Lol
@tammieetc Lol
➛Ftrain, by Paul Ford
August 2020
The thing is they're colossal nerds so it just seems unfair.
@laura_june The thing is they're colossal nerds so it just seems unfair.
➛"do you guys want to know how this works?" "no"
@laura_june "do you guys want to know how this works?" "no"
➛Happy Birthday!
I love lightning talks at lunch.
your phone is so long
Oddly enough the rest of the jokes were about SharePoint.
@noahmittman Oddly enough the rest of the jokes were about SharePoint.
➛During our special evening reading time my daughter chose...
During our special evening reading time my daughter chose to read a joke book to me, and this happened.
It's so good I kind of want to see the movie.
@patbits @hypercubexl It's so good I kind of want to see the movie.
➛IT WAS YOUUUUUUUUU.
@kennwhite @zeynep IT WAS YOUUUUUUUUU.
➛The surprise will be making it to October.
The surprise will be making it to October.
➛I'd laugh if I still had lungs.
@aedison @benhammersley I'd laugh if I still had lungs.
➛Your unfake fun fact is what inspired me to order the books!
I remember this exactly and have no way to find it, and it...
Flight Simulator is amazing but it needs more snakes.
Flight Simulator is amazing but it needs more snakes.
➛I mean I got nothing this is just so fair.
Explaining Wikipedia version control in order to explain a...
Apparently ClueBot is a whole world.
Look at this stage in my life I communicate entirely in...
@lpolgreen Look at this stage in my life I communicate entirely in humblebrags.
➛Man I want to see those.
Whoa! Hadrian, too.
@juliasilge Whoa! Hadrian, too.
➛I mean if she DOES grow up to be an admin this is a...
As my dad used to say, “Edit the section, expect the...
@harmancipants As my dad used to say, “Edit the section, expect the correction.”
➛And by Wikipedia I mean THE WHOLE FOUNDATION including...
And by Wikipedia I mean THE WHOLE FOUNDATION including Commons and Wikidata.
➛Welp. After ten mins hearing stone-cold LYING from 8yo...
Welp. After ten mins hearing stone-cold LYING from 8yo twins, I said, "you know that Wikipedia takes your picture with every edit and will mail them to us if we ask" which immediately produced a FULL CONFESSION from one kid. The punishment is I will explain how Wikipedia works.
➛I'm just kind of staring at this before I go call a family...
I'm just kind of staring at this before I go call a family meeting, mentally dividing my entire life into “the time before I had to ask the children who vandalized the Redwall Wikipedia page with the words ‘poop butt’,” and the time after.
➛Wikipedia just alerted me that an edit made from my IP...
Wikipedia just alerted me that an edit made from my IP address was been reverted by a bot, which was surprising, so I looked into it, and now I need to have a whole new kind of discussion with my children.
just want to say that i LOVE this
@patrickweave_r @Postlight just want to say that i LOVE this
➛This is really something.
In retrospect all those [Och, I'll be needin' a wee...
It's so good! Eleanor Rigby!
@merveille It's so good! Eleanor Rigby!
➛You know what maybe scrub all this from your brain, listen...
You know what maybe scrub all this from your brain, listen to Four Walls performed by Margaret Leng Tan off the "Perilous Night/Four Walls" album. I've been listening to it for 20 years and I always come back to it. open.spotify.com/...
➛Tweet
Actually I guess that organ piece in German that's running...
Actually I guess that organ piece in German that's running for 600 years sort of counts.
➛Yes I know John Cage did not write a single note...
Yes I know John Cage did not write a single note composition four hours long but he did write this soundcloud.com/...
➛Not even John Cage could hit one note this hard for four...
Not even John Cage could hit one note this hard for four hours.
➛Before you came on! @cwarzel probably still has them.
@ItsTheBrandi @zeynep @katelaurielee @anildash @message @tressiemcphd @zephoria Before you came on! @cwarzel probably still has them.
➛Oh nothing just hostage things!
@johnshankman Oh nothing just hostage things!
➛It'd be fun to read the Slack logs if we could ever figure...
@katelaurielee @anildash @message @tressiemcphd @zeynep @zephoria It'd be fun to read the Slack logs if we could ever figure out who leaked them.
➛All I know is that you brought Berenstain Bears content at...
