Aaron Parecki

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A proposal: all international climate negotiations should be held in 45 degree C rooms.

I'm amazed by how much work (in a large org like google) gets done because a single person has a vision and pursues it. I can tell by projects that lose steam/direction when they leave. You'd think people in an org as big as google are more interchangeable than they actually are.

Took @indiewebcat on her first @pedalpalooza ride, the cat ride! She enjoyed getting to meet her adoring subjects from the view in her Royal Carriage.

The mass remote-wipe perpetrated against many MyBook Live users recently was enabled by a Western Digital developer who removed code that required a valid user password before allowing factory resets to proceed, Ars' @dangoodin001 reports: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/

I just received a two factor authentication SMS from Google that included an ad. Google's own Messages SMS app flagged it as spam.

What a shameful money grab.

at first I was like, wow Google went and did the evil thing

....then you read the thread and realize that the *carrier* injected this ad into a 2FA SMS 😈

This is a look at permits for new multifamily apartment buildings in Portland... You see 2020 and 2021? It has some folks worried the city may find itself in a similar scenario from a few years ago.

The Portland Airport officially hit 116°F shortly after 5pm this evening making this the warmest temperature on record. This breaks yesterday's warmest temperature on record of 112°F. 3 days ago the warmest temperature on record was 107°F set twice in Aug '81 & once in Jul '65.

Bike:
- Ws2812 strip I artfully zip tied + Pixelblaze controller + 20000mAh 5v battery.
- Cube was a gift from @im889, I absolutely adore it forever. He sells the parts to make it.
- Blue roses from Amazon. Simple and lovely.
- (in video): LED full face mask from @lumencouture

I admire people that make YouTube videos. A lot of them have other things they have to do (paid gigs, day jobs, etc.) - they don't HAVE to make those videos.

They could be watching Netflix, or doing something else. So if you're a creator, know that your efforts are appreciated.

i love hating cars because it's so simple, continues to be entirely correct, and eventually is either the reigning policy or a thing to shout as we all drown

Worldpay apparently mixed up the date and the amount in a batch of card payments, so anybody who rode a fairground ride at Brighton Palace Pier on 18 April 2021 has been charged £2,104.18.

Wow.

Just imagine if they had used the full yyyyMMdd format. 🤦🏻

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/24/210418-tourists-charged-by-the-date-for-rides-on-brighton-palace-pier