Aaron Parecki

It's easy to get people to come together in common sacrifice in the middle of a war. It's very hard to get them to do so in a pandemic that looks invisible precisely because suppression methods are working. But that's exactly what we're going to have to do. /end

God, the COVID-19 business pitches have begun. Don't worry, I'll remember you. And to never, ever do business with your immoral, profiteering company.

For those looking for comparisons of free tiers for popular video conferencing things (thread):

Google Hangouts
- no time limit
- max quality 720p
- max 10 people
- no recording
- anyone can share screen

Naming things is hard, and no matter what, once you come up with a reasonable name there will be someone who complains because their idea is so much more clever. #bikeshedding

A friend in Germany tells me everyone’s panic buying sausages and cheese. It’s the Wurst Käse scenario.

Late night show hosts are becoming YouTubers now that they’re stuck at home - how the tables have turned 😂

If you have ever wondered what Twitter would have looked like had it existed in 2002, wonder no more, I am here to satisfy you

Honestly can we go back to native desktop apps for websites being simple little tools that do one thing right and use the native window look and stay out of the way and don't use a ton of RAM and don't contain an entire goddamn web browser that would be great

Hey @YouTube why don't you decrease the % you keep from super chats and memberships for awhile to help us weather this storm. I'm sure you can afford it, and it'd be a gesture of good will to those of us that are creating to help people get through this time.

One competitor to YouTube is buying a domain name, starting your own website, posting videos on your own website, providing a selection of SD video without charge, and providing HD video to subscribers. It's called IndieWeb.
https://indieweb.org/video

It’s a @zcamcc, and connected to a @Hollylandtech wireless HDMI to get it into my @Blackmagic_News ATEM Mini. I wouldn’t call the image stellar but it works. Good enough for what I’ll use it for… keeping a camera on me when I make a run to the gear shelf during the live show.

Add a new checkbox for "Quarantined Self"

Here’s a little quarantine project that anyone can do!

- Start using a password manager, like @1Password
- Reset weak / reused passwords on sites to unique strong passwords
- Go BIG! 64 characters!
- Setup two-factor* authentication everywhere you can
- * 2FA/MFA/multi-factor

Just congratulated my cat for washing her hands for over 20 seconds, as recommended. But also she's touching her face at the same time...

This is a time for us all to come together by being as far away from each other as possible.