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Joined December 2006
michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
57%Yes
43%No
17,502,391 votes • Final results
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yep. peace out, tweeps
Just popping back in to say: it's time to go. You didn't join Gab, Gab joined you. But now you're on Gab and you shouldn't be. xitter.cf/elonmusk/status/160189…
michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
AI is gonna be a big, big, big, big, labor problem. Start banning that shit in union contracts right now. Don’t wait. xitter.cf/Vanessid/status/160056…
Do you know who Shudu is? I just found out—she’s the first AI model. She’s been “hired” across the industry which means her creators, white men, NOT a Black woman, are the ones paid. And companies get to say they ran Black content without having to work with or hire Black people.
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
"a rail shutdown would devastate our economy" So you're saying the livelihoods of all of us, 330 million people, depend on this one group of workers? Their labor benefits all of us that much? It sounds like the least we can do is give them as many sick days as they want
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
The nation is NOT “closely divided.” Republicans have gerrymandered districts so they hold a greater share of seats than their share of votes while millions of voters in DC & Puerto Rico are denied full representation & millions more are denied full voting rights
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
The fact that “styling a button” is A Thing, is ignoring how the shittiness and fragility of modern web dev has created a tech priesthood that distorts the labor market around software development. If a C coder can’t style a button, the issue isn’t the C programmer.
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
delighted to see my american friends drag themselves to the glorious tap to pay future of australia in 2012
Feels like we could be in an era of big productivity breakthroughs in service sector, particularly thinking about food service. The new point-of-sale systems + Apple Pay are getting incredibly smooth. So easy to order and get the check on the phone now.
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
🙋🏿‍♂️I have a bunch! First, somewhat controversial: Imposter syndrome isn't real! The feeling is very real, but if we think of it as imposter syndrome then it seems like the problem is with the person feeling it, and not with the environment. Imposter syndrome is lack of safety.
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
friends don't let friends name their modules "utils"
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
i don't even remember how to deploy half the stuff i have running i'm so fucking tired of web dev man. everything is built for a company with a staff and a deployment pipeline and replicable dockers and whatever the fuck. i have some python stuff i threw together when i was 19
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
joe biden could be doing so much more. for example, he could sneak into the supreme court and leave all their pens uncapped, so they dry out and then none of the justices can write anything any more
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
Remember that it's part of the conservative playbook to isolate, exhaust, and discourage you. They want you to feel like the system can never work because they don't want any chance of you participating enough to hold power.
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
New theory: Google has 4,000 different messaging apps because the AI is frantically trying to find a way to talk to someone who doesn't work at Google.
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
WE ELECTED YOU TO DO THINGS. WE VOTED. THAT'S THE THING WE CAN DO. NOW YOU DO THE THING.
My fellow Americans — enough. It’s time for each of us to do our part. It’s time to act. For the children we have lost, for the children we can save, for the nation we love — let us hear the call and cry, let us meet this moment, let us finally do something.
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
"The killer was a lone wolf" said Wolf McSheepskin, the leader of the Wolf Party, earlier today on the Wolf News Channel.
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
Republicans grilled @HillaryClinton for 11+ hours on television and under oath during the Benghazi hearings. But the @January6thCmte are too scared to have any of the people below testify on TV and under oath. And if you accept that you are part of the problem.
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michael bourke / @artless@hachyderm.io retweeted
They should do a movie like 3 men and a baby, and cast Chris Pine as all the 3 men. Possibly he could play the baby too.
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