Don DeCosta

Retired programmer from a distant past

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@canadianretrot1 A lifetime ago I was a very low level You-Em-Eye employee while attend school down the street at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. I'm fairly certain early UMI carts used socketed EPROMs to facilitate low-volume production. Could be a reason for tall cartridge.

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

Threads is useless for checking if #FacebookDown

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@TMobileHelp Is there an outage map? Two phones acting up so assume a local outage but would like to check.

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@MarkHamill In 2020 they did Pain-dough-lorian! You should contact them and arrange to model for 2023's creation. Perhaps Luke Piewalker.

https://t.co/0PwKIP3DQW

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

I really want to give @mcuban's @costplusdrugs a try but I get nothing but unhelpful auto-response emails from support and daily spam telling me to complete my order of ONE pill that will last ZERO days for $4 so I'll try this support channel.

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

Asking @NASAAmes for pointers to a local, public viewing party for 9/3 launch window. Any San Jose sports bars that also watch launches?

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@shanselman Ummmm, how are you forgetting Gremlins?

https://t.co/HrRdDPBVOQ

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@shanselman Not the exact model but I think the effect these had on field reporters is also under appreciated.
(@ Oklahoma City bombing memorial museum)

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@shanselman Beats a red paper clip!

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@CapeQueen75 Bird app? I've learned 7 new TikTok dances today!

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@michmailhot I'm sorry Facebook went down and robbed you of 100s of birthday wishes

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@TerraSpero I thought Twitter was Facebook's operations dashboard! Do people use it for other things?

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

Dear @elonmusk I really, really, really want to tow a #Cybertruck behind my RV. Please make it so! #Model3 never-ever-flat-tow rule broke my heart.

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

Hey @KGO810! I'm a long time listener who was distraught at first when you brought @AandGShow onboard but now I want them to moderate the next All-Star Debate.

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@TSAmedia_LisaF @TSA @Bradley_Airport 1) Your plane goes down in the jungle.
2) Seatmate is traveling with a comfort boa constrictor.
3) Don't want to risk puncturing the shampoo bottle in your luggage.
4) Five hours to kill in the air and the kids need haircuts.
5) Have you tried opening those peanut bags?

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

It appears that @facebook messenger and the #PresidentialAlert aren't playing well together.

Did anybody else get the alert but see no record of it in Messenger?

Recent Amber Alert *did* play well with Messenger, FYI.

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@KaitlinMcKinnon @shanselman @BethMassi @BethMassi hard-repping the East Bay with hella Oakland swagger!

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@shnsf Day two of phone support claiming high call volume, repeating a message from March 2018 and hanging up. Email support says phone is faster but I've got no response from a request on Wednesday. HELP!

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

#FakeNews https://t.co/T0dbMwQHyL

[Don DeCosta @dondecosta]

@split_grade Hey! Do you wanna buy my reservation?