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"Biden: I’m not even sure states exist.
Alexander: You’re . . . not sure states exist? Biden: The Pledge of Allegiance says that America is “one nation, indivisible.” Taken seriously, we have pledged to regard America as not being composed of parts. It is, like God, a perfectly simple entity, not requiring further explanation. How, then, could it have states? I realize this position may seem strange. But I pledged to believe it, and I am a man of my word."

"Defaults are arguably the most important design decisions you'll ever make as a software developer. Choose good defaults, and users will sing the praises of your software and how easy it is to use. Choose poor defaults, and you'll face down user angst over configuration, and probably a host of tech support calls as well. "
Related to: Threads defaulting fediverse sharing to off and defaulting their Meta Platform (IG, Facebook, Threads) sharing to on and automatically enabling their 'Political Content' filter

open source real-time translation app for Android.

Federated single-user microblogging software

"In this tutorial, we will build a small federated server that can only accept follow requests. Despite its simplicity, it will cover the key features of the ActivityPub protocol and the Fedify framework, such as actors, sending and receiving activities, and the inbox."
Fedify is an ActivityPub server framework/TypeScript library for building federated server apps powered by ActivityPub

"Welcome to the Neglected Books page, edited and mostly written by Brad Bigelow. Here you’ll find articles and lists with thousands of books that have been neglected, overlooked, forgotten, or stranded by changing tides in critical or popular taste."

Play through a random dungeon puzzle once a day

Pong in the browser, but more

"Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer"