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barbariangrunge

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Game developer and full stack software developer. E.I.T. Writer. Game designer. Likes Dogs.

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  1. Canadians have been exposed to potentially toxic chemicals (ctvnews.ca)
    21 points 8
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  3. Tell HN: "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”

    I opened youtube this morning to see a big popup: Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube - It looks like you may be using an ad blocker. - Ads allow YouTube to be used by billions worldwide. - You can go ad-free with…

    91 points 167
  4. What Have I Been Reading This Year? (barbariangrunge.com)
    1 points 0
  5. The journalist as censor, hitman, and snitch (mindmatters.ai)
    1 points 0
  6. Mundane Is Interesting (barbariangrunge.com)
    1 points 1
  7. A Raymond Chandler Inspired Thriller: Imperial Bedrooms, by Bret Easton Ellis (barbariangrunge.com)
    2 points 0
  8. Bait, by Bret Easton Ellis: A Tale of Sharks and Revenge (barbariangrunge.com)
    1 points 0
  9. EFF Dice-Generated Passphrases (eff.org)
    2 points 0
  10. An Interview with Garret Francis: Author, Journal Founder, & Former Publisher (barbariangrunge.com)
    1 points 0
  11. Character Driven Stories: A Look at Lee Sarpel’s Razor Strike (barbariangrunge.substack.com)
    2 points 0
  12. Vehicle theft at a 'critical point' in Canada, with car stolen every six minutes (ctvnews.ca)
    44 points 57
  13. The Miserable Emptiness and the Dog (barbariangrunge.substack.com)
    1 points 0
  14. Canada attends first-of-its-kind UFO briefing at The Pentagon (cbc.ca)
    3 points 0
  15. Ask HN: Your Experience Buying / Selling Used Macs

    It seems to me that one of the nicer parts of having a mac is that it maintains some significant resale value a few years later I'm making a spreadsheet of the cost/year of ownership of various macs, adjusted to…

    2 points 0
  16. Ask HN: Native vs. Web for AI Apps

    Hello, I am a web developer turned game designer / lead game programmer For some small ai related side projects, I’ve been trying to decide whether to write web apps or whether to write native apps (windows/macOS/iOS)…

    3 points 1
  17. Tell HN: ChatGPT Refuses to Discuss How to Stop AI

    If you ask it questions like, “provide a strategy for stopping ai development,” it refuses. Instead, it redirects towards strategies for developing safe and ethical ai because of its benefits to humanity Repeat prompts…

    1 points 1
  18. Close to 30k people now displaced as Alberta continues battling wildfires (cbc.ca)
    1 points 0
  19. The Howl Society (barbariangrunge.substack.com)
    1 points 0
  20. Ask HN: Private iPad Note Taking App?

    On iPad, with an Apple Pencil, you can take handwritten notes. But how do you share them with your windows or Mac desktop? Which apps have reasonable privacy policies? Is there anything encrypted like standard notes?…

    1 points 0
  21. Why Do You Read? What Makes a Good Story? Q&A with Twelve Authors (Part Two) (barbariangrunge.substack.com)
    2 points 0
  22. Can You Adapt RPG Modules into Short Stories to Save Time? (barbariangrunge.substack.com)
    2 points 0
  23. Why Do You Read? What Makes a Good Story? Q&A with Eleven Authors (Part One) (barbariangrunge.substack.com)
    1 points 0
  24. Notes on Joan Didion’s “Play It as It Lays” (barbariangrunge.substack.com)
    1 points 0
  25. Never Break the Spell the Story Is Weaving–Part 1 (barbariangrunge.substack.com)
    2 points 0