Kid started getting homework this year.
Which means I now once again have homework this year.
And I gotta say this is working on a whole new layer of patience I didn't think I had.
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The Twitter Block fiasco is interesting.
Technically the change doesn't do much since you could always with a bit of effort circumvent being blocked by public accounts (alt accounts, incognito window, etc.)
But since the sole motivation is to hide block behind a paywall is a pretty grimey.
They been at war, longer than I've been alive.
āIām living in the future so the present is my pastā - Kanye West, Monster.
I want to say Platforms ruined the internet, but that would be a pretty bold lie. Yet, itās definitely how I feel sometimes.
They defintiely changed how we interact with the internet though. Made things more convenient and more accessible. Made it so Grandma could easily navigate and view pictures of her adorable snotty nosed grandkids. Read and share posts on the latest in propagandic folklore and comment on the most rage baiting posts without needing to learn how to setup an RSS aggregator.
Reducing the friction for creators to get their content in front of an audience. Changing virality from being something that was just happenstance to something that could be formulated to boost average watch time, shares and interactions.
Platforms all but removed the need to understand egress bandwidth or worry about available hard disk space when posting media online.
Removed the need for businesses to pay for someone to design, host, and maintain a WordPress instance that would eventually fall prey to a 0-day exploit in some nitwits SEO plugin.
Platforms did a lot of great in helping people spend more time connecting. Allowing people to share the latest in gossip, rumors and their own malformed opinions and less time worrying about the security of their FTP accounts.
If it wasnāt for platforms - legacy media and journalistās wouldnāt have to compete with Larry the cable guy for breaking news, and advertisers would be forced to target quality content and not just write a blank cheque to Google or Facebook.
Platforms made it possible for, RealMan251202 , to educate us on the perils of feminism, or DonkeyDix10201, to debate immigration policy with experts.
We no longer need to belong to 30 different phpBB forums, to constantly tell people that theyāre dumb and to use the search feature before posting.
Yet besides all of that, I still miss the chaos of the old internet. The randomness of coming across a site filled with gems. For all itās flaws, all of itās technical gatekeeping, I miss it, and sometimes wish we could just go back.
Is He The Best Indian Rapper?
Hanumankind - Big Dawgs
My Live reaction and first time checking this massive hit.
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Nostalgia Is Poison
Consistency, Discipline, Success
One video a week.
One blog a week.
@naval only lasted a few days on here eh.
Really thought he was ready to decentralize.
Man I just wanna go golf today.
Can't sleep. š
Last few months I've been making an effort to really re-priotize sleep and gotta say it kinda sucks.
Every cycle needs it's rinsed bag holders.
Lately it's been all nostr:npub1nwkd0pe6pn7x8tassvrpcs8nleyxpnm7y8g0wqjzcgrwhaucjjvqcrdgjz
Y'all remember when Cambridge Analytica harvested user social media data for targeted political advertising, and how effective it was at pushing in governments.
That was 15 years ago. Imagine how much better everyone's become at that.
Deadpool made me laugh and was filled with nerdy and dorky easter eggs, not much more I could have wanted from it tbh.
Lack of images makes my feed boring.
Gonna always include a gif for the culture.
Everyone's convinced that they're part of the counter culture.
This image is insane.
The difference 5ms makes.