Notices by Darrin West (obviousdwest@hachyderm.io)

@thomasfuchs Business is much easier when there are lots of customers that have disposable income.

@inthehands Could it be that the media companies were making incorrect generalizations about a people group?

@mattly Every time I type a password into the wrong window, I miss X11 and TWM where there was no such thing as focus stealing. Because they cared about security and the principle of least surprise.

@Gargron @dave 1 million MAU requires 9000 servers? I really worry about the software stack (and $$ overhead) sometimes.

@evan Removing what someone wrote on a “public blackboard” is maybe not a good idea. But breaking the link to their reply off of a post that *you made seems fine. Why should they have the right to hang off “your” spot in the world without limits? And it may be best to have the OP have that authority. They own the original post; why not the meta data of the hierarchy below it? Maybe trimming that graph edge would make the unwanted reply go hang on the replier’s timeline, orphaned.

@bmacDonald94 @asbestos @smach Times 150 million. https://wheredotheymakeit.com/leaf-blowers-made-in-usa/

@mattly Definitely need to get everything lined up just right if you contemplate doing that kind of thing.

@georgetakei I’m picturing hobbits. Morning jacket, second morning jacket, noon jacket, …

@GottaLaff Given that Russia is his banker, that “disinterest” is guaranteed. And is why presidents should give up financial control of their estate. And should be able to earn security clearance the normal way: by having no dirty secrets.

@indivisibleteam This (the link in the OP) is one of the best political “ads” I’ve seen in years. Normally, the content is nothing, and the message is send-cash. In contrast, this message is: we can help, you can help, please act, here are 5-6 ways (phone banking, postcards, …). Good job, Indivisible! I wish our politicians would talk to us like the timid, but motivated voters and citizens we are, not bank accounts.

@thomasfuchs Brain implants. (Home-printed) customizable stem cells.

@randahl Turns out the cost is probably less than that, because much of that tax money gets routed back to weapons manufacturers in the original country. That flows into the GDP and improves salaries and stuff those manufacturers do. All of which are taxed. And they palm off used equipment or stuff already in inventory.

@flexghost Didn’t Texas make it illegal to leave the State for this care? Which looks unconstitutional (interstate trade) to me. So now there will be another trial (going to the Supreme Court, no doubt). This poor lady. All this artifice on top of the real tragedy.

I believe fossil fuel interests have bent the EV market to focus on range. Those kinds of cars should not be for cross county travel (yet). They should have small batteries you charge multiple times per week. Reducing weight, increasing efficiency, reducing cost, increasing demand. The “lack of demand” in the US, quoted in recent articles is based on those high prices. Who made them so expensive, and why? Looks like a conspiracy. When you see small EVs in other markets.

@randahl How many Trumps already exist on Twitter? How would a reader there know the difference? Blue check mark? The quality of his writing?

@kriswd40 But are they taxable income? ; )