Aaron Parecki

The protocols are not the most complicated typically (not saying they are ‘easy’ either). But business requirements on top make things complicated.

Agreed. I feel deeply sad and infuriated, yet paralyzed by how broken my country’s culture is. I want to help, but I also don’t want to inadvertently help “wrong”.

Tweeting isn’t much, and my votes in NY mostly don’t count. What ELSE should I do? Good organizations to donate to?

why is the active voice used for protestors (“protestors struck a journalist”) but not for police (“a photographer was shot,” “a reporter was hit”)?

Boy you’d think a country that can equip every cop like a soldier could equip every doctor like a doctor

When I was a kid, my mom said she was going to slap me into next year.

I called her and asked if the offer was still available.

HOT TAKE: the tooth fairy myth teaches children that it’s normal to give away pieces of themselves for money.

Yeah, there it is, in print. @ohmydollar @anomalily

oh my god, i looked at these and thought, "that's a weird absurdist joke" before it dawned on me after reading the entire thing that the point is that it is real

My latest: A dispatch from the Failing States of America.

How Western media would cover Minneapolis if it happened in another country https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/29/how-western-media-would-cover-minneapolis-if-it-happened-another-country/

Hmm, what port did I plug AP-6 into again? 🤯 Extremely awesome.

I used to be pretty anti-starting soon screen, but now I consider:
- Twitch notifications take 3-5 minutes to send in most cases
- Many people like to not miss gameplay or initial hellos
- There is almost always a "let me hit me resub button" rush during the start period

Most viewers aren’t seeing the notification immediately. If I do see a notification right away, it gives me time to wrap up what I’m doing or grab a drink/snack before the stream starts. I’m not waiting 20 min, but I can wait 5 minutes for a couple hours of entertainment.

Most people don't have viewers immediately (I know, I don't) and it helps me send out all social media notifications by hand AFTER I hit the live button, so that I'm not lying about that live bit. 2-5 minutes is not a long time to wait, you know?

I always felt like it was a way for people to get in before the streamer actually starts talking. I've been told before that some viewers like being there for the first words of the stream and a Starting Soon screen gives more people a chance for that!

My twitch notification takes a few minutes to push through. If I start stream the majority of viewers will miss the first few minutes of what I say (when I’m normally catching up with my day / week) and I’ll have to repeat it all loooool

I’ve never understood the Starting Soon screen

Like it’s so disappointing for a viewer to hit a go live notification only to be hit with a 5m wait screen. Plus, being live right away lets me hang out with the viewers that are there before the notification

Anyone feel the same?

What should Twitter have done from the start? @blaine knows, and speaks out: https://slate.com/technology/2020/05/twitter-trump-blaine-cook.html

It feels pretty fucked up to have built Trump's magaphone. Twitter serves a lot of other important roles, too, though. I'm glad that they're starting to take steps to rein in the damage, but I wish they'd go further to create safe spaces for all of us.

I honestly don't. Ten years ago I couldn't predict where I ended up today.