@buzz
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Tech veteran (Apple, Square, Tumblr, @bkcc), old school indie Mac/iOS developer, Eagle Scout. Mail: buzz at https://t.co/Acf3wgk0lo
Los Angeles, CA
Joined July 2006
Guess this isn’t a very controversial statement anymore.
@jomc I have long had the theory that sustained, historically low interest rates are one of the under appreciated things driving the current dystopian tech boom. Returns in safer assets suck, driving money into increasingly crazy tech stuff, consolidating economic power with big tech.
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Someone just emailed to offer me $100 for my Twitter account, so I figure I’d better tweet something to keep my account active.
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Reminder that Twitter was nowhere near bankruptcy in May. Q2 loss of $244 million. Around $2.7 billion of cash in the bank. Obviously not a healthy biz. But not close to a bankrupt one. https://t.co/r3tziohfEZ
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Just wanted to make sure everyone over here was aware of this
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@jack As always people should read @juliandibbell's MY TINY LIFE for a window into how this has been an active problem for *decades* before social media even existed. Governance is not a technical problem, ever. *Everything* on the net started out technolibertarian. All of it evolved.
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I guess they were banned for revealing the location of where all the Twitter users are going.
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I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means
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As I said back in April.
Every media organization should set up a Mastodon instance right now IMHO.
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Stand by this
I think I’ve finally managed to crystallize exactly what it is I find so obnoxious about Musk: in his glib trollishness, he powerfully exemplifies the nightmare of unchecked billionaire power. Imposing his will on humanity for the lulz.
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I think one thing that pundits aren’t considering enough is the possibility that Musk, having blundered his way into a horrendously bad deal, is acting entirely impulsively and out of pure narcissistic injury.
nytimes.com
Twitter has stopped paying rent on offices and is considering not paying severance packages to former employees, among other measures.
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Matt Taibbi and Elon Musk rummaged through millions of emails & Slack messages from pre-Musk Twitter & all they found was employees deliberating & consulting w/each other about how to fairly apply & enforce rules. But I get it.. To a rich white man, that seems very oppressive
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But it’s cool, because thanks to perfect algorithmic filter bubbles, only other Hunter Biden dick pick enjoyers will be forced to engage with my content.
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Once I'm ensconced in my underground tweet bunker, no one will be able to stop me from posting Hunter Biden's dick, as god intended.
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