After the vulnerable reveal of "I'm attracted to you," any further game-playing is like trying to bluff some1 who already played their hand.
December 2013
@kristahennigar Let's just make sure we're understanding the scenario the same way...
@kristahennigar What I'm saying is if person A just outright says "I'm attracted to you" and then person B continues being hot and cold...
@kristahennigar it's kind of silly. Like, it's one thing to be uncertain. Fine. Say that. And there's still the dance of "what do we want?"
@kristahennigar That dance might be what you mean by remaining available coyness, but my point is that any toying at that point is silly.
Retweeted @willdoingthings
If I ever have a popular blog (which I hope not to) I will label my comments section "Brilliant Trolls Masquerading As…
New #EffectiveAltruism organization name: CauseMost (say it out loud)
♪ For no one can fill those of your needs That you won't let show ♫ youtube.com/watch?v=ZgmQ9R… #NowPlaying
*holding Father Time against a wall by his shirt collar* What. Did. You. Do. With. November?
Retweeted @jasoncrawford
The Internet in 2013: Amazon Prime Air already has a Facebook page, a Twitter parody account, a Quora topic, and a Wikip…
@Stammy With you so much. So sad blue LEDs are trendy. The worst culprit: Zeo. Their sleep-tracking device has white LEDs. Umm, melatonin?!?
Retweeted @justsitthere
relinquish the hopeful image of ourselves as remaining serene under all circumstances
Replying to @PUA_txt
@PUA_txt @Abmtong It's not puA. The A stands for artist(ry). This is Science-based, so it's PUS. ...ew.
Awesome weird habit I picked up over thanksgiving weekend: doing a kip up right when I wake up. Not yet like this: i.imgur.com/d0ZVK.gif
@bubs @CreativeMarket I'm holding out until Januhairy.
@tomatoesapp Feature request: mode where in order for 4 pomos to cause a longer break, they must happen within 4h of each other.
@tomatoesapp Like, I did 2 pomos last night after midnight, then another 2 this morning, and got a break. And it feels weird.
@luminousalicorn Yup. It's easier on a squishy surface, but I can usually do one anyway. When will that be? Friday for LessSilent practice?
@tomatoesapp done, and added another one just about ui/ux.
Just signed "Say NO to Corporate Power Grabs—reject the TPP". Join in here: campaigns.350.org/petitions/say-… via @350
Retweeted @CAH
Here’s how our “$5 more” Black Friday sale did: maxistentialist.tumblr.com/post/688446864…
@fakeysaysthings @ozymandias314 @drethelin @shlevy I like the proposal of switching to a negative -ism: "genderism" youtube.com/watch?v=pDmzlK…
@fakeysaysthings @ozymandias314 @drethelin @shlevy The idea being that utopia isn't full of ppl identified as feminists—it doesn't need them
@donovanable This tweet and your next one suggest you can #bisexualfacts... do I even want to know the origin story?
@donovanable *explain! "suggest you can EXPLAIN #bisexualfacts". #twypo
Retweeted @burakaydn
true story! #Programming in movies vs. programming in real life with @m_janko. #hacker vine.co/v/hPXTA6l9AqQ
As a child, I'd marvel at the scars on my grandfather's hand—the stories they must tell! Today, my own scars. Oh yeah... the screen door.
Replying to @arishapiro
@arishapiro In my case, both. My proto-mustache takes so long that once I've invested a month to grow it, I like to keep it for a lil bit.
@MsCrosswords Depending on where you're intending to conceal it, the Club Vibe might be what you're looking for. neatlysortedmess.blogspot.com/2010/02/ohmibo…
Retweeted @JillPantozzi
It's totally fine to share opinions/disagree but when multiple people say "this is how a thing is used in culture," try t…
@RdioHelp Yeah it's just autoplay. Like I put on @CapitalCities awesome new album, and then within half an hour after it ends: Burn It Down.
Retweeted @psobot
Debugging is often just application of the scientific method. Hypothesize about the source of the problem, then craft an experi…
@charmoto But I like sharing! At any rate, you seem to be more negatively affected by the event than I am. I'd basically forgotten already.
Retweeted @Chikodi
Public Relations Lessons From A $4 Slice Of Toast wp.me/p3jIHC-Cb
@LeoWid @hnshah That hashtag graphic is freaking me out. Like "here are 3 unrelated similar percentages, presented side by side"
Replying to @DrJoeHanson
@jtotheizzoe @e__music So glad I clicked through. Go glad.
