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2024-02-29

Creating Windows XP icons: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms997636(v=msdn.10)
- An official guide from Microsoft on how to create icons that mimic the WinXP era style.

i accidentally recorded my entire childhood by Eric's realm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSBKDQX9s-Y
- A retrospective on a youth lived online. As a commented points out, few experiences are original. I think a lot of people, especially men, will identify with parts of it.

Killing VMware by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3713242/killing-vmware.html
- I have yet to see a corporate merger actually benefit anyone. Here is another example - Broadcom buys the market leader in virtualization tech and makes it useless almost overnight. What a waste.
Here’s Why Jalapeño Peppers Are Less Spicy Than Ever by Brian Reinhart: https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2023/05/why-jalapeno-peppers-less-spicy-blame-aggies/
- Interesting short investigation concluting in mass produced food's need for consistency in their raw materials

I Walked Into Offices & Started Filming In 1982 by David Hoffman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tXtLZrlO7w
- A mini-piece on the life in an office and its history, made in the 80s. It's not often I look at offices from this perspective, so it was an interesting watch.

Soil by Alcatraz - Impressive Amiga 500 demo https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=95887
- State of the art demoscene design on traditional demoscene platform. Beautiful
No Vehicles In The Park - a demonstration of the problem of reaching agreement in a public setting.

MPC From Scratch: Everyone Can Do it! - https://www.zellic.io/blog/mpc-from-scratch/
- cts, infosec's favorite femboy shitposter, wrote yet another banger article. This time it's Multiparty computation - two or more parties computing something together without needing to divulge secrets.