Ftrain, by Paul Ford
September 2022
I get it but I mean in practice for me as a rider it's not...
The official MTA Weekender email carefully and thoroughly...
The official MTA Weekender email carefully and thoroughly explains what's up with the trains each weekend and I appreciate it. cloud.crm.mta.org/...
➛This one coincides with a steady increase in interest in...
@flipphillips This one coincides with a steady increase in interest in vinyl production, which I bet has something to do with it. Having watched the Amiga community savage itself into oblivion through the 2000s--new members are incredibly important, even though old members find them annoying.
➛You can tell that, forum-wise, they've really seen some...
@flipphillips You can tell that, forum-wise, they've really seen some shit, but they came out stronger for it, and the community keeps moving forward.
➛In a messed-up world, LATHE TROLLS, the 17yo forum website...
In a messed-up world, LATHE TROLLS, the 17yo forum website for enthusiasts of vinyl-record-cutting equipment and practice, is a source of light and joy.
lathetrolls.com
➛lathetrolls.com
It was peak Nautilus era. McMansions had big basements....
Four minutes, sorry. It’s the truest example of a...
ROM! Two minutes! Tony Robbins endorsed! A true example of...
baby dragon drinking boba
baby dragon drinking boba dreamfusion3d.github.io/...
➛the greatest of all possible flexes
Genuine loud lol
Happy to talk about this if interesting: squirrels
These Twitter/Musk texts are a disaster for sapiosexuality.
These Twitter/Musk texts are a disaster for sapiosexuality.
➛EXACTLY
used to happen to me all the time. you do a reset and then...
@Hoffm used to happen to me all the time. you do a reset and then you actually sort of do need to remind yourself to breathe. ftrain.com/...
➛Your spouse is pretty easy to like.
@emilynussbaum Your spouse is pretty easy to like.
➛I would pay extra to fly on the plane that groans.
I would pay extra to fly on the plane that groans.
➛Hey! Happy birthday to you both. Nerds.
To be fair those probably cost more than our mass-produced...
@everyplace To be fair those probably cost more than our mass-produced stuff.
➛I guess I expected Pride and Prejudice to be a typical...
I guess I expected Pride and Prejudice to be a typical novel of manners, and I’m only partly through, but it turns out to be the foundational text in the field of Horny Economics.
➛I never read Pride and Prejudice before now and this...
I never read Pride and Prejudice before now and this Wickham situation is stressful.
➛(To double down on what Jason said, there’s a general…vibe?...
“I remember when Google was small and scrappy,” he said....
Prince appeared on Sesame Street, so this is canon.
@gabrielroth Prince appeared on Sesame Street, so this is canon.
➛Turns out it was a D on the B, not a B, but the intercom...
Turns out it was a D on the B, not a B, but the intercom makes it impossible to tell that the conductor is saying D, not B, and he kept saying “D as in D line,” which I heard as “B as in beeline.” Anyways the D on the B was a C then an F, so I switched to a bus and got kulfi.
➛They just told us the D is a C but then it will become an F...
They just told us the D is a C but then it will become an F and turn into a B. It genuinely sounds like the conductor is trying to solve Wordle.
➛This is a thing of true online beauty.
This is a thing of true online beauty. explorer.audubon.org
➛Every day I'm knufflin'.
Oh yeah it's utterly me. It's terrible to behold.
A billion rows would be head make a dumb postgres...
My cruel daughter walked up as I noodled with a drum...
My cruel daughter walked up as I noodled with a drum machine and, after listening to a single low "boop" repeat for 30 seconds, asked: "How long have you been working on that?"
➛PERFECT
@chang_koo PERFECT
➛Psycho killer USB-C
Psycho killer
USB-C
➛USB-C
Cc @maureenflaherty
This is great
Definitely many more quiet hours than there were before...
@themerriest Definitely many more quiet hours than there were before though.
➛Umm
When I can get a quiet hour I'm really enjoying learning...
When I can get a quiet hour I'm really enjoying learning the basics of music theory (updating the firmware on my reverb pedal).
➛Non-ironically: there's a lot going on here
Non-ironically: there's a lot going on here hellgatenyc.com/...
➛I understand this. I had to accept that it was really...
“Keeping that history so close helps me accept the horrible...
“Keeping that history so close helps me accept the horrible truth that everything novel in our industry was actually invented by a group of Californians sitting in beanbag chairs during the Carter administration.” wired.com/...
➛In a shocking development I wrote about retrocomputing and...
In a shocking development I wrote about retrocomputing and synths. wired.com/...
➛(It's not really an "explainer", it's a carefully...
(It's not really an "explainer", it's a carefully researched analysis of a single person's role inside a bigger network, but it definitely explains a lot of things.)
➛This article by @anthonylydgate is a really good explainer...
This article by @anthonylydgate is a really good explainer on how modern tech thought works. wired.com/...
➛“This policy specifically targets vanity pets, not utility...
“This policy specifically targets vanity pets, not utility pets, and specifically those that belong to transplants who came to the city within the last 10 years.” There's a sentence crafted to make lots of us laugh and some of us lose our ability to reason.
➛Whoosh @HellGateNY just going for it.
Whoosh @HellGateNY just going for it. x.com/...
➛Whoosh @HellGateNY just going for it.
Whoosh @HellGateNY just going for it. x.com/...
➛Instead of vesting options...you'd like...some more options...
@andrew_jaqam Instead of vesting options...you'd like...some more options for your vest.
➛whut
@benlikestocode whut
➛Software really has a weird life.
Software really has a weird life.
➛TIL that support for Flash + Flex + Adobe AIR-based...
TIL that support for Flash + Flex + Adobe AIR-based solutions is now provided by HARMAN, a Samsung Company, that has access to the Adobe source code. No particular reason! services.harman.com/...
