Your Backpack Got Worse On Purpose In 1986, a corporation that made women's lingerie bought every backpack brand you've ever trusted.

www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-backp...

I don't understand why brands would make their low tier products crappy. If I have a bad experience with a brand I'm not buying from them again

Someone recently told me that their sister's grades improved by a whole letter when they started using Harper.

Warm fuzzy feelings all around.

computer science is now officially a dying breed at colleges

holy smokes jj really just saved my butt. i accidentally deleted a file that was not properly tracked. but because of the evolog i was able to recover the file

Shoot do I have "Terminal Software Brain"?

As @davidpierce.xyz keeps saying, AI is fundamentally enterprise tech! I am convinced shoving it onto consumers without actually-great products is like forcing everyone to really really consider the consequences of giving SAP first-strike capabilities

From my inbox

Wrong:

Most AI coding output is not mediocre because the tool was not well co figured:

It’s mediocre because most code out in the open IS mediocre, and (most importantly) most devs don’t know how to write high quality code. And this was true even before AI!!

huh, just realized that the copilot button on windows is an instant fail button for exams

Take back your writing with writewithharper.com

I have a love hate relationship with running in spring.

I'm always sneezing 🤧

im confused why are companies proclaiming something is a bubble when there is competition in the market?

Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data Microsoft complied with a warrant to hand over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI, and privacy advocates are worried.

this is why data ownership (and sovereignty) is crucial! www.theverge.com/news/867244/...

"I want it to be more like a Swatch than a Rolex. I want it to be a little bit more fun, casual, playful, and plasticky."
- techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/p...

i have never feel so seen about my pebble!

glad to be back on arc (bugs and all)

i hate managing browser windows. so i guess im going back on arc browser. using anything else feels like going backwards

A foamy matcha in a decorative bowl

I'm making some progress!

6 Months of Going Light I’ve been struggling with various forms of digital services addiction for years now. The earliest I can think of was when a first generation iPad first came to our house and I couldn’t get enough of s...

I love using my dumb phone! I figured that because most people don't really share long term use reviews I might as well share my experience switching over after 6 months.

lukaswerner.com/post/2025-12...

i recently found out that i'm a stock photo on pinterest for child cellist... it was a weird feeling to say the least

does anyone know if there is an abundance group at oregon state?

i hate not being able to run. this sucks

Highly illuminated night sky as if there is a perpetual sunset

this is most nights... wtf?!

English is weird, code is concrete.

i've found it is decent at finding really obscure sites but the reports are meh

why is it that corvallis has worse light pollution than portland?

page ref links are both very handy and incredibly annoying. i wish there was a better way to find out where i got linked from

That's exactly why capital "Q" Quality is so much more important these days.

we will be drowning in software. the cost of experimentation has fallen

maybe the best product of blue origin is causing rich people to have the overview effect

rage against the machine. read.