Recently I've been getting a lot of "wrong person" spam texts. Here is a great explanation of what the intended scam is. maxread.substack.com/p/whats-the-de…

Look what’s at the top of Spotify’s (personalized?) Summer ‘22 playlist… it’s an omen :-)

Physics Safety Tip xkcd.com/2662/ m.xkcd.com/2662/

3 Steps to being a good Programmer: 1. Avoid recursion 2. Repeat steps 1 and 2. 3. Always have an exit condition. 4. Beware of being off by one.

Here are 5 principles to have better interactions with people. If you master these, you can't help but "win" in life:

Fun new mini project: Geometric Primes. Nine new posters visualizing prime numbers with basic geometric shapes. c82.net/work/?id=392

Q: Die man in die koffiezaak met z’n hipsterbaard en een knotje in ‘t haar? Die strooit gewoon kaneel of cacaopoeder over het melkschuim van de cappuccino! A: Barbaarista #woordgraptogram @WisseBeets

I’ve interviewed 1000s of people over my career. Only 1% of candidates truly know how to stand out. Learn to answer these 13 questions and I guarantee you’ll ace your next job interview:

“Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.” — Benny Hill

TIL that five songs use almost the same chord progression, or have a melody that fits it uncannily well. 1) Jamiroquai: "Virtual Insanity" 2) The Bee Gees: "Stayin' alive" 3) Bill Withers: "Just the two of us" 4) "Fly me to the moon" 5) Stevie Wonder: "Isn't she lovely"

Amazing...

I just got hit in #Whamageddon. I recognized Wham!'s "Last Christmas"... in a hotel lobby of all places. It was a good run so far this year. whamageddon.com

"What's happening?" Well, Twitter is not showing tweets from people that I follow, not showing tweets "for me", not showing accounts that I follow. It seems like Day One for Twitter, just after restoring the very first database with no tweets yet.

Q: Als je vandaag de restjes van de zalm eet die gisteren niet helemaal is opgegaan A: Deja vis #woordgraptogram

🎉 I saw this coming five years ago… bold and italic text in tweets. x.com/jschulenkloppe…

Q: Dit vuurspuwende beest staat soms op de spits van een kerktoren A: Kathedraak Q: Dit huisdier houdt de kerk muisvrij A: Kattedraal #woordgraptogram

Q: Geheel tegen haar zin, maar de mediabaas plaatste toch een inkttekening op de arm van de actrice. A: #metattoo #woordgraptogram @WisseBeets

"I feel that we're all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can do the darkness." - Jim Carrey

Relationship tip: when your partner makes an awful but innocent mistake (leaves their phone in the cab, forgets their passport when heading to the airport for an international flight, drops and shatters a beloved item, gets in a fender bender, etc.), don't get mad at them. It