This entire affair pissed me off. I posted about it later that day. And the next day too:https://twitter.com/therealfitz/status/1115582802534305792 …
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But I'd mostly backburnered it. Until 2 weeks ago I was in Palo Alto for the amazing
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Until... until I came back to my room after the first day of the conference. To find this (photo taken after I opened it).pic.twitter.com/MTR3DCVSFt
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Now, an important detail here, dear readers, is that this hadn't been slipped under my door, oh no... it was SITTING ON THE DESK IN MY ROOM.
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So I opened it. Inside was ANOTHER envelope. A padded one. It was also TOP SECRETpic.twitter.com/MYpPRCXNCv
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Now I don't know who thought that they were going to get me to plug this into my laptop, but hoo boy did they have another thought coming.
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But I knew that I couldn't just forget this damned thing, so I brought it home. And I examined it.pic.twitter.com/TF9UBFRYRZ
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And examined it some more... looks like a 64GB drive with a USB A connector and a USB C connector.pic.twitter.com/UgrfUMEGTz
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But I wasn't going to plug it into my laptop no matter WHO pressured me to do it (I'm looking at you,
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I was curious if people thought I would plug it in. So I took a Very Scientific Poll: https://twitter.com/therealfitz/status/1153481175425605632 … Narrator: It wasn't, in fact, scientific at all
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But I was surprised that only 4% of you thought I could resist. Only 4%. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.
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Sadly, you were wrong. I'm going to plug it in. But I have A Plan.
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I should probably update this before going any further. BRBpic.twitter.com/1BD68Yq50p
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If you're here wondering where the rest of the thread is, you're using New Twitter, which apparently sucks:https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1153848562666676229.html …
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