no more twitter. no more anything.

“recorded in late 1968 in about five hours and is one of the earliest songs recorded on 16-track equipment.” https://t.co/KJ1gxrWgAN

Shifting more and more to my other social media and presences, listed as the pinned tweet on this account. I realize there'…

The perennial mouse versus controller aim assist debate. It’s .. pretty bad. https://t.co/pJwfPM8L9F

One of my fave events by @ferociousj is back in Oakland on Thursday!

✨Instant Band Night✨

Random names are drawn from hats…

“The good old days of loading a game on Friday for it to play on Sunday.” https://t.co/opbgyJtnSe

I can't believe I had a visceral reaction to this image, but I did. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug! https://t.co/zeoDwMVwIl

Short round is winning 🏆👏 https://t.co/kvp1mmnnR3

Excuse me while I kiss this guy! 🎸 https://t.co/xAbEpazEHP

Discourse 3.0 has arrived, with integrated chat. This is the magical third version, a major milestone! As always, 100% open source and free! 🎉 https://t.co/5ZGcCQ0CVs

“Heavenbanning is a hypothetical way to moderate social networks. Instead of being thrown off the platform, bad actors have all their followers replaced with sycophantic AI models that constantly agree and praise them.” https://t.co/rlSsAGo5Sr

Weird to see “Diners Club” credit cards displayed alongside Visa / Mastercard. Who even has this card today?

Happy Birthday Roy. https://t.co/jJzZJDYY7R

“I prefer deciding what to read based on titles, or topic-based discussion.” https://t.co/OZtM2QLYtG

This.. is horrible https://t.co/PLHLEtQXjK

White Lotus season 2 is just as intense as season 1. Quite an accomplishment. Hell is five star hotel vacations?

The cryptocurrency experience https://t.co/yASAp0J69A

I made this thing called LOL Verifier: a device that only lets you type lol if you’ve actually laughed out loud https://t…

Live versions of songs are never as good as the studio / album versions. Now reply with the rare exceptions to this rule..

@textfiles Couldn’t help myself. Rights granted for free use worldwide in perpetuity. 🤣 https://t.co/c41tSWCw2w

The Apple TV is so bonkers fast (the A15!) it’s not worth using any other TV connected devices. That A15 would score ~300 on this S95B benchmark, so the native TV apps are “only” TEN TIMES SLOWER https://t.co/RQGsFqStDk https://t.co/xQCguSMfY0

I just hard flunked someone on a tech screening interview. them: OK let's get this over with, I'm a big deal in this…

"A company that built its flagship product by cloning Apple’s operating system recommends circumventing copy protection. At least they’re consistent." https://t.co/xCiOAST15k

Here's the first installment of my case against landing human beings on Mars. You may think you disagree, but I'm going to t…

"You want loot? Incredible gunplay? Intense gameplay? Chronic depression? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Tarkov is the game for you." https://t.co/DmqNbZ08RZ

The Carbon Almanac is the data literacy awards book of the year: https://t.co/L8vMhTntUS

“…true moral courage is standing up to your *friends*, on behalf of the people with whom you disagree.” https://t.co/CTsLMaxojh

A Raptor Canyon Xmas. It is difficult to be a SFF enthusiast in this era of ginormous video cards… this 3 slot card just BARELY fits. 4080 is out of the question (except founders edition) https://t.co/lvg4RWAego

Die Hard (1990)
#C64🔊 https://t.co/H7nGKT2WEA

“Sunniest country: USA. The highest average annual hours of sun are found within the Sahara Desert region and the US, the sunniest country on Earth, according to the World Data Center for Meteorology (WDCM).” 😎

Oh snap Airbnb subtweet https://t.co/yzL3tpaE0V

Why The Super Rich Are Inevitable: The Pudding's visual explanation of how our current economic policies inevitably created massi…

I finally acknowledge that I am a criminal https://t.co/SnhcHnmbwy

A colossal installation—a stunning 24- by 24-foot digital display that fills the entire MoMA lobby—renders an infinite animated…

