I just donated #BTC to Parsemus Foundation using @Coinbase! Support studies on nonhormonal long-term contraception. parsemusfoundation.org
February 2014
Wow, after yrs of ppl posting pickup requests in FileKicker's app store reviews, I *finally* got a direct email flirting with me. #abouttime
THIISSSS “In other words Katie Heaney objectifies me in order to pick up page-views rather than women.” —@cem3394 medium.com/p/3e29c4802089
That awkward moment when your snapchat text has a :P but you don't actually have your tongue out.
If you show an existing user your sign up form, and they enter their existing email/pass, just log them in already. @dailypractice wins this
@emiliewapnick Go you! See you on the huddle in a few hours :)
"Are you religious or are you atheist?" Mu.
Saturday morning and @rdio is playing all of my favourite songs. *dance dance dance*
Retweeted @CodeCombat
"no matter what a child wants to do when they grow up, computer science will help them" ow.ly/ta2iK
@hankgreen But could you and a million nerdfighters pull it off?
I accidentally @stayfocusd nuked all of my sites, when I needed to use some sites today. (I meant to just nuke blocked sites.) Gah.
@donovanable Whoa. ...the image of the brain before freezing looks almost cartoonish.
I think it would make sense teach the high-level concepts from thermodynamics (eg entropy, limits on efficiency) to third-graders.
I'm supporting @kerri_shore on @Patreon patreon.com/kerrishore&ty=2 Help her hit $150/mo b/c I think her MissedConnections thing will be hilars!
“Poet” by @BASTILLEdan is my new jam. ♫ Listen: t.thisismyjam.com/Malcolm/_7p21n…
Kia's #SuperbOwl commercial was my favourite, but it would have been even better if it just stopped at 30s. youtube.com/watch?v=Ob-wn5…
Retweeted @avdi
Figured it's time for an update to the classic comic. (Original: xkcd.com/303/)
#TIL: You Can Get Placebo Sleep buff.ly/MPJ4dw
Why don't I have @frontbackapp? *downloads*
Did you hear...? ...everybody is spreading rumors... ...except me.
Fennel is the new spoon.
I have found myself in the weird universe where my school's wifi just works magically on linux but is really sketchy on windows.
There's this interesting balance between not telling other people too early and maintaining enough excitement & momentum solo.
@StartupLJackson Akon Horowitz #VCCoverBands
.@BT Thought you might enjoy @KOlusola's beatbox rendition of your stutter beats from N*SYNC's Pop: youtube.com/watch?v=UUxH1K… cc @PTXofficial
Replying to @michaelaranda
@michaelaranda What percentage of comments not marked as spam HAVE been? Err, nevermind, that sounds like a terrible thing to go measure.
.@WolfTivy I would add "curiosity" to the schema. It's similar to the polite, interested debate, but feels different to those involved.
#phrasesfrommyscrappaper: "not a good waste of time"
@WolfTivy the numerical classification seems really arbitrary to me. Like, there will be n obvious clusters, and m tentative ones.
Retweeted @luispedrocoelho
"When writing blogposts I put in short sentences for twitter; it’d be dangerous to do the same when writing a paper" h…
Awhile ago I bought socks with left/right different. Terrible mistake. Now I have 6 unmated lefts left. Sock monster likes rights it seems.
@daliamalek but what if they're using Dvorak? @XplodingUnicorn
Replying to @JamesWords
@nullary Yeah I've realized that... But I'm not sure if it's worth updating all of my socks at once.
@StartupLJackson Counting Crowley. #VCcoverbands
You seem interesting and I was going to follow, but most of your tweets just announce "paper is out" ... maybe post a highlight or two?
"Dark chocolate chips are good for you. Sometimes reality is nice to us." #soylent alternative mealsquares.com via @MealSquares
Things I was not expecting cocoa beef to taste like: haggis. Things it tastes like: haggis.
@CaliCoyote Yeah! I think it was the bitterness. How are you!?
A funny passage while reading Nexus by @Ramez Naam... on my Nexus 5.
8th sin and 9th sin.
TFW you accidentally click the OneTab button.
