Aaron Parecki

lol the phone system is so broken https://twitter.com/josephfcox/status/1371509983842598918

“Installing most open source software today is equivalent to picking up a random thumb-drive off the sidewalk and plugging it into your machine.”

https://security.googleblog.com/2021/03/introducing-sigstore-easy-code-signing.html

😬 It’s painful but it’s kind of true.

trying to psych myself into going to bed early tonight so I can wake up at 3am to give a presentation tomorrow

PSA: If you contact me to tell me my link to your site is broken, that's your problem not mine. You do have the ability to create redirects if you change all your URLs around.

After doing some research on VAT as a US seller here is what I have learned:

1) if your sales don't exceed $35,000 you don't need to collect or pay VAT
2) except sometimes you do
3) this is all changing July 1, 2021
4) this is not tax advice, go talk to your local tax specialist

It's here! My very first physical product launch: The PK1 ATEM Mini Stand

https://aaronpk.tv/pk1-atem-mini-stand/

I'm so excited to be able to launch this as a real life product you can actually buy!

how have I been working on stuff for 5.5 hours so far and only just now feel like I can finally get started on my actual todo list for today

I just finished making a cheat sheet "OAuth Patterns and Anti-Patterns" and it's available for download now for free! https://developer.okta.com/blog/2021/03/01/oauth-refcard-patterns-antipatterns

On this day last year I woke up at 3:45am to get on a plane to New York to go give a presentation the next day, then fly to Dallas, then Houston, returning home on Thursday. I haven't been on a plane since then.

Me: I'm getting 2FA errors trying to add this device to my account

Support: We received your request to disable 2FA. Confirm by telling us the date you last logged in.

Me: No I would like to keep 2FA on, I just am getting this error msg.

Support: Okay, we disabled 2FA.

🤦‍♂️

To be fair, this is a better strategy than a lot of startups have https://twitter.com/lientm/status/1361878542586273801

I forgot how magical @Adobe Audition's "remix" feature is! You can take any song and make it any length, all automatically! I used to spend a lot of time doing this myself, finding the places to cut and loop phrases. I don't really understand how it works, but it is amazing!

Well this has been a fun day on 🌟 THE INTERNET 🌟 good night

If you are trying to get in touch with me on Twitter today, I apologize. I almost certainly won’t be able to see your message since my mentions are being flooded by a brigade of people with extremely fragile egos and no sense of humor.

the power went out at 6am with no indication of when it'll be back, so I hand ground some coffee beans and will now find out if you can make french press coffee with hot tap water

wow TIL don't tweet about B*tcoin or the fanboys come out in droves

Can we just, like, turn it off? https://twitter.com/emilyst/status/1361086453556518912

The power went out literally a minute after I finished hosting a workshop. Good timing I guess. Time to invest in some more batteries?

Why do I always forget to shoot a thumbnail? You'd think I'd know better by now.