i understand this
@kevinbaker i understand this
➛Ftrain, by Paul Ford
March 2022
The bedroom books are all cookbooks and Patrick O'Brian...
@silviakillings @Choire @dodaistewart The bedroom books are all cookbooks and Patrick O'Brian novels of the sea. (In this essay I will.)
➛Not yet because my children are now in love with the show...
@ItsTheBrandi Not yet because my children are now in love with the show which means we can only really watch a couple episodes a week and can't skip ahead due to their busy schedules. Panda is a kind of a lazy self-absorbed dick, as you warned. I love Polar Bear. I think I *am* Penguin.
➛Nice collection of postapocalyptic audio dramas.
Nice collection of postapocalyptic audio dramas. archive.org/...
➛Mobile Suit Gundam? This is all new to me.
@octothorpe Mobile Suit Gundam? This is all new to me.
➛I got this for my kids but this Gundam show is kind of good.
I got this for my kids but this Gundam show is kind of good.
➛You've never known what it's like to be cool until someone...
You've never known what it's like to be cool until someone Slacks you, “Did you mean to add your Crunchyroll account to the shared all-company 1Password?”
➛what the story doesn't reveal is that he changed into a...
what the story doesn't reveal is that he changed into a human crab
➛Via
why is no one discussing this
the refresh speed is so slow and realistic, it breaks my...
@sophaskins @feartomorrow @selectric401 the refresh speed is so slow and realistic, it breaks my heart
➛wait but there *is* a VT69
world's ending in five minutes, which group dm do you post...
world's ending in five minutes, which group dm do you post a "world's ending in five minutes" meme to? those are your true friends, invest in them now.
➛It all hurts.
The linked data serializations of LCA databases are...wild.
I do worry that PDFs and XLSX files are not sufficient...
No one will ever know
Sapir-Whorf
tired: document.getElementById("main") wired:...
I didn't think I could be surprised by web browsers any...
I didn't think I could be surprised by web browsers any more.
➛oh thank god that doesn't work
i mean it's javascript, you can slow down the world economy...
why do we build society this way
@bennyfactor why do we build society this way
➛Tweet
you can have <div id="main"> and then in your js you...
wait did you know that elements with IDs automatically...
wait did you know that elements with IDs automatically propagate into the JS namespace as variables when did this happen and is it cool
➛We (@aboard, @richziade, me) are looking for really great...
We (@aboard, @richziade, me) are looking for really great [smaller] design firms/agencies/freelance groups that create beautiful, glossy web experiences (the more parallax the better). We'll give you credit for your work! DMs open—send links.
➛“He has obstructed our virtuous Stanning by the yucking of...
@phyllisstein “He has obstructed our virtuous Stanning by the yucking of divers and innummerable Yums.”
➛Sounds good, right? But it would interfere with our sacred...
This is just how copyright works.
What is the most important right enshrined in Constitution...
What is the most important right enshrined in Constitution 3.0?
➛bandcamp still up
bandcamp still up
➛I guess shorter would be: 5.2°C
I guess shorter would be:
5.2°C
➛5.2°C
Adele - 10³⁰
@mouthofmorrison Adele - 10³⁰
➛I want to write the world's shortest science fiction story....
I want to write the world's shortest science fiction story. So far I have:
Adele - 60
➛Adele - 60
Umm
I mean Panda...is a piece of shit.
@ItsTheBrandi I mean Panda...is a piece of shit.
➛That's okay we are ready for this journey.
@ItsTheBrandi That's okay we are ready for this journey.
➛Like...four? But it's so subtle and carefully written. Also...
@ItsTheBrandi Like...four? But it's so subtle and carefully written. Also my children are exhausting critics but think Panda is genius.
➛You were right about Polar Bear Cafe. I listened and you...
@ItsTheBrandi You were right about Polar Bear Cafe. I listened and you were right.
➛Well what profit is it to I, guv'nor, to engage of any...
Well what profit is it to I, guv'nor, to engage of any brand at all?
➛Thinking it through, most user research would benefit from...
Thinking it through, most user research would benefit from more Dickensian personae.
➛You force your cookies upon me if I merely look in the...
You force your cookies upon me if I merely look in the window—then pull the gate and tell me I must pay up if I am to look any further—well then sir you may keep your cookies and tarts and all your other articles and I am never coming back to this establishment again.
