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title: "Notes on 2026W06"
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slug: weeknotes-2026w06
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date: 2026-02-08
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categories: weeknotes
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tags:
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- Weeknotes
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- Tech
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- Axolotls
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- Immigration
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- Canada
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- Fonts
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- Programming
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- Make
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- Privacy
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Sir Ian McKellan was on Colbert this week. His soliloquy from Shakespeare's Sir
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Thomas More (a role he debuted in the 60s; it had never been peformed publicly)
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is incredible and highly relevant to today, despite being 400 years old. Skip
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ahead to 20:15 or so to see just the soliloquy.
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{{< youtube id=2l2RqzVG4ag start=1214 loading=lazy >}}
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[Bye Canada, I'm Going Back Where I Came From][bye-ca] about the difficult state
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many immigrants to Canada find themselves in.
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I spent a little time fiddling with Makefiles over the last few weeks. I wrote a
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BSD Makefile to [set up my dotfiles][df-make]. I've written
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[before][make-patterns] about Makefiles and the differences between GNU and BSD
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`make`.
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[C Isn't a Programming Language Anymore][c] explaining the mess that is ABI
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compatibility and why every programming language eventually boils down to C.
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[Maple Mono](https://font.subf.dev/en/) is a friendly, rounded, monospace font.
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Thanks to [James](https://social.axiixc.com/@axiixc/116025991390604051) for
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pointing it out.
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California has a [new website][drop-ktla] called [DROP][drop] to help residents
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remove their personal data from data brokers.
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[How Axolotls Took Over the World][axo] in the Guardian.
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Incidentally, the word "axolotl" is from Nahuatl and its pronunciation is closer
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to "[ah-sho-LOT-l](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d79EBJYJbuA)" than how we
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tend to say it in English. I've been practicing saying it that way.
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[df-make]: https://source.erynwells.me/eryn/dotfiles/commit/c1fb9721bf2f00f8a2ede05b43c2a755eb66c667
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[axo]: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/21/how-axolotls-took-over-the-world
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[bye-ca]: https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/bye-canada-im-going-back-to-where-i-came-from/
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[c]: https://gankra.github.io/blah/c-isnt-a-language
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[drop]: https://consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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[drop-ktla]: https://ktla.com/news/california/californias-drop-website-helps-residents-delete-personal-data-online/
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[make-patterns]: {{< ref "blog/2024/make-pattern-rules" >}}
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