Aaron Parecki

I took a bit of time to dissect the “spy balloon” story - both how it is portrayed in the US and China’s response.

As you'll see, the more you think about it, the more stunned you get at the sheer absurdity of the whole thing.

A small 🧵

Twitter is closing its doors to hobby bots like this one. They tell us a week before this happens.

There's been a lot of measured, well-mannered commentary from other makers of Twitter bots. I thought I'd share my uncensored thoughts instead.

Fuck this.

1/?

Storytelling is a skill with insanely high ROI.

Master it and you can form deep bonds, grow authentically, and sell anything.

Here are 10 threads to help you become a world-class storyteller:

Apple TV has a clear advantage over Netflix since you know no one’s sharing their iCloud password with their family members

This Twitter API thing really makes me wonder if a walled garden company can ever be compatible with the open web. It is absolutely scandalous they’re shutting off a 15 year old free API

Or don't pay $100/month and just use IQKbtAYlXLripLGPWd0HUA/GgDYlkSvaPxGxC4X8liwpUoqKwwr3lCADbz8A7ADU

You mean this might be a choice that hurts people inclined to follow the rules while having minimal impact on malicious actors?

Great opportunity for sites and services to start looking at replacing consumer federation with #passkeys!

Check out http://passkeys.dev for more info.

Google Calendar, but it shows the cost of the meeting

Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵

(3) However, one week’s notice and no indication of pricing shows Twitter is chaotic and unreliable. No one’s going to build a business on that;
(4) So you’re basically just shutting down the API and causing massive damage to Twitter in the most labour intensive way possible.

Short version:
(1) Developers add value to Twitter by helping people create content. They add value to the core service;
(2) Having said that, it is not unreasonable to want to find a way to charge those developers who extract more value than they contribute;

We’re like 15 years away from millennial communities being senior communities

CNC'ed, 3Dprinted and UV printed, the Coverlee is the perfect companion for the #ATEM stands to protect them from dust and accidental key presses.
https://shop.inux3d.com/en/35-coverlee
Make it your own with UV printing your logo!

#CNC #additivemanufacturing #UVPrinting #livestreaming

every time you use a crazy thumbnail face a little part of your soul will die but it’s ok because you’ll get views. Who needs a soul anyway.

Google's new music model MusicLM is the breakthrough of the week.

Here it is in action.

Just describe the music and it'll generate the track:

The "web3" bubble was one of the most bizarre events I've witnessed. In the span of a week people and tech press started to hallucinate about a technology which patently did not exist and which no one could describe. Only comparable is like the dancing manias of 17th century.

I really miss being able to sort a YouTube channel's videos by "oldest". It's super helpful when doing analysis and understanding a creator's backstory - how they got started, etc.

Number of total videos also disappeared - wonder why that was a problem?

Whoever claimed that the "internet is forever" didn't have to go back to the internet of 2009 for a research project only to find that 75% of the links go nowhere now.