Jay Hill

(he/him) Software developer + engineering leader, @pechakuchaavl, @codeforasheville, dad, outspoken advocate for the introverted. Photo: @evankafka

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@tosho @adamdotdev That is 30 days to start the movie, and then I think you get 48 hours. In the late '90s and early 2000s most DVD rentals had no due date and no late fees. You just had to bring it back before you could rent anything else. The newest, hottest releases maybe did have a due date.

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@thdxr Does @adamdotdev have a branch called "shift," by any chance?

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@MsEmmyMorgan @mattxiv Yep, you are correct. Forgot they added the amendment after FDR. I am going to remove my comment to avoid confusion. Thanks!

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@adamdotdev To be fair, an average middle school cafeteria lunch lady is better than me at front end.

[PechaKucha Asheville @PechaKuchaAVL]

We are BACK with v32 — a return to our "classic," in-person #PechaKucha Night format on Friday, December 1.

We've got an amazing lineup of presenters who have accepted the PK 20x20 challenge — 20 images, shown for 20 seconds each.

Get your tickets now at https://t.co/3fHJNBx8Sj

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@github @githubstatus D'oh! I forgot alt text. The screenshot shows the GitHub 404 page featuring the GitHub Octocat as a Jedi with a speech bubble, "This is not the web page you are looking for." A link to the @githubstatus account is highlighted with a box and and arrow, for emphasis.

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

Time to remove this from the 404 page, @github . The linked account, @githubstatus, hasn't posted in years. (I couldn't find a repo to submit a PR for this.)

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@adamdotdev Is that 2x the total bill or just compute? Just thinking about how that bill used to break down...

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@adamdotdev shift

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

Before and after: I made a new sign for the #Asheville Tool Library — an amazing resource in our community. (I did have to relocate the speed limit sign to the other side.)

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

Farewell @dvdnetflix after nearly 24 years. My kids call it "the nineteen hundreds." 2,500+ discs—a lifetime of fun, drama and education. Simple pleasures. Congrats to Netflix for disrupting an entire industry once and then disrupting itself again.

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@RaquelStecher @dvdnetflix A11. Anything that I have had in my queue for ages with a long wait would be amazing. Logistically impossible, perhaps, but amazing. It is a sweet gesture to send out the bonus discs in any case! #DVDChat

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@RaquelStecher @dvdnetflix A10. I started out sharing with my roommates then my girlfriend, who later became my wife, and now my high school age kids! #DVDChat

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@RaquelStecher @dvdnetflix Honestly, it has BEEN the whole journey. It is how I have discovered and enjoyed films for my entire adult life. #DVDChat

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@RaquelStecher @dvdnetflix A7. I don't know the titles, but I know that when moving house, I packed all the DVDs in a box that I thought was sure to be unpacked early in the new place. It wasn't. I had those discs for a couple of very busy months. #DVDChat

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@RaquelStecher @dvdnetflix I have definitely had hundreds in the queue for most of my tenure. When the shutdown was announced, I pruned it heavily, so I now have maybe 20, half of which are listed as "Long Wait" or "Very Long Wait," so I am not holding my breath on those! #DVDChat

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@RaquelStecher @dvdnetflix I used the service to discover my girlfriend's taste. I would rent several movies I thought she might like and on the weekend she would pick one for us to watch. Last week we celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary. #DVDChat

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@RaquelStecher @dvdnetflix I have nostalgia for the yellow and black envelopes in the late 1999/2000 era. #DVDChat

[Jay Hill @Jittery]

@RaquelStecher @dvdnetflix My favorite thing early on was the no-worry, no-lane-fees subscription. It was a revelation from a time of stressing about driving to the store to return a rental. #DVDChat