Aaron Parecki

sorry

All these kids are showing off their 2021 in 10 seconds on IG reels and I’m wondering if we are from the same planet because there’s a pandemic going on mine 🤣

Why is it so hard to just leave the normal part of the comment without the sexist part 🥴🥴🥴

Finally finished customizing the
@aaronpk PK1 stand for one of the @Blackmagic_News Atem Extreme ISO. Supports the switcher, Streamdeck XL, two SSDs, and whatever I put in the top middle. Now to build out the first fly rig for #CommsvNext.

You don’t own “web3.”

The VCs and their LPs do. It will never escape their incentives. It’s ultimately a centralized entity with a different label.

Know what you’re getting into…

Checking out a new restaurant tonight called Market Exchange. Beer prices fluctuate every 10 mins based on demand.

the web: a visual history

SEMANTICS MATTER:

"Crypto-" is a prefix.

If you hear it with the suffix "-graphy", then there's a good chance what follows is rational.

If the suffix is "-currency" then there's a good chance what follows is a Ponzi scheme.

this is another reason I think the "web3" thing is mostly bad news. Handful of good ideas in there, but sooo much grift. Another warning sign is that porn is nowhere to be seen, which is the usual harbinger of useful new tech

I just found out about the Finnish "formally neutral but informally reverential pronoun, that in spoken use is almost exclusively used sarcastically to communicate that this person actually is not respected" (often used for pets) https://keuhkopussirotta.tumblr.com/post/670545996696158208/i-know-a-whole-lot-of-finns-have-already-made

Unpopular opinion: I like Algorithms….As a user I feel like I’m being feed content I actually want to see. I’ve found amazing artists and I think it’s helped people find my content. So I’m team Algorithm.

Wait, we're doing "Web3" again? What does that mean for the last Web 3.0, from about a decade ago?

no new years resolutions. it is the circumstances turn to improve

And reet (pronounced like rate) is rather more vulgar than anus. Also, as you can see we use the Dutch equivalent of rust instead of oxidize (tho when people want to be funny they do say anus and oxidize to make it comically formal)

👆today in Answers To Questions Nobody Asked

“Zero fucks given” in other languages

6. It’s sausage to me (German)
5. I care a cucumber (Spanish)
4. It can oxidize on my anus (Dutch)
3. I slap my balls on it (French)
2. It interests me as much as a kilogram of shit (Finnish)
1. Flowers on my dick and bees all around (Greek)

The reputational argument for NFT ownership has already been solved through usernames and a $9 domain registration. You know, human-readable things instead of, "Hi my name is MatFux4949 you can prove this by looking up xyzfu423955jftuitrtuihvftgkoye on CL1T Blockchain V2."

web3: still trust a company with your keys because you don’t know wtf ecdsa is and aren’t gambling your life savings on your ability to implement a robust disaster recovery plan.

I’m going live with @aaronpk from his studio… NOW! “🔴 Live Q&A with @PhotoJoseph! // STREAM WEEK” https://youtu.be/tvWJnjW1_Cs

Wow. this ATEM setup is great! It's almost like they're in the same room!