Ftrain, by Paul Ford
May 2022
I mean it does sound fun
it's a bug we're fixing it
Man that's... Looking into a mirror.
@aaronrutkoff Man that's... Looking into a mirror.
➛Pics of spines pls
@aaronrutkoff Pics of spines pls
➛But just the good parts.
@meyerweb @bergmayer But just the good parts.
➛I think they've had just about enough of my nonsense.
@andrew__ahhhhhh I think they've had just about enough of my nonsense.
➛Steph... Let's make drones.
@steph_colbourn Steph... Let's make drones.
➛I hate him so.
Well Sea Gate but point taken.
I just wanted to make some drones man.
I just wanted to make some drones man.
➛Trapped between a musician/synth nerd friend who...
Trapped between a musician/synth nerd friend who emphatically tells me I need a Moog One ($9k) and only a Moog One (because he wants a Moog One) and my spouse, who says “look me in the eye and promise me you are not buying a synthesizer.” And then LIFTED MY CHIN like I was a dog.
➛No no get one of the girl!
No it was right!
@thedextriarchy No it was right!
➛Thank you!
@JeromeHardaway Thank you!
➛Adi I used to recap Mad Men for Slate.
@thedextriarchy Adi I used to recap Mad Men for Slate.
➛too late it's in our medical devices and healthcare system...
@bergmayer too late it's in our medical devices and healthcare system (probably also our cars and rockets), javascript IS society now
➛The original sin of our industry was <form>.
This might be your greatest tweet.
@sophaskins This might be your greatest tweet.
➛Some real layers here.
Just doing my job man
Teen train in the era of smartphones is surprisingly chill....
Teen train in the era of smartphones is surprisingly chill. Rather than a heaving mass of teens all screaming at once in a way that is hilarious but nervewracking, it's clustered teens yelling a little, texting a little, yelling a little more.
➛It's 3pm in NYC and I am on the TEEN TRAIN.
It's 3pm in NYC and I am on the TEEN TRAIN.
➛I also care about spam bots if by that you...
I also care about spam bots if by that you mean
Someone
Put
Amazing
Magazines and
Books
On
The
Sidewalk
➛Someone
Put
Amazing
Magazines and
Books
On
The
Sidewalk
I guess someone in Brooklyn has just about had it with Gans.
This one too
sad looks cool
Kieran, I'm just sitting here reading this random book I...
It's not really gerrymandering unless it's from the former...
It's not really gerrymandering unless it's from the former 15th, 26th, 33rd, and 39th wards of your city. Otherwise it's just sparkling corruption. Actually hold on they redrew the boundaries again last week and it's now officially gerrymandering.
➛My LinkedIn account is old enough to vote.
My LinkedIn account is old enough to vote.
➛And congratulations!
@nicksrockwell And congratulations!
➛Worth it!
@nicksrockwell Worth it!
➛Sunn O))) is a great band to play at your office because...
Sunn O))) is a great band to play at your office because they are always open to feedback.
➛SUNN O))) ESSENTIALS on Apple Music is more than 5 hours...
SUNN O))) ESSENTIALS on Apple Music is more than 5 hours long. music.apple.com/...
➛looks like I took it to...the edge
Also: This is...great! So glad to see this platform grow....
Word on the street...this was an all-cache deal...
Asking our Head of Eng what surprised him most about the...
@kelseyhightower @jessebmiller @jessfraz Asking our Head of Eng what surprised him most about the last five years in the industry, he said, “that one of our primary programming languages would be SQL.” We've had a lot of success with PostGraphile in front of managed PostgreSQL + Elixir when needed.
➛I accepted lots of random folks and the times I want to use...
@Carnage4Life I accepted lots of random folks and the times I want to use it as a rolodex or to help someone recruit it becomes useless. I unlinked many. Esp the hyper-networkers. Accepting people with no context makes the true use case (discovering available professionals) harder.
➛Sure! If I'm in lot of meetings I like it.
@Cekent @garrygolden Sure! If I'm in lot of meetings I like it.
➛I mean all this aside... seems pretty good at SEO.
I mean all this aside... paradisemedia.com seems pretty good at SEO. nytimes.com/...
➛i put in the trust that the 1password comes to you
genuine concern
my drafts folder is a mess
whoops that was supposed to stay in drafts
whoops that was supposed to stay in drafts
➛you can fill up a pickup truck with human excrement in...
@feartomorrow you can fill up a pickup truck with human excrement in chicago
➛this is next-level shitposting
I watched in horror as Haile destroyed an otherwise fine...
@arctictony I watched in horror as Haile destroyed an otherwise fine old-fashioned cocktail. “I call THIS drink,” he said, upending a half-bottle of bitters into the glass, “the product manager.”
