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@marzee
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Not actually the planet, but an earthly fellow named Mars Hall.

Let's terraform Earth, first 🌱

I’m a life-long yogi, many-form bicyclist, late-blooming ukulelist, & armchair audio engineer. Also, I work in software engineering at a rather large tech company.

Webhttps://marsorange.com
GitHubhttps://github.com/mars

I've seen a lot of posts focusing on the specific issues that caused the recent Cloudflare incident, but no discourse about how these companies are being run.

We've known how to build completely reliable computer systems for decades. When things fall apart, it's not because we don't know how to do it, it's because cutting corners has become the norm.

i spent weeks writing this essay, time i could've spent with my family, enjoying myself, literally anything else

it's resonated with hundreds of people, which is nice, thank you all for the nice messages.

i didn't cry while writing this essay but i just had a string of dms with a rails core member, and i'm crying now.

people who sit on rails core may not feel like David is humiliating them, but i don't think you're paying attention.

i'm sad to see that my words were wasted.

I think I’ll rent a bike here tomorrow, from Fredrick in #amsterdam #BikeTooter

.@404mediaco : no mention of web apps as an alternative
Bloomberg: same
Reuters: ditto
BI: you were expecting...what, exactly?...from BI?
The Verge: [ drooling sounds ]
NYT: [ copies The Verge's homework ]
Engadget: [ copies less prestigious outlet's homework ]
BBC: lolsob, but in British accent
Bloomberg: same slop, but at Bloomberg because you're at a terminal, I guess?

Cooked. Totally, absolutely, Tim levels of cooked.

Weird Ads in Apple News

Notably tasteless AI slop observed within the premium experience of Apple News.

And in light of the apparently scrubbed NordSpace launch from Canada (and the stupid Starship launch a couple days ago), I'll repost this essay that I wrote last year about why I just can't get excited about any rocket launches anymore, even though I used to be unbelievably excited about everything in space.

https://theconversation.com/an-astronomers-lament-satellite-megaconstellations-are-ruining-space-exploration-215653

An astronomer’s lament: Satellite megaconstellations are ruining space exploration

Megaconstellations of satellites are hindering the most powerful tool for space exploration: telescopes.

The Conversation

I just visited the Dyson Service Center in Union City, CA, and despite a brief 25-minute wait, they ran diagnostics on my dead $500 hair dryer, and replaced it with a new one, no further questions asked.

I really appreciate that #dyson has real life service locations, and that they deliver a satisfying result. Worth the premium.

Reminds me of Sony service center in Dallas TX, back in the 1980’s.

MDN is 20 years old! πŸ₯³

πŸ™ A huge thank you to...
The devs who read and trust MDN
The contributors who improve it
Everyone working on the web platform who shares our mission.

Here's how we celebrated with the web.dev team! 🧁
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/mdn-turns-20/

Celebrating 20 years of MDN | MDN Blog

MDN turns 20! Let's look at how we started, how MDN became the most trusted resource for web developers, the impact it's had on the open web, and yes, there's cake, too.

MDN Web Docs
Understatedly epic to witness the Hetch Hetchy water arrive, after its journey from the Sierra mountains, 167-miles away.