Aaron Parecki

Please for the love of all that is good add multifactor authentication to your account.
SMS 2fa codes are the simplist, they're better than nothing. If you use SMS, set up a secret phone number that you only use for your YouTube account. Your email should have 2fa on it too.

For youtubers specifically :
You. Are. A. Target.
Don't click things. If it draws on FOMO or emotions, especially fear, don't click.
Use different passwords EVERYWHERE. A password manager is a must. If a website has no limit on pw size, make those mfers like 100 characters long.

Someone is using my hand as a pillow so I am now stuck holding it upright.

Interesting how homeowners with 1910s mansions that are insulated with newspaper are very concerned that new apartments aren’t “sustainable” enough

The harder you work the ‘luckier’ you get

The whole idea of remote kindergarten. It’s just like... why are we pretending?

My son will be attending Nintendo switch academy this fall and his mother will be trying her best not to drink before 5 pm

One day last week I saw the UPS truck drive by my house AND IT DID NOT STOP.

I bet the driver thought something must be wrong, too.

When Yahoo bought Flickr and delicious, was that anti-competitive, or does it only count if it works?

When will standards folks realize that "spec" is short for "specification" and not "speculation"?

One key skill to develop in the Zoom era: performing grimaces and skeptical expressions intense enough to steer the conversation without having to say anything 😛😖😬😮🤔

Every time I get on a video call and people see my video looks great, the first thing I get asked is which camera I’m using, but the camera is the least important in the whole setup. Lights are the main thing, angle, lens and how far my background is contribute a lot to the look.

There's a saying that writing software is more like tending a garden than constructing a building -- things constantly change.

But the more I learn about how buildings evolve, I think this process is actually a perfect analogy for designing software!

Thread:

“I don’t like the color of that wall in my house”

“Thanks for the feedback! We’ll consider repainting everyone’s walls if enough house owners agree with you!”

The lack of agency we have over our software would seem absurd in other contexts.