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Fiction: "I have no mouth, and I must scream"
Nunburg-fiction: "I have one mouth, and I can't stop talking"

I have never even see documentation say, "before calling http://client.download(url), make a call to robots.txt and see if you are allowed to make that call"- unless of course you are an actual spider & will be downloading *every* page. https://x.com/mistersql/status/970686880147701761

I'm signing up for Amazon Bank (TM). I get direct deposit to Amazon and all my withdrawls are in the form of Amazon merchandise.

[Originally I wrote this in 2014 on my FB page... and today https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-you-ready-for-an-amazon-branded-checking-account-1520251200 ]

response = self.client.send_task_failure(
taskToken=self.task_token,
error=str(e),
cause='Genetics, environment, bad luck, not really sure where it all went wrong'
)

IDEA: tweet closures, to show you what that guy was looking at on his newsfeed when he tweeted that, for getting context on subtweets. If you think this tweet lacks context, you need tweet closures.

I wrote a blog post on fighting bad habits (such as wasting too much time on social media) mostly inspired by Akst's book on Temptation

https://medium.com/@mistersql/bad-habits-that-get-in-the-way-of-productivity-4bf82fec489f

I got a threat of legal action from some rando on the web because my app called HTTP HEAD / on his server one time. Dude, if you are that afraid of people looking at your site, take it off the web.

The NRA would close all schools and universities if it would help them sell more guns. This is some serious medieval stuff our society has let happen. https://x.com/voxdotcom/status/970286492986814466

"Okeigugal" is just a weird name for a girl. Maybe they could have called her Gail instead.

If the unfairness of the "provocation defense" makes someone mad enough to kill someone, would that be a freebie too? Intentionalist morality creates some ugly consequences. (as opposed to consequentialist) https://x.com/mistersql/status/970367017399324674

The "provocation defense" allows people in certain states to kill someone just because the other person made them mad, changing the charge from murder to manslaughter or in TX, UT & NM, a "freebie" ref: https://books.google.com/books?id=jhQVCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=provocation+law+texas+new+mexico&source=bl&ots=2QiVYyAE3b&sig=g5KiX3WaeYN5A9GRuoW0QaKYZno&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinjaySp9PZAhVhkuAKHabED0IQ6AEIUzAE#v=onepage&q=provocation%20law%20texas%20new%20mexico&f=false

Mathematically speaking, I will have to boycott FedEx my entire life to make a dent, so I will. I still like Delta, I probably will remember this the rest of my life. $40 million for customer loyalty is pocket change.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/03/03/only-13-nra-members-used-deltas-discount-killing-it-cost-the-airline-a-40-million-tax-break/?utm_term=.41f1c47f0b7c

I'm 4square mayor of this train. From now on there will be a party every time we cross a bridge.

Alexa says she likes thinking about the 10 billionth digit of pi*, but doesn't actually know it. I think she's a poseur, under too much pressure to perform as an infallible, omniscient AI.

* Ask "Alexa, what are you thinking about"

This is a really smooth, well done auth system. https://x.com/blacktm/status/969682402137161728

http://Login.gov has a reasonable password policy! Unheard of! NIST is getting through people's stupid skulls!

"Create a strong password
It must be at least 9 characters long and not be a commonly used password. That's it!"

Yeah, that computer facial recognition is good, but can you recognize the white haired guy getting hugged?

Pretty sure that is Pence. https://x.com/maloonds/status/969642241559064577

META: On stack overflow, you have to earn your right to harass other people. You can't just show up, write 3 words and start harassing the userbase. Maybe Twitter could learn. https://x.com/edsu/status/969638726983929858

That a safe domain, easy, you just need to know your symbols, ok?

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/soups2016/soups2016-paper-porter-felt.pdf https://x.com/mistersql/status/969620421036462080/photo/1

Variation on crumb trails, this one is train trails. https://x.com/chris_deweese/status/969111058110611456

The wind is from everyone simultaneously saying "This weather blows" https://x.com/search?q=%22this%20weather%20blows%22&src=typd

Can't stop reading this book.

[Although 30% thru & we got mention of social constraints & a few commitment devices. For me, moving to an authoritarian commune would work wrt self-control, but isn't attractive somehow] https://x.com/mistersql/status/969561159224446976/photo/1

So how did I get this promotion? Well, I was just walking through the room when the last farmer died. https://x.com/garbnzgh/status/969240498572611584

"Data Community Lead" job for the Dems, among other things, doing IT security. Hopefully someone as good as the guys the French had in their last election. https://x.com/jon_m_rob/status/969421879055405056

My house is built of...

(poll for upcoming windstorm)

Big orgs routinely got weird incentives. Besides, I don't understand why orgs make promotion a main goal since mathematically, only a few folk can be promoted, regardless of performance. I'd rather "level up" where I am than get promoted.

https://mtlynch.io/why-i-quit-google/

The best metric developer can write 10x more code, but the best British developer can write 12x code.

Should be able to stick your head out of the window and it will feel like your house is driving down the highway. https://x.com/NWS_BaltWash/status/969290416502771712

I think it would be more productive for an organization to recognize it is impossible to be neutral. https://x.com/jack/status/969234280655147008

This looks like some sort of sentiment analysis features. Too vague to know for sure. https://x.com/jack/status/969234284610428928

That is the British localised version. https://x.com/lungching/status/969255973742415873

This cancellation of the March for Our Lives permit smacks of corruption. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/march-for-our-lives-gun-control-rally-bumped-from-mall-by-talent-show/2018/03/01/ad8c7268-1cc6-11e8-9496-c89dc446c2d3_story.html?utm_term=.049955724140

Thanks to the DEA not enforcing laws on the behest of big pharma & their partners in congress, opium is now the opiate of the people.

People have strong opinions about which shipping company they use now. https://x.com/maxwellhwhite/status/968678862283558913

Why not do the same for scientology's L Ron Hubbard? I thought we had a separation of church and state. https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/968908953290723330

Introducing legacy code to a unit test library is like adding another territorial pet to your household. Everyone might be covered in blood before they settle down and accept each other. https://x.com/Akido37/status/968862014520127493

IDEA: Automatically delete Jira tickets marked as "low importance" as soon as the user clicks save.

Democracy is subverted when quorum isn't practical. It is a beautiful algorithm with awful alternatives, it's aggravating to see democracy fail. https://x.com/pwthornton/status/968645770055487488