➛couldn't make something work until I realized it was...
couldn't make something work until I realized it was BRITISH open source and the the keyword was spelled "behaviour"
➛See, that's all I was looking for.
@phyllisstein See, that's all I was looking for.
➛A bounty hunter walks into a bar and orders some food. He...
A bounty hunter walks into a bar and orders some food. He has a meal, pulls out a gun, and fires at the bartender. Then he walks out. Someone says, “That guy just eats, shoots, and leaves.” “Of course,” said their friend. “He's a Pandalorian.”
➛I mean it seemed like a radicalized retrocomputing cult,...
@kevinbaker I mean it seemed like a radicalized retrocomputing cult, but back then that was a cool thing to be.
➛Mid 90s. It seemed like a cool radical document among...
@kevinbaker Mid 90s. It seemed like a cool radical document among zillions of others, and the gnu software was valuable so I respected the intent. But it was always sort of way behind what was happening with the web, it belonged to an 80s jargon-file type ethos that already seemed retro.
➛Can't cancel a feeling.
Can't cancel a feeling.
➛Nick.
@toomuchnick Nick.
➛I will check it out!
@spicyburgers I will check it out!
➛(This is kind of a mind-blowing artifact for nerds btw: a...
(This is kind of a mind-blowing artifact for nerds btw: a recording of Jef Raskin's memorial service. archive.org/...
➛To be clear sleepytime audio can't be boring—it actually...
To be clear sleepytime audio can't be boring—it actually has to be interesting enough to distract you but not dramatic enough to keep you awake, so lectures on technical subjects are perfect.
➛And this jawdropping collection from DigiBarn
And this jawdropping collection from DigiBarn archive.org/...
➛Gordon Bell on the history of the PDP.
Gordon Bell on the history of the PDP. archive.org/...
➛(This one is lively but nonetheless soothing.)
(This one is lively but nonetheless soothing.)
➛The 1997 story of life at Apple as employee #4, through...
Trouble sleeping? A few recent sleepytime audio finds—a...
Trouble sleeping? A few recent sleepytime audio finds—a 1990 cassette on migrating from VMS to Unix.
archive.org/...
➛archive.org/...
Update: I figured it out, now I just have to write it.
Update: I figured it out, now I just have to write it.
➛At least with metaverse Excel you could always get a table.
Tweet
abababasdkljhbdgas;DSAGHJ;dG
@kevinbaker abababasdkljhbdgas;DSAGHJ;dG
➛FWIW it's also often historical, like the recent episode...
@quinnnorton @Zaron3 FWIW it's also often historical, like the recent episode about the crimps who shanghai'd drunks onto boats in gold-rush SF.
➛I mean...@Zaron3 + cohost have true empathy and often a...
@quinnnorton @Zaron3 I mean...@Zaron3 + cohost have true empathy and often a sort of head-shaking respect and admiration for people in the mix, like the 16yo who stole Guy Fieri's yellow Lamborghini.
➛This true-crime podcast is great and ALSO (reasonably)...
S.I. in 2022 you did a reported piece on the interactions...
@sirosenbaum S.I. in 2022 you did a reported piece on the interactions of Jewish identity, gender identity, and software in the wake of a stranger's death, and produced a great story clearly told. I'm in awe.
➛This article about Torah training software by @sirosenbaum...
This article about Torah training software by @sirosenbaum gently connects programming, the nature of archives, gender identity, religious identity, and the ways people connect to software in ways that I will think about for a long time. inputmag.com/...
➛What WE need is a good defense.
the canada of manhattan
awkward
@perryhewitt awkward
➛Weirdly I sat on a bench to read it and it burst into...
Weirdly I sat on a bench to read it and it burst into flames.
➛Tweet
I was walking to work today and finally found that essay on...
I mean they changed US copyright law to keep people from...
@goldman @tressiemcphd I mean they changed US copyright law to keep people from messing w/the mouse but now that everything is a transaction it's cool.
➛I love the virtual staging of this local real-estate...
But the New Yorker keeps killing my submissions.
that's my normal first draft
Putting on my writing skates as I watch columnist after...
Putting on my writing skates as I watch columnist after columnist vanish beneath the thin ice.
➛Thinking through my next column for Wired, but it won't be...
