the front matter of the talk file Embed your slides (e.g. Google Slides) or presentation video… ## The Louis Theroux Manosphere Documentary _2026-08-26 · George Abbott's Blog_ This is a bit late, isn't it! Inside the Manosphere was released this year, but in March, so I'm a good five months behind the curve. Story of my life. I enjoyed it. There was a very interesting bit where he spoke to.. let me look up the name again, they're all the same... Amrou Fudl (Fresh and Fit). The interesting thing was with his girlfriend, or ex-girlfriend I guess now, who basically had… ## [Dead Alive](http://christopherhimes.com/blog/2026/08/21/dead-alive.html) _2026-08-21 · Christopher Himes_ A young man’s mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors. Media Type: movie Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The cover on this movie use to freak me out when I was little walking around Family Video. Is it wrong that this is my favorite film directed by Peter Jackson? I like The Lord of the Rings… ## [KDE Linux experiences](https://akselmo.dev/posts/kde-linux-experiences/) _2026-08-21 · Akseli · AksDev_ I daily drove KDE Linux for almost a year and I liked it, but I'm also switching back to Fedora KDE . Here's my ramblings about it all. KDE Linux is the hot new Linux distro from KDE themselves. At the moment it uses Arch Linux as it's base but with heavy modifications and changes. You can read more about it on the site, but to sum up: It's an atomic/"immutable" distro that does not have any kind… ## [KDE Linux experiences](https://akselmo.dev/posts/kde-linux-experiences/) _2026-08-21 · Akseli · AksDev_ I daily drove KDE Linux for almost a year and I liked it, but I'm also switching back to Fedora KDE . Here's my ramblings about it all. KDE Linux is the hot new Linux distro from KDE themselves. At the moment it uses Arch Linux as it's base but with heavy modifications and changes. You can read more about it on the site, but to sum up: It's an atomic/"immutable" distro that does not have any kind… ## [Studio Notes #98](https://simplebits.com/n/studio-notes-98/) _2026-08-21 · Dan Cederholm · SimpleBits®_ Hello hello, my Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 💾 A magnetic power bank that looks like an old floppy disk . Yep, I'm certainly the target audience for one of these. The little tiny screen and ## [This Guy Made an ASCII Cyberpunk City Using HTML and JavaScript](https://kaigulliksen.com/blog/this-guy-made-an-ascii-cyberpunk-city-using-html-and-javascript/) _2026-08-21 · Kai Gulliksen Blog_ This is absolutely amazing. A Walkable ASCII Cyberpunk City in One HTML File ## [The Evil Dead](http://christopherhimes.com/blog/2026/08/20/evil-dead.html) _2026-08-20 · Christopher Himes_ Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. Media Type: movie Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I do not think this film is scary but that is not why I like it so it works out. This movie is more cheesy and over the top than a fright fest but I guess it depends on the viewer. The effects are impressive even if they are low budget. The story is so iconic, it… ## [Bits #82](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/bits-82) _2026-08-20 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ A big ole download of things to read, watch, listen to ## [pulse n pause](https://www.roguelazer.com/blog/pulse-n-pause/) _2026-08-20 · James Brown · roguelazer's website_ Just a brief note - Pulse N Pause Coffee has been doing pop-ups at Paper Son in SF on and off for the last couple of weeks and I legitimately think it's the best coffee I've ever had. If you get a chance to try some, I recommend it! I did promise "something more cheerful" yesterday , right? ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WMBmMfDhCUSf) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [pulse n pause](https://www.roguelazer.com/blog/pulse-n-pause/) _2026-08-20 · James Brown · roguelazer's website_ Just a brief note - Pulse N Pause Coffee has been doing pop-ups at Paper Son in SF on and off for the last couple of weeks and I legitimately think it's the best coffee I've ever had. If you get a chance to try some, I recommend it! I did promise "something more cheerful" yesterday , right? ## [How to become the next-of-kin, drug dealer, and deep-fried Mars Bar chef to every pub brawler in the world: today's TERRIBLE advice](https://mikeyclarke.substack.com/p/how-to-become-the-next-of-kin-drug-dealer-and-deep-fried-mars-bar-chef-to-every-pub-brawler-in-the-world-todays-terrible-advice) _2026-08-20 · Mikey Clarke · Sexyverse Advice_ Sexyverse Advice: Siberia’s most puissant nonsense volcano. It's SWELL. It slays America's