Likes from 17 November 2022

Learned that the Roomba is programmed in a dialect of Lisp. I guess that makes sense, because the hardware is optimized for garbage collection.

Dan Ports, @dan@discuss.systems (@danrkports)Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:49 GMT

um giant penis is a family name that means a lot to me

Amy-Leigh Gemstone (lolennui@mas.to) (@lolennui)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:56 GMT

Scoop: I am hearing far fewer than expected devs hit "yes". Elon sent out an email relaxing remote working from the former draconian policy. I'm hearing he is having meetings w top engineers to convince them to stay. Sounds like playing hardball does not work. Ofc it doesn't.

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Scoop: Elon Musk just sent an email to all staff outlining "Twitter 2.0", writing it will"need to be extremely hardcore". Long hours, high intensity. People need to click "yes" to confirm being part of this by 5pm ET tomorrow, else they get 3 months severance. More details:

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:46 GMT

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:09 GMT

https://twitter.com/mjackson/status/1593361109729222656

Not new. Was Open Source before acquisition. Here is a tweet from that account on acquisition day referencing the repo under the old Birdwatch name twitter.com/CommunityNotes…

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In the spirit of transparency, Birdwatch makes everything and the kitchen sink public and open source. Today, we’re sharing a paper that details the research, analysis and outcomes that informed its development and helped us understand its performance. 📊 github.com/twitter/birdwa…

Community Notes (@CommunityNotes)Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:42 +0000

Ant Parody Stanley (@IamStan)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:55 GMT

If Royal Mail cannot turn a profit while providing the services it is legally mandated to provide, then its equity value is zero and it should be renationalised at no cost to the taxpayer twitter.com/bbcscotlandnew…

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Royal Mail asks to stop Saturday letter deliveries bbc.in/3hQ7K9u

BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:46 GMT

official (@alexhern)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:38 GMT

Elon is like a Frankenstein built out of every toxic trait I've ever experienced at a workplace. I feel so bad for the folks still at twitter ❤️

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Scoop: I am hearing far fewer than expected devs hit "yes". Elon sent out an email relaxing remote working from the former draconian policy. I'm hearing he is having meetings w top engineers to convince them to stay. Sounds like playing hardball does not work. Ofc it doesn't.

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Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:09 GMT

Josh W. Comeau (@JoshWComeau)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 22:08 GMT

Just cranking out the retro takes like he’s Jeff Jarvis in 2006. Truly a visionary with his finger on the pulse.

buzz@andersen.social (@buzz)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:08 GMT

kink, including consensual non-consent, is not “produced by rape culture,” “sad,” or “scary.” we have been over this as, like, a society, multiple times. this is an effect of the pathologizing of kink & the criminalization of BDSM. & you’re making it worse with this kinda shit.

🌬Doctrix Snow (she/her) (@MistressSnowPhD)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:48 GMT

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Best of Dying Twiter (@bestofdyingtwit)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 22:10 GMT

I can’t hear you over the sounds of their big meat double penetrating me twitter.com/zombienation10…

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https://twitter.com/marinaxdove/status/1593313580904071168

Congrats on finding two incredibly weak men with no self respect who were willing to participate

DP (@ZombieNation108)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:48 GMT

marina 🌿 (@marinaxdove)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:52 GMT

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Daily reminder that Ticketmaster is a monopoly, it’s merger with LiveNation should never have been approved, and they need to be reigned in. Break them up.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC)Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:35 GMT

SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity)Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:57 GMT

American healthcare is fun because I feel like I’m in a Game of Thrones style story of political intrigue between the warring factions of my doctor, my insurance company, and the manufacturer of my medication who all disagree with each other and meanwhile my colon is like

Hank Green (@hankgreen)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:28 GMT

At Web Summit, @ben_mckenzie and @molly0xFFF were on stage with Charles Hoskinson, talking about how much retail investors had lost. Hoskinson said, I lost $2 billion and that on the path to mass crypto adoption they'll break some plates. "Those plates are people," Molly said.

Jacob Silverman (@SilvermanJacob)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:37 GMT

Win or lose. It’s his way out. John Wick: Chapter 4 - only in cinemas & IMAX March 24. #JW4

Lionsgate UK (@LionsgateUK)Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:02 GMT

https://twitter.com/LisaBloom/status/1592917584390680576

Update: Twitter HR is now telling everyone who does not sign the ridiculous new pledge they have resigned. Employment law does not work that way. You cannot deprive people of unemployment benefits and wrongful termination cases by saying that they resigned. Nice try though!

Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:29 GMT

https://twitter.com/gigiflacko/status/1592806765233868801

It might be more they are doing the makeup to display best on the cameras & screens that existed at the time. They weren't to know HD would come along!

