David Glover-Aoki @davidga@mastodon.xyz
Born in the UK, living in California. 80s / sci-fi / retrocomputing / IoT / pinball / amateur radio. Media use: https://dg.gs/mu
Joined Aug 2018
Remember when we used to get excited about iPhone updates?
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RT @DavidCWG@twitter.com
It's here! It's here! Woohoo! http://twitpic.com/7msid
https://twitter.com/DavidCWG/status/2209338620
I thought that the internet, in allowing universal human communication, would make the world a better place.
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RT @andrewchen@twitter.com
What’s your biggest miss so far in tech? In terms of a totally wrong / bad prediction
https://twitter.com/andrewchen/status/1140062940319502336
This is why you never see the media accurately reporting on Tesla as an innovative, clean, *American* car company. With $10 billion riding on it, every Tesla story is negative.
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RT @Alpsoy66@twitter.com
35% of Tesla shares r now shorted. 35% !. Almost 10 billion$ is duplicated in the system. Any negative news, any journalist speculative article, any analyst flip flopping is part of the 10 billion$ gamble. It is not about Tesla, it is a…
https://twitter.com/Alpsoy66/status/1138839903813427201
RT @Hbomberguy@twitter.com
this is what censorship actually looks like.
it's not when youtube decides advertisers wouldn't like seeing their commercials on footage of a mug salesman harassing a gay journalist.
It's when ideologues deliberately abuse a broken system to destroy the work of their opposition https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/1138124772275965954
"If we took down one channel because of hate speech, we'd have to take down all the hate speech, and we don't want to do that." #HappyPrideMonth
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RT @edzitron@twitter.com
That’s not an apology! https://www.cnet.com/news/youtube-ceo-apologizes-to-lgbt-community-for-hurtful-decision/
https://twitter.com/edzitron/status/1138229826014158848
RT @PaulGannonShow@twitter.com
A conversation in the park
Me: hello
Political activist: do you know what our government is doing with immigrants?
Me: I'm British. No.
PA: OK. Do you know what YOUR government is doing to immigrants?
Me: Do you?
PA: ....No.
Me: ok.
PA: ok Bye.
The end.
Happy Pride Month
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RT @Pride_Fund@twitter.com
BREAKING: Reports of shots fired and injuries at DC gay Pride Parade. Mass panic as crowd disperses quickly. Heavy police presence responding. This as the 3rd anniversary of the Pulse shooting approaches next week. @cnnbrk @msnbc
https://twitter.com/Pride_Fund/status/1137505828011937792
My body is ready.
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RT @WarpRecords@twitter.com
WXAXRXP.
https://twitter.com/WarpRecords/status/1137028121037856769
Happy Pride Month
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RT @casersatz@twitter.com
Don't bother providing these people with evidence when they ask for it. They really do not give a shit about anything.
https://twitter.com/casersatz/status/1136691341369339904
Happy Pride Month
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RT @verge@twitter.com
YouTube decides that homophobic harassment does not violate its policies https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/4/18653088/youtube-steven-crowder-carlos-maza-harassment-bullying-enforcement-verdict?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
https://twitter.com/verge/status/1136074167701397509
I'm happy to be wrong about the second part.
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RT @DavidCWG@twitter.com
Confident prediction: The Music app will be garbage if you don't subscribe to Apple Music, and they're going to kill the Music Store. #WWDC19
https://twitter.com/DavidCWG/status/1135619163660070913
Something's been bugging me about the new Mac Pro and I've only just figured out what it is.
The form factor is so similar to the pre-Trashcan Mac Pro and yet there's no way to put an optical drive in it.
Sign of the times I guess.
Apple workstation base price, adjusted for inflation to 2019 dollars. #WWDC19
I feel sorry for the guy that had to stand in front of this slide. #WWDC19
Oh, and it doesn't come with a stand. Which costs an extra $1000. (!!!)
This is a hella dumb movie. No-one will be talking about the monitor. Just the price of the stand. #WWDC16
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RT @DavidCWG@twitter.com
$5K for the monitor. Ouch ouch. #WWDC19
https://twitter.com/DavidCWG/status/1135618035962720257
It came from space. #WWDC19
Born in the UK, living in California. 80s / sci-fi / retrocomputing / IoT / pinball / amateur radio. Media use: https://dg.gs/mu
Joined Aug 2018