Retweeted @eericho
How much would an iPhone have cost in 1991?: tinyurl.com/k7mfp9a
Habit of reading fic and nonfic daily. Alternating @Ramez's Nexus with @pomeranian99's SmarterThanYouThink is a really fascinating combo.
@ramez @pomeranian99 I'm amused by the idea of trying to write a book with Clive's title, subtitle, and premise, but set in 2040.
@ramez @pomeranian99 Like: " What's the line between our own in-brain knowledge and the sea of info around us?" (verbatim from STYT)
@ramez @pomeranian99 or "It's less like consulting a book than asking someone a question, a super smart friend who lurks within our brains."
Retweeted @RaveNectar
'Mind Star' by Finnian MacManus buff.ly/1evdIUZ Use the code 'BEMINE' to get 20% of all shirts! …
Really curious about the context. RT @WolfTivy "I just inadvertently said "myself" when referring to my computer. The Future!"
"Some text improvements, like one touch autorespond or all-caps texting" NO. GOD NO. NO.
"Some text improvements, like one touch autorespond or all-caps texting" NO. GOD NO. NO. #syde2015
"I'll have what she's thinking."
I have a friend who puts her PSes in a second email after the first one. Which makes sense, actually. I'm gonna start doing that.
@nimalan @Marlyn xD. The collapsed/truncated version of this in my timeline looks like a supernova or some other crazy space image.
.@Office 2013, you're great. Really, you're great. But I want a space before my equations, please&thanks.
@tmcarr But it lets me type latex codes like \omega and they turn shiny in real time. It's awesome.
Replying to @tonystubblebine
@tonystubblebine @tferriss What was the control intervention?
Googled [moonclerk refunds]. Was not disappointed. Err, I got the answer I sought. Also, result #4... cc @moonclerk
This is just unbelievable. I don't know what to say. twitter.com/stop/status/43…
Replying to @M3lissax_
@M3lissax_ Yeah! Control systems / 352 is mostly applied 252.
I woke up with While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night stuck in my head...to the tune of Gilligan's Island. #whyyy #whatdididreamabout
Those extremes that you thought were a spectrum? They're actually orthogonal.
About to spend the next hour or so in this sensory dep float tank.
Retweeted @AriannaSimpson
There are so many interesting articles online that I literally have to force myself to stop reading and go do/build thi…
Google "effect of alcohol on deep sleep" ...and it's clear that people are just making up stuff. s/deep/slow wave/ Much better!
time-turners + polyamory #matchmadeinheaven
Minding my bsns on @Rdio when this @cashcash song comes on: youtube.com/watch?v=DlQLPo… You know, I'm pretty okay with this. *dancedancedance*
@sciencelaer @tahnok @Kefala55 @b0rk I mostly code in Linux and rarely python, but I'll second sublime as being an awesome editor!
Brushing my teeth and typing with all of the fingers of my left hand. It kind of feels like my hand is dancing on the keyboard. :)
@anjali_gopal I'm wishing it were a reality. But yeah, for now just like, #otp
Replying to @eruraindil
@eruraindil @tahnok @sciencelaer @Kefala55 @b0rk Sublime actually has a vim mode. #what #bestofbothworlds #op
@LordChisholm That's called a computational decision matrix. It's like pros/cons, but you weight the items by how much you care.
@csgrad Awesome excuse to invite someone random over to your table...? Don't give them any beer, of course, just have them sit there.
Facebook buys WhatsApp for 16 Instagrams. Not actually so crazy of a difference, considering the size of the Instagram team at the time.
Retweeted @rjgoodin
@Malcolm_McC I like the suggestion of moving to Instagrams as our currency. Monetary policy would be new & exciting challeng…
.@rjgoodin Oh man, money with filters? Square bills?
Someone read this & give me a tl;dr=? You're not going to read this (but you'll probably share it anyway) vrge.co/1g4VlD2 via @verge
Retweeted @verge
Someone at Harvard just lost their supercomputer privileges for mining Dogecoin vrge.co/1nUq7Bx
Retweeted @iseff
This is an incredible map. 50% of GDP comes from orange areas, 50% from blue.
