After 1 week at mastodon, I am now disabling cross posting. I'll keep an eye on the sinking bird, but I don't feel comfortable using it.
I hope to see you all in the feediverse.
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Juggler for fun, software engineer for a living. Love geek culture and public speaking. Neurodiversity advocate. #ActuallyAutistic
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Finished reading "You've been played". Great analysis of how gamification had been used for evil.
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It feels like Musk bought the wrong company, he really wanted to buy Revolt.
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The more I learn about what is happening inside Twitter, the less any of this makes sense. Nothing that Elon has done has been to keep Twitter together - or even functioning!
In two weeks, he's let go 50% of staff, and his actions are pushing the other 40% to leave ASAP.
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I honestly can't see Twitter making as far as 2023
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This is non stop shocking news
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According to messages shared in Twitter Slack, Twitter’s CISO, chief privacy office, and chief compliance officer all resigned last night.
An employee says it will be up to engineers to “self-certify compliance with FTC requirements and other laws.”
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Not sure if unfortunate truncation of URL or declaration of intentions
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One of the most nonsensical things I've seen on bike lanes.
I would rather pay 6$ a month for my own Mastodon instance than 8$ a month for accessing Twitter.
In fact, I am donating 1$ a month to the androiddev instance. Even cheaper.
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Can't make this shit up
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Every single advertiser is about to drop Twitter in the next 48 hours. Person creates fake Nintendo Twitter account, pays $8, gets verified immediately and within 2 hours, all their sh**posts go viral. Real Nintendo account gets spammed with complaints.
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Just in: starting today (Thursday) remote work is not an option at Twitter: all employees are expected to be 40 hours in the office. Only exceptions are for those physically unable to travel to an office or exceptions signed off by Elon.
Why the sudden change? My take:
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This Saturday is Ireland's 10th birthday so what better way to celebrate than by doing a #parkrun with us. It's free, fun & a fantastic way to start your weekend. All you need to do is #dfyb & if you've yet to sign up, here's the link to do so parkrun.ie/register/
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Opendoor has $8B in revenue. Their market cap has dropped from $19B at their peak to $1B today
Bird dropped from $2.4B to $115M
Twilio has ~$3.6B in revenue; they dropped from $70B to ~$8B
Here's why gross margins can kill a business...
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Anyone looking for a Staff Engineer who has spent 7+ years working in Android Performance, Stability, and Observability? I've never done a leetcode, but I sure have improved the usability of this app on bad Android phones and networks!
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The bloodshed continues. This was expected for s few days, but it's still a lot!
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I'm going to try out a new #MTG format I call "lieutenant".
It's basically Brawl, with artisan restrictions and a wider pool.
In other words: singleton, 60 cards, only common and uncommon, modern, with a planeswalker or legendary creature as commander
TIL the term Nmawashi, and it perfectly describes what a staff engineer does
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I do plenty of stimming, lately with 3 Lego blocks. This Kickstarter looks interesting.
Stimagz - Magnetic Stim Toy
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This tweet has aged well.
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Replying to @elonmusk
You can self-host a Mastodon server
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The shit storm continues exactly as expected
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What I'm hearing from inside Twitter:
Several people who were let go on Friday, then asked to come back were given less than an hour as a deadline.
Software engineers who got this call I know of all said "no" and the only ones who could eventually say "yes" are on visas.
Also:
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Stupid question about pronouns. AFAIK the second part is redundant, why not have it shorter in 1. I mean just "he" or "she" or "they".
I'm sure there's a reason for it, I'm just curious.
I'm old enough to remember the dot com bubble burst, and what I'm seeing is giving me the creeps.
A correction on VC / start-up finding was necessary, but there's going to be pain.
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Couple of days in mastodon... A feed with just the people I follow, an actual timeline, without algorithms, without ads.
I'll stick around Twitter for a couple of weeks, but I'm not coming back.
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it's going to be a tough November for IT, and the month is just starting. twitter.com/JeffHorwitz/st
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CONFIRMED: Twitter is now asking some fired workers to please come back
- Some were laid off by mistake
- Some were let go before management realized their experience is needed to build new features Elon Musk is planning
FFS 😆
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Golden State Warriors has lost the same amount of games as in their record season, and we are not even 1 month in!
I bought the blue buttons and the blue stick for the arcade cabinet, but ultimately decided to keep the buttons red and green. About time to use them in a joystick.
And now I have doubts again.
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Apparently this is my last day with the little blue check, so I spent it making bug verification. As one does. Feel free to use :) Different versions threaded
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After a couple of weeks playing with the Steam Deck, the Odroid Go Super feels tiny
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You know you've been an ass when the provide owner had to come out and apologize in your place.
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Folks at Twitter past and present are strong and resilient. They will always find a way no matter how difficult the moment. I realize many are angry with me. I own the responsibility for why everyone is in this situation: I grew the company size too quickly. I apologize for that.
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While that might be true, it could and should have been handled in a much better way.
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