Autocomplete the fun in your life

This issue I obsesses over new hardware releases, but not the ones you think. I lament the passing of an old friend we all know without realising, wonder how to make dark history “fun”, and more!

xx Chinch

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  Cotypist 0.19: AI-Powered Completions for Your AI Coding Agent!

  track.pstmrk.it

  I've been using Cotypist for a little while to add local and offline smart completions to my writing. And now it works with AI coding agents in the terminal too. I was hoping for something to replace what is now called Amazon Kiro CLI, which has existed for a long time, but does terminal autocompletion. However, it makes Cotypist even more useful than ever, and amazingly, it’s free! I'll be having the developer on my YouTube channel and podcast at some point in the near future.

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  We ask top designers how to make board games about the worst parts of human history

  wargamer.com

  Theme, history, and games. Always complex topics to balance in a game that suits all tastes. Doubly so when you use a theme that's dark or controversial. Some games have treated these themes too lightly, and others have created a game that's just not fun. This was a fascinating thought experiment post… "enjoy"?

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  Elgato

  elgato.com

  It's so easy to get sucked into closed ecosystems, but much like Apple's, when they work well, it's even harder to resist. I now find myself the happy owner of several Elgato Stream Decks, a key light, a video capture device, and a green screen. And these new announcements? 🤤

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  Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible | WIRED

  wired.com

  This newsletter is fast becoming "Undersea cable watch", and I am OK with that. In this instalment, we wave goodbye to a cable that served us well in its long and illustrious career.

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