Nelson Minar

Full stack homosexual.

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2025-08-22 21:12:05 UTC

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respectfully, that big green button will just capture all the "I hate all AI and reflexively disable it" sentiment and won't actually measure whether the features are worth a damn. I agree they should have a clear opt-out but what is AI isn't even clear is it? Do you want browser spell correction? URL autocomplete?

2025-05-06 23:01:15 UTC

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it's a crowded city and there's a little ambiguity. The car only encroaches a foot into my driveway so they convince themselves I can just go around. But that's incredibly dangerous and difficult. I just stand by my property rights now.

2025-03-23 19:55:52 UTC

I keep thinking about the Florida couple who chose to wear these outfits while bicycle touring in Vietnam.
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2025-03-02 04:25:55 UTC

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Kampong Prasat turned out to be more of a new normal village (built along a road along the river) and not much left floating. Was a good introduction to what ordinary village life looks like. A lot of fishing, also small scale rice farming.
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2025-02-27 05:31:52 UTC

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Highlight of the trip so far was last night, a [Street Food Tour of Phnom Penh](https://urbanforage.co/product/phnom-penh-food-tour/ ). Tuktuk tour of seven different casual food places, sidewalk restaurants and old grandmas making coconut desserts on the side of the road. Super fun and delicious!
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2025-02-24 05:06:24 UTC

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And finally the big event, Angkor Wat. There are zillions of much better photos you can find of the place, but these are mine. Also so glad to see it in person, understand how it fits together. The temple complex is mind-bogglingly huge.
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2025-01-26 14:17:13 UTC

I installed the experimental Arc browser on my desktop a few months ago and then forgot about it. I haven't used it for a long time. Today I learned it's spying on my computer's location in the background all the time.

2025-01-17 16:12:31 UTC

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2024-11-28 19:42:56 UTC

This doesn't match my mood this year but in honor of *Queer* coming out in theaters, here's William S. Burroughs reading his Thanksgiving Prayer. Just the thing if you are feeling cynical about the American Dream.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLSveRGmpIE