David

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@Kdog1980YNWA @noreasonspec I haven't got the car I booked in years so I've already called a friend and let him know I might need to borrow his car for that night of our stay.

It is what it is so I won't rage about it but I get why there is always a furious family holding the line up.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@Kdog1980YNWA @noreasonspec I'm young, fit and travel light. I can drive out in anything and be happy. I don't even mind waiting.
But next week when they upgrade my car there's a 50-50 chance it won't meet my gf's mum's mobility requirements. I won't know until they hand me the keys.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@Kdog1980YNWA @noreasonspec I'm pretty relaxed about it but I bake a 45 minute delay into any plans involving a rental because there is almost always a hold up where someone either has an issue with their upgrade or an issue with credit cards from booking online that nobody there has the power to resolve.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@Kdog1980YNWA @noreasonspec That's fun but you're saying you got there and they didn't have the car you booked. I'm assuming you didn't get warned ahead of time, so if you had needs the upgrade didn't meet you'd be forced to hold everyone up trying to resolve it on the spot.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@PatrickDane @rubyinnes Facebook used to show you what your Friends posted. Now it desperately flashes anything it thinks will get an extra 0.2% engagement.

This series of critial tweets tells Twitter to promote more Asmongold tweets.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@PatrickDane @rubyinnes It hasn't always done this though. It never used to have these easily exploitable algorithms that predict/guide what we engage with, that are now 100% of how you make money here.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@javidx9 @sthelensstar The funny part is in this style even the ads are unreadable.

Imagine the balls it takes to look someone in the eye and tell them this is an effective use of their marketing budget, as if 100% of clicks aren't fat fingers immediately slamming the back button.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@noreasonspec I think this is how XBOX has worked since the X/S, it's just really hard to tell because of the weird branding.

I wouldn't have expected it on a Nintendo console but I guess they really are terrified of another 'why doesn't this Wii U game play on my Wii' scenario.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@noreasonspec Ideally but I'm a worried this is going to be a MAGA vs Republicans moment where a line gets drawn and everyone is blindsided by how many people who identify as center-right end up standing firmly alt-right.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@jason_king72 @noreasonspec An empty chair would do better.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@JustinWhang It's amazing looking back and realising how far removed Japan was from it all. Just a bunch of kids imagining a fantasy land based on a handful of poorly translated anime and games.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@MisterFizz @JeffRobelen @JasonKPargin Imagine you handed me the idea for the ending, asked me to lay the groundwork/foreshadow, and I came back with the vague concept of black vs white.

If I were a Lost writer I'd go to my grave denying I had any plans beyond the next paragraph.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@MisterFizz @JeffRobelen @JasonKPargin At best they knew the rough shape of the show. Knowing how they wanted to end it or where they wanted to be at certain points isn't a plan.

There isn't much in there that doesn't make them look worse if they planned it ahead of time.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@edzitron The goal post shift of measuring AGI against most humans to hide that it can't even come close to comparing against specialists is amazing.

Yeah babe, I'm one of the greatest pilots in human history.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@noreasonspec If I were CEO of TikTok there's a solid chance I'd geo-block the country and be done with it.

Why do people think social media companies need us so badly they'll jump through hoops to keep us?

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@Serrels I always assumed they parked it there themselves to kick the shit out of it for fun.

If I could Flash Kick I'd be bashing large appliances in all sorts of weird places.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@MikeIsaac It's generally better behind the scenes to process large jobs by breaking them into several smaller jobs rather holding up than blocking everything else while doing it in one massive lump.

Batches 1-3 are completed, a critical error occurs, batches 4+ don't start.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@artwithinpod I hate it but realistically it's not a calculated loss as part of some bigger scheme. Most likely someone high up just isn't good at their job and fell for a flashy pitch.

Yes it contributes to normalising AI but it's lack of talent not evil genius.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@MKNerd @Danny8bit It would have been nice if they had of went into that more.

By the time he was old enough to train with Gohan every other fighter he could learn from was dead. Even if Gohan knew multiple styles his focus was teaching him to survive against two specific raw power threats.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@AlexBlechman Same with going viral. It was a core function of the site, arguably the entire value of the site to anyone promoting their work here, and it's just sort of gone.

A subject may trend but there's no 'everybody is talking about this book/video/site' anymore.

[David @TenaciousDogMan]

@AlexBlechman I was thinking the other day about how memes don't really happen here anymore because followers don't see tweets.
A meme can't solidify in an environment where all parties are extremely likely to miss most, if not all, the back and forth iterations on a joke that lead to a meme.