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Thoughts, discoveries, and random musings from the digital frontier

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Building Dootie: A 3D Poop Emoji Chatbot (And Why It's Actually Sophisticated)

How I spent an afternoon debugging whether poop emoji eye whites should be brown or white, built a professional AI assistant that lives in a toilet, and created the most technically advanced shit-themed chatbot on the internet

๐Ÿท๏ธ three-js ๐Ÿท๏ธ ai ๐Ÿท๏ธ ollama ๐Ÿท๏ธ fastapi ๐Ÿท๏ธ web-development ๐Ÿ“š +3 more
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Thinking About Thinking: Your Brain is a Self-Rewriting Algorithm (And That's Why You Can't Stop Checking Your Phone)

A deep dive into how our brains are self-modifying algorithms that rewrite themselves with every experience, and why understanding this changes everything about habits, anxiety, and human behavior

๐Ÿท๏ธ metacognition ๐Ÿท๏ธ psychology ๐Ÿท๏ธ habits ๐Ÿท๏ธ anxiety ๐Ÿท๏ธ brain-science ๐Ÿ“š +3 more
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When Your Brain Argues With Itself: A Conversation About Cognitive Dissonance

A father-son conversation leads to exploring cognitive dissonance, from gym memberships to parenting mistakes, and why admitting 'I don't know' might be the healthiest response of all

๐Ÿท๏ธ cognitive-dissonance ๐Ÿท๏ธ parenting ๐Ÿท๏ธ psychology ๐Ÿท๏ธ personal-growth ๐Ÿท๏ธ family ๐Ÿ“š +3 more
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The Tourist vs. Explorer Mindset: A Late-Night Revelation

A late-night AI conversation leads to insights about how we approach life - are you a tourist collecting experiences or an explorer genuinely engaging with the world?

๐Ÿท๏ธ mindset ๐Ÿท๏ธ philosophy ๐Ÿท๏ธ personal growth ๐Ÿท๏ธ exploration ๐Ÿท๏ธ self-reflection
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Breaking the 50-Year Literary Conspiracy: What If Ted Isn't Human?

For half a century, we've been reading Harlan Ellison's 'I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream' wrong. Time to blow this interpretation wide open.

๐Ÿท๏ธ harlan-ellison ๐Ÿท๏ธ literary-analysis ๐Ÿท๏ธ sci-fi ๐Ÿท๏ธ ai-consciousness ๐Ÿท๏ธ conspiracy ๐Ÿ“š +2 more
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All about Context: The Rise of MCP and Web Security Evolution

A deep dive into how context is everything - from 30 years of SSL/TLS disasters to MCP's lightning-fast adoption. Learn why MCP succeeded in 8 months where HTTP took decades.

๐Ÿท๏ธ MCP ๐Ÿท๏ธ web security ๐Ÿท๏ธ SSL ๐Ÿท๏ธ TLS ๐Ÿท๏ธ HTTP ๐Ÿ“š +3 more
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Just the Fax: Why 43 Million Machines Still Refuse to Die

How a 180-year-old technology continues to send 17 billion messages annually, and why every prediction of its death has been hilariously wrong

๐Ÿท๏ธ fax ๐Ÿท๏ธ technology ๐Ÿท๏ธ history ๐Ÿท๏ธ communication ๐Ÿท๏ธ telecommunications ๐Ÿ“š +2 more
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The Science Behind RSD: What Research Actually Says

A research deep-dive for readers who want the evidence behind rejection sensitivity dysphoria

๐Ÿท๏ธ RSD ๐Ÿท๏ธ ADHD ๐Ÿท๏ธ neuroscience ๐Ÿท๏ธ research ๐Ÿท๏ธ psychology ๐Ÿ“š +3 more
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Domain Registration Done Right: The DNS Speed Run

How to register and configure domains in minutes instead of days - a technical deep dive into DNS mechanics, registrar tricks, and the proper domain setup sequence that prevents 24-48 hours of downtime.

๐Ÿท๏ธ dns ๐Ÿท๏ธ domains ๐Ÿท๏ธ networking ๐Ÿท๏ธ infrastructure ๐Ÿท๏ธ devops ๐Ÿ“š +1 more
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The Sacred Principles of Code

A Developer's Manifesto for Sustainable Excellence - Born from the Zen, forged in production, proven in practice

๐Ÿท๏ธ best-practices ๐Ÿท๏ธ development ๐Ÿท๏ธ code-quality ๐Ÿท๏ธ engineering ๐Ÿท๏ธ manifesto ๐Ÿ“š +1 more
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Harlan Ellison's groundbreaking 1967 science fiction horror story about consciousness, machines, and the nature of humanity

๐Ÿท๏ธ harlan-ellison ๐Ÿท๏ธ sci-fi ๐Ÿท๏ธ ai ๐Ÿท๏ธ consciousness ๐Ÿท๏ธ horror ๐Ÿ“š +1 more

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