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> Hi, my name is...Slim Shady. No, really, my name is Slim Shady. Just kidding, my name is Mark Zuckerberg (for those of you that don't know me) and I live in a small town near the massive city of New York. I am currently 15 years old and I just finished freshman year in high school.

Zuckerberg was so young when he founded Facebook and became a huge (and largely negative, in my view) influence over how we lived our lives, just a few years from this point in time.

I stumbled upon this comment from a related discussion in 2020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22823773:

>"Saleem Abdulrasool is the release manager for the Windows platform (@compnerd), is a prolific contributor to the Swift project and the primary instigator behind the port of Swift to Windows." Saleem's github, https://github.com/compnerd, lists swift-win32 repo, which is a "a thin wrapper over the Win32 APIs for graphics on Windows." So it's one person wrapping Win32. Not too promising yet, but it's early and there's room for Windows programmers to get involved.

Amazing work by Saleem and the team at The Browser Company to devote years to this and make it a success.

When I need to cancel something that is hard to cancel, I get a free virtual card from Privacy (privacy.com), then switch my subscription to use the virtual card number, then pause or cancel the card in Privacy.

> Alaska Airlines maintenance workers had been instructed to determine why the warning light had repeatedly gone off, but the work was not done before the flight on Friday. Instead, Ms. Homendy said, workers reset the system and the plane was put back into service, though the airline restricted it from being used on flights to destinations like Hawaii.

> We find noncash payment types, earlier sale hours, product differentiation, and lower customer densities are associated with higher customer transaction size, as is the number of product groups (species) and item variety offered by vendors.

>Traditionally this game is played by kids, as it's an excellent way to convince them that gambling is boring as all hell.

I’m amazed it has endured this long.

>The lawsuit had sought at least $5 billion. Settlement terms were not disclosed, but the lawyers said they have agreed to a binding term sheet through mediation, and expected to present a formal settlement for court approval by Feb. 24, 2024.

Headline is a bit misleading.

I liked Bird's scooters the first few times I rode, until I hit a pothole while going a moderate speed. I kept my balance, but I felt like there would have been no way to recover gracefully if I was going a bit faster.

The bikes used in bikeshare systems feel much safer: they're heavy and have wide tires and a low center of gravity.

I hope this is successful. My dad is homebound, can’t get around on his own, and needs to get blood drawn on a regular basis at a Coumadin clinic. He can usually get a friend to give him a ride, but not always.