The next time you find yourself thinking “the web has failed” or “we can’t make change via Twitter” or anything like that, remember there are people having constructive discussions. They just happen to not be jaded white dudes.
The next time you find yourself thinking “the web has failed” or “we can’t make change via Twitter” or anything like that, remember there are people having constructive discussions. They just happen to not be jaded white dudes.
Currently playing Middle Earth: Shadow of War and uh wow. This game is stunning. ๐ฎ
Woo new project! Launching things is… uh, fun. ๐
I like the new system menu in Chrome OS.
It’s availabe on 67 via chrome://flags/#enable-system-tray-unified
Then I took a deep breath and went off-scriptโฆ
This is one of my favourite Micro.blog posts. Thanks for writing it, @liz.
I made a snarky comment about Twitter (I know, I’m super original) in the Micro.blog slack with regard to the pile of horseshit that is their “support”. Then, a few moments ago a tweet appeared in my tl linking to this from David Simon.
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Tip: when contacting somebody for the first time, absent an established relationship or dynamic, being polite is the basic standard you should achieve. This includes using professional titles and no, it does not matter at all if you have behaved differently in the past.
I have never seen nor read any of Anthony Bourdain’s work and yet both my Micro.blog and Twitter timelines are full of heartbreak about his passing and thanks for the life he lead. Waves of emotions, passing over the world…
We care about your privacy
– Every company that does in fact not care.
This is phenomenal.
I’ll never get over this untidy fact so many tech and web enthusiasts like to forget:
Sharing anything via the internet comes with an inherent risk of it becoming public.
If you want to help less technically inclined people get by on the web you must include this fact.
We havenโt yet had the in depth sessions, but the even Platform State of the Union is ripe with half-truths + empty stats that serve them.
Huh, they didn’t include that in the keynote.
It is his business. He should have the opportunity to run his business the way he wants. If he wants to turn away people of color, then [that’s] his choice.
– Michael Clark, a South Dakota state lawmaker
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But what really changed? Not much.
– @danielpunkass pours cold water on the hype surrounding Apple’s support of free trials
Here’s my question: why doesn’t Apple (at least partially) justify their 30% cut by doing as Daniel suggests?
We want to be clear that while we are not developing AI for use in weapons, we will continue our work with governments and the military in many other areas.
Current writing subjects:
(๏พยดใฎยด)๏พ*: ๏ฝฅ๏พ M I C R O D O T B L O G
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There are times when it is easy for me to forget that the USA is in fact less of a country and more a continent pretending to be a country. Like the EU!