➛Tony ... I am a tech journalist who will buy you a drink.
@arctictony Tony ... I am a tech journalist who will buy you a drink.
➛Same!
@pomeranian99 @ZanMcQuade Same!
➛Linux is way better at delivering packages.
@chromakode @jckarter Linux is way better at delivering packages.
➛Truly fantastically bad! I got off Spotify for the regular...
@stevesilberman @AppleMusic Truly fantastically bad! I got off Spotify for the regular reasons and it continues to shock me.
➛What a great thing to read! Congratulations!!!!!!
@derektmead What a great thing to read! Congratulations!!!!!!
➛I love and support that he just keeps remaking The Abyss (A...
@lindseyweber I love and support that he just keeps remaking The Abyss (A GREAT MOVIE).
➛Premiere fan personally
@MikeIsaac @dancow Premiere fan personally
➛you know what...i'm good with it
@ShortFormErnie you know what...i'm good with it
➛The thing Elon Musk keeps trying to do has already been...
@MikeIsaac The thing Elon Musk keeps trying to do has already been done 5 times by James Cameron.
➛He makes extremely romantic movies involving extremely...
@MikeIsaac He makes extremely romantic movies involving extremely large vehicles and it turns out that's what humans have always wanted but had no idea how to ask for.
➛Just puts it all in there. He's a sentimental man who...
@tnofuentes Just puts it all in there. He's a sentimental man who absolutely loves large vehicles and deep-sea exploration. Can't say I'm much different.
➛“Not me,” you say. And yet there you will be, coming out of...
“Not me,” you say. And yet there you will be, coming out of the theater in March 2023. “You know,” you will say, “actually....”
➛So few of you have lived through a full James Cameron cycle...
So few of you have lived through a full James Cameron cycle before. Everyone will expect him to fail this time and then two billion people will pay to watch a screensaver where blue cats hug whales. It's pointless to fight it.
➛hold on a version of talking body animated with moomins...
@erikonymous @abrahamjoseph hold on a version of talking body animated with moomins would rule
➛I see so much news out here and immediately think to...
I see so much news out here and immediately think to myself, “Good luck, Matt Levine.”
➛and it WORKED
@ChappellTracker and it WORKED
➛See, perfect gif. TBH same I block constantly. Folks...
@BradyDale See, perfect gif.
TBH same I block constantly. Folks sending cold email in 2022 hate their lives and just wants to hit their numbers and drink their nutrient slurry.
In 2010 I LOVED chatting with the customer service rep from PC Connection. Getting the whole life story.
➛TBH same I block constantly. Folks sending cold email in 2022 hate their lives and just wants to hit their numbers and drink their nutrient slurry.
In 2010 I LOVED chatting with the customer service rep from PC Connection. Getting the whole life story.
I mean it's all bots and marketing automation now but I...
@BradyDale I mean it's all bots and marketing automation now but I really do enjoy writing back and going "Nope." If they're annoying I send them Moby Dick. I also enjoy responding and telling people: "I am interested in ghosts...do you have any ghost-related products or news?"
➛web components
The reason no one can find a therapist is that Twitter...
Also DOCTORS.
In that case I am an extremely successful academic.
I ended up closing the app and having leftovers.
Tweet
I found this video while serfing the web.
Good slides! Break a leg today.
@ethanhein Good slides! Break a leg today.
➛that is amazing
@heybonanos that is amazing
➛Thank you!
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The good news is that McKinsey says we need to spend $275...
@NatBullard @eroston The good news is that McKinsey says we need to spend $275 trillion to deal with climate change so this new school gets us 1/275,000th of the way there.
➛If I had access to DALL-E 2 I'd have it draw "Truth coming...
@NatBullard @eroston If I had access to DALL-E 2 I'd have it draw "Truth coming out of her well to shame mankind but it's an earthship in New Mexico."
➛Nothing says “we get it” like a huge new construction...
This is how I taught me kids what the command line was,...
@presstube @everyplace This is how I taught me kids what the command line was, 100%. They like repetition.
Also as they get older they connect to Scratch a LOT. It becomes social: They talk make things on Scratch for fun and do voice chat.
➛Also as they get older they connect to Scratch a LOT. It becomes social: They talk make things on Scratch for fun and do voice chat.
I hate that when I look at art I now think, that's kind of...
I hate that when I look at art I now think, that's kind of a good reaction image. metmuseum.org/...
For what it's worth, I forgive your student loans.
For what it's worth, I forgive your student loans.
➛I have a tendency to accumulate book sets I don't read.
@jeremyzilar I have a tendency to accumulate book sets I don't read.
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