@luminousalicorn @ferretthimself I would contribute to this.
Retweeted @TheBrowser
"If the professor needs to prepare to give a class, don't attend" — @nntaleb Yes. And, if they don't prepare, don't attend.
That is, a good instructor mightn't NEED to prepare, but would anyway. Knowledge doesn't magically transform into effective pedagogics.
Replying to @dghubble
@dghubble unicode line-through characters are t̵e̶r̶r̶i̶b̶l̶e̶ so good CC @mashable
Retweeted @TheTweetOfGod
You are all literally homos.
No, @Pocket, for the nth time, I didn't want to add my gmail inbox to read later. I mean, I do intend to read it. But...
Retweeted @dcurtis
Another fun fact: changing "kudos" to "like" decreased conversion by almost 80%. Facebook has tainted that word.
Pushing code before breakfast. Err, fixing egregious bugs that were NOT supposed to make it to prod. Before breakfast.
Check the weather. Whoa, high of 18 degrees, nice! Then I see "flurries". I'm in Fahrenheit again, aren't I?
.@rjgoodin your reply contributed to my habit for this week: malcolmm.cc/myhabits#yesand
"What's your number?" A really silly (yet serious) article about Silicon Valley culture. Whatsapp ~= all 30 NBA teams mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/bits/201…
Re-reading 2011 journal entries. I made up the word "selfsake" to refer to something done for its own sake. That's a great word. #keepingit
Re-reading 2011 journal entries: "Also, php ftw!" NO. NO. ... I have matured so much.
"Breakfast is just a state of mind." — @AkashVaswani
@futilityfiles Just wanted to say that this was my favorite tweet of the whole exchange.
@futilityfiles I like an android look :P Wait... I hope it doesn't ruin the "misandry" part if there are guys who dig your outfits...
@futilityfiles I have never been more delighted to be called a traitor :D
@futilityfiles I guess that's not really saying much...
Suddenly I'm really glad that Valu-Mart was out of boost. Because now I'm at Zehr's. And it's 40% off.
If you're wondering, why's @Malcolm_McC so excited? ...I like, live on this stuff.
@Malcolm_McC best part is there's no limit per customer! Also they don't expire until December.
Whoa. I just realized that I also wouldn't've come if I hadn't LOST the jeans I bought last week and had to come back to the mall again
Thread · Contextual memory and the feeling of meeting internet friends
.@donovanable, I'm struck by your "internet friends" remark: I was tweeting with @futilityfiles on the bus, & it feels like I ran into her.
@donovanable @futilityfiles Like my memory/impression of my trip to the mall *feels* like she was waiting at the bus stop when I arrived...
@donovanable @futilityfiles And like, it's not even a coincidence that it was the bus stop; that's where I pulled out my phone.
@donovanable @futilityfiles I haven't been in a LDR in awhile, but I think if I were, I'd propose riding buses together while talking/txting
@donovanable @futilityfiles to enhance the sense of having a shared memory of th exchange: "Remember the make up thing from the bus convo?"
@donovanable @futilityfiles Like, contextual memory is so powerful. Probably funner activities than bus-rides though. Picnics. Stargazing.
@futilityfiles Oh? In what way?
@futilityfiles Ooooohhhhhh. Yes. That makes tons of sense.
.@futilityfiles Like "Great. Now my commute tastes like heartbreak."
@futilityfiles I'm picturing a century in the future and you being like "welp, no more moon for awhile..."
...signing up to participate in @Google UX Research, and in the survey it's like "In the last 3 months, have you used ... GoogleReader?" :(
Ha. It gets even better. "In the last month, which of these @google apps have you used?" ... • Buzz ... Does anyone even read the responses?
Oh, and I was initially thinking this wasn't just open to anyone, but apparently it is. Sign up is at google.com/usability
Retweeted @CBCNews
Artist turns Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama into drag queens cbc.ca/1.2551394
@ByronKatie I've definitely experienced that. And, I think it's key to note that some biases remain strong even *while* you're aware of them
During my nap just now, dreamt I was using sarcastic @XplodingUnicorn advice to interact w/ police. Worst idea ever. Dream tho, so alive.
