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Lee Benfield
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Retro fan, some time hobby reverse engineer, author of CFR java decompiler and random other pointless rubbish.

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https://www.benf.org
My dog is happy at least.
January 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Used to use it regularly 20y ago and it was shocking then, can't imagine how it is now.....
January 12, 2026 at 9:31 AM
And if you even do, the name of the show is buried 30 paras (and 10 adverts) in.

"Burying the lede" used to be criticism, it's now clickbait SOP.

Things were inestimatbly better before the enshittification.
January 12, 2026 at 8:20 AM
I can't honestly hear Empire State of Mind without singing "chips cheese curry makes me feel brand new"
January 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Came here to post this dammit
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
One word for you. Grits. I really don't care about how amazing the rest of US cuisine may be, a bowl of warm gravel mixed with tapioca is enough to bring the average to 0.
January 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Can I suggest you treat yourself to xchg rax, rax? (From wherever you buy your esoteric books!)

esoteric.codes/blog/xchg-ra...
xchg rax, rax
A chapbook of minimal code pieces engaging with the oddest and most elegant aspects of assembly
esoteric.codes
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Only ever so slightly out of range (if USD conversion were honest) but the new pebbles are coming and look super! repebble.com/watch
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January 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
January 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Maybe Vanta would be a good name for a kitteh.
December 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
(Yes, I will try to fit Die Hard in, because, but some years a chap needs to vary the routine!)
December 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A Knight's Tale after the Holiday is extra fun because they both have Rufus Sewell and Shannyn Sossamon........
December 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Brit here. It took a good 10s, but I twigged the meaning :)
December 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The other thing I find funny about Starship Troopers is that Heinlein clearly ripped off his earlier book Space Cadet.......

(Though if it's your own book CAN you rip it off? Is it just a do-over?)
December 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Went to an Einaudi concert recently. Announcement at the start "no phones". Dark auditorium. Every thirty &%^&%#&£& seconds one new precious snowflake had to lift their phone to "oh only film a little bit".

I'm thinking maybe the Death penalty might be too harsh, but I'm wavering.
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM