mjmsmith

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by mjmsmith 4y ago
People will migrate to where they feel comfortable. When all the tiresome "woke" "butthurt" "non-serious thinkers" leave, Twitter can finally achieve its true form of being yet another Gab/Gettr/Parle
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I guess it's easier to blame "wokeism" than accept that you're part of an extremist minority.
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If Twitter goes down, it just shows that all those people were incompetent, and he should have fired them. If Twitter stays up, it just shows that all those people were unnecessary, and he should have fired them.
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by mjmsmith 4y ago
You should read about what happened to the Dixie Chicks in 2003. It'll blow your mind.
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NSRange is defined the same way in the (macOS) Foundation framework.
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The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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by mjmsmith 4y ago
https://macaw.social/about ?
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What is your point? The NYPD makes a big deal about cracking down on fare evasion [1] but do nothing about defaced license plates and fake placards, in part because they and their friends are offenders. [1] https://www.curbed.com
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by mjmsmith 4y ago
You could say that. https://twitter.com/placardabuse
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The NYPD arrests people for avoiding a $3 subway fare, but does nothing about defaced license plates which avoid much higher fines and tolls. It's lazy or corrupt (probably both) and actions like this are one way to draw attention to t
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by mjmsmith 4y ago
"H'wood FTX Frenzy as Michael Lewis Reveals He Spent 6 Months with Founder" https://theankler.com/p/hwood-ftx-frenzy-as-michael-lewis
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In a similar vein, https://www.fatherly.com/play/the-house-at-pooh-corner-has-t...
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As an independent developer, I stop working as soon as more than once invoice is outstanding. Anything else is asking to be left holding the bag (or more of it than you already are.)
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He saw that the project was doomed because of absent management, he presented the facts to management, and he quit after it was clear that the previously oblivious management was going to carry on in denial. It sounds like he read the room
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"For this to be true," Musk continued, "it is essential to show Twitter users advertising that is as relevant as possible to their needs. Low relevancy ads are spam, but highly relevant ads are actually content!" https:
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nn[1] commands are still like muscle memory 20 years after I stopped using it. [1] http://www.nndev.org
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Which parts of what he's doing are the necessary prerequisites?
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Did they have any choice, given the massive payday it represented for shareholders?
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IANAL, but "everyone knew" probably doesn't constitute "proper legal notice".
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Promise to pardon Jan 6 insurrectionists?
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Between junk filters and blacklists, I rarely see email spam these days. That doesn't make me feel closed off.
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"Elon Musk (and his consortium of much smaller investors) now owns Twitter. We need to take seriously the possibility that this will end up being one of the funniest things that’s ever happened." https://theintercept.co
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by mjmsmith 4y ago
I'd be reassured just knowing that he won't use his megacorp megaphone to amplify obvious misinformation about the results of the election, but given the last 24 hours, even that appears to be too much to hope for.
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Needs more random capitalization.
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Nazis are already spoiled for choice.
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Meanwhile in Portland... https://bikeportland.org/2022/09/21/the-alameda-bike-bus-has...
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Agreed, for me it’s the closest thing to Reeder for the browser.
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Apple itself uses electron for their desktop Music app. Really? Do you have a source for this?
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This nutjob honeypot tastes delicious.
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From the first post, https://topdown.substack.com/i/47912680/bias Let’s take a recent that has skewed coverage and is likely to be a split topic, such as Disney and the Florida “Parental Rights in Education” Bill

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