Simplifier of Things. Healthcare IT Guru. Web technologist, hardware guru, singer, writer, dreamer. Vorsprung durch Technik. 🖖
Atlanta, GA
Joined July 2008
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. - Richard P. Feynman
jx (ultraviolet) retweeted
Showing what your opponent would look like as Tung Tung Tung Sahur. This is the first time I’ve felt represented by a politician.
Make sure to name the party bosses because I like to make life hell for bad public servants.
Heros are beginning to emerge
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Many years ago I encountered DisplayLink docks, and they were all garbage. It's a neat trick but in the end it's buggy, obnoxious, and slow.
A Linux dev tried to help them and himself by writing, for free, better drivers for Linux. They threatened to sue him, and even threatened to BILL HIM for the time they took threatening him.
DisplayLink is garbage tech, don't buy any products that use DL technology.
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Google thinks by making Search worse they'll encourage people to use Gemini. The problem is that search users are leaving Google ENTIRELY and going to ChatGPT and Claude, etc. newyorker.com/culture/infini…
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You know, maybe I shouldn't say this, but I think elder GenX kinda sucks. I'm tail end GenX and used to look up to elder GenX, Breakfast Club and Reality Bites are amazing, watershed movies, but a lot of you assholes did too much gas station Molly and voted Trump. That's not punk. 🖕
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jx (ultraviolet) retweeted
Me: "Our system is completely down. We need your help immediately. We’re ready to pay the $40,000."
There was a brief pause on the line.
Consultant: "My emergency salvage rate for compromised systems is $120,000, paid upfront."
CEO: "That’s extortion! Tell him no!"
Consultant: "Your downtime is currently costing you $50,000 an hour. You have ten minutes to decide."
My CEO signed the wire transfer five minutes later in total silence.
The consultant fixed the entire leak in six hours.
Never try to discount the expertise you're going to end up paying triple to rescue later.
What's the most satisfying time you saw a company try to cheap out on talent only for it to backfire completely?
jx (ultraviolet) retweeted
Zohran Mamdani just did what most Democrats and Republicans are too gutless to do.
He looked straight into the camera and said the quiet part out loud:
Republicans called Obama a socialist every single day for 8 years. It didn’t stop him.
Now they’re trying the same tired red-baiting on anyone who wants a New Deal instead of the raw deal working people have been force-fed for decades.
People are hungry for something real. Not more corporate welfare dressed up as “moderation.” Not more “public-private partnerships” that somehow always privatize the profits and socialize the losses.
Mamdani is right. The socialist smear is a dead tactic.
The only question left is whether the Democratic Party has the spine to actually deliver for the people who keep electing them… or if they’ll keep protecting the same donors who’ve been extracting wealth from this country for 40 years.
Keep going, Mayor.
The old guard is terrified for a reason, the midterms have certainly proven a new worth. – at District of Columbia, USA
jx (ultraviolet) retweeted
Men after the Russell Brand trial: "So we have to get consent for *everything* now??"
Yes, mate. Yes you do.
That's how being a non rapist works.
jx (ultraviolet) retweeted
For those scratching their heads because they don't understand population density, I hope this helps.
I love flattery. I think flattery is social lubricant. I even love the obvious flattery like when you;re in sweats and your friend pretends it’s high fashion. I think everyone reading this tweet is smart, sophisticated, good looking, and right on the brink of a major success!
I can’t wait to see who wants to argue with me.
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My statement to Republicans nationwide: Return to your roots of ACTUAL fiscal conservatism, limited government, and stop prioritizing corporations over citizens and you will absolutely win elections again.
Stop protecting grifters, pedos, and criminals, and stop running trainwreck candidates like Boebert and Paxton.
And stop thinking compromise is a bad word. It's not, it's the bedrock of democracy.
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