It's so weird that the macroeconomic environment has impacted Tesla (-41%) and not Ford (+1%) or GM (+8%) over the past…

“Most influential languages never went mainstream. Few people used any one of them. But each one inspired people, who inspired other people, so the DNA of these forgotten languages appear decades after they’re forgotten.” https://t.co/LCPGcYQ7FO

Mostly human! https://t.co/SVO6a9ZuPL

"Almost everyone shares at least two common values: Harming others without cause is bad, and fairness is good. Other moral values are less widely shared." https://t.co/fWkCZoYYwT

This.. makes no sense? https://t.co/QbIOD3vz0O

The Luddite Club, a group of NYC teens opting out of smartphones and social media: “I still long to have no phone at all… My pare…

"I mean, Beanie Babies still exist. Pogs still exist." Ouch https://t.co/7PmFEnu7An

I was a little skeptical of this statistic because the references in Wikipedia are from decades after the fact, and it i…

I took apart my old typewriter and powered it using @OpenAI GPT-3.

Meet: Ghostwriter, an #AI creative writing companio…

As a Kid -DONT SIT CLOSE TO THE TV YOU WILL GO BLIND Me as a adult -Imma slap an HD LCD screen, analog receiver, digital rec…

Always read the release notes. They're fascinating. For example: "Ally nameplates disappear when an enemy is in the direct path of an ally, to prevent mistaking enemies for allies" is such a thoughtful, clever tweak.

Sci-Fi: maybe someday in the future technology will automate all the boring things in life so everyone can focus on the…

We modeled the performance of FET-based GPUs assuming that transistor miniaturization will hit a limit before reaching…

It's interesting to listen to long stretches of conversational British English and appreciate just how different it is from American English; not only the obvious accent, but phrasing, emphasis, order..

or simply refer to this handy chart 🤭 https://t.co/gVb2mYsLYT

The stuff uncovered in the Twitter whistleblower report is much crazier than anything in the "Twitter files" but it's much…

It's so beautiful https://t.co/7al6b2vPem

"do we really need 300 dpi monitors"? ... and Tufte wept.

If you can, please donate to this important cause. I did today. https://t.co/5jxEJsQ5Ha https://t.co/UrJEgNna7N

Some context: @Ghost is a bootstrapped nonprofit organisation with only 6 product engineers. So it’s a big compliment that…

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." https://t.co/3JAfu8l4V8

Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 49. Read about the enormous, slow-motion public policy fail…

joshuatopolsky: 'If you’re wondering about Mastodon’s impact, Twitter is now automatically marking links to mastodon as “sensitive…

“It’s always been a numbers game, but it’s a game to win life’s greatest prize: a mating partner.” https://t.co/B1KUpODa2n

Really smart. @AdamSerwer has been thinking deeply about this for a long time. For anyone who cares about free speech, thi…

We’ve used a fairly conservative methodology for determining exposure to white supremacy in online games after our first…

What terrifying truth shall be revealed unto us when I press the terrifying "Show additional replies, including those that may contain offensive content" button?! 😱 https://t.co/6iLqt6dwkb

never not thinking about michelle yeoh talking about how eeaao allowed her to finally be seen https://t.co/5X7j1VZ7Kb

Take that, criminals. https://t.co/tEysRT1y5C

The photo of the U.S. Air Force's new stealth aircraft is on the left, taken at night, with stars in the background. We…

Great writeup from Chris of everything I love about the Arc browser.

What are the most mediocre (and thus, unnecessary) modern movie remakes of great movies? For example The Thing, Total Recall, Robocop? I had literally *forgotten* those modern remakes existed!

Cephalopods' intelligence allow them to understand and solve even complex problems, like this not easy test of opening a…

if you can't be angry without being an asshole, you suck at being angry.

