Ben Van Citters

I'm a Chicago-based visual-interactive software engineer and artist.

[Victorrr @EightBitVic]

Dog launchers are the new meta! Confirmed!

Quake deathmatch will never be the same....

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There was a time, maybe, 5 years ago when I could confidently search the internet for a topic and expect to find non-clickbait articles, but not anymore. Has anyone else experienced this?

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@MOXMultisport It looks like your website got compromised ☹️

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Wow the new generation of Mac minis have very intolerant HDMI ports - only one of my cables has consistently produced correct output

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@tokyopunchout do you play quake 1 much?

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Got a new Raspberry Pi with 8gb of RAM to put gitlab on it - we'll see how that goes...

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Using plugins with unknown/unknowable provenance is just flinging open the door for future security issues

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I want to add a feature to a wordpress-based site. Every guide amounts to "find and use a random plugin."

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Also granted: wordpress isn't a toolkit principally built for deep-diving developers that use it to get 'close to the metal'

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The #goodreads API is going offline :(

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@nervous_jessica

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@chicagosmayor According to @IDPH data new cases are about to catch up to where they were in May

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@IDPH on your covid 19 statistics page every county and every zip code are currently showing 0 tested

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@goodreads I have some cool ideas using your api. I requested permissions almost two weeks ago, how can I get help?

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@danushman I saw you on a startup panel back in December - thanks for speaking at it! You seem like a good person to talk to about startups

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@ktaylor I feel like I may have a lot of product development still before I have raving customers. Is there a middle ground?

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@ktaylor I hear you're a good person to talk to about tech startups in Chicago?

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@ktaylor $2M would be a good start, just an estimate

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@ktaylor This is great advice, I still need resources to further develop (and market) the product though

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@danushman saw your panel back in December at "start up co-founder matching" really liked what you had to say... I wonder if you have any advice for people starting a company?