Michael Daines

Spouse. Father. Software Engineer. I find joy programming in Clojure, Erlang. 日本語も！

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

"In a quality city, a person should be able to live their entire life without a car, and not feel deprived." —Paul Bedford

[Luke Klipp 🏳️‍🌈 @lukehklipp]

Let’s talk for a moment about beg buttons…

First: beg buttons are NOT there to serve pedestrians. They exist to serve people in cars. They exist so that car traffic signals can minimize the car travel “delays” associated with people who need to cross a street on foot. (/1)

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

Short list of cities to flee to.

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

Midnight Muay Thai: When my 4yo comes to our bed in the middle of the night, then proceeds to knee and kick me the rest of the night.

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

I miss having all my Trending and Twitter ads in 日本語. Now they are back in English and I'm a bit dumber as a result.

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

Tsundoku? 積読？ I spent a bit of money on books. I started 宮沢 already.

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

I asked my 4yo last night what he was doing. His response: "Nothing. Just watching the game, having a Bud." – It's entirely my fault the kids now get on "wasaaabi" kicks.

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

Original fortune cookie from near Fushimi Inari.

[WendigoPBFox @tmaxxnc]

Somebody waited their whole life to write this serial number

[Zaher @datakarpenter]

“I feel like compassion is very out right now. Curiosity is out. What’s in is condemnation and punishment. Now is not the moment for nuance; people do not want it.” https://t.co/4ICm8BufiW

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

@mstine @calehoopes Yeah, I was going to say that's entirely dependent on where you live. Living in Japan or Korea or a large coastal city in North America (esp. Pacific coast) would be a prerequisite.

[Dr. Ausma Zehanat Khan @ausmazehanat]

Guys, this is my brother's barbecue pit.

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

If you are in Japan (specifically Hiroshima) before 24 September, there's a Ghibli special exhibit at the Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art. I didn't see any signs in English.

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

まさに地獄だ。 #広島原爆

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

The instrumental music in the restaurant was mostly classical, but there was one tune I couldn't place. Then I realized it was "Marumaru Morimori".

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

Clearly my Lego castle sets were just inferior. #松江城

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

Literally an hour after reading this this morning, the wheel on my suitcase shredded. I feel there's a connection.

[NHKニュース @nhk_news]

外国人旅行者のスーツケース放置 無料引き取りへ 関西空港 #nhk_news https://t.co/gXFzWnJmw9

[peter hess @PeterNHess]

this is the most scathing critique of capitalism i’ve ever seen

[Michael Daines @defndaines]

Yesterday a local girl, probably same age as my 4yo, tried to hand the live cicada she was holding to him, but he was scared and backed off. She truly couldn't understand why, and her father had to explain that my 4yo was probably afraid.