Aaron Parecki

If anyone was ever curious about the specific type of unpleasant I am to hang out with, I have said the words, “well, obviously there’s an optimal strategy tree for wordle” multiple times this week.

What happened? Why is internet punk now all about artificially creating scarcity?

Remember when Napster was punk because it knocked down the walls of scarcity and access created by record companies?

We went from "fuck you, capitalism" to "let's make more capitalism."

uh oh it’s everything

What are the other markets or products that are like car rentals, where there are only 2 or 3 companies that dominate, but they have lots of little sub-brands, so consumers think it’s a more varied market than it really is? Funeral homes, what else?

"This OAuth flow is only provided for your entertainment, please do not use it in production systems."

My very first tweet ever🔥
We had unbelievable beautiful northernlights with full moon on saturday morning😍🔥
#northernlights #videography #Finland

YouTube Live Shopping should be interesting… new form of Monetization

Hijacking this serious thread for a funny memory.

When @bradfitz and I were holding Livejournal together with our fingers, sharp metal and pure grit, when we called each other for non-emergency issues we started the calls with "NOTHING IS BROKEN" before saying hi.

The IRS has a new authentication provider: http://id.me.

So to pay taxes to the US government I need to use an identity provider with a Montenegro domain. 🙄🤷‍♂️

The rollout is in phases, with a subset of users flagged to test the live signup process. Even with that constraint, the site is easily handling ~250k simultaneous users right now, and makes up most of the top 10 federal websites currently being visited. https://analytics.usa.gov

Watching people using your product.

OAuth is an excellent alternative to OpenID. If you find yourself in the need of an authentication system for your app, consider it.

Web1: typing email credentials into random apps leads to phishing & losing access to email

Web2: using OAuth/OpenID with random apps leads to sharing personal info or posting on your feed/timeline

Web3: using Metamask with random apps means you lose all your NFTs & crypto

I'm terrified by these '.eth' user names popping up in Twitter like a virus ripping through people.

What the hell is wrong with you all? Web3 is fraud. Crypto is money laundering for fascists.

Web3 best case scenario: we own the internet, make it fun again, build a socialist myspace, no zucks or vcs

Web3 worst case scenario: "Robinhood dystopia of anxious day-traders at the mercy of demonic institutions and have been persuaded to call ourselves a community"

Share your studio/creative room with us! photos/videos/whateveryouhave 👇🏻♥️

15 minute pressure altimeter change via ASOS NWS/MADIS 5 minute interval data. Shows the shockwave from the #Tongaeruption , feel free to use as you wish.

If you’ve independently invented the wheel twice, you should rethink your business model.