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Riding roller coasters today.

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Riding roller coasters today.

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@dl Yup. Your assessment and mine agree, and it's why I don't expect Mastodon to become a primary platform for me at any point.

Like, I _also_ go to Twitter for an audience, so it's not a good fit for me either!

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@dl Yup. Your assessment and mine agree, and it's why I don't expect Mastodon to become a primary platform for me at any point.

Like, I _also_ go to Twitter for an audience, so it's not a good fit for me either!

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@jeffbyrnes In general, I think that there is an over-focus on "instances that fit a particular niche" that I don't love.

Like email domains, I basically just feel like everyone should use Gmail or Fastmail unless they have some special reason not to; the "local timeline" bits of mastodon are "meh".

But I know I'm a weirdo.

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@jeffbyrnes In general, I think that there is an over-focus on "instances that fit a particular niche" that I don't love.

Like email domains, I basically just feel like everyone should use Gmail or Fastmail unless they have some special reason not to; the "local timeline" bits of mastodon are "meh".

But I know I'm a weirdo.

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@dl "Success" in this context means something different than "works for some people"; it means something more akin to "becomes the primary source for national breaking news announcements" or something like that.

I get that's a different thing than I said, so just interpret it as being something in my head that's hard to put into words :)

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@dl "Success" in this context means something different than "works for some people"; it means something more akin to "becomes the primary source for national breaking news announcements" or something like that.

I get that's a different thing than I said, so just interpret it as being something in my head that's hard to put into words :)

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I do not expect to ever meaningfully use this account. I tried using Mastodon regularly for a few weeks, and failed.

I'm likely just to go down with the ship on Twitter.

But hey, maybe Mastodon really will succeed and I'll change my mind, who knows. So feel free to follow me if you want.

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I do not expect to ever meaningfully use this account. I tried using Mastodon regularly for a few weeks, and failed.

I'm likely just to go down with the ship on Twitter.

But hey, maybe Mastodon really will succeed and I'll change my mind, who knows. So feel free to follow me if you want.

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@paco @denidimochka@mastodon.art by this standard, I'm not sure YouTube is successful yet ;) (not serious, but there is a huge amount of meets on YouTube)

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@paco @denidimochka@mastodon.art by this standard, I'm not sure YouTube is successful yet ;) (not serious, but there is a huge amount of meets on YouTube)

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@gastlichu Yup, definitely one of the reasons that I'm not interested in VR-at-home: it would be effectively impossible for me to have an experience consistent with what I enjoy in a Cambridge apartment :)

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@gastlichu Yup, definitely one of the reasons that I'm not interested in VR-at-home: it would be effectively impossible for me to have an experience consistent with what I enjoy in a Cambridge apartment :)

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@gastlichu Haha :) It may help that I have a *large* space, so I can do a lot of moving around (and do); even in a 20x10 room, I kept triggering the "Don't run into things" guards.

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@gastlichu Haha :) It may help that I have a *large* space, so I can do a lot of moving around (and do); even in a 20x10 room, I kept triggering the "Don't run into things" guards.

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Yesterday, I found myself pacing the office, upset. I walked by the desks of my usual confidants, and none were around. (Seriously, I went to 5 different desk areas; nobody was there!)

Instead, I played an energetic VR game for 30 minutes. It was quite cathartic. Recommended.

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Yesterday, I found myself pacing the office, upset. I walked by the desks of my usual confidants, and none were around. (Seriously, I went to 5 different desk areas; nobody was there!)

Instead, I played an energetic VR game for 30 minutes. It was quite cathartic. Recommended.

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@gastlichu They were just boring out of the box brownies! Plus, I cooked them in a ceramic pan, so they didn't come out of the pan in nice brownie shapes. :) Next time!

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@gastlichu They were just boring out of the box brownies! Plus, I cooked them in a ceramic pan, so they didn't come out of the pan in nice brownie shapes. :) Next time!

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@tw YouTube is a common favorite in my social circles. If not that: attempted prior restraint of the press via spurious legal threats? Men (just... In general?) How terrible the word "toot" is?

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@tw YouTube is a common favorite in my social circles. If not that: attempted prior restraint of the press via spurious legal threats? Men (just... In general?) How terrible the word "toot" is?

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UGC content platforms tend to thrive when their creators are passionate. Being "the place I cross post my content to from my real platform" is an iffy choice: platforms have the cost of hosting without the benefit of passion and community.

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UGC content platforms tend to thrive when their creators are passionate. Being "the place I cross post my content to from my real platform" is an iffy choice: platforms have the cost of hosting without the benefit of passion and community.

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The main GDQ stream has a lot of noise in the chat, and no value to me. For a quieter space, I'm hosting the GDQ event on my Twitch channel at https://www. twitch.tv/crschmidt, so if you want to watch and chat, you can do so there.

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The main GDQ stream has a lot of noise in the chat, and no value to me. For a quieter space, I'm hosting the GDQ event on my Twitch channel at https://www. twitch.tv/crschmidt, so if you want to watch and chat, you can do so there.

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@KS as a first time viewer, I found the techy layout to be in line with what I expect of the event; felt a good match for the content. I don't know what I'm missing, but I don't mind what I have.

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@KS as a first time viewer, I found the techy layout to be in line with what I expect of the event; felt a good match for the content. I don't know what I'm missing, but I don't mind what I have.

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One of my goals for 2018 is to actually cook at home. Nothing fancy, just "Not ordering in". Today, I made brownies and cooked tortellini with marinara sauce. It's not much, but it's a start.

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One of my goals for 2018 is to actually cook at home. Nothing fancy, just "Not ordering in". Today, I made brownies and cooked tortellini with marinara sauce. It's not much, but it's a start.

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Goal for 2018: Participate in a meaningful way in moving forward municipal broadband in Cambridge, MA.

#goals #broadband #cambridge

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Goal for 2018: Participate in a meaningful way in moving forward municipal broadband in Cambridge, MA.

#goals #broadband #cambridge

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Approximately 18% of the American workforce is employed by the government. (22.3M people out of about 124M people in the workforce.) That is enormous; it's at least 3 times what I would have guessed.

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Approximately 18% of the American workforce is employed by the government. (22.3M people out of about 124M people in the workforce.) That is enormous; it's at least 3 times what I would have guessed.

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@tw A lot of people have indicated they really enjoyed "Bright", on Netflix.

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@tw A lot of people have indicated they really enjoyed "Bright", on Netflix.

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@shel It's software. The answer is always yes.

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@shel It's software. The answer is always yes.

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@synaesthetica The advertising pays better on videos than on blogs, and YouTube has a recommendations engine for them that means you can get more clicks.

(I don't actually know if this is why, but it is how I've felt.)

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@synaesthetica The advertising pays better on videos than on blogs, and YouTube has a recommendations engine for them that means you can get more clicks.

(I don't actually know if this is why, but it is how I've felt.)