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I built a tiny self-hosted corner of the internet made entirely from HTML pages

I seriously do not understand this.

  • OP claims it's just for fun, yet it isn't, as it's for money.
  • OP says they've made hundreds of bucks on this, yet zero of the thousand pages are claimed. Either they're lying or their vibe coded website is unsurprisingly broken.
  • OP says it'd be "interesting ... to give people a tiny piece of a website" yet they aren't giving away anything, it's costs money.
  • "What if every person got their own HTML" but limits it to 1000 so every person cannot get their own HTML.
  • OP posts in the self hosting community, yet they aren't even self hosting the website and, if I paid $1, I wouldn't be self hosting my HTML page.

I feel like if OP were just honest about this they'd have better luck. Not good luck, but better luck.

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Therapy session

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It sounds like he lacked tact and maybe is just a bad therapist tbh. I dunno, maybe he'd be good for socialite types, but I feel like a good therapist meets you where you're at. I think the first session or two should be dedicated to learning about you with minimal suggestions for change. It sounds like even you're aware that more of that type of thing might be benificial, but making changes like that take a lot of work on yourself over a signifigant length of time, and a suggestion from a therapist isn't where it needs to come from, you need to come to the conclusion yourself.

That's my take as someone who has seen only two people, the first was bad and the second has been great, she did exactly that, basically just listened and asked questions for the first couple times I saw her. Even now she doesn't really make concrete suggestions, more asks leading questions that make me think and come to conclusions on my own. Tbh sometimes I just wish she'd tell me what to do haha, but I know that'd piss me off and that isn't how it works at all.

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Do Amber Alerts for Missing Kids Actually Work? | The Walrus

My main issue with Amber Alerts is that they're not mutable. If my phone is screaming at me, I'm going to hit mute before reading what's on the phone. When I hit mute, the alert is gone. It's simply nowhere to be found. I can't read it in my notifications panel. It's gone.

It needs to show up as both an alert AND a notification. It's crazy that this isn't standard (in android, at least).

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Linus (LTT) argues that despite middling gaming performance, the Steam Machine excels as a compact desktop workstation thanks to the seamless and user-friendly experience provided by SteamOS.

Any new computer for $1000 bucks is going to have middling performance these days, I don't think Linus was arguing against that. He just appreciated the curated experience and whatnot. I'd argue that I've had a very similar experience on Kubuntu, but I will also say that the updates haven't always been as smooth as on my SteamDeck, but then again that's also true on Windows.

In the end I'm just glad that Linux is getting more attention overall. Maybe someone will see this, decide that the Steam Machine isn't the best for them, and install some other OS with KDE and have a similar experience. Whatever you think of Linus, him saying that 2026 is the year of the Linux desktop is a positive thing.

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DOGE Officially Shuts Down as Trump Administration Ends Government Efficiency Office

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"Did you reduce the federal deficit?" the attorney asked.

"No, we didn't," Nathan Cavanaugh responded

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“I think a person can have enough judgment from reading books and being well-informed outside of traditional experience to make judgment calls about obvious things like a grant that literally lists DEI in its description,” Nathan testified.

"What books?" the attorney asked

"There were no books,” Cavanaugh said.

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Source - where I actually learned about it

If it weren't so depressing this would be some of the funniest shit I have ever seen. As it is, it's still pretty funny, seeing these clowns have to (fail to) justify their choices to real, serious people.