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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    @George-K

    I hear noises of people making backup accounts at Mastadon but that’s just in case Twitter falls down.

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

    @George-K

    I hear noises of people making backup accounts at Mastadon but that’s just in case Twitter falls down.

    Echo chamber.

    I suspect most of those folks secretly enjoy mixing it up.

    “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 KG George K

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      #674

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

      "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://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musk-pokes-fun-cbs-short-lived-twitter-hiatus-network-resumes-tweeting-48-hours-later

        Elon Musk poked fun at CBS for returning to Twitter after less than a 48-hour hiatus due to "uncertainty" with the platform under his management.

        Two days after the major news network said it would suspend all Twitter usage, CBS announced that it will resume activity Sunday as it continues to monitor "security concerns" they have with the platform since the billionaire Tesla CEO took over the company.

        "After pausing for much of the weekend to assess the security concerns, CBS News and Stations is resuming its activity on Twitter as we continue to monitor the situation," the CBS News Public Relations team wrote on Twitter.

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          I have observed over my career so far that most IT teams can get by with about 10% of the workforce, if needed.

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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.

            Doctor PhibesD Offline
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            #677

            @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?

                CopperC Offline
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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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                • HoraceH Offline
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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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                  • jon-nycJ Online
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                    jon-nyc
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                    #681

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                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                    • George KG Offline
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                      George K
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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 KG George K

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                        Jolly
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #683

                        @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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                        • JollyJ Jolly

                          @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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                                George K
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #687

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

                                  The Brad

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                                    Aqua Letifer
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                                    Please love yourself.

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                                    • George KG Offline
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                                      George K
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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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                                        Horace
                                        wrote on last edited by Horace
                                        #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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                                          Copper
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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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