New designer, old programmer.
Madison, WI
Joined April 2008
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A moment of silence out of respect for all the prewritten “Progressives Went Too Far” columns that won’t see the light of day
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I'm not entirely sure if I'm ready for this, but who knows if my network will still be here next week. I'm putting myself back on the job market.
If you're hiring or intending to hire SRE/Ops/devops/Platform managers in the next few months, I'd love to chat with you!
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COVID-19 propaganda is a fairytale without a happy ending
Source: smh.com.au/national/covid-19…
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The more I learn about #COVID19 the angrier I become. The allowance of mass infection, esp of kids, is beyond comprehension. There is not a single good outcome related to even “mild” infection, & yet here we are. Autoimmune disease, cancers, neurodegenerative disorders- get ready
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“If everyone were really fully informed – I mean really fully informed – we wouldn't need mask rules. We wouldn’t need them because it would be just so incredibly clear what's at stake.”— @FurnessColin
#LongCovid
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very fun how the two types of jobs you can get now are "get screamed at for an insulting amount of money" or "hear the Microsoft Teams call jingle in your dreams until you die"
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ALT A drawing of a circle with arrows depicting a cycle (starting from the top, going clockwise): Steal Manhole Cover sell to junkyard buy drugs wait for replacement In the middle of the circle, text reading "Austrian Economics" above an image of right-wing anarcho-capitalist economist Murray Rothbard
Stupid question, probably, but why does Netflix need to keep growing? Why can't it be 'we built this enormous thing. We think it's the right size now. It's profitable to the tune of about $3/share, and we're going to try to keep it around there'?
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PARENTS! Please watch out for your kid's candy this Halloween. I just found a memory cube from Rusty Lake and now a strange person in a deer skull mask is standing outside my window demanding I solve a riddle while a crow man waves a knife at me! 🔪
ALT Snickers candy bar broken in half filled with Rusty Lake cubes.
Casey Brant retweeted
While you were studying the blade, I was also studying the blade. We went to the same blade academy. How have you been.
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Does anyone have experience evaluating legal ramifications for licenses commonly used in open source software? We are developing a mobile app that is politically controversial and may end up crossing over into legal grey areas, due to the overturning of Roe vs Wade, and -
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I don't want to "get back to normal". I want lots of things to change. In fact, I can't imagine living through the worst public health crisis in a century and eagerly awaiting the chance to demonstrate that we've learned nothing.
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as hundreds die daily, as tens of thousands remain hospitalized, and a cruel winter nears, Biden declares the COVID pandemic "over" IE we've reconciled inertia, profit, and comfort with a new homeostatis of human disposability. death drive as way of life xitter.cf/PatBlanchfield/status/…
I wrote about the past two years, COVID, and what I think is a fundamentally clarifying concept for understanding our moment: the Death Drive. really proud of this one, please check it out
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Get updated COVID-19 boosters, state health officials say madison.com/news/local/healt… via @davidkwahlberg
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Most "Rules of Game Design" are actually guidelines on specifically how *not* to make MYST, one of the most popular games of all time.
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THREAD. Sometimes the bias of the New York Times is so outrageous that it surprises even me. Because what the NYT did yesterday in its election coverage is so dangerous, I try my best to analyze it carefully below.
