Aaron Parecki

It is wonderful to see github pages and static site generators grow so much the diversity of the web making it easier to run personal websites! That's the web I want, full of innovation sprawling everywhere!

Stephen, why are you so critical of Facebook and not the other big tech companies?

A 🧵 for well-intentioned engineers about how to navigate the complexities of big tech.

So, no Facebook is not "just another company" like the other tech giants. The ethical distinction is one in kind, not degree. Its business model is corrupt to the core. It is the Big Tobacco of the information age. (13/)

.@indiewebcat joined for the livestream today so we had to make a lapcam.

Y2K was 21 years ago. Looking back, I think the only thing we learned is that if a bunch people work really hard to stop a problem from happening, lots of other people will assume it was never really a problem.

Repealing section 230 would be so great for the federated social Web though

Really, the only bad thing I can say about moving back to Canada from the UK is that by moving after January 1st, my 2020 is eight hours longer than it would have been otherwise.

Randall Rudd's instructions for drawing a single drop of water.

Ten years from now you’ll put on a jacket and find a mask in the pocket. “Oh man, what a weird year that was,” you’ll chuckle to yourself. Then you’ll pick up your machete and continue across the wasteland, keeping to the shadows to avoid the roving gangs of cannibal raiders.

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Annoyed by the cranky attitude of the “filmmaker” audience.

I'm not on Twitch to be shopped around as someone's future girlfriend. I'm literally there to twerk and do stupid shit while I play video games and burst into song now and then with a nice glass of wine on hand. Fuck off

I started to whisper and my wife asked me why I was whispering.

I told her I didn't want Mark Zuckerberg to hear us.

I laughed.

My wife laughed.

Alexa laughed.

Siri laughed.

Imagine being so insecure in your masculinity that you can't watch a tech video with pink stuff in it.

No.
But also fuck you.

I completely quit Facebook on New Year’s Eve last year. If you’ve considered doing something similar, but don’t want to delete your account, @aaronpk has a guide for you:

It's sad that we need guides for this but we do and this one is a great one. Maybe I will switch from my strategy of enabling and disabling my profile every few weeks

Thank you, this is a great guide and while I already keep my Facebook interactions to a minimum there are some settings that I need to go through and validate. https://twitter.com/aaronpk/status/1343290856048971777

For people interested in non-alcoholic fancy drinks: @ohmydollar's Purrbon tea is fun! https://shop.ohmydollar.com/products/purrbon-tea - this is the whiskey-sour-style drink, and it's also nice as a hot cup of tea.

The older I get, the more I realize I'm not Luke or Han -- I'm the Rebel nerd who stared at a holo of the Death Star plans for 36 hours straight, fueled only by space coffee and spite, and ran simulations until I said HUH WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE SHOT A BOMB DOWN THIS HOLE