@ItsTheBrandi @anildash @message @tressiemcphd @zeynep @zephoria All I know is that you brought Berenstain Bears content at the exact moment we needed Berenstain Bears content.
➛GOD that was fun. At least I remember it that way. True...
This is great.
What is the Gartner magic quadrant?
What is the Gartner magic quadrant?
➛Lord no!
@joshu @avantgame Lord no!
➛Nooooo too awkward.
@avantgame Nooooo too awkward.
➛I mean their publicists are. I don't want to nag anyone...
NOW WE'RE TALKIN
@joshin4colours NOW WE'RE TALKIN
➛Nah it's okay. Just life.
@_loveallthis Nah it's okay. Just life.
➛It's true! Her hit rate is ridiculous.
Amazing choice of words here.
@xxbobbyzxx Amazing choice of words here.
➛A lot going on here.
Anyone ever look at their Twitter bookmarks? I use it to...
Anyone ever look at their Twitter bookmarks? I use it to keep track of things I don't want to fave but want to understand, but I forget to look in, so when I do go visit them it's a hellscape of tech PDFs and notes app apologies.
➛The little video at the end.
Any roundup of the greatest magazine covers of all time...
Any roundup of the greatest magazine covers of all time that doesn't include this one is mistaken. archive.org/...
This convention revolves in many ways around different...
This convention revolves in many ways around different kinds of grief. People on Twitter are grieving for candidates who didn't win. The BLM protests were built on grief; people are grieving over COVID, and the U.S. response. Many eulogies, and Biden's grief invoked constantly.
➛And of entirely arbitrary size, it really livens up the...
@gravislizard And of entirely arbitrary size, it really livens up the desktop!
➛Thank you!
@ZanMcQuade Thank you!
➛one thing that works for me is i'll just drink absolute...
what is your coffee bean situation i'm guessing it's...
If Matthew McConaughey was in a new Star Wars movie he...
If Matthew McConaughey was in a new Star Wars movie he could be a droid called R8-R8-R8.
➛I did N O T H I N G, it was all @ginatrapani and @closacco...
@maureenflaherty @Postlight I did N O T H I N G, it was all @ginatrapani
and @closacco leading a team of Extremely Good @Postlight folks. And the folks at the MTA, who have been through a lot and just...keep...going.
➛and @closacco leading a team of Extremely Good @Postlight folks. And the folks at the MTA, who have been through a lot and just...keep...going.
Bernie Sanders is subtly telling all of us that it's time...
Bernie Sanders is subtly telling all of us that it's time to log off.
➛Also congratulations! I look forward to awkwardly running...
@karenmcgrane @eaton @beep @autogram_is Also congratulations! I look forward to awkwardly running into you all in the lobby of a prospective client.
➛Is there a link where I can download your site as PDF?
Just goes to show that you can say mean things about Marion...
I know but...after reading a few issues I agree.
@mattficke I know but...after reading a few issues I agree.
➛gfy capn billy
My review of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang is that it was...
My review of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang is that it was garbage.
➛One bit of news is that has a lot of issues of Captain...
One bit of news is that archive.org has a lot of issues of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang (explosion of pedigreed bunk). Note this cover where a saucy calf-handler at the state fair ogles a WOMAN'S calves. archive.org/...
Hmm are you...disputing the fact...that you said this.
@richziade Hmm are you...disputing the fact...that you said this.
➛Depends on the kernel flags they used compiling the...
I hope you're right. But I fear that when this is over we...
@knowtheory I hope you're right. But I fear that when this is over we won't be able to tell the difference.
➛Even if we “win,” we've lost so many good brains.
@jeremyzilar Even if we “win,” we've lost so many good brains.
➛Basically WWI-style Overton Window trench warfare from here...
Basically WWI-style Overton Window trench warfare from here on out, thousands of people dying to gain an inch of territory, only to lose it hours later. Dunks and takes firing through sleepless nights. And many brains won't make it home, or will come home way, way too smooth.
➛Even in the best case scenario this platform will...
Even in the best case scenario this platform will essentially be unusable for anything except replenishing your anhedonic supply until January.
➛Thank you kindly, Kate! It's nice to hear from you as...
@attemptress Thank you kindly, Kate! It's nice to hear from you as always. You take care as well.
➛HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Happy birthday to you too!
Congratulations! This is great and deserved. (Also I am...
You're a good friend. Can't wait to see you when this mess...
Glad you thought of me here.
