Kevin Purdy
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Bambu Lab pushes a “control system” for 3D printers, and boy, did it not go well
Bambu Lab, a major maker of 3D printers for home users and commercial “farms,” is pushing an update to its…
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Report: Apple Mail is getting automatic categories on iPadOS and macOS
Unlike numerous other new and recent OS-level features from Apple, mail sorting does not require a device capable of supporting…
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Startup necromancy: Dead Google Apps domains can be compromised by new owners
Lots of startups use Google’s productivity suite, known as Workspace, to handle email, documents, and other back-office matters. Relatedly, lots…
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I keep turning my Google Sheets into phone-friendly webapps, and I can’t stop
Software is eating the world and I have snacks for it How I tackled takeout, spices, and meal ideas with…
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Flour, water, salt, GitHub: The Bread Code is a sourdough baking framework
One year ago, I didn’t know how to bake bread. I just knew how to follow a recipe. If everything…
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Dystopika is a beautiful cyberpunk city builder without the ugly details
Some of my favorite games deny me the thing I think I want most. Elden Ring refuses to provide manageable save files…
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40 years later, X Window System is far more relevant than anyone could guess
Widely but improperly known as X-windows — One astrophysics professor’s memories of writing X11 code in the 1980s. Kevin Purdy…
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Cryptmaster is a dark, goofy dungeon crawler powered by word games and typing
A different kind of text adventure — Ask a necromancer to lick a shield. Type out “HIT,” “YELL,” “ZAP.” It’s…
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Sony backs down, won’t enforce PSN accounts for Helldivers 2 PC players on Steam
Purge the stain of this failure with the peroxide of victory — What will Sony do next for an audience…
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Mini Settlers is a city builder that you can both enjoy and actually put down
You can definitely get 120 frames on an RTX 4080 — No zoning, no pollution, no advisers—just squares, circles, people,…
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