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user: ColinWright
created: 2009-12-14
karma: 135772

If you want to contact me, find me on the web. I am especially interested in math, juggling, programming, and education, and since there are other people with my name you'll probably need to include at least one of those terms in any search.

I was once a prolific contributor and commenter, but no more. I go through bouts of submitting stuff, but then go and disappear for lengths of time. If there is something you'd like me to see or comment on, you can email me. Don't ask me to upvote things. If it is interesting (to me) then I will.

Submissions do not imply endorsement.

My spam filtering is pretty severe, but I've put the word "Dysprosium" on the allow-list - quote that and your email will get through.

I used to have an email here but it got harvested by spammers - I'm looking at you, mbientlab.com - so it has been removed. This is a temporary one:

HN_a7dab8S4@solipsys.co.uk

Email sent there and quoting the element name will pass my spam filters. After that we can use "proper" email addresses.

submissions:

The Slack Notifications Flowchart Explained
3 points | 1 comments
Frontier AI: what you need to know
2 points | 0 comments
The Security Mindset (2008)
3 points | 0 comments
Bonzi Buddy
3 points | 0 comments
Tech firms must stop kids sending and receiving explicit images or face new laws
6 points | 0 comments
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They are looting your life savings
25 points | 15 comments
Add a Little Something to the CSS
5 points | 0 comments
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The Heavy Boots Story [video]
1 points | 0 comments
Ocean sensors will go dark under Trump funding cuts
7 points | 1 comments
Marches and Gnats – Fantastical game of programming challenges
3 points | 0 comments
People Getting Falsely Accused of Using AI to Write
4 points | 0 comments
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Poll: How often do you check "newest"?
98 points | 115 comments
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The UK government's Low Value Purchase System is a waste of time
138 points | 101 comments
Meta asks users to pay for WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook
5 points | 4 comments
Security Envelope Pattern collection – S.E.C.R.E.T
102 points | 9 comments
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In the Matter of an Office-Holder and in the Matter of the Insolvency Act 1986
2 points | 1 comments
The lost Doves Type: A Thames mystery solved
2 points | 0 comments
Checking the math behind OpenAI and Anthropic's latest headlines
4 points | 0 comments