Jonathan Ballerano

software engineer | recovering lawyer | probably have a bad song stuck in my head

[Jonathan Ballerano @jballer]

@GergelyOrosz @OfficialLoganK I’ve used Cmd+G (go to next match from Cmd+F or Cmd+E) in text editors for decades… but now that’s the Gemini shortcut with no way to change it

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@visakanv Is this the strangest instance of nominative determinism yet?

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@2irl4u My first Waymo ride routed through the Tenderloin. I imagine that’s what it was like riding in the electric jeeps through Jurassic Park.

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@mbateman In San Francisco this would’ve been a better move than getting it right

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@dhh Mandatory training in big tech deputized everyone to see this in all interactions and report it anonymously.

I’m uncomfortable and you don’t proactively intervene? “Bystanding.”

You intervene but I didn’t want you to? “Rescuing.”

Look at all this latent racism and misogyny!

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@Gena_I_Gorlin It’s so good. If you get a used Y, don’t go older than 2025 (for the FSD computer). The redesign is worth it for the ventilated seats and new suspension. And new car pickup at the factory is so cool.

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@Oilfield_Rando “First, you eat the banana, thus disarming him”
https://t.co/hJI04cLYw3

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@sentientist Cal Newport just did a podcast on this https://t.co/FaztB9T4DZ

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@mbateman Preview is broken in my iOS app but it’s Epic Rap Battles of History - Rasputin vs Stalin (and I’m only half serious)

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@mbateman I’m planning to use this https://t.co/5EQBqqByOb

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@memeticsisyphus People will ask “so what’s it like being a dad?” then act surprised when I say “I was the last link in an unbroken chain, and now I’m a link in the middle holding it together.”

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@lulumeservey @NielsHoven “G” is for Giraffe 🤦‍♂️

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@jon_stokes There might already alpha in searching “Mack mini” on marketplace the way you can find Aaron chairs

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@antoniogm Corollary: never take a waymo where you wouldn’t want to be on foot

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@mbateman @NY_LBSS https://t.co/2HV042ckjF

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@mbateman @NY_LBSS I hope you can set aside whatever qualms about his conclusions here and see my points about his own curiosity and penchant for stoking that curiosity in others.

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@Delta what happened to your ops at MCO? I was supposed to fly out on Friday. My Gate (73) has a lone agent who’s swamped. Help desk is empty.

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@sporadica It’s to secure the company’s direction ahead of IPO. His stated objection to going public was always the challenge of pursuing mars colonization under the regime of quarterly reporting.

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Me: [reports ad for “illegal products and services”]

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