Retweeted @jtotheizzoe
Oh Chemistree, oh chemistree, How lovely are your beakers. tmblr.co/ZboZKy10G2aPk
Google now intent on "not just robotic cars, but actual robots". That word usedto be "Android". Now we need a new one spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robo…
Retweeted @tipsfromkatee
"suffering builds character" sounds cargo cultish. what specific types of suffering build character and how?
@RdioHelp It just happened again. ...huh, turns out Burn It Down is actually an ok song. But it's a different genre.
.@WolfTivy Power to claim that you're right and others are wrong? That's my least favorite kind of power.
@degusta @gruber Uses for medium: - writing on topics irrelevant to your real blog - driving traffic to your blog - just the drafts/editing
It's purple and brown food day. @birdfeeder
@WolfTivy Ahhh. Still coercive power though, as I figured. So maybe my second least favorite kind?
@degusta @gruber According to my friend @tralexanian, I think you can revoke all of the rights just by deleting your acct...
♪ I got a dream and I'm sharing with you. ♫ Be careful, of course, not to let sharing eclipse dream. @Mark_Lower soundcloud.com/marklower/sets…
@WolfTivy Oh man, love that kind of power. My favorite power, though, is the kind you gain with mutual non-naïve trust :)
That amazing moment when... the crunch of the cookie you're eating sounds exactly like the snare in the music, so it blends perfectly.
How many times can something that once would've been the highlight of your year become not even noteworthy enough to end up in your journal?
Check out my friend’s app @relayapp – message your friends hilarious GIFs! They just released their #Android app relay.im
@degusta @gruber @tralexanian I mean, I wrote to it thinking my post would be more hits. Might've been true this summer, but isn't now.
Retweeted @rapplerdotcom
"What counts in life is what difference we have made to the lives of others..." Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) http://t.co/…
@psobot me too. I really want to be able to create aliases though lol. And I feel like Ctrl+C ought to kill the music.
Retweeted @BoredElonMusk
New rule: All advertising must be turned off for your articles about dead heroes. It's like bringing business cards to a…
as days grow longer & distance is farther & evidence harder to seeee ♩♩♩♬♬♬♬♬♬♬♪♩♬♩ (from my friend's lyrics. stuck in my head & no recordg)
The funeral I'd want. MT @TO Scene outside Mandela's home, streaming live: abcnews.go.com/live His life being celebrated in song & dance.
@alexcchow @cnvandev ain't NOBODY got time for that?
Brain: "oh. that word after the ellipses ended up upcapitalized. oh well, I think that word would be okay with that" Me: "huh??"
I learned a new unicode character today! U+21B3: DOWNWARDS ARROW WITH TIP RIGHTWARDS Great for lists! ↳ ooh, a subpoint ↳ aww yeah.
In addition to wearing all of the hats, I also like to have my foot in all the doors.
Retweeted @CompliceGoals
New blog post up on malcolmm·cc: Complice: 75 days of my goal-progress-tracking business malcolmm.cc/2013/12/compli…
Retweeted @LivingRmContext
What I'm really meta-interested in is progress toward the people developing an appetite for feedback, and creating mea…
Retweeted @compluvi
Version 0.1 of the automated mail-sender is live. Thanks to @Mail_Gun though, I still see all of your replies in my inbox.
Retweeted @CaliCoyote
Going to bed for the first time in your new place and you're up till 4am just thinking. Just thinking of all the possibilit…
@CaliCoyote I want to talk with you about a framework related to this :)
Replying to @davidu
@davidu When this happens in person I usually step in and clarify what each is saying. Usually they don't even disagree.
Retweeted @ramit
Here's a great story about the astonishing lengths Apple went through to keep the iPad secret: goo.gl/uvcXb2
Retweeted @nireyal
The Wisdom Of The 20-Minute Startup by @rrhoover fastcolabs.com/3023152/open-c…
Replying to @sngick
@LibraryFanatic What kinds of reactions? That's about the age I got into coding, though I was on my own :) @codeorg
Retweeted @ZJemptv
one weird anti-anxiety trick invented by a mom: tuck yourself into someone's arms :3
Reading business books is twice as fun now that I have a business!
Replying to @em_usic
@e__music 1) Breathe. 2) Email someone and ask for a new agenda for xmas. 3) Write down a memo for Dec31st to add it to your new agenda.
