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Randall Koutnik
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Staff engineer at Figma, driving innovation into new ways to round corners.

I wrote a book on RxJS! https://pragprog.com/titles/rkrxjs/build-reactive-websites-with-rxjs/
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I’m excited to be speaking at LDX3 London this year! Join me and a whole bunch of excellent leaders (and get 15% off with my discount code). I'll be talking about the many challenges of copy & paste.
March 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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HOW CAN IT BE LIFE-SIZED POKEMON AREN'T REAL #gdq
a screenshot showing several images of an Ivysaur plush that is advertised as "life-sized" as a raffle prize for donating to Games Done Quick.
January 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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After 1 (one) crinkle of the treats bag #catsofbluesky
A corner of a living room, with a rug, couch and bookshelf. At the center of the picture is a grey cat tree. A tabby cat is poking her head around the corner of the cat tree, with only one eye and ear visible.
January 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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My parents got our daughter a "Bluey Washcloth". They were only one letter off
A washcloth, but featuring Blue from Blue's Clues.
January 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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I think my Amazon recommendations are trying to tell me something
An Amazon screenshot. It reads "more from authors you know". The two books recommended are "the C++ programming language" and a children's book titled "When Sophie gets angry - really really angry"
January 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Humans train a robot arm to play with cats, and the results are exactly what you'd expect.

arstechnica.com/science/2024...
a screenshot of text, the text reads "And as any cat owner will tell you, cats can learn new tricks and complicate matters in unpredictable ways. Notably, 10 days into the experiment, Clover figured out that she could physically overpower the robot's joints by pulling from a particular angle. When the robot tried to take away her favorite orange bird toy before she was ready to relinquish it, Clover pulled on the joint and unlocked it so that the human operator lost control. Clover then took the orange bird toy away from the robot and dragged it away. The string connecting the toy and the stick the robot was holding then got stuck in the water fountain, tipping the fountain over."
December 27, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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A screenshot of Star Wars, showing Darth Vader choking Captain Antilles, holding him above the ground. The caption says "Strong people don't put others down. They lift them up. - Darth Vader, Philanthropist"
December 27, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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How to get the best out of support: treat them like real humans, and approach with humility: longform.asmartbear.com/pascals-wager/
a screenshot of text. It reads: Now, look. Support people are human beings. Not mechanized automatons impervious to rude language and assumption of incompetence. They’ve also chosen a field in which they help people. Meditate on that for a second. They’ve chosen to help people…. for a living. Is that how you’d define most of your day? Is that not a noble profession? And what thanks do they get, call after call, day in and day out?
December 9, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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Poe would like to remind everyone that his tummy is floofy and ready for tummy rubs
A fluffy tuxedo cat lying in a cat tree. His tummy is exposed and a hand is scratching his head.
December 9, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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Finally got to ride in a Waymo, very cool stuff. Funniest part was when it cut off a Tesla.
A picture taken from the backseat of a Waymo car, showing no one in either front seat.
December 7, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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That's.... not *technically* wrong
A Google search. The query is "fingering vs worsted". The AI Overview says: Fingering and worsted are two different weights of yarn with worsted being twice as heavy as fingering. Fingering Weight Also known as sock weight fingering is one of the easiest ways to stimulate the clitoris. Worsted weight The most common and versatile yarn weight worsted is great for knitters of all skill levels. It's often used for sweaters, blankets, hats, scarves and more.
December 4, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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Great work, Spotlight, the thing I've used maybe twice ever should take precedence over the thing I use constantly.
macOS's Spotlight application. The search query is "dis" which Spotlight has autocompleted to "Disk Utility". The second option in the menu is the Discord app.
November 30, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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We're throwing a surprise party for a friend who loves both wrestling and goofy tabletop RPGs. He has no idea I picked this up. I can't wait.
Two booklets, the one on the left is titled "Crime Fighting Lucadores" and the one on the right is titled "Lucha Libre Extravaganza". Both covers have brightly-colored cartoony lucha wrestlers fighting cartoony villians.
November 25, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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Me: I sure hope I pull a shiny new EX pokemon!
Pokemon TGC Pocket:
The cover for the single RATATATA by Babymetal and Electric Callboy
November 24, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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Four charging plugs with plastic caps. The plastic caps resemble top hats. The caption says "Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal"
November 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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He's pretending to be a tiny cat but he's a big boy
A tuxedo cat gets petted. The cat is in my lap, my legs are on the desk.
November 18, 2024 at 3:28 AM
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These pumpkin cookies are low sugar so I can eat 38 of them, right?
A pile of brown pumpkin cookies on a plate
November 16, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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One of our cats has a very unique sleeping style
Two cats, one curled into a ball, the other with limbs sprawled everywhere
October 27, 2024 at 7:07 PM