dickwyn yong

making things for the internet - he/him

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

"You may be busy pursuing your dream, but don't become too busy to pursue your dream!"

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

this sure has been some weekend…

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI's new leadership team and working with them. And we’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

Do you remember when you joined X̶ Twitter? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

deleted the twitter app from my phone for a few weeks now.

kinda miss it a little but then i look at my timeline and i remember why. it just feels different.

some things are still what it is but others not so much.

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

i signed up for the wait-list for bard and then i got this google opinion rewards survey about bing chat

lol

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

#TIL that most highway exits in the US correspond to the mile marker 🤯

meaning exit 174 is close to the 174 mile marker

never noticed that all these years

this is a very ingenious way to label exits imo. well now i know...

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

i have no idea why i'm still on the waitlist 🙁

i literally signed up the morning the new bing was announced.

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

my macbook was crashing randomly so i sent it for repair. might as well do it as my apple care for it was going to expire

got it back today and they essentially replaced everything. the logic board, keyboard and battery

i would say i've got my money's worth from the apple care

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

lmao

[The Verge @verge]

Meta’s testing paid verification on Instagram and Facebook for $12 per month https://t.co/TOxhQxFjcX

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

very interesting, first time actually receiving an exposure notification

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

COVID-19 / social distancing thread

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

travelling internationally for the first time since 2020

ANA was requiring masks throughout the flight but was still having some anxiety as i was hearing coughing and sneezing all around 🫠

overall a pretty pleasant flight.

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

chicken noodle soup without any chicken

such trolls

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

but arguably the thing i missed the most is continuing music to another device.

i never realized how frequent i was switching music between multiple devices.

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

will i pay for youtube premium after my 4 month trial ends?

we'll see.

🧵

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

alright, trial for YT premium is ending.

i'm continuing the subscription but just for watching YT. the YT music app was a pretty subpar experience. it has all the songs and all, just a clunkier app imo.

resubscribing to spotify today.

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

using more snapchat than twitter. i was not expecting that this year.

the twitter feed kinda feels off these days tbh.

not that i particularly enjoy using snapchat.

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

690Mbps.

nice.

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

nice.

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

6.9%.

nice.

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

icy wonderland.

my shoes had very little traction, felt like i was skating across the sidewalk.

#wawx @KSeattleWeather

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

i have started going out and meeting people in the past few weeks and i have felt both energized and mentally stressful at the same time.

meeting new people is hard, especially since i haven't done it in like 5 years?

[dickwyn yong @dickwyn]

some record today

https://t.co/L7ZoA6hduv

[Seattle Weather Blog @KSeattleWeather]

Welcome to the coldest day in 12 years, Seattle! 🥶

With a high temperature of just 25°, today was the coldest day in the city since Nov. 23, 2010, when the high also peaked at 25°