Replying to @em_usic
@e__music If I've never played it, can I try it once without it counting as "again"?
Replying to @em_usic
@e__music Oh. Unconditionally is a song. For some reason I assumed board game. Man, there's a dearth of board games with adverbial names.
There are HOW many timezones?? #FiveWordTechHorrors
.@UsVsTh3m I want a You Can't RegExp Under Pressure. Or do I...? Yeah, do it.
miniparkour vine.co/v/hQlMn3FZBm3
@divijrajkumar @mikekirkup May I join you?? :D
@mikekirkup @divijrajkumar You guys eating? I just got to there.
New Google Spreadsheets! Upgraded conditional formatting :) I really want it to let you color based on adjacent cells googledrive.blogspot.com/2013/12/newshe…
@tinysubversions Gah, the worst. This is one of my main uses for the Send Preview to Phone feature.
.@poietic/@notthisbody This seems like your kind of video: both the creation process and the content itself. youtube.com/watch?v=QiheMt…
Retweeted @donovanable
thegreatjackal: people tend to equivocate among the various definitions of “respect.” One is “have a high... …
Replying to @SarahNoiseux
@SarahNoiseux Btw, @overheardatUW is for University of Washington...
Okay internet, hear me out: [Clothing-company] holiday commercial for Gift Cards: parody of Aha's Take On Me as "Try On These"
@tinysubversions What's a shame is when it's a book with just a few charts/tables. Like, couldn't someone have proofread the kindle version?
@sivers I just read your posts on secrets, then saw NowNowNow. Thought you might like to know about @tagtm, which does that stochastically
@emiliewapnick Is it just for people trying to start a blog business? I'm more focused on a software company atm...
@CaliCoyote wanna lunch today? I have a meeting at 1 though, so we'd have to be punctual.
@CaliCoyote sure. Want to just grab our food and meet outside then?
@emiliewapnick Eh well I bought it anyway, because ultimately I do run a blog and am looking for help creating a more coherent brand :)
@lisaczhang My first thought "wow, that tweet could be anything". #toomuchregex
Writing pseudocode in @WorkFlowy. Anybody else try this? It's pretty decent actually.
Retweeted @TechCrunchOnion
Google engineers outraged on news that newly-acquired drones and robots will get 20% of their time to work on personal…
I accidentally Telegraph Ave Holiday Street Fair. vine.co/v/h2YMHvqxH0I
"It's like a kite. It can be good to have someone holding the other end" "Wait, huh? "You're the kite." "Oh! I'm the kite!!" :D
#terribleideas poison-stuffed olives. We'll call them "Pimento Mori". cc @lccarson
.@foreverfm is on fire today. forever.fm #NowPlaying Assyria by Hugekilla
“Strike While the App is Hot” by @garyvee... I saw what you did there ;) medium.com/pr-marketing-a…
#NowPlaying River Flows In You by Yiruma. Haven't listened to this for years. Still gorgeous. The song feels like an emotional conversation.
If my first thought when I see your tweet is that you're @HackerNewsOnion or @UpworthIt, and you're not, you're getting unfollowed.
Confession: one of my favorite parts of fb messenger is having your face overlaid on my screen all day, even if we're not actively talking.
Retweeted @stephaniekahan
How long before @uber starts offering Uber plows? I know a lot of people that would pay surge pricing for that! #winter…
Replying to @em_usic
.@e__music Not to be confused with the lazy/apathetic's Christmas cards: youtube.com/watch?v=km9iS2…
Just had @terns demo hour, where I demo'd the [redacted] I've been working on this fall.
Microloan for Porn Clothing on Kiva. (it's not what you think) kiva.org/lend/641001 HT @mattflannery
Mashups are so efficient. Listen to 2 songs at once. Or like, 40. Incredible technology. #multitasking
.@NSA_PAO is "following 90" people. ...dubious. That's gotta be off by a factor of, oh, at least a million.
@shalecraig Well, they're followed by @NSACareers... who, hmm, also aren't verified.
Retweeted @CompliceGoals
Had been considering using a waiting list strategy for the 2014 launch... that's starting to sound like a bad idea. http…
@dreev What does smk stand for? I'd like to chat tagtime tags with you at some point. I'm almost at 50, and it feels a tad unwieldy...
Retweeted @kudeki
let's ge tweird
@dreev fwiw, I'm not even beeminding them yet. Just gathering data on my own behaviour. I'll probably start bm'ing some in 2014 tho.
