Tim Marinin
@timmarinin.net
Trying to understand the world, thinking about software and privacy, also love coffee. He/him. At my own website: https://timmarinin.net.
TIL (JS) deferreds are back and in style:
const { promise, resolve, reject } = Promise.withResolvers()
No need for new Promise just to grab resolve
const { promise, resolve, reject } = Promise.withResolvers()
No need for new Promise just to grab resolve
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
TIL (JS) deferreds are back and in style:
const { promise, resolve, reject } = Promise.withResolvers()
No need for new Promise just to grab resolve
const { promise, resolve, reject } = Promise.withResolvers()
No need for new Promise just to grab resolve
Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day; make a man walk a mile in your shoes and he’ll start asking questions like where are going are we going to the beach would you teach me fishing
December 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day; make a man walk a mile in your shoes and he’ll start asking questions like where are going are we going to the beach would you teach me fishing
This video by pagemelt is amazing and deservedly long, lots of threads to think about: youtu.be/Bdj14_jdumI
be your own algorithm
YouTube video by pagemelt
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This video by pagemelt is amazing and deservedly long, lots of threads to think about: youtu.be/Bdj14_jdumI
Do bilingual people maintain several personas depending on the language they’re using?
December 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Do bilingual people maintain several personas depending on the language they’re using?
Reposted by Tim Marinin
This essay by the author of a recent well-reviewed book about Tolkien starts modestly and then stabs you with a Morgul-blade halfway through, where you are pinioned by a twist in the telling. You may never recover. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Why I Keep Returning to Middle-Earth
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This essay by the author of a recent well-reviewed book about Tolkien starts modestly and then stabs you with a Morgul-blade halfway through, where you are pinioned by a twist in the telling. You may never recover. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
having every app having to deal with auth at all is one of the reasons of centralization we have today
December 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
having every app having to deal with auth at all is one of the reasons of centralization we have today
What are some businesses that are already “built/bet on ATProto”?
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What are some businesses that are already “built/bet on ATProto”?
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I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
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How does Vin from Mistborn get money? ATM.
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How does Vin from Mistborn get money? ATM.
Obviously, not the most pressing issue of the times, but still quite depressing: marketing dialogues with options yes/later.
It indicates power imbalance between corporations producing software and users of that software, and I dislike it, and those who approved it; designed it and developed it.
It indicates power imbalance between corporations producing software and users of that software, and I dislike it, and those who approved it; designed it and developed it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Obviously, not the most pressing issue of the times, but still quite depressing: marketing dialogues with options yes/later.
It indicates power imbalance between corporations producing software and users of that software, and I dislike it, and those who approved it; designed it and developed it.
It indicates power imbalance between corporations producing software and users of that software, and I dislike it, and those who approved it; designed it and developed it.
adhd coded
there should be a way to work for 20 companies at once and rotate them like once a month so you don’t get bored
October 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
adhd coded
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I accidentally glitched out an animation I was working on and created a perfect example of what the passage of time feels like to someone with ADHD
October 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I accidentally glitched out an animation I was working on and created a perfect example of what the passage of time feels like to someone with ADHD
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the most authoritarian of King Arthur's knights was Sir Veillance
October 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
the most authoritarian of King Arthur's knights was Sir Veillance
[naïve time traveler who has a penchant for being right for wrong reasons] being a medieval doctor would be so sick
August 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
[naïve time traveler who has a penchant for being right for wrong reasons] being a medieval doctor would be so sick
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Grim reaper: well, we meet again
Me: is it my time to die?
Grim reaper: what? No, it’s time for you to become ape again
Me: is it my time to die?
Grim reaper: what? No, it’s time for you to become ape again
August 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Grim reaper: well, we meet again
Me: is it my time to die?
Grim reaper: what? No, it’s time for you to become ape again
Me: is it my time to die?
Grim reaper: what? No, it’s time for you to become ape again
British navy at some point in history:
If you persist, then notch the following fact upon your very soul: you can absolutely use lime and lemon interchangeably in recipes, it's *fine*
July 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
British navy at some point in history:
Ocean’s 11 is a story that concurrency is con + currency
July 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ocean’s 11 is a story that concurrency is con + currency
Bullet journal?
Perry the Bullet journal?!
Perry the Bullet journal?!
July 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Bullet journal?
Perry the Bullet journal?!
Perry the Bullet journal?!
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Descartes gave us all the tools we need to survive in an era of misinformation. Simply begin with the understanding that you are real but everything else is fairly likely to be the cruel games of a demon sent to torment you specifically.
June 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Descartes gave us all the tools we need to survive in an era of misinformation. Simply begin with the understanding that you are real but everything else is fairly likely to be the cruel games of a demon sent to torment you specifically.
Is humanity mostly done with food and the kinds of food we have is all the kinds we’ll ever have?
June 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Is humanity mostly done with food and the kinds of food we have is all the kinds we’ll ever have?
Draft heuristic: I want “client” and “the network” to be provided separately, to ensure that the client is working in my interests
For trivial example, I use mailmate+iOS mail+fastmail instead of their own app.
Time to investigate some alternative Bluesky clients (or try to prototype my own, hmm)
For trivial example, I use mailmate+iOS mail+fastmail instead of their own app.
Time to investigate some alternative Bluesky clients (or try to prototype my own, hmm)
June 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Draft heuristic: I want “client” and “the network” to be provided separately, to ensure that the client is working in my interests
For trivial example, I use mailmate+iOS mail+fastmail instead of their own app.
Time to investigate some alternative Bluesky clients (or try to prototype my own, hmm)
For trivial example, I use mailmate+iOS mail+fastmail instead of their own app.
Time to investigate some alternative Bluesky clients (or try to prototype my own, hmm)
Reposted by Tim Marinin
I usually get where big tech is coming from but this is just malicious tracking. If you're an engineer and you're asked to implement something like this, it's time to whistleblow.
I hope the IE DPA will look into it.
Anyway, Local Network Access (github.com/explainers-b...) can't come soon enough.
I hope the IE DPA will look into it.
Anyway, Local Network Access (github.com/explainers-b...) can't come soon enough.
Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android
We disclose a novel tracking method by Meta and Yandex potentially affecting billions of Android users. We found that native Android apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and several Yandex apps…
localmess.github.io
June 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I usually get where big tech is coming from but this is just malicious tracking. If you're an engineer and you're asked to implement something like this, it's time to whistleblow.
I hope the IE DPA will look into it.
Anyway, Local Network Access (github.com/explainers-b...) can't come soon enough.
I hope the IE DPA will look into it.
Anyway, Local Network Access (github.com/explainers-b...) can't come soon enough.