.@XplodingUnicorn it was stuff like "get out on the passengers' side and give them a hug"
.@XplodingUnicorn Oh and prior to this, the other person in the car had put a chainsaw through the dash. Don't think that was you though.
Retweeted @garrytan
Nooooooo!!!
.@garrytan I just posted this exact screenshot to Facebook with the same caption. What's our options now?
Replying to @giordanobc
@giordanobc If you decide you're not gonna go, I will buy your ticket! DM for details :)
Replying to @giordanobc
@giordanobc Yeah, just saw the tweet about friends. Congrats :) If you hear of someone *else* with an extra ticket... :P
Random Q listed on the side of @YahooAnswers: "If someone drink cologne How much time do they have left to live?" Oh, Yahoo Answers.
Javascript needs a for-srsly-in loop that's like for-in but does obj.hasOwnProperty(key) automatically. ...@CoffeeScript, you on this?
@TheRealKartik Yo are you in KW these days? If so, let's hang out. If not, maybe in the summer? I'm planning on eCoop.
My trains run on hyperthyme.
Replying to @featherless
@featherless Better than alternatives, given their skillsets? That's definitely true for me, though it's only some kinds of coding I hate...
I'm picturing this on a resume. MT @WIRED "5k ppl build a metropolis out of 500k sugarcubes wrd.cm/1fKKQHp "
Replying to @pmarca
@pmarca I think this one is key. The # of times lawmakers think "this will stop it" and it just... doesn't. #WarOnDrugs? ...Prohibition?
Cool framing by @Ramez in MoreThanHuman: when buying drugs @ pharmacy, "what you're really paying for is information" amazon.com/gp/aw/d/055758…
what. what? @JSHint gets mad about my whitespace but won't tell me that my *SYNTAX* is so messed it won't compile? I'm so confused.
Retweeted @rrhoover
Don't be so smart - bit.ly/1fp5rMV
Replying to @XplodingUnicorn
@XplodingUnicorn Wait, quick! Put me in your will!
.@CoffeeScript... you may have a new convert. Although I think my "srsly" might be a better phrasing. ...@dogescript, you on this?
&... I knew this. But wasn't actively modeling it that way. Which suggests that in buying @ramez's book, I'm buying understanding, NOT info
Replying to @anildash
@anildash I saw "NASA found new planets" headline, & was like *shrug* "k". But, no, TONS of planets. (figuratively; trivially literally)
Retweeted @bmndr
Huge thanks to @Malcolm_McC for the UVI last night: @beemuvi. [disapproving glances at @mailbox and @boxer for breaking @Mail_Gu…
@ramez Btw, for your own calibration: MTHuman predicts cheaper laser eye surgery after patents expire 2007, but afaict it's still ~$500.
@ramez That's my guess too. Googling yielded people saying, "you get what you pay for" in response to Qs about cheap LASIK
@ramez btw, that passage made me realize that MTH is nearly a decade old... Any recommendations for newer books of the same flavor?
Books about technology are not like wine/cheese; they're best while fresh.
Replying to @em_usic
@e__music I think doge would be more like "much repeats, many disease" but "Shibahara"...Shibe?? instagram.com/p/k7snBjOUsf/ cc @GretchenAMcC
@ramez Cool, I'll check it out in April when it hits Kindle. Thanks :)
Skyping with my parents: "We're gonna say goodbye now, because we're into our third and fourth accent." I think it was newfie at that point
@xCrosswords @luminousalicorn Gittip? gittip.com
@xCrosswords @luminousalicorn Or @Patreon? The both have the benefit of being recurring.
Retweeted @danbarker
.@mattcutts I think I have spotted one, Matt. Note the similarities in the content text:
Retweeted @BoostAlphaLLC
@danbarker @notsleepy @mattcutts Shut down the Internet folks, we have a winner. Someone figure out what to do with all…
Retweeted @naval
“Nothing in life matters quite as much as you think it does while you are thinking about it.” - Daniel Kahneman
I love how the new @GoogleDrive spreadsheets allow custom conditional format regions, but now I can't figure out how to *SEPARATE* them!