Andrew Glassner

@glassner.com

I write, draw, and make music. Also computer and math stuff. Seeker of wisdom, creativity, kindness, and roasted garlic. andrewglassner.substack.com 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦

Huge reply URLs embedded in email are wild. I just got mail to rate a product, and the link was 697 seemingly random characters long. Each character can be at least 64 values (A-Z,a-z,0-9,-,+) or 6 bits, so this is over 4000 bits of data. That's just nuts and I'm suspicious of what they're sending.

Crime Boss: Did ya take out that meddling politician like what I told you? Underling: Sure did boss, I took him to Rudy's, and I think we might have a second date!

A little-known fact: the musical notes are named for their inventors: A for Tiberius Alouette B for Sarah Barnacle-on-Stafford C for Frederico Henrow Scrunnulus Coperville etc.