grinches. It conveys to you and your neighbours great floods of chuckles and gladness. It ups life's Good Bits. You'll love it. Do try some: ## [List of (cool) companies in Toronto](https://amitav.net/posts/list-of-cool-companies-in-toronto.html) _2026-08-20 · Amitav Krishna_ Meta: If you know a company in Toronto and would like it added to this list, email me here: krishna@amitav.net 8090 (conflict of interest) NationGraph Shopify Obsidian superwhisper Modem Cohere ## [\[PT\] Internet à moda antiga: conheça a indie web, onde as pessoas ainda fazem seus próprios sites](https://ohhelloana.blog/indienews-20-08-26/) _2026-08-20 · Ana Rodrigues_ Internet à moda antiga: conheça a indie web, onde as pessoas ainda fazem seus próprios sites Also posted on IndieNews ## [Evil Dead II](http://christopherhimes.com/blog/2026/08/19/evil-dead-ii.html) _2026-08-19 · Christopher Himes_ Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack. Media Type: movie Stars: ⭐⭐⭐ This is the one movie in the series that I have had the biggest problem with, up until Burn I guess. For whatever reason I enjoyed the comedy in Army of Darkness and the more straightforward horror of… ## [An Update for Hubano](https://simplebits.com/n/an-update-for-hubano/) _2026-08-19 · Dan Cederholm · SimpleBits®_ Now available, Hubano 2.0! I added two more weights, some additional glyphs and symbols—plus many fixes and tweaks. I'm excited that this one has a lot more versatility now that just the single, thin weight it launched with. Hubano is an all-caps display serif ## [Green City Freiburg in August 2026](https://schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de/mindfulness/green-city-freiburg-in-august-2026/) _2026-08-19 · Schafe sind bessere Rasenmäher_ We took a trip to Mundenhof animal park yesterday. I've been hiding inside most of the summer, because temperatures around here have been insane. After a shorter heatwave with days over 40°C, this second heatwave hasn't been quite as hot (mid 30s °C), but long and relentless. This obviously had a serious effect on nature, but it wasn't until yesterday that I really saw the full extent of the… ## [just reiterating](https://www.roguelazer.com/blog/2026-08-just-reiterating/) _2026-08-19 · James Brown · roguelazer's website_ I had to have The Talk with my boss today. You know the one: Nobody's saying you have to use 'AI', but you really should experiment with frontier models. Almost everyone else on the team loves them. They're inevitable! Surely this will be the last job you'll ever have where chatbots aren't mandatory. Even if you aren't going to use them, at least stop complaining when people send you… ## [just reiterating](https://www.roguelazer.com/blog/2026-08-just-reiterating/) _2026-08-19 · James Brown · roguelazer's website_ I had to have The Talk with my boss today. You know the one: Nobody's saying you have to use 'AI', but you really should experiment with frontier models. Almost everyone else on the team loves them. They're inevitable! Surely this will be the last job you'll ever have where chatbots aren't mandatory. Even if you aren't going to use them, at least stop complaining when people send you… ## [Outbursts](https://noahie.xyz/blog/cogito/08-2026/outbursts/) _2026-08-19 · noahie@fastmail.com (Noahie Valk) · Noahie's Blog_ Man, the page really does feel like it's on fire today, so I better write fast. I felt myself getting manic again, which is typical just after a depressive slump. Thankfully the slumps have gotten easier, and at times a bit shorter—just a few days compared to several weeks historically. But after the slump comes that uptick where the thoughts start flowing and all I want to do is write them down… ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xJx92pVEOluB) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [Army of Darkness](http://christopherhimes.com/blog/2026/08/18/evil-dead-army-of-darkness.html) _2026-08-18 · Christopher Himes_ When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home. Media Type: movie Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I saw this Evil Dead movie first so it will always have a special place. This is not what you expect from one of these films approaching it from either chronological direction. While technically taking place immediately… ## [08.10 – 08.16](https://dmc.lol/posts/2026-08-16-note/) _2026-08-18 · dmc_ Life Ηη ran headlong into a zip line platform on Monday and split his eyebrow open necessitating a trip to A&E. He was braver than usual but fairly gutted to learn that it meant no more swimming for the week. At least Σσ was able to get his planned swimming lessons refunded. We went to the Parliament Hill paddling