➛He's very worried about adding a lot of felt to a pristine...
@majnoundagher @richziade He's very worried about adding a lot of felt to a pristine office space.
➛Signed up three times months ago. Idk. Maybe I should try...
@doriantaylor @vgr Signed up three times months ago. Idk. Maybe I should try another email.
➛Me too but...Stable Diffusion is much more bananas.
Two people.
@GusLanzetta @richziade Two people.
➛Podcast/audio nerds: Any recommendations for free-standing...
Podcast/audio nerds: Any recommendations for free-standing acoustic panels to limit the echo in a regular apartment? I can't glue stuff to a wall, the landlord (@richziade) is really difficult. versare.com/... or??
➛Owl be there!
hahahahaha
I mean...first, thanks, I had no idea! But from a branding...
@MmichaelLlucy I mean...first, thanks, I had no idea! But from a branding POV, it's not a word, it has "Ass" in it, and it doesn't really accomplish more than "Liberal Arts & Sciences," so it's hard to see it sticking.
➛"Literature--" "Whose 'Literature' exactly and I mean...
"Literature--"
"Whose 'Literature' exactly and I mean exactly?"
"We need a vowel, how about Anthro--"
"Don't finish that word."
Like ultimately it would be five asterixes indicating (1) that the disciplines cannot be fixed & (2) pointing to footnotes. Plus a conference.
➛"Whose 'Literature' exactly and I mean exactly?"
"We need a vowel, how about Anthro--"
"Don't finish that word."
Like ultimately it would be five asterixes indicating (1) that the disciplines cannot be fixed & (2) pointing to footnotes. Plus a conference.
It's fun to imagine an acronym like STEM but for the...
It's fun to imagine an acronym like STEM but for the humanities. Because there is no way people could agree.
➛ugh dude give it a
@davidcrespo ugh dude give it a
➛i cannot bring myself to do it
@tulletilsynet2 i cannot bring myself to do it
➛just got blocked which is too bad because exile in guyville...
only the beginning
we don't need asterixes laura nothing matters
@laura_june we don't need asterixes laura nothing matters
➛Tweet
I can't believe the scope of the psychic destruction after...
I can't believe the scope of the psychic destruction after only two hours. This is Shitworld Festival Ultimate.
➛LONDON BRIDGE IS DOWN AMY
Awkward that NYT forgot to assign anyone to prep her...
Awkward that NYT forgot to assign anyone to prep her obituary.
➛Welcome back, old friend.
Love that.
@ThatEnglishChap Love that.
➛This tweet shows multiple signs of causing several men...
This tweet shows multiple signs of causing several men named James to vigorously defend the concept of monarchy in my replies so I'm going to mute and leave you all to it.
➛Tweet
Tweet
The Queen's death could create one of the worst weeks ever...
The Queen's death could create one of the worst weeks ever on here. British people debasing themselves, 600-tweet colonialism threads, men in hats on horses on TV. A grief bomb followed by a magnitude 8 takequake resulting in an outbreak of mass amateur historianism. Be careful.
➛Aw man. Sorry to see this. Sorry for your loss.
The real “dynamic island” is right here in New York City.
The real “dynamic island” is right here in New York City.
➛I went to visit @richziade and he wouldn't tell me what...
live footage of me right now
live footage of me right now youtube.com/...
➛live footage of me right now
@brad_frost live footage of me right now youtube.com/...
➛It's such a weird thing! Where did those people (us) even...
When I saw this, I had no memory of writing it. But now...
lol my god never
"funny"
did you know that some wires you buy on amazon just don't...
did you know that some wires you buy on amazon just don't work?
➛actually it was super easy, I just had to repurpose a...
actually it was super easy, I just had to repurpose a raspberry pi into a USB MIDI hub and any time I want to connect an instrument i merely need to find it on the wifi and SSH into it then run an alsa utility, i learned a lot in those five hours beep bloop
➛now that it's 9pm and the dishes are done and the kids are...
now that it's 9pm and the dishes are done and the kids are in bed i am just going to connect a few devices together using musical instrument digital interface or midi how hard can it be
➛it's time someone stood up for the not little guy
A thing has happened to me in the last year: I now arrange...
A thing has happened to me in the last year: I now arrange three light cotton blankets into a dense mound of fabric and use that instead of a pillow. I am free.
➛as you point out, mat is of a normal height, and the...
It's kind of an impossible product. I invited lots of...
We are experimenting with Twitter Circles.
We are experimenting with Twitter Circles.
➛Poll from my Son: “Should we really have curled her hair?”
Poll from my Son: “Should we really have curled her hair?”
➛Tweet
Anne Carson, "Short Talk on Trout"
Anne Carson, "Short Talk on Trout"
archive.org/...
➛archive.org/...
Plus American Spirit cigarettes.
Nick...I think you should leaf
@patbits @toomuchnick Nick...I think you should leaf
➛Oooof
the crucifixion in plasticine
virginia woolf and joseph conrad
uh oh
A dog boss, seated at a computer, yelling at employees at a...
A dog boss, seated at a computer, yelling at employees at a fancy party on the Upper West Side, saying "On the Internet, no one knows you're an artificial intelligence," in black and white in the style of a New Yorker Magazine cartoon.
Tweet
On the Internet...
Boss New Yorker Cartoons
Husband and wife New Yorker cartoons.
New Yorker Cartoons
Tweet
Tweet
Tweet
The AI stuff that looks like other stuff is nowhere near as...
The AI stuff that looks like other stuff is nowhere near as good as the AI stuff that is absolutely bananacakes.
I love sharing it. It's such an amazing project.
@viennateng @eroston I love sharing it. It's such an amazing project.
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