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Ryan Barrett

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March 31, 2026
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Best paper title I’ve seen in a long time:

Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog

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March 30, 2026
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I am Springsteen, going on Spreventeen

– Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

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March 24, 2026
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smoke ’em if you got ’em

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March 15, 2026
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first law of thermodynamics
    conservation of energy
                          🤝
 double entry bookkeeping
    conservation of money

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March 2, 2026
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It’s VCs’ job to predict the future in all sorts of directions, and be extremely confident about those predictions, and also be wrong 9 out of 10 times. Remember that next time you hear a VC say…anything.

(Not that VCs are dumb, or delusional, or malicious! Far from it. But still.)

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February 28, 2026
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fresh honeycomb, from friends who keep bees

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February 28, 2026
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Sunrise view of San Francisco from Twin Peaks, with both city lights and early light in the sky, and dramatic clouds

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February 26, 2026
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I know it’s a bad (good) day when debugging takes me all the way down into the Linux kernel docs

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February 22, 2026
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the best UI is no UI

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February 21, 2026
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Sunrise in Lake Tahoe Donner

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