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  • George KG George K

    Sort of related to the post earlier about "engineers," is the observation that, despite all the doom and gloom from late last week, Twitter is still functioning exactly as it has in the past. At least for the end-user.

    Some snarky comment was made about how it's working with more than 75% of the people gone, and how that should be applied to the US government.

    As an aside, all the people complaining about how they're going to leave Twitter because of the new leadership and new rules...where are they going? Has anyone built a social network platform that comes even close to what Twitter is. Look at how Truth Social, Parler and their ilk have fared.

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    @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    Look at how Truth Social, Parler and their ilk have fared.

    Maybe there's a connection between really bad at writing software and being right wing?

    Horace, Ax, Klaus - care to comment?

    I was only joking

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      Look at how Truth Social, Parler and their ilk have fared.

      Maybe there's a connection between really bad at writing software and being right wing?

      Horace, Ax, Klaus - care to comment?

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      Klaus
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      #678

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      Look at how Truth Social, Parler and their ilk have fared.

      Maybe there's a connection between really bad at writing software and being right wing?

      Horace, Ax, Klaus - care to comment?

      I'm not sure whether there is any meaningful correlation between political leanings and programmer ability, but I think the more important influence here is that if you are a good programmer, you would hesitate to work at places like Parler because it damages your career.

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      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

        @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        Look at how Truth Social, Parler and their ilk have fared.

        Maybe there's a connection between really bad at writing software and being right wing?

        Horace, Ax, Klaus - care to comment?

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        Copper
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        #679

        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        Maybe there's a connection between really bad at writing software and being right wing?

        I can assure you that it is exactly the opposite.

        No question

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          I have divorced my job duties as much as possible from writing good code. To this day I write zero unit tests and nobody complains about it. Win. Being a good programmer is utterly tedious.

          Education is extremely important.

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            #681

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            Only non-witches get due process.

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              #682

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                @George-K Stay woke, stay broke...

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  @George-K Stay woke, stay broke...

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                  @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                  Stay woke, stay broke...

                  Colin Kaepernick
                  Alex Jones

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                    George K
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                    The Trumpiest thing I've seen in a while. I wonder if it's real.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/11/23/elon-musk-will-expose-the-truth-of-what-has-been-happening-at-twitter-and-people-cant-wait/

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • George KG George K

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                          @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          The Brad

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                            Please love yourself.

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                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                #691

                                That sucks. Misstep for Apple to be making those noises IMO.

                                In an unrelated note, Sam Harris’ Twitter account seems to be gone. Maybe just a glitch. He’s been asking “tough questions” similar to the Milo question.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  Apple hates App Developers

                                  Really Hates them

                                  I have no idea why, the developers make them a fortune.

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                                  • HoraceH Horace

                                    That sucks. Misstep for Apple to be making those noises IMO.

                                    In an unrelated note, Sam Harris’ Twitter account seems to be gone. Maybe just a glitch. He’s been asking “tough questions” similar to the Milo question.

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                                    @Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    In an unrelated note, Sam Harris’ Twitter account seems to be gone. Maybe just a glitch. He’s been asking “tough questions” similar to the Milo question.

                                    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/sam-harris-quits-twitter-following-trump-reinstatement/

                                    I was only joking

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                                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                      @Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      In an unrelated note, Sam Harris’ Twitter account seems to be gone. Maybe just a glitch. He’s been asking “tough questions” similar to the Milo question.

                                      https://www.nationalreview.com/news/sam-harris-quits-twitter-following-trump-reinstatement/

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                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      @Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      In an unrelated note, Sam Harris’ Twitter account seems to be gone. Maybe just a glitch. He’s been asking “tough questions” similar to the Milo question.

                                      https://www.nationalreview.com/news/sam-harris-quits-twitter-following-trump-reinstatement/

                                      That’s not the reason. He just didn’t like the way Twitter and its negativity was affecting his perception of people.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        First 20m of his podcast he discusses Twitter and why he left.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

                                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          First 20m of his podcast he discusses Twitter and why he left.

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                                          @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                          First 20m of his podcast he discusses Twitter and why he left.

                                          In which he admits his disgust reflex overwhelms his reason, even as he understands rationally that it shouldn't. That's how I've always described the psychologies of TDS sufferers, as Sam is. I guess it's inevitable that humans will respect their own disgust reflex, rather than question it. It's our "full stop" emotion.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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