Mickey @mithaler

Senior Software Engineer at @datadoghq. I watch the world change. New York, United States Joined December 2008

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Mickey @mithaler

4 years ago

Nope. Trump coming back is my red line. Farewell, Twitter. mastodon.social/@mithaler

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Mickey @mithaler

4 years ago

It took me a long time to build up my TL. I hope it'll survive, but who knows.

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Mickey @mithaler

4 years ago

I like having *one* social media/news site. I'm sort-of on Mastodon (@[email protected]), but it hasn't achieved critical mass yet. I don't know what platform will.

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Mickey @mithaler

4 years ago

I'm enjoying the spectacle of Musk's descent into mad desperation as much as everyone else, but I'm not looking forward to the wilderness that comes after.

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There is something galling about the literal richest man in the world telling us we have to pay for a service to help pay its bills, after he was the one who saddled it with a billion dollars of debt servicing a year.

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Mickey @mithaler

4 years ago

@Sniffnoy I feel like there must have been *many* wars between brothers in medieval times, though I can't think of many specific examples (many likely weren't major, or at the level of kingdoms).

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Oliver Darkshire 🌈 @deathbybadger

4 years ago

good morning here is Potato, a one page RPG about being a halfling and trying to quietly enjoy your potatoes in a world that refuses to leave you alone

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Mickey @mithaler

4 years ago

My favorite sort-of case of this was Conrad Veidt, a German actor of the 20s and 30s; he wasn't Jewish but he hated the Nazis and he was happy to play evil ones after emigrating (such as, most famously, Major Strasser in Casablanca). His whole story is great.

moby dickgirl @epistemophagy

4 years ago

My favourite thing about the history of acting is the number of actors famous for playing "Nazi German" roles, particularly directly after the Second World War, who had taken those roles because they were Jewish and enjoyed the chance to play Nazis as complete dipshits

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest

4 years ago

Minorities and particularly African Americans also led the way in being mis-sold subprime mortgages. This is not a plus point for crypto

Rashan A. Colbert @Rashan

4 years ago

Minorities, particularly Black people, are leading the way in adoption of digital assets. 25% of Black people hold some crypto. 17% of Latinos hold some crypto 11% of white Americans hold crypto

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Mickey @mithaler

4 years ago

This Wikipedia article did not disappoint.

🦑 it's jasmine!! 🐙 @wayslidecool

4 years ago

the gizmondo is the best obscure video game console because its best-selling game is called "Sticky Balls" and that's somehow not even the weirdest thing about it

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Mickey @mithaler

4 years ago

I don't tweet often, and haven't in years. But if there's an exodus of the people I follow, I'm ready to follow them there if they do.

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Mickey @mithaler

4 years ago

Same username as here, still setting it up. Still unclear I'll end up using it. mastodon.social/@mithaler

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Mickey @mithaler

4 years ago

Well, created a Mastodon account.

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Glytch @GlytchTech

4 years ago

While amusing, this is pretty common. I can name a number of US UGV and UAV platforms that are similarly controlled with XBox 360 controllers. Turns out, when training 18-20 y/os, using an interface theyre likely proficient with after a decade of gaming gives you a head start.

🦑 it's jasmine!! 🐙 @wayslidecool

4 years ago

the gizmondo is the best obscure video game console because its best-selling game is called "Sticky Balls" and that's somehow not even the weirdest thing about it

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I'm @Ketanjoshi.co on Bluesky @KetanJ0

4 years ago

Bitcoin mining companies are following the exact trajectory of the fossil fuel industry. They are currently at 'half-hearted greenwashing'. That's just after 'ugly, public realisations' and just before 'give up and be openly harmful again' nytimes.com/2022/03/22/tec…

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Mickey @mithaler

5 years ago

@mboylevt @shapeways Managed by Q required all employees, including programmers and executives, to clean an office at some point. (I did it.)

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Mickey @mithaler

5 years ago

@toadliy It's quick now, yes, definitely didn't use to be though. During the earlier peak a test I took came back 2 weeks later.

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Mickey @mithaler

5 years ago

@MicrosoftHelps Hi, I have a Microsoft account that was hacked, and I have no way to get it back because they changed the email it's associated with. I also can't find any way to speak to a person. Is there any conceivable way to actually get help from you?

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Mickey @mithaler

5 years ago

What does this actually mean? What do they even need "blockchain" for? Does it just mean "we make up shit out of nothing and sell it to you"? Is it meaningfully different from every other game making money from in-game cosmetics? gameinformer.com/2021/11/01/ubi…

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Mickey @mithaler

5 years ago

*Can* you even do this? Please... please don't?

Eric Adams @ericadamsfornyc

5 years ago

@FrancisSuarez @Sarasti In New York we always go big, so I’m going to take my first THREE paychecks in Bitcoin when I become mayor. NYC is going to be the center of the cryptocurrency industry and other fast-growing, innovative industries! Just wait!