If you haven't seen "The Arrival" (2016) or read "Story of Your Life" (2002), please do. Both are among the best I've ever experienced. (Spoilers in article!) https://t.co/JSbGA7o5Ju

Wow the Reggae king / The Family Acid, has had a fascinating life https://t.co/cxL0Ur6Ekf

These are the PSUs you need if you want a sane, single cord connection to a new nvidia 4080 or 4090… https://t.co/k7a0zbFm9O

Journalists need to stop framing GPT as "behold, we are on the very precipice of artificial intelligence magicks" and start explaining it as what it actually is: "Google autocomplete for everything else"

wife: wait so you're just gonna buy the $99 headphones without doing any research? me: yea wife: what if there's a better o…

If you haven't yet discovered Advent of Code, you're in for a treat! 🎁 https://t.co/lGNYA6hxrG

It is disturbing how loud and smelly the gas powered leaf lowers are. Death to those freakin’ things. https://t.co/Q48LhefhoO

Superman III is truly the gift that keeps on giving https://t.co/pA8seCbQXK

A holiday Chemis-tree https://t.co/tPQIT16Y8U https://t.co/k34KZU4GMl

Oh wow. Yes, this is a problem. Specifically "The primary problem is that while the answers which ChatGPT produces have a high rate of being incorrect, they typically *look* like they might be good and the answers are *very* easy to produce" https://t.co/sGZzBXvgS0

Ok this legit made me laugh https://t.co/YEaiTwC5mE

I wish they'd make Diet Brawndo. Because I'm sure not drinking water... like from the toilet.

I honestly feel any politician could get instantly elected on the "I'll take down Ticketmaster" platform 👏 https://t.co/gryOU0zDFn

Don't just push the ❤️ button. If you really appreciate someone's work, reach out and let them know it.

I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?" As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years o…

How did early computers handle mice? #StackOverflowKnows

https://t.co/sIj5s3RxHR https://t.co/qOo22RHT0q

What happens to the videos no one watches? What happens to the people no one sees? https://t.co/oLoH01w3wz

https://t.co/F5lQcHpO3o https://t.co/uL4WtxfmwD

".. a capitulation to a new era of 'performance' media, in which we create online primarily to reach people we don’t know instead of the people we do." https://t.co/v5dqxd7SEb

Some people will remember Steve Jobs as the visionary designer of the iPhone. I will always remember him as this f**king guy https://t.co/N88wViR7PB

We got a monarch caterpillar in the garden! Just look at this stripey boi 😍 https://t.co/YG73jGy50h

I will take a public $10k bet to charity with anyone that no AI that poses a huge cybersecurity risk, or real AGI, will appear in the next decade. For context, remember Elon Musk promised self-driving completely autonomous cars. And how has that been going? https://t.co/FPorNI5opG

Seeing people trick ChatGPT into getting around the restrictions OpenAI placed on usage is like watching an Asimov novel…

Man, I am glad I'm not dating in today's smartphone world. All I hear from single friends is horror stories around the grist mill that is dating apps. It's scary. https://t.co/MZXVhWP59V

Oh look, Microsoft has totally mastered that problem I wrote about in THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTEEN https://t.co/KmquIQoJKO -- https://t.co/PK1U8HFigm

Very impressive community project to make a portable Wii, by chopping out parts from an original! 🤩 https://t.co/G3DMardYlk

what would we do without the joy of 😺 cats and 🐶 dogs in our lives? https://t.co/wqpgZWVOzW

"We’ve tried using blockchains to build financial systems and information systems and [neither worked]. I still think there is probably something cool to do with it, but it's time to rethink the entire project." https://t.co/XsmkzuemkK

It’s so funny when someone writes a song to try to get someone to have sex with them. That’s what a bird would do!

When political discourse is divorced from reality

Does anyone know what this “Get the answer you’re looking for added to the web” thing actually *does*? Like who does it share with and how do they answer? 🤔 https://t.co/c5LKUicEhr

It’s that time of year… https://t.co/4lgHvkPaEc

@markmalstrom basically coders gonna code, meaning, most code is bad code. Use as little code as possible. Don't install…