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Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring. (The Verge)

Except it's not.

We could better write this headline as Wikipedia is resilient only to the extent that it is boring because the moment something catches the attention of the politically motivated* they will burn it to the ground in a self-righteous frenzy.

The article goes on at length not to discuss resilience but dysfunction at every level of the organisation.

But it all comes down to one thing: At Wikipedia, Truth is controlled by the True Believers, and the safest bet for factual accuracy is political irrelevance.

* And yes, I mean communists.
Tech Note: Due to the archive sites I was using for sites that block adblockers instituting a "human identification" layer, I'm switching to recommending Brave in its place. It so far seems to cut neatly through the crap.

Tech News

Stripe is building a blockchain. (Tech Crunch)

Fuck, not another one.
One garbage collector to rule them all. (Fil-C)

This actually looks good if you are in need of a C/C++-oriented garbage collector which I am.
Vibe coding our way to disaster. (The Bug in Our Code)

Another warning on the painfully obvious pitfalls of the disastrously bad idea of "vibe coding".
Type checking is a symptom, not a solution. (Programming Simplicity)

Not only is that not true, but everything in the entire article is wrong.
Lenovo launched a whole lot of new products all at once, but none of them are particularly interesting.
Browsing your phone on the toilet can increase the risk of hemorrhoids. (Popular Science)

You're holding it wrong.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: I slept in a bed last night.

posted by Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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