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Literally forgot I backed these until nowhttps://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114161728860153145

Literally forgot I backed these until now

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114161728860153145

Small sign of life, but I'm here!

Small sign of life, but I'm here!

Dusting off this account! (so I can lurk like usual)

Dusting off this account! (so I can lurk like usual)

I don't know how to read, I'm just really good at pattern recognition

I don't know how to read, I'm just really good at pattern recognition

Found this beautiful assembly diagram for a 1983 mechanical arcade game called Ice Cold Beer

Found this beautiful assembly diagram for a 1983 mechanical arcade game called Ice Cold Beer

Rainy day bike-thru tour of Fort Point Brewery with the SF Bike Coalition today!

Rainy day bike-thru tour of Fort Point Brewery with the SF Bike Coalition today!

Quitting my job tomorrow so that my friends stop calling me techie scum

Quitting my job tomorrow so that my friends stop calling me techie scum

Many different AUUGHHOWOWUHG noises can spell the word "minimum" on an overtone analyzer. Watch with...

Many different AUUGHHOWOWUHG noises can spell the word "minimum" on an overtone analyzer. Watch with subtitles!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHIGke6Yzh8

I'm not sure you could call it a "network" exactly, since it's probably meant to connect you with your closest local...

I'm not sure you could call it a "network" exactly, since it's probably meant to connect you with your closest local community. It makes me wonder what it would be like to participate in a snail mail continent-wide network though! The quality and type of content must be much different than me just spouting my thoughts to the open web!

This listing of mail-order study groups at the back is really interesting to me. Growing up with the internet means I never had to use these...

This listing of mail-order study groups at the back is really interesting to me. Growing up with the internet means I never had to use these tools, with such slow feedback, to connect with people over niche interests. But even with a global indexed internet, I feel like I'm yelling to the void sometimes. So I love that somehow at the back of this hand exchanged book, there's a 5 page list of addresses ready to receive your mail.

I picked this little pop psychology book up from a neighbor's garage sale. Her old boyfriend wrote and illustrated it in the 70's....

I picked this little pop psychology book up from a neighbor's garage sale. Her old boyfriend wrote and illustrated it in the 70's. Here's a few of the great illustrations, though I think the concepts are pretty contrived and it imposes a questionable hierarchy of power.

Recently came up in conversation

Recently came up in conversation

My Spotify Discover Weekly gets more ambient every Monday :( I think this is my new taste :(

My Spotify Discover Weekly gets more ambient every Monday :( I think this is my new taste :(

Lol @ this guy who's charging his phone on a tree. Plugged his charger right in to the holiday lights dangling off a branch

Lol @ this guy who's charging his phone on a tree. Plugged his charger right in to the holiday lights dangling off a branch

😁 or an app you oauth into that can also message you in Mastodon??

😁 or an app you oauth into that can also message you in Mastodon??

Thinking about how I'd make a Memories app for Mastodon now... A bot that DMs you occasional memories? Or a standalone web app that...

Thinking about how I'd make a Memories app for Mastodon now... A bot that DMs you occasional memories? Or a standalone web app that users oauth into? A bot could only access public posts, but would interact with you inside of Mastodon. A standalone app could access private history, but you'd have to use a separate site to access it.

And I just can't imagine using the same language if I implemented the same feature for Mastodon or ActivityPub in general. I want to...

And I just can't imagine using the same language if I implemented the same feature for Mastodon or ActivityPub in general. I want to communicate on a platform built by people who are genuinely curious about their own activity and relationships

At worst, FB's use of "care" is a borderline manipulative way to make the entire organization feel more human and trustworthy,...

At worst, FB's use of "care" is a borderline manipulative way to make the entire organization feel more human and trustworthy, encouraging you to share more and engage in monetizable activity. At best, they actually DO care. About monetized engagement. There's simply no way for FB to care about people the same way people care about people

Thinking about the language used in Facebook's memories feature: "Zachary, we care about you and the memories you share...

Thinking about the language used in Facebook's memories feature: "Zachary, we care about you and the memories you share here..." Compared to how you'd interact with the same thing on the fedi, FB feels straight up creepy. Who's the "we" and what value system is their "care" built on?

2016 was great for me

2016 was great for me