That Guy With The Thing (@andrewfinney79)Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:42 GMT

Is this country Greenland?

Terrible Maps (@TerribleMaps)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:32 GMT

"I'm also speaking as a woman of God" And I'm so so sorry to hear that babe

j ❄ (@silvergelpen)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:33 GMT

This week, I started a new role at AWS in S3 as a senior principal engineer. Shoutouts to my high school guidance counselor who said I’d never amount to anything. You gave me the courage I needed to get this far.

Bryan Liles (@bryanl)Wed, 16 Nov 2022 23:26 GMT

https://twitter.com/brad_frost/status/1593237992545521665

I'm fairly confident that a deranged billionaire won't maneuver a hostile takeover of my website, so I'm planning on continuing to share my thoughts there.

Brad Frost (@brad_frost)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:43 GMT

Santa Claus in coming to town…and he means business 👊 🎅. Starring David Harbour as Santa, don’t miss #ViolentNight in cinemas December 2!

Universal Pictures UK (@universaluk)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:17 GMT

Can I suggest Liz Truss for CEO and Kwasi Kwarteng for CFO?

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BREAKING: @elonmusk says he plans to find someone to replace him as acting CEO of Twitter

Stock Talk Weekly (@stocktalkweekly)Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:30 GMT

Phil Nash | @philnash@mastodon.social (@philnash)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:08 GMT

White Cis man continues to scream into a void about cancel culture after being a known advocate of cancelling employees.

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White Cis man screams into a void about cancel culture after cancelling all his employees freedoms.

Jonathan Kingston (@KingstonTime)Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:29 +0000

Jonathan Kingston (@KingstonTime)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:14 GMT

White Cis man screams into a void about cancel culture after cancelling all his employees freedoms.

Jonathan Kingston (@KingstonTime)Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:29 +0000

https://twitter.com/Brunty/status/1593186592625405953

The same people who spout stuff like "fuck regulators" are the first to go to regulators to try and get their money back when it all goes wrong You wanted unregulated, this is what you get Actions -> consequences

Matt Brunt (@Brunty)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:19 GMT

Getting “my neck my back we need a fair contract” on the real strike chant list is moving to the top of my reasons I’m going to hell

Norris! (@NorrisButNoChuk)Tue, 15 Nov 2022 23:08 GMT

If you’re not familiar with the term, the act of flying in, making a lot of noise, shitting on everything, and then flying off again is called “seagull management.” twitter.com/culturecrave/s…

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Elon Musk intends to reduce his time at Twitter and find someone else to run it

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:45 GMT

Mike Laidlaw (@Mike_Laidlaw)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 01:00 GMT

Goodnight #IndieWeb. Tomorrow is another day. Tell me something kind.

TODAY IS GONNA BE THE DAY THAT THEY’RE GONNA THROW IT BACK TO YOU-

Stone Cold Jane Austen (@AbbyHiggs)Tue, 15 Nov 2022 16:32 GMT

Elon going from “Comedy is legal again” to “Parody accounts of me will be suspended” in a week is just more proof that when people complain about political correctness ruining comedy, it’s always just a cover for wanting to mock people with less social power than them.

Aaron Hoyland (@aaronhoyland)Mon, 07 Nov 2022 02:44 GMT

https://twitter.com/Amy_Hupe/status/1593147486021251072

God I’ve missed commuting

Amy Hupe (@Amy_Hupe)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:44 GMT

https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/1592997490894442496

StreamDeck is a nice idea, I went with ChonkerKeys, big keys for doing just this! Love being able to turn off my video with a big button. chonkerkeys.com/en-US/

Daniel Probert (@probertdaniel)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:20 GMT

Still doubting if you need an Apple Watch?

Aleksandr Morozov (@morozov_dev)Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:22 GMT

the way these journalists are rendered SPEECHLESS by her response! 👀 she’s got a point, no?

michael mezz (@michaelmezz)Wed, 16 Nov 2022 06:08 GMT

Don’t confuse social media popularity with someone having actual expertise in a field. These connections here are generally incredibly lightweight so don’t take their high follower counts at face value. The truth will eventually come to light, but it can take some time.

Taylor Poindexter (@engineering_bae)Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:59 GMT

Collection of different career paths -- share your experience - GitHub - AnaisUrlichs/awesome-career-paths: Collection of different career paths -- share your experience

We already have two awesome stories -- add yours, how you got into tech✨ github.com/AnaisUrlichs/a…

Anaïs Urlichs ☀️ (@urlichsanais)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:08 GMT

I asked my friend at Twitter how he’s doing. He said he can’t complain.

Justin Wyne (@wyne)Thu, 17 Nov 2022 05:04 GMT