@rebeccablood Glad you thought of me here.
➛No, thank you, this is amazing. But also NO LITTLE DOGS ON...
@Cekent @ClevelandArt @internetarchive No, thank you, this is amazing. But also NO LITTLE DOGS ON THE TABLE.
➛Those fish look dumb as hell.
I mean he kind of IS AP history.
I didn't know about that until I read the FUN FACTS portion...
@Jo_Livingstone @ClevelandArt @internetarchive I didn't know about that until I read the FUN FACTS portion of the Cleveland Museum's web page for this book. I now believe the metadata for critical historical manuscripts should always contain fun facts.
➛Isabella honey I went to Barnes & Noble and they said...
Isabella honey I went to Barnes & Noble and they said they were out of stock. Yes I asked a clerk. I got you this Tulum Gypset book instead, since I know you like colonialism.
The @ClevelandArt Museum has a book of hours given to Queen...
The @ClevelandArt Museum has a book of hours given to Queen Isabella of Spain ~1500AD, and it's one of the most beautiful, over-the-top objects I've ever seen. I can't stop looking at it.
(Originally found @internetarchive, source at
clevelandart.org/...
(Originally found @internetarchive, source at
clevelandart.org/...
Thanks! I'll poke around. I think those are just the ones...
If you can't handle the heat then you should take a few...
Something about the sheer randomness is very distracting,...
Oh that is very cool.
The provenance of much of the fine art is the Met, and...
The provenance of much of the fine art is the Met, and somehow that field isn't showing up. Something fun to do later.
➛The upshot of this weekend's messing around is the goofy...
ephemeralist-ixz4p7lmaq-ue.a.run.app
The upshot of this weekend's messing around is the goofy thing at the dumb URL above. It gently spews random images and book pages and links them to the wonderful public sources that provide them. It's sort of an antitwitter. x.com/...
➛The upshot of this weekend's messing around is the goofy thing at the dumb URL above. It gently spews random images and book pages and links them to the wonderful public sources that provide them. It's sort of an antitwitter. x.com/...
ah shit i broke it again
ah shit i broke it again
➛I did not, this is great. I love also very sincerely that...
Downloading two bytes beats downloading a multi-gig JP2 zip...
Downloading two bytes beats downloading a multi-gig JP2 zip just to count files.
➛4. On book objects that contain lots of sub-objects lack...
4. On archive.org book objects that contain lots of sub-objects lack page count metadata. But you can request byte-ranges—so if you request the zip file but JUST the two bytes [-13, -12] from the file end, you know exactly how many files are in the zip.
➛2. You can use parallel to cat everything to one big JSON...
2. You can use parallel to cat everything to one big JSON file. Exercise for reader etc.
3. In general use sqlite-utils...BUT you can bulk-load newline delimited JSON into SQLite3 by going:
create table data(content json);
.mode tabs
.import 'smithsonian.json' data
➛3. In general use sqlite-utils...BUT you can bulk-load newline delimited JSON into SQLite3 by going:
create table data(content json);
.mode tabs
.import 'smithsonian.json' data
Here are some things I learned: 1. You can download 11...
Here are some things I learned:
1. You can download 11 million Smithsonian JSON objects at github.com/... 3 million have images, 2 million of those are herbs. Parse for the idsId key to find those with images.
➛1. You can download 11 million Smithsonian JSON objects at github.com/... 3 million have images, 2 million of those are herbs. Parse for the idsId key to find those with images.
That was very useful, thank you!
Oh thank you but Steren, I'm not your client here, I'm just...
I used to use it and forgot all about it! I'm so glad to...
@smorewithface I used to use it and forgot all about it! I'm so glad to see it again. I'm going to install it. Thank you!
➛normal
i have absolutely no idea what is going on
i have absolutely no idea what is going on
➛right now it's just a million images from the smithsonian
right now it's just a million images from the smithsonian
➛I mean if you call that ARIA-B no one would even know you...
@pauldegnan I mean if you call that ARIA-B no one would even know you were joking.
➛WHOOOO it works a little
WHOOOO it works a little ephemeralist-ixz4p7lmaq-ue.a.run.app x.com/...
➛i am an old man yelling at a cloud
i am an old man yelling at a cloud
➛no no don't ruin my fun yelling at clouds is the only way i...
