Aaron Parecki

A phrase heard every weekday in 2020

Being a YouTuber is like being a baseball player, except you feel bad if you don't hit a home run literally every single time

A few steps closer…

can’t stop thinking about the overlap between people who say “all lives matter” and people who refuse to wear a mask to protect even just one life

New Youtubers: How do I get more subs and views?
YouTube Vets:
- Make more content.
- Learn the craft.
- Study trends and video exiting techniques.
- Collab with other Youtubers of the same size.

80% of New Youtubers: I guess I'll never know...

If you want to block SPECIFIC Ads from your YouTube Channel because they are bad for your audience, follow these steps from @NickNimmin

1. Go to this url and log in: https://www.google.com/adsense/start/

2. In the left navigation click on "blocking controls"

3. Click "all sites in the same column.

4. Click "manage advertiser URLs" in the middle of the page

5. Enter URLs you want to block and slide the slider to "block".

Idk when Americans will understand that they only cut jobs so the owners/investors will keep making the same amount of money, not because they CAN’T afford to pay people more. They just don’t want to take a pay cut. It has nothing to do with saving jobs.

Thank you for the feedback!

SNS四重奏

Went to Portland today and had a social interaction.

Which is weird because according to certain media the entire city has been overrun by rioting anarchists.

interesting fact: while most people think these robots are self-driving / fully automated, the reality is that they're often always driven through exploited labor by actual people in india, the philippines, and colombia.

This my last time telling ya’ll to buy a domain name. Your website address should not end in .bigcartel.com, .myshopify.com, .wordpress.com, .wixsites.com, .godaddysites.com, .squarespace.com

1/ In light of the voting question that will never die -- "if I can do X online, why can't I vote online" -- I'm reminded that most people don't have a good intuition for what makes things secure. So let's explore.

Security online depends predominantly on logging and auditing.

Death toll from Covid: 600,000+

Death toll from a bit of cloth: 0

People who almost passed out from a bit of cloth: 1

People who actually passed out from a bit of cloth: would you look at that we’re back to 0

Hey Aaron - we'd definitely like to hear your concerns and talk about this further. Could you open a ticket so we can make sure you get a detailed answer? In the meantime, using the Cookie Preferences link on http://Linode.com will allow you to opt-out of ad trackers.

This weekend’s IndieWebCamp in London has sensibly been switched to online-only because of the current health concerns.

A big well done to the organisers, Cheuk, Calum and Ana, for their initial attempts to keep it going and then swiftly reconfiguring for an online event. Communication with attendees during the week has been exemplary.

I’m very much looking forward to joining tomorrow’s sessions from the comfort and safety of my home office.

On this day in 2005: News Corp buys MySpace for $580 million
https://t.co/PAhI4vhds5

8/ When people ask "what's hard about implementing login functionality?". This case shows exactly what is hard about it.