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Ara Hacopian
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Ruby on Rails and Postgres enthusiast. Currently exploring local-first and DuckDB.

Building changebot.ai.
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2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.

She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I don’t think I do know of one that does all that. Readwise Reader does all of it except summaries of podcasts.
October 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Do you mean actually summarizing the audio?
October 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Glad to see someone give this rant. I honestly think there are more people out there who have had the same experiences, but are hesitant to say anything lest they be tarred by the "skill issue" brush.
October 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Lonesome Dove is great, btw. I gotta rewatch it. Look at that cast!
October 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It's also not just that the series are short, which in many cases contributes to a tighter, more focused story, but that the viewing cadence is more akin to an old mini-series, because you watch the whole season in a week. Every show is Lonesome Dove now.
October 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Seems completely pointless.
September 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I've seen it in other places, but most recently here: www.josean.com/posts/how-to...
September 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Pretty funny that it's a next.js app.
September 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Done!
September 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The documentary, "Finding Vivian Maier," is worth a watch, and how I learned about her. Was lucky enough to see it in the theater when it came out. www.imdb.com/title/tt2714...
Finding Vivian Maier (2013) ⭐ 7.7 | Documentary, Biography, History
1h 23m | Not Rated
www.imdb.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I’ve probably watched The Natural a dozen times. Definitely in my 4.
September 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Huh? What are you supposed to pour on your scrapple?
August 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I've tried, but eventually some setting has to go there due to load order. Once that happens, whether it's 1 line or 100 doesn't really matter.
August 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm waiting until AI coding tools raise the roof.
August 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM