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design engineer based in sydney
I’d been using the Arc browser daily since it was invite-only, so The Browser Company confirming it’s effectively dead still stings.

I really admired Arc for how much thought and craft went into it. So I wrote an obituary for my favourite browser:

sidney.me/writing/arc-...
#ArcBrowser
Arc, the first browser by The Browser Company of New York, dies at three
An obituary for the Arc browser from a current user
sidney.me
June 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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applying for jobs again
May 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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it’s possible to not care if people (humans, readers) pirate my book—or even feel pleased they do, if anything; and, at the same time, express fury when corporations grab and grind the text up like scrap metal for their word-garbage generators
March 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I’ve had so many thoughts swirling in my head this year about #AI, especially how it affects #art. Now I’ve finally written a blog post about it!

sidney.me/writing/ai-a...
Does AI herald an industrial revolution for art?
I recently came across a comment thread discussing a blog post, Goodbye Slopify. It’s a short post that exposes Spotify inserting AI-generated music with AI-generated album art in its Discover Weekly ...
sidney.me
May 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
mmmm pretty button
April 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I just got an email from an *airline* that they now have AI to generate a wall of text … pero en español
February 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
i saw a response to this saying spotify silently inserting AI-generated music is no different to the industrial revolution displacing furniture artisans for mass production

and how i feel about that can be described by the florence pugh frown emoji ☹️

alexeystar.com/blog/slopify/
Alexey Staroselets | Goodbye, Slopify
alexeystar.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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tired: fearing that robots will become so smart they take your job

wired: fearing that robots will still be dumb but take your job anyway
January 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
youtube really gave me one (1) recommendation for a mini motorways video and now I bought the game and can’t stop playing

shoutout @dinopoloclub.bsky.social, I also love mini metro
December 24, 2024 at 5:45 AM
protect your prized possessions! (bulk pack of antihistamines) (you’re waiting to get the $10 cashback)
December 23, 2024 at 2:49 PM
why yes i am a southerner (south newtown resident) (please don’t hike my rent next year)
December 20, 2024 at 10:03 AM
if you are reading this, yes it is time to watch an episode of The X-Files
December 10, 2024 at 12:12 PM
i’m in queer media (luigi mangione updates)
December 9, 2024 at 10:28 PM
the old man sitting at the front of the bus just offered the driver a snake lolly 💖
December 9, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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I love Mad Magazine
December 7, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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this is what it must have felt like to hear Robin Hood stories in 1370
MSNBC is reporting that the backpack that the Midtown shooter ditched in Central Park was full of Monopoly money
December 8, 2024 at 12:48 AM
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jpeg is the working class image format. png is for coastal elites. tif belongs to the ivory tower intelligentsia. gif is libertarian borderline sovcit and webp is the DNC
December 4, 2024 at 3:14 PM
the absolute chokehold #brat has had on me this year #SpotifyWrapped
December 4, 2024 at 3:05 PM
where all the sydney people at? i want to post hyperlocal inner west things and get attention
December 4, 2024 at 5:11 AM
shoutout to clairo
December 3, 2024 at 1:20 AM
chat is this real
December 2, 2024 at 8:31 AM
finally saturday! i can go from my online job to my favourite pastime: online
November 30, 2024 at 4:24 AM
marrickville metro is the centre of the universe
November 27, 2024 at 2:16 PM