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Re:24a2: An ultra-minimalist game engine on Sunday June 28, 2020 @04:30AM (#23667477)
24A2 sort of looks like 24^2, which is what I originally wanted to call it, and only uses alphanumeric characters. The combination of numbers and letters also reminded me of P5 and pico-8, which were both inspirations
For those that don't know, Recurse Center[^1] is a self-directed, 12 or 6 week free programming retreat in New York City. I'm currently enrolled, and my batch is finishing this week. It's been a really good learning experience, and I'd highly recommend it.

[^1]: https://www.recurse.com/

Re:WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages on Friday January 13, 2017 @07:08AM (#13390193)
Has anyone heard anything from Moxie Marlinspike on this? Would be interesting to hear his perspective - Open Whisper Systems helped out with the encryption.
Threw together a shell function to quickly initialise development environments.

https://github.com/jamesroutley/dev

It allows you to quickly switch between different development contexts by:

- cd'ing you to a particular directory - opening your text editor - setting environment variables - setting up VPNs - anything else that can be scripted