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the only thing worse than my code are my jokes governance @opentelemetry.io dir. open source @honeycomb.io av by @extinctinks.net

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austin @aparker.io · Aug 11

this is basically what technical product marketing is like

An illustration from Charlottes Web, of the word ‘terrific’ being spelled out in a spiders web over a smiling pig.

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austin @aparker.io · 8h

honey I decentralized the kids

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austin @aparker.io · 9h

i find yaml less unpleasant than most but my eyes slide off json. it feels like, idk, AWS config docs

austin @aparker.io · 9h

so this is actually like 100% attuned to my interests because every time I try and write an atproto thing I give up at lexicon gen

austin @aparker.io · 9h

they beveled grandma

K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 14h

This is the aesthetic of the future

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someone on the Motorola forums was having the same problem with the camera I've been having, but I just have to share the image they posted to demonstrate the issue.
it's the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life dude

The photo is of an elderly woman in gray clothes that has been so bizarrely processed that it looks both totally over and desaturated

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austin @aparker.io · 10h

this has negatively polarized me into caring about model welfare

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austin @aparker.io · 10h

idk I think the deeper analysis of techlash either gets boring (“it’s capitalism, stupid”) or trite (“it’s virtue signaling”)

austin @aparker.io · 10h

we’re all looking for the manager of posting

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 11h

when UNC scored on the first possession of the first game and Colin Cowherd immediately posted this, and then UNC lost by 34

Wasn’t really sure what to expect from Chapel Bill. But after that drive, I have him as second best college coach I’ve ever seen, just below Saban.

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austin @aparker.io · 12h

we need to invent a more powerful form of grass for some of y'all to touch

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austin @aparker.io · 12h

new type of guy unlocked: doesn't believe in the CAP theory

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 14h

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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austin @aparker.io · 12h

holy smokes

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austin @aparker.io · 12h

also I added a "fun" feature for mobile :)

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Follow Tracker @for.shame.wtf · 13h

Some of you are blaming @jay.bsky.team or @bsky.app in general, or claiming that this is being forced by @moderation.bsky.app. That could not be further from the truth. I'm shutting it down of my own volition because some of you can't be trusted to use this information reasonably and responsibly.

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austin @aparker.io · 13h

they have really fun titles in mobile solitaire

austin @aparker.io · 13h

ok thank you for all being my unwitting beta testers. presenting date picker 2000
- now features a helpful assistant
- you can shuffle the positions of digits
- fixed quite a few css bugs, but I don't have android to test on so let me know if things are still wonky

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a screenshot of my bad date picker where you have to select digits in a crossword style square.

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 13h

I think people are still unprepared for a world where you cannot trust any video content, despite years of warning.

Even when Google & OpenAI include watermarks, those can be easily removed, and open weights AI video models without guardrails are coming. www.404media.co/sora-2-water...

Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web

Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.

www.404media.co

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austin @aparker.io · 14h

I did grind out like 100 levels in mobile solitaire during the kid's first year

austin @aparker.io · 14h

you'll get there

austin @aparker.io · 14h

god damn some people need better hobbies

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austin @aparker.io · 14h

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austin @aparker.io · 15h

I don't think it's really useful to compare atproto in general to mastodon. you can compare bsky to mastodon, or atproto to activitypub.

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 16h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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austin @aparker.io · 15h

that's probably how most people will wind up using atproto?

austin @aparker.io · 15h

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