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Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
. @ikeausa We have to have a talk.
You started selling fyrtur blinds in the USA about 2 years ago. Back then, when I bought them, you offered a 5-year warranty. Here's proof: web.archive.org/web/20220323…
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
FFS. So much for "stakeholder capitalism".
Space Karen is the majority stakeholder so still holds, amirite????
Also, FFS. I just let myself get pulled into more outrage culture.
I'm so tired of outrage culture.
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
We secretly switched their engineers with Folgers Crystals. Let's see if they can tell the difference.
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
It's almost as though oligarchs having unilateral control over our most vital means of communication is not such a great thing after all…
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
You know, this site is getting more entertaining, I’ll give it that.
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
Gen X, I need a word.
What the fuck are you doing? Did you not understand ANY of the pop culture we grew up with?
You are not allowed to listen to Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine or Stone Temple Pilots until you get your shit together.
SHAME
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
To be fair though the only way @elonmusk could have predicted this outcome is if he had thought about it for even one single second
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
Elon surprising people a little here, but I’m excited about this new development!
I take it all back. this new verification scheme is flawless
ALT Screenshot of a tweet by verified account "Elon Musk" with the username @elon__musk: "Starting today we'll begin offering Twitter Gold: a free subscription that gets you yearly family vacations and nightly dinners with me. If your name is Grimes. Please come back. I love you."
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
You've now got new fake accounts spoofing the apology of the real account for the behavior of the other fake accounts.
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
The Stockholm Syndrome is real when “mark as unread” is an _amazing_ upgrade (and, lol, I agree with you, I’ve wanted this for so long).
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
When times are good, no one cares about any of this stuff. But come recession, every negative signal will be amplified. So if you’re lucky to have a good team & a job you enjoy, take it seriously. Don’t fuck around.
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
If you haven’t checked out whats happening over on
Mastodon, you’re missing out. We’re witnessing part of the lifecycle of the internet… a series of walled gardens rising and falling.
Go get your account. Follow me at @bokmann@ruby.social
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
Patrick Stewart out Enterprise spotting, how cool is that? @StarTrek
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
A staff developer who works in isolation and presents only fully-formed solutions is not a staff developer.
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
I'm very happy to announce that Programming Ruby 3.2, the fifth edition of the Pickaxe Book, is now available in beta at pragprog.com/titles/ruby5/pr….
It covers Ruby up to and including the not-yet-released Ruby 3.2.
A thread of information about the book:
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Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
Tired: What could we have done better?
Wired: How did the decisions that look counterproductive in hindsight make sense in the moment?
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
Dear internet, last night I dreamed I owned this menorah and now I can't stop thinking about it. But I can't find it sold anywhere! If it exists, can you help me find it?
ALT A menorah with christmas trees for candles
Evan Light — [email protected] retweeted
A good company value is one you can use to make an argument. It should be able to serve as a razor for decision making.
About to send a big email using one. Will let you know how it goes! – at Wyoming, USA