Thinking through my next column for Wired, but it won't be published for six weeks or so, and I'm trying to imagine six weeks from now.
➛I'm sorry to hear this. She sounds amazing.
@waldojaquith I'm sorry to hear this. She sounds amazing.
➛For your dad and your whole family. Hang in there.
@lastnightsdinnr For your dad and your whole family. Hang in there.
➛Okay so...I went looking on and there are a lot of these....
@schmutzie Okay so...I went looking on archive.org and there are a lot of these. All for smokers. In different cities.
➛Those long, cool cigarettes. They're also all like 20. And...
@looks_last Those long, cool cigarettes. They're also all like 20. And I doubt they are using any sun protection.
➛I feel bad for everyone involved.
@looks_last I feel bad for everyone involved.
➛In my search for sleepytime audio I found...a 1977...
In my search for sleepytime audio I found...a 1977 recording of a focus group of 8 women who smoke Kent cigarettes in Phoenix, Arizona.
archive.org/...
➛archive.org/...
Agreed. I'm sorry too. He was tops and much loved. Safe...
Congratulations! I will purchase it!
@juliasilge @topepos Congratulations! I will purchase it!
➛BIG SECRET
congratulations to everyone with a secret upstairs baby
congratulations to everyone with a secret upstairs baby
➛perfect
@alexismallen perfect
➛wow
Or are we a comedy. And if so who is the sponsor.
Or are we a comedy. And if so who is the sponsor.
➛You know what I miss is the concept of “levels” as in “my...
You know what I miss is the concept of “levels” as in “my levels are off the charts.” The idea of individual response to anxiety seems kind of moot and the baseline assumption today is that all anxiety is collective.
➛I wonder if the simulation fans are tuning in for the...
I wonder if the simulation fans are tuning in for the season finale. Like does earth get good ratings.
➛The bad sticks out, of course, and I have the exact same...
@logan_ayliffe @Bondcliff2008 @mathowie @rcade The bad sticks out, of course, and I have the exact same experience reading old stuff, but you were all kind and generous lots of times too!
➛oh EXTREMELY good pt
need some undiscovered WWII footage for the trifecta
Lorelei, thank you.
Lively discussion of “the defecation issue” in the...
Lively discussion of “the defecation issue” in the neighborhood meet-and-greet with our city council rep.
➛Swear to God.
This led to: "You know them, they did Blue Monday." "From...
This led to:
"You know them, they did Blue Monday."
"From Wonder Woman 1984?"
Which...is...correct.
youtube.com/...
➛"You know them, they did Blue Monday."
"From Wonder Woman 1984?"
Which...is...correct.
youtube.com/...
My son kept asking me what I was buying online and I...
My son kept asking me what I was buying online and I couldn't understand him until he pointed to my music app and said RIGHT THERE, IT SAYS "NEW ORDER."
➛The data entered in the dropdowns should be face table.
The data entered in the dropdowns should be face table.
➛To say that a search interface could be refined with...
To say that a search interface could be refined with different fields and qualifiers is to say that something is "facetable," and I cannot see it except as "face table."
➛of course it does
The email in this was busted for technical reasons. If you...
It's a good start!
...yes.
@quinnnorton ...yes.
➛I think that as parents our native state is cringe.
@tabby__katz I think that as parents our native state is cringe.
➛I have decided to embrace wincification, which I know is...
I have decided to embrace wincification, which I know is cringe.
➛This process is known as unstoppable wincification and it...
This process is known as unstoppable wincification and it comes for everything. Every tweet, post, song, book, and article. Go back and look at your emails from five years ago. Everything you do will wincify, including this tweet.
➛Given enough time, everything becomes cringe.
Given enough time, everything becomes cringe.
➛there is no need
It's so, so good.
Which is often a form of masochism.
It was necessary to meet the scalability requirements of...
@schuyler @howardbutler @mouthofmorrison @pokateo_ It was necessary to meet the scalability requirements of the web API!
➛Yep this is EXACTLY what I needed, I'm very glad it exists...
@rabernat @mouthofmorrison @pokateo_ @HammanHydro @carbonplanorg Yep this is EXACTLY what I needed, I'm very glad it exists now.
➛Oh this is very cool! Carbon Plan is doing brilliant...
