Alvin @alvin@mastodon.social

Ealier in the month, a friend asked me: “What’s wrong with WhatsApp?”

If messages are encrypted, what’s the big deal?

The answer is part of a larger problem. Metadata.

So, I wrote something up to explain that

https://alvin.codes/writing/metadata

Seeing lots of subtweets about open source and maintainer money, so let me save you 5 minutes of your life:

TLDR: Babel is running out of money and people are upset because the core maintainer was paid $11k per month

https://t.co/iA4bza4D0n

The New Yorker:
"How online dating ruined relationships"
+ 8000 words of filler.

Ken Robinson:
"They had lower standards [back] then, frankly, I think.
I think people ran into each other in the street and thought, 'You'll do.' "

No I won't create an account right after downloading your mobile app.

I don't know what it looks like or how it performs.

Uninstalled. https://t.co/z9aSflTB4K

This is the good news I didn't know I needed. https://t.co/ovFaXADeGV

Cleaning Product:
We're vegan, non-pollutant, animals love us 😍

Also Cleaning Product:
If the product touches your eyes, call the CDC, your doctor, the hospital, the CIA and the FBI immediately

If you use Sourcetree, you can go to:

Menu > Install Command Line Tools

It gives you the `stree` command to open Sourcetree from the terminal 🎉 #git

Amazon: Do you want your 6 items delivered *separate* and REAL FAST ⚡

Me: Nah, I'm good, I'd rather wait to get them all together, thanks 🙋‍♂️

Amazon: ok

𝟚𝟜 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣

Amazon: Hi, your three orders containing 3, 2, and 1 item will arrive today and tomorrow

🤦‍♂️

About to get on a plane, I'll give you one emoji to describe everything

☣️☣️☣️

🔥 I've just learned about this and I'm so happy

Clicking Menu > Install Command Line Tools lets you use the `stree` command to open Sourcetree from the terminal https://t.co/O1wdPL2wF2

At this point, Texas is basically trolling all the techies that moved to Austin.

https://t.co/0cqZVKASdf

"The global coalition for transparency and anti-corruption has put the UK 'under review' "

Ouch

https://t.co/caS1DXh9Nk

Just realised I didn't have a hover state the buttons for my personal site ❗❗

I quickly made a funky one with inspiration from @codrops and icons from @fontawesome https://t.co/fQWc6EQjsQ

Back in February last year, all I expected from 2020 was for @MKBHD to rename his channel to MKB4K

Should I replace "writing" with "pontificating" in my Twitter bio?

Oh wow it only took 2 years for Trello to catch up to Notion and create card views.

Contrary to Notion, it's only for business customers.

Contrary to Notion, Trello's mobile app works, so there's that

Kinda crazy that people who worked in pandemic "preparedness" in the West last year still have a job today

TFW you want to "quickly put something in Notion"

And you get logged out.

Thankfully @simplenoteapp always has my back 😘

Your daily reminder that IE11 isn't critical

https://t.co/RJBTlberR5