Holiday Party @Twitter style. #celebrate vine.co/v/h00LYUTXXxX
Found someone's hotel card at @Twitter #celebrate, near the Nitro Bar... I have it on me at the moment...
Band at @Twitter #celebrate plays Take On Me. "I'll be gone in a day or two." ♪ So relevant. I fly out Saturday..
Band at @Twitter #celebrate plays Video Killed the Radio Star... shouldn't it be Twitter Killed the Breaking News Show?
@jestr yup, saw your email just before they took my laptop for offboarding :P
@jestr Still doing offboarding. Will ping you when I'm free.
@jestr Done. You in the room called "IT"?
@jestr currently at reception waiting for a friend to show up for lunch
Only the TSA agents know that I pack my underwear into my guitar.
SFO ✈ PHL ✈ YHZ
Buying Bose noise-cancelling headphones the day before 7h flying. #gooddecisions
There are several places I would be delighted to be right now, and I happen to be on a plane between two of them.
Retweeted @ch000ch
a self-checkout line with 0 mirrors what a joke
.@mayoredlee Have you heard about this? Utah Is on Track to End Homelessness by 2015 nationswell.com/one-state-trac… ...except, SF housing costs...
"I commit to offering no praise, no blame, and no apologies; and to reveal, acknowledge, and appreciate instead." malcolmm.cc/2013/12/apolog…
@Connoropolous that's a third place! I will be; at the moment I'm heading to NS for xmas.
Digging my grandfather's truck out of a shed collapsed under snow. #canada vine.co/v/hEIQZWewUvx
Amount of female characters in your children's lit too low? Just change some pronouns: problem solved. buff.ly/1fD4DXo
As 2013 wraps up, check out all of this good news! buff.ly/1d5cHjX
Eggnog is the new milk.
Dug out my old Lego over xmas. Built this. #nostalgia vine.co/v/h9d9mP3DzXe
Retweeted @tommoor
"It’s better to under-engineer and let the pain kind of bubble up organically, than to guess wrong.” bit.ly/1dedOhd
"Technology is an outgrowth of the human mind." — @JasonSilva at Festival of Dangerous Ideas youtube.com/watch?v=cF2Vre… << watch this.
Watching @gary_hustwit's movie Helvetica with the family over the holidays :)
#TheAmazingSpiderman trailer before Hobbit... Terminal output is 10 lines like /.bash_video/...etc Huh, they actually have a geek on staff!
Retweeted @joewalnes
Made up word of the day: Startegy [stahrt-i-jee]... A strategy for a startup.
Kettlebell swings, turkish get-ups and handstands, oh my!
@kudeki Can you add just one more: livetweet dance antics? 100% joking on this. Get into your body, not into reporter-mode :)
Retweeted @puredoxyk
@puredoxyk.com: Heat maps reveal where you feel emotions in your body [ift.tt/JGtCOm]
Hitting the volume button in time with the music, so that the little beeps don't mess up the rhythm. #thingsido
Replying to @zmanji
@zmanji Like... "I'm telling the computer what to do using words". Say "imagine if I had to give you directions over the phone"
.@zmanji cd ~ = "go to my bedroom" ls | grep mp3 = "look around, do you see my CDs" ...etc...
@Connoropolous This is a really cool photo, that didn't need to be really cool. I'm glad it is :)
.@willdoingthings I think the relevant aspect is that it's an inaccurate model to use.
gah, trying to write a 2013 retrospective post, but too many things! 1700+ words, and I'm not even at the really meaningful stuff yet!
Retweeted @Stammy
Loading 2014 ███████████████░ 99.73%
@themattsimpson @WolfTivy @drethelin I've noticed a decline over the course of this year.
@themattsimpson @WolfTivy @drethelin My theory is the CFAR / rationalist community reached a critical mass in meatspace such that... (1/2)
@themattsimpson @WolfTivy @drethelin people could fill enough of their NeedForCognition from social encounters. Hence LW→LessValuable (2/2)
Warning: if you rely on songs changing as a cue to consider maybe doing something else, be careful of listening to soundtracks on rdio...
Retweeted @calluptome
Give a man a gun he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank he can rob the world.
.@mattknox The stuff from this study might be helpful for #TwitterUniversity rockstarresearch.com/17-ways-that-t… Full study at: www0.dmst.aueb.gr/nikolaou/blogs…
Controlled apophenia.