pool and playground on Wednesday evening, the scaled the hill to join the eclipse… ## [My Favorite Bit: Carolyn Ives Gilman talks about TESTAMENT OF LEAVES](https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit/my-favorite-bit-carolyn-ives-gilman-talks-about-testament-of-leaves/) _2026-08-18 · Sarah Sward · Mary Robinette Kowal_ Carolyn Ives Gilman is joining us today to talk about her novel, Testament of Leaves. Here’s the publisher’s description: ​​In the isolated thickets of a faraway planet, a linguist lies dead. Inscrutinator Shameesh Kulkarni must find out why. But no one wants to talk: not the prospectors searching for mineral wealth, not the archaeologists trying \[…\] ## [Foiling a Protohackers email spam bot](https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/foiling-protohackers-spam-bot.html) _2026-08-18 · jes's blog_ I've been receiving lots of "Undeliverable Mail Returned to Sender" lately for Protohackers signup attempts. Protohackers login is via a "magic link", so attempting to sign up or log in results in sending an email. But none of the email body is user-controlled, so I don't really see the logic in abusing this form to spam people. ## [Bind Chrome Tab Search to Command-P with macOS App Shortcuts](https://joshmcarthur.com/til/2026/08/19/bind-chrome-tab-search-to-command-p-with-macos-app-shortcuts.html) _2026-08-18 · Notes: Josh McArthur_ I wanted ⌘P to open Chrome’s Tab Search to leverage my muscle memory from VS Code. Chrome doesn’t let you rebind its built-in shortcuts — ⌘P is wired to Print, Tab Search is wired to ⌘⇧A, and neither shows up in Chrome’s shortcut settings (chrome://settings/shortcuts). On macOS you can get there with App Shortcuts. You’re not changing Chrome’s internal bindings, you’re assigning ⌘P to the Search… ## [Hi, this is a test page to show my friend George-Owen how the admin page works](https://amitav.net/posts/hi-this-is-a-test-page-to-show-my-friend-george-owen-how-the-admin-page-works.html) _2026-08-18 · Amitav Krishna_ Hello! You should check out his site . ## [Astra & Novus Status Update: August 2026](https://redstrate.com/blog/2026/08/astra-novus-status-update-august-2026/) _2026-08-18 · redstrate's Blog_ It's been quite a while since the last update, hasn't it? This is going to be a huge, exciting post listing a lot of cool changes, I promise! ## [None](https://noahie.xyz/blog/cogito/08-2026/none/) _2026-08-18 · noahie@fastmail.com (Noahie Valk) · Noahie's Blog_ I've been struggling with feelings of shame. With this project, confessing all the things I have—all under my government name, no less—it makes me feel like I've taken an extremely miscalculated risk. I guess in my mind, I found that there would be a certain sense of liberation in writing all of this stuff down, and while it feels that way sometimes, I find that I might've said too much. There's a… ## [This Site is my Letterboxd](http://christopherhimes.com/blog/2026/08/17/my-letterbox.html) _2026-08-17 · Christopher Himes_ For some reason this Blaugust has turned my blog into a Letterboxd account and I am okay with that. I apparently have a Letterboxd account, but with it looking like it is for sale, now may be a good time to point out that you do not need someone else’s site to share how you feel about films. I never left a review but I did do some raitings so maybe I can go back through and add some thoughts as I… ## [Reading Wind and Truth](https://brainsteam.co.uk/notes/2026/08/17/reading-wind-and-truth/) _2026-08-17 · Brainsteam_ Last week I finished Brandon Sanderson's Isles of the Emberdark. I really enjoyed it and it was cool finding out more about the world hoppers and space-age Scadrial (where Mistborn was set). I'm now finally reading Wind and Truth. It's been in my library for just-shy of 2 years but I never got around to it when it first came out. The only problem is that I've forgotten a lot of what happened in… ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YhOdeD5KPGaU) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [I made an app to see if I could hypnotize myself](https://liza.io/i-made-an-app-to-see-if-i-could-hypnotize-myself/) _2026-08-17 · Liza Shulyayeva_ I've always been a bit curious about the idea of hypnosis, and every once in a while I'd revisit the topic. I never did really know how much of hypnosis is the real deal is how much is nonsense. I've tentatively concluded that the idea of an induced trance state is largely real, but the practice often lives in this liminal space between actual science and new age beliefs. Likewise, there are vast… ## [Announcing some improvements to \`renovate-pretty-log-tui\`](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/08/17/renovate-pretty-log/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-17 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ As I've blogged about before, I've written a tool for improving the experience of working with Renovate's debug logs , providing a more targeted experience for viewing the logs. While there are a few options out there at the moment, including part of our products at Mend, it's also nice having an agnostic tool I can use across different products, or where a customer or a user has provided logs to… ## [Evil Dead (2013)](http://christopherhimes.com/blog/2026/08/17/evil-dead-2013.html) _2026-08-17 · Christopher Himes_ Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. Media Type: movie Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This movie does a lot of things that The Evil Dead did but manages to change things up enough to be more than a straight forward remake. The choice to make the protagonist go through detox while at the cabin was an… ## [Why I still hand write my commit messages](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/08/17/hand-write-commits/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-17 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ For over a decade, I've been a proponent of writing detailed Git commit messages. I find it a valuable use of my time, and continue to double down on it, even in a world where you can get a Large Language Model (LLM) to write it for you. In the past, I've written about at least 89 strong feelings I have about Git commits , so I'm naturally biased to the benefit of commit messages, but why does… ## [Comfy Chair & Self Care](https://pfy.ch/weekly/2026/33.html) _2026-08-17 · Pfy.ch_ Another week :3c I finally caved and bought myself a new chair. It was a bit expensive, but we managed to get them $500 off! 1 Only a few more items until my entire desk setup is complete !! Just waiting for the new desk mat to arrive from SecretLab, and then it'll be all done! Otherwise, like usual the week was pretty low-key. We went for a yummy dinner with a few friends after going shopping on… ## [Back to Our Usual Schedule](https://kaigulliksen.com/blog/back-to-our-usual-schedule/) _2026-08-17 · Kai Gulliksen Blog_ Today marks the day where everyone in the house is back to their regular schedule. The missus is back to work and the little one is back in school. Personally I had a bit of a head start (that is to say my vacation was slightly shorter than theirs) and I’ve been back at work for two weeks already. It feels both like more than that and much less simultaneously. Time is weird. While I certainly… ## [Evil Dead Rise](http://christopherhimes.com/blog/2026/08/16/evil-dead-rise.html) _2026-08-16 · Christopher Himes_ A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable. Media Type: movie Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The movies opening is a lot of fun with a bit of a fakeout for the rest of the movie if you are going in blind. Starting at a similar setting to what… ## [Week Notes 26#33](https://www.jvt.me/week-notes/2026/33/?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss) _2026-08-16 · articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer_ The main thing this week has been GopherCon UK - an expensive week, and unfortunately not as good as previous years - but you can see my writeup for more info On Tuesday night when I got in, I went over to Monohon Ramen which was nice Met some nice folks and had some good chats Went up to Smithfields Market to get a view of the eclipse, but as we didn't have glasses, didn't try and actually see… ## [Saving Wisdom](https://bonesmoses.org/2026/saving-wisdom/) _2026-08-16 · BonesMoses.org_ There’s a kind of shift occurring beneath software development right now. It has now become almost trivial to spin up a project that I wouldn’t have had time for not so long ago. I wrote about the benefits of AI slop a couple weeks ago, and it turns out that I only really scratched the surface. One of these is in support of the Save Wisdom Project championed by Brian Roemmele. ## [Weeknotes 345: Murky hooch](https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-345-murky-hooch) _2026-08-16 · Tom Stuart_ I realise you’re sick of hearing about this, but I’m sick of experiencing it, so take it: I hate the heat. I can’t sleep, I can’t think straight, my brain doesn’t work properly in general. I’m flustered and irritable and short-tempered. At least I have an office to go to, which I did every day this week. It’s slightly too cold in there but that’s a treat considering the alternative. It’s cooler… ## [2026, Week 33](https://mlarson.org/2026/08/16/2026-week-33/) _2026-08-16 · Mark Larson_ Last week I donated my bike. I originally bought it after I moved to Santa Monica. When I moved to Brooklyn (almost five years ago now!), I brought it with me. And never touched it. Train and bus and walking was too convenient. And as we reinvent our living space, it was time to let go. Funny feeling. I won't say I had strong sentimental attachment to it. But there were a lot of memories… ## [GitHub, Jira and stars](https://www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/github-jira-and-stars/) _2026-08-16 · Benjy Stanton_ Getting stuck into GitHub and Jira is not the most creative way to work, but it's a good way to get things done. GitHub I merged my first pull request into our core prototype this week. It was the fiddly little change that I mentioned last time. But the interesting bit was learning about the journeys within the prototype and how the data and routing files work to create realistic scenarios. I'm… ## [Some things I’ve been enjoying: August 2026](https://localghost.dev/blog/some-things-i-ve-been-enjoying-august-2026/) _2026-08-16 · localghost_ When was the last time I did one of these? Last year? Here's a collection of things I've enjoyed from the last 8 months, I suppose. Video games Satisfactory I knew I shouldn’t buy this game after playing the demo, but I bought it anyway, and I’ve racked up over 100 hours on it so far. Please send help. I bounced off Factorio as I found it quite overwhelming, but Satisfactory has a bit more… ## [Weeknotes 268: Skill issue](https://elver.me/weeknotes/268-skill-issue/) _2026-08-16 · elver.me - everything (Atom)_ RubyConf 2026 Recap There is a new 'killer app' for Ruby I've been hearing that about Hanami and friends for a long time, but no one I know has used it or barely even tried it. I wish it were true. How we tracked down a 16-year-old SQLite bug - Lord, let me be so successful that I encounter a bug such as this. And can I take this opportunity to congratulate Alex Chan on the sub heading "The… ## [Week 33](http://christopherhimes.com/blog/2026/08/15/weeknotes-week33.html) _2026-08-15 · Christopher Himes_ General # Completed more onboarding tasks, put some new templates to work, and attended my first big room planning session. Practiced guitar a couple times but not nearly as much as I would like. Completed most school work early in the week again so I could spend most of the week working through my section of the group case study. Dropped the kid off at two driving sessions this week. Sounds like… ## [TIL: Typed do in Swift](https://juripakaste.fi/swift-do-typed/) _2026-08-15 · Unknown · Juri Pakaste: Blog_ TL;DR: Swift has do throws(MyError) . It's helpful. This is one of those "I can't believe I had missed that" things. I've been pretty enthusiastic about adopting typed throws in Swift. If you need to process certain kinds of errors, it just makes sense to me. However, it was always a bit painful. You have this: do { // throwing code here } catch { // error is… ## [Sexyverse Advice Reviews Page 1](https://mikeyclarke.substack.com/p/reviews) _2026-08-15 · Mikey Clarke · Sexyverse Advice_ Sexyverse Advice: Kiev’s most illustrious twaddle beacon. It's GRAND. It vanquishes your town's dullards. It ladles upon you and your baes vast loads of chortles and warm-fuzzies. It ups life's Good Bits. You'll love it. Do try some: ## [Sexyverse Advice Reviews Page 7](https://mikeyclarke.substack.com/p/reviews-page-7) _2026-08-15 · Mikey Clarke · Sexyverse Advice_ Sexyverse Advice: Brazil’s cutest bunkum tornado. It's FAB. It moonwalks over the world's debbie-downers. It brings you and your homies avalanches of banter and warm-fuzzies. It ups life's Good Bits. You'll love it. Do try some: ## (Sort of) Book Review: Beware of Pity _2026-08-15 · George Abbott's Blog_ My mother was recommended this book by my grandmother (her mother), and she then recommended it to. I've read some S. Zweig before, namely his collection of short stories, and The Post Office Girl, both of which I greatly enjoyed, though I thought Post Office Girl ended a little abruptly. It's a good read. The basic premise is that a man (Anton) keeps on visiting a girl Edith who is a cripple, out… ## [Manna](https://amitav.net/posts/2026-08-14-zotero-7n46y6sg.html) _2026-08-14 · Amitav Krishna_ This is a science-fiction novel about a society in which human producers in the economy are mostly unnecessary. As for content warnings, it’s a little bit sad and makes reference to drugs and sex once or twice I believe but should be family-friendly overall. You can buy a copy here (not an affiliate link) or find the free version the author published online here . Spoilers ahead . Click here…