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I wonder if there's something similar to a baumol effect where as some parts of life get easier, other parts of life seem comparatively way too difficult and die out, even if nominally you have the time. The marginal returns no longer compare favorably.
unironically I am increasingly of the belief that a lot of modern strife is downstream of actually having too _much_ free time and too _much_ convenience that ends up being filled not by living a fully more meaningful life but by the empty calories of micro-timewaster activities like social media
one more post: mfs will opine on the productivity gains of LLMs and immediately spend those gains posting on the niche microblogging site
January 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I wonder if there's something similar to a baumol effect where as some parts of life get easier, other parts of life seem comparatively way too difficult and die out, even if nominally you have the time. The marginal returns no longer compare favorably.
today in sentences I never expected to read
January 16, 2026 at 10:26 AM
today in sentences I never expected to read
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![DeadPig
DeadPig is a version of the language Pig, where the pig has unfortunately died.
Contents [hide]
1 Usage
2 Various Programs in DeadPig
2.1 Cat Program
2.2 Quine
3 Interpreter
4 The Pig Series
Usage
DeadPig follows the same syntax rules as Pig, You write the title of the text file you want to make, write PIG, then write the contents of the text file. However, the pig has died, so the program will ignore your desired contents and write
"Your pig has unfortunately died. Please try again."
Various Programs in DeadPig
Cat Program
DeadPig cannot create the Cat program because it is output only.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vt464ohreg6sglmnb4cuctmr/bafkreibxcem2ktk3vmjjjztbaj2kxiw7qu7crqcefyeiynuaksamqq2pke@jpeg)
water glasses that only hold like 1.5dl are the bane of my existence
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 AM
water glasses that only hold like 1.5dl are the bane of my existence
I love whimsical computing textbook covers
January 9, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I love whimsical computing textbook covers
for some reason one of my most recurring kinds of dreams is „what if there was an elevator that was really weird“
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
for some reason one of my most recurring kinds of dreams is „what if there was an elevator that was really weird“
stated preferences > revealed preferences > preferences others assume you probably have
January 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM
stated preferences > revealed preferences > preferences others assume you probably have
Nerd escape room idea: You get dropped into a realistically simulated control center for some complex system that's in a bad state and have to figure it out and restore normal operations together.
January 8, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Nerd escape room idea: You get dropped into a realistically simulated control center for some complex system that's in a bad state and have to figure it out and restore normal operations together.
"the extra buttons on my mouse are currently experiencing an outage" is not something I ever expected to be a true statement, but here we are
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 AM
"the extra buttons on my mouse are currently experiencing an outage" is not something I ever expected to be a true statement, but here we are
the only context that treats vowels as more precious than Wheel of Fortune is banking file formats
January 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
the only context that treats vowels as more precious than Wheel of Fortune is banking file formats
I thought the whole point of Adam Smith was there being no conductor, so to speak
January 4, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I thought the whole point of Adam Smith was there being no conductor, so to speak
so happy about my new personal accounting spreadsheet I'm a little sad I have to wait a month until I get to update it again
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
so happy about my new personal accounting spreadsheet I'm a little sad I have to wait a month until I get to update it again
if only cleaning up my kitchen felt as interesting as cleaning up my personal accounting
January 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
if only cleaning up my kitchen felt as interesting as cleaning up my personal accounting
happens to the best of us...
January 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
happens to the best of us...
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This blogpost, by my friend Sam on his trip to Taiwan, is so interesting about many little tidbits of Taiwanese culture.
Highly recommended for all Wikipedia rabbit hole diggers.
open.substack.com/pub/thefitzw...
Highly recommended for all Wikipedia rabbit hole diggers.
open.substack.com/pub/thefitzw...
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This blogpost, by my friend Sam on his trip to Taiwan, is so interesting about many little tidbits of Taiwanese culture.
Highly recommended for all Wikipedia rabbit hole diggers.
open.substack.com/pub/thefitzw...
Highly recommended for all Wikipedia rabbit hole diggers.
open.substack.com/pub/thefitzw...
one of the great underrated QOL improvements of this century is the fact that you can now retrieve pretty much any receipt, document, ticket you booked a year ago, etc. again at any time within seconds instead of having to safeguard it somewhere yourself until you need it
January 1, 2026 at 3:17 PM
one of the great underrated QOL improvements of this century is the fact that you can now retrieve pretty much any receipt, document, ticket you booked a year ago, etc. again at any time within seconds instead of having to safeguard it somewhere yourself until you need it
POV you're a rat entering Olds' & Milner's lab in 1953
December 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
POV you're a rat entering Olds' & Milner's lab in 1953
every workplace has someone like this
December 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
every workplace has someone like this
this is what the first coffee feels like
December 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
this is what the first coffee feels like
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Falls noch jemand Substantive braucht 😂
December 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Falls noch jemand Substantive braucht 😂
„when am I ever going to use this“, you ask?
December 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
„when am I ever going to use this“, you ask?
