Developer, dive instructor, laser printer enthusiast, curmudgeon, snack lover. Boston to Malmö to Perth to Koh Tao to Hamburg to Aarhus. @mroach@mas.to

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Mike R retweeted
I'm tired of explaining this, but here it goes: Why do *I* think more women aren't pursuing CS degrees? Let me start with a story about how I developed a love for everything tech.
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when the government made DUIs illegal
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Mike R retweeted
Replying to @yadspi
That in an effort to chase an algorithm, Youtubers are simply parroting each other in a rat race to manufacture drama. Not saying that their content is bad, but it's just redundant and is creatively bankrupt.
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Mike R retweeted
Terrible Maps
@TerribleMaps30 Jan 2023
A comprehensive map of all countries that use the MMDDYYYY date format
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Piracy is important. If distributors and license holders aren't going to give consumers a fair shake, they deserve to have their entire catalog pirated as far as I'm concerned. It's all going to hell in a hand basket and I really don't care if those companies survive.
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After 16 years at Google, I was laid off today. I was the product manager who named chat apps. We launched: Google Talk Google Voice Google Wave Google Buzz Google Plus Google Hangouts Google Allo Google Meet Google Chat If anyone needs help naming a chat app, please reach out
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Mike R retweeted
Fuck You I Quit
@fuckyouiquit18 Jan 2023
Can’t wait for the murderbots to take my job
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Here's a site everyone should have bookmarked retro.directory/ it's @RobSmithDev geeky atlas/directory of all the retro places you can visit around the world. He has just launched it and you can add your favourite retro museums/cafés/bars etc to help. Take a look!
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Mike R retweeted
Marques Brownlee
@MKBHD16 Jan 2023
My 2 litmus tests for whether or not a stranger is a good person: 1: They put the shopping cart back where it belongs 2: They stand a few feet back from the airport baggage claim until they see their bag, instead of cutting in front and blocking people's view for no reason
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10 years ago today @aaronsw took his own life after overly aggressive prosecution. He invented internet infrastructure. He defeated the greatest threat the Internet had ever seen. And you probably don't know who he is. You should. Here’s his story 🧵
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Replying to @bradneuberg
California symbol plates can have a "+". Unicode nerds discovered this.
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As the original dev mgr for Windows Product Activation, this tickles me in a special way :-)
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per @coulter_online's suggestion, i have added "no regard for safety" between 1960s cars and NFL teams
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January 3rd: Christmas January is over, we have entered Real January. No more chocolate for breakfast, only toast now. Emails are back.
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berlin is the circus of germany
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Moving into abstract expressionism until that feature is gone @elonmusk
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Here are my predictions for 2023. A thread 🧵
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rules for strip settlers of catan
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the only way i can explain this thread is that alex jones has started working as a ghostwriter for the russian government in an effort to pay off the $1.5 billion he owes after the sandy hook lawsuit
On the New Year’s Eve, everybody’s into making predictions Many come up with futuristic hypotheses, as if competing to single out the wildest, and even the most absurd ones. Here’s our humble contribution. What can happen in 2023:
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