@rabernat @mouthofmorrison @pokateo_ @HammanHydro @carbonplanorg Oh this is very cool! Carbon Plan is doing brilliant infrastructure work, I'm just constantly impressed.
➛Less complaining, more praise—Xarray is VERY well...
@mouthofmorrison @pokateo_ Less complaining, more praise—Xarray is VERY well documented and repl-friendly, and a really good interface when you're learning about netCDF and geodata.
➛(Not xarray's fault!)
@mouthofmorrison @pokateo_ (Not xarray's fault!)
➛I.e. a mask value will overflow but not produce an error...
@mouthofmorrison @pokateo_ I.e. a mask value will overflow but not produce an error and it's hard to know if it's netCDF4, pandas, Xarray, or python type system. I end up documenting units and expected values and error conditions in code pretty exhaustively. I miss rigid schemas.
➛Yes—wrote a netCDF to Postgres translator for in python....
@mouthofmorrison @pokateo_ Yes—wrote a netCDF to Postgres translator for probablefutures.org in python. Xarray worked well but I got caught out a lot by type conversions traversing data through pandas.
➛Can help w #1
Not formally...but what you're thinking...it happens a lot.
@waferbaby @Postlight @richziade @aboard Not formally...but what you're thinking...it happens a lot.
➛Thank you and blessings. Green + potential is GREAT....
@JeromeHardaway @nathayina_ Thank you and blessings. Green + potential is GREAT. @nathayina_ please apply!
➛Been meaning to ping!
We’re also eagerly looking for Product Designer #2 and...
Since handing @Postlight to new management, @richziade + I...
Since handing @Postlight to new management, @richziade + I + team have been turning what we learned from our employees + clients into @Aboard: Conversation-first team-driven web-based workflow software. And we need a Product+Project Manager…YOU!?!?
docs.google.com/...
➛docs.google.com/...
Let's give Tamamo-no-Mae a chance.
From the work Slack—this is a good, big roundup of ways to...
From the work Slack—this is a good, big roundup of ways to help 🇺🇦 from outside: how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site
➛has gone too far this time.
@ShortFormErnie @nanoraptor has gone too far this time.
➛“Our” friend?
The tube of frozen crystallized goop!
@kevboh @phyllisstein The tube of frozen crystallized goop!
➛Whitney I'm tiled window manager on Ubuntu now it's my...
@whitneymcn Whitney I'm tiled window manager on Ubuntu now it's my final form.
➛UNIRONICALLY getting too old for this shit Trei.
@clockwerks UNIRONICALLY getting too old for this shit Trei.
➛It's a hell of an apology. Good luck. Let us know how it...
@arctictony It's a hell of an apology. Good luck. Let us know how it turns out.
➛I skimmed plenty, but then I hit the Apology for Raymond...
@arctictony I skimmed plenty, but then I hit the Apology for Raymond Sebond and threw in the towel. That was a while ago though. Maybe I'm ready for some Pyrrhonism in my life.
➛NO
Doing Sunday code stuff and came up with the name "sibkids"...
Doing Sunday code stuff and came up with the name "sibkids" for "sibling elements that are actually children", i.e. when a page is divided up by HTML headers so you need to group by header + siblings of element preceding next equivalent header. Should be kids, are sibs: Sibkids.
➛that's great, glad to hear it!
I hate it! It's so endless on all fronts.
I made a solemn vow many years ago not to tweet about a...
I made a solemn vow many years ago not to tweet about a local website and today, in a moment of weakness, I broke that vow. I have removed the tweet and will now go play my word games in silence.
➛McKinsey just published a report saying that climate change...
McKinsey just published a report saying that climate change will require $275 trillion in spending but I personally think you could do it for $274 trillion. fortune.com/...
➛Bloomberg After Dark
Tweet
what about
@andrew__yarch what about
➛And @pomeranian99 in there too! Still wildly jealous.
@caleb_crain And @pomeranian99 in there too! Still wildly jealous.
➛That said, everyone died in their early 60s.
@WilliamHogeland That said, everyone died in their early 60s.
➛There was less of it. A "good" columnist sold papers,...
@WilliamHogeland There was less of it. A "good" columnist sold papers, rather than representing a POV. Plus they had to go to the bar, instead of online, to get someone to produce an opinion, and bar arguments with the regulars always make better copy than Twitter arguments with strangers.
➛