@MeganRisdal @Philmod no no don't ruin my fun yelling at clouds is the only way i relax
➛Okay it was memory, I was out of memory because apparently...
Okay it was memory, I was out of memory because apparently the whole container is always inside memory, and my unoptimized data set was 1gb.
➛Why can't any one of these giant orgs ever use their evil...
Why can't any one of these giant orgs ever use their evil powers for good? I mean okay be evil, we lost, but be HELPFULLY so.
➛HMMM
I can't find the log files, which is the thing about every...
I can't find the log files, which is the thing about every one of these services, which is they always move your shit and will never tell you where it is. I mean god forbid Google, which knows who I am at all times, drops a little spyware on the error page to link me to the logs.
➛okay great but where are the log files
There are sure gotchas.
There are sure gotchas.
➛I've got two hours before bed, so I will create and deploy...
I've got two hours before bed, so I will create and deploy a custom Docker container into a Google Cloud Run instance, learning each of these intuitive technologies as I go.
➛Future historians will never know how much we apologized.
Like Jackson Pollock played paintball.
@rebeccablood Like Jackson Pollock played paintball.
➛hey guys let me get a picture before you all die over the...
hey guys let me get a picture before you all die over the next seven days in absolutely horrific and surprising ways
I know but they kind of look like us in the long ago before...
@maureenflaherty I know but they kind of look like us in the long ago before times.
➛Gotta beat back the hypos somehow.
@phyllisstein Gotta beat back the hypos somehow.
➛Ishmael—call me.
@phyllisstein Ishmael—call me.
➛People say it's difficult to find positive images of men...
People say it's difficult to find positive images of men being gentle with their families in media, but that's because their narrow definition of “media” doesn't include tea towels.
➛Not sure which I like better.
Yes but it's also very sad that the Breams all had to...
it is REMARKABLE
(which has a lot of LoC resources), and adding in some...
@kevboh archive.org (which has a lot of LoC resources), and adding in some Smithsonian, etc.
➛Yeah except once you set something free you own it forever.
@schmutzie Yeah except once you set something free you own it forever.
➛To be clear this is 30 lines of code and a SQLite database...
To be clear this is 30 lines of code and a SQLite database running at home, not an app for people.
➛I've replaced Twitter on my phone with a tiny web app that...
I've replaced Twitter on my phone with a tiny web app that selects page images randomly from a few hundred thousand old books, plus some museum images, and it's...basically the same mess of America being problematic, goofy memes, and women dunking on men.
Thank you, that is exactly what I needed to read today.
@dodaistewart Thank you, that is exactly what I needed to read today.
➛Columbus (puts down his flagon of blood) c'mon guys
Columbus (puts down his flagon of blood) c'mon guys
➛You know how people are like I want Rachel Weisz to run me...
Sheesh this one didn't quite hit the target it was aiming...
Karen...it has dinosaurs.
you broke my heart
Me too!
Yerp, along with tons of other good stuff
@mattl Yerp, along with tons of other good stuff github.com/...
➛And clear, clear, clear prose.
And clear, clear, clear prose.
➛I know this screenshot might not register for non-nerds who...
I know this screenshot might not register for non-nerds who don't live in developer docs, but you've got your easy-to-cut-and-paste code samples in multiple languages, all the docs live in GitHub, ready-to-use SDKs, great search, and it all just fits together.
It's real good.
Important questions.
“Despite the vantage or politics of one’s gaze, most people...
“Despite the vantage or politics of one’s gaze, most people nevertheless looked upon Ray and agreed: he was a very tall man.” popula.com/...
➛The USA is still a young nation, constantly changing, and...
The USA is still a young nation, constantly changing, and as a result many of our most important national policy debates are barely a century old.
archive.org/...
archive.org/...
Actually for governance reasons we revoked the RFP and it's...
if you anthropomorphize the inside of a computer you should...
if you anthropomorphize the inside of a computer you should fully acknowledge it's a primordial hellzone of relentless competition and murder
➛ralph...who could have done this [vanellope shatters into a...
ralph...who could have done this [vanellope shatters into a pile of disconnected inodes]
➛"Wreck it Ralph Part 3: rm -rf", it's basically just the...
"Wreck it Ralph Part 3: rm -rf", it's basically just the film CUBE
➛Could have been worse, could have been a quote from Angel.
@margarita @harrisj Could have been worse, could have been a quote from Angel.
➛