There are Gen Z venture capitalists, and I am as old as dust.
It's actually really cool that I can be set up and have new devices restored from backups and working just like my old (stolen) ones in a couple of hours.
Set up new work computer: in progress, but check.
Made booking to get new car window installed: check.
Ordered new personal computer: check.
Ordered new emergency prescription: check.
Canceled checkbook: ...done.
Call insurance: wish me luck.
Every job will be automated until only five remain: a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.
Someone broke into my car and stole a bunch of my stuff, including my laptop, so I feel both pretty stupid and kind of annoyed right now.
I deliberately have some conservative / libertarian sources in my feeds, and I swear to god you could probably measure my blood pressure rising every time I read them.
I want an Apple launch event but for things that will actually improve your life.
“One more thing: you can afford to be a homeowner now!”
“It’s a magical device at an unbelievable price that will cure your anxiety.”
“It’s the best inclusive democratic society we’ve ever built.”
The politics of the future are kind, inclusive, and equitable.
The attempted recall was another illustration of how bone-headed and backwards-facing the modern GOP platform is. The fading remnants of the worst parts of the 20th century continue to fade into nothingness. What a waste of time and money.
Reflecting that I’ve turned 180 degrees from my youthful “all content should be free” to “independent creators should be paid for their work”. I don’t think my younger stance was ever really legit for people with money - but taping / piracy is an important part of culture.
I need to find a way to access a service where:
1) the user / pw are essentially stored in escrow
2) two specific people need to be simultaneous authed to a second service to be able to use the credentials
3) both people can then see the same authenticated screen
Any ideas?
Alright, you guys, I'm selling access to my social media identity.
For $5 you can send a message to me assuming I'm generically male.
For $10 you can sell me something I'm interested in.
For $20 I'll briefly recognize your brand.
For $40 you can use me to instigate a coup.
That semi-annual moment when I raise my head from a series of meetings to discover what Apple wants me to spend money on next. I think I might be done upgrading my phone for a while, though. It's a lot of money for no really solid reason.
I came here to vote no to the disastrous recall attempt and make outdated pop culture references, and I’m all outta outdated pop culture references.
Hearing weird noises late at night when you’re in a big house by yourself hits different when you would be absolutely overjoyed if it was haunted.
I helped care for my mother for ten years. She died in June. Self-care - and care for me - is understanding that I'm not going to be okay for a long time to come. I need the space and understanding to breathe and grieve. It's just how it is.
Really excited that my newsletter service sent a message to my subscribers with just my name as the subject line, making me the Ed Balls of blog-to-email.
There's a fun story going around that WalMart will accept Litecoin payments. It's completely untrue, is perpetuated by scammers, and illustrates neatly how easily anyone can release a press release and have real news organizations (Reuters!) pick it up.
6am on Monday morning is as good a time as any to admit that I’m not really doing okay right now.
The only patriotism that matters is a devotion to all people.
If your question is "how can we keep all these people out of our country" and not "how can we help all these people in need", I'm not sure what to even say to you.
Every single time I’m in Portland - including just overnight, like right now - I don’t want to leave. There might be a solution for this.
I wish I had more time to see people!
Now I’ve got a functional laptop again, I’m finding myself using my iPad as more like an ereader (and artboard, which is why I originally got it). I always start my day with my feeds, but I’m starting to get into (non-Amazon) ebooks, too.
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