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Why is Temu controversial?

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It's a Chinese-owned digital marketplace that's taken the internet by storm. According to TechReport, Temu reached over 200 million downloads, making it the world's most downloaded mobile marketplace app.

Temu is based in Boston by PDD Holdings Inc. PDD is headquartered in Shanghai. PDD also owns the e-commerce platform Pinduoduo headquartered in – you guessed it – China

How did I get data from my weather station to show up on my omg.lol page?

I'm glad you asked! This post covers the details:

runtimeterror.dev/display-temp

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I did some tinkering with my omg web page (jbowdre.lol) this week, and was able to embed data from my weather station without putting secrets in the client-side JavaScript.

Here are some quick notes on the setup: scribbles.jbowdre.lol/post/nea

This was a really fun little project for me, so I'll probably share more technical details on the bigger blog soon.

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I am seriously hooked on Gangstagrass now.

The Only Way Out Is Through by Gangstagrass

musicthread.app/link/2c8JbheBv

They're currently raising funds for a new album, too:

kickstarter.com/projects/rench

The blog posted today about doing Serve/Funnel in a sidecar using the official image, so now my customized image isn't needed anymore. Neat!

tailscale.com/blog/docker-tail

I dusted off my portable -powered lab. It's so handy to be able to quickly spin up/down minions of various Linux flavors, right on my Chromebook.

scribbles.jbowdre.lol/post/a-b

My wife's working on her Dune Legos so I guess I'll tackle my new Erector set.

"... eleven hundred friends on my myspace page..."

Hip-Hop Saved My Life by Lupe Fiasco

musicthread.app/link/2bpASyqHU

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