TIL that the chinese word for penguin literally translates as "business goose".
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Building a Real-Time Chat App with React and Firebase | CSS-Tricks
In this article, we’ll cover key concepts for authenticating a user with Firebase in a real-time chat application. We’ll integrate third-party auth providers -
Jan 24, 2021, 10:38 PM -05:00 Wait... did I miss something? What's wrong with shortbread?
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Jan 19, 2021, 7:38 AM -05:00 
Why Tailwind Isn’t for Me
I think the folks building Tailwind are talented and nice people. But at a pure technical level, I simply don’t like Tailwind. Whoever it was built for, it was not built for me. -
Jan 10, 2021, 6:25 PM -05:00 I used to use the Big Brother Database from Emacs but these days I don't use anything in particular and I'd like to change that.
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Susie Dent (@susie_dent) on X
Word of the day is 'sequaciousness' (17th century): the blinkered, unreasoning, and slavish following of another, no matter where it leads. -
Jan 6, 2021, 12:44 PM -05:00 My my, that duolingo owl is aggressive, isn't it.
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Jan 3, 2021, 10:37 AM -05:00 How does this work, exactly? Is he rebinding old books or is he making new (blank, I guess?) books? Either way, looks really cool.
Mina Hamedi 🇹🇷🇮🇷 (@mina_hamedi) on X
My uncle picked up bookbinding during the pandemic and his basement is my wonderland -
Jan 2, 2021, 9:47 PM -05:00 Okay, so duolingo is kind of fun.
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Dec 31, 2020, 3:52 PM -05:00 Fully brag-worthy when a cat likes you and, apparently, no one else.
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Dec 27, 2020, 7:00 PM -05:00IndieWeb, Revisited
A couple of years ago I started building an IndieWeb website. Then I got painfully busy at work, stopped improving it, and basically ran out of free time to even post to it. Fast forward a couple of years, and I've got a new job that's somewhat more manageable, and during the holiday break I'm trying to get this thing going again. I've made a couple of changes: For the static site generator itself, I replaced Gatsby with Eleventy and am happier with it; it's basically just a pile of simple t... -
Dec 28, 2020, 5:58 PM -05:00 I am currently reading this tweet in Avasarala's voice and it's pretty awesome.
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Dec 24, 2020, 8:55 PM -05:00 
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Dec 24, 2020, 8:10 PM -05:00 I like egg nog way too much
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Dec 24, 2020, 5:35 PM -05:00 Merry Christmas everyone!
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Dec 23, 2020, 9:14 PM -05:00 The lighting at Atwater metro station is always impeccable. Inner 12 year old laughs hysterically
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Dec 20, 2020, 1:37 PM -05:00 I still think it's kind of cool that trains run through my neighborhood.
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Dec 15, 2020, 7:55 AM -05:00
Susie Dent (@susie_dent) on X
In the past, you could be reckful (considerate) as well as reckless. People were also gormful (careful); feckful (responsible), ruthful (compassionate), wieldy (agile), ept (adroit), and definitely gruntled. Bring back the lost positives. -
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woahh mann (@ashhhhhhole) on X
quarantine taught me that u don’t need fun to have alcohol -
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Dec 12, 2020, 8:10 PM -05:00 TIL about George Appel, a convicted murderer executed by electric chair in 1928, who's last words were "Well, gentlemen, you are about the see a baked Appel". A tip of the hat to you, sir.
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Dec 10, 2020, 7:26 PM -05:00 Tacos Victor and the Good Lovelies. Not the worst birthday.
