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Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud

windowscentral.com · Jan 14

Amazon's Jeff Bezos once revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options. Will DRAM prices make it come true?

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Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦 (@statsguy) · Jan 15
🔁 @terminaltilt:

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future. :NoAI:

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux. :tux:

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-

Compassionate Crab (@Compassionatecrab) · Jan 15
🔁 @terminaltilt:

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future. :NoAI:

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux. :tux:

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-

Jason Gorman (@jasongorman) · Jan 15
🔁 @terminaltilt:

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future. :NoAI:

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux. :tux:

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-

Lykso (@lykso) · Jan 15
🔁 @terminaltilt:

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future. :NoAI:

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux. :tux:

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-

Oli (@oli) · Jan 15
🔁 @terminaltilt:

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future. :NoAI:

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux. :tux:

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-

Cainmark Does Not Comply 🚲 (@cainmark) · Jan 15
🔁 @terminaltilt:

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future. :NoAI:

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux. :tux:

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-

Saxicola ✅ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 (@saxicola) · Jan 14
🔁 @rtw:

If you think driving up the cost of RAM with your AI shit is gonna make me then turn around and RENT a "cloud" PC from you so you can get more profit you have failed to understand who I am.

windowscentral.com/artificial-

Shannon Prickett (@Binder) · Jan 15
🔁 @terminaltilt:

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future. :NoAI:

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux. :tux:

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-

MrAlanCooper (@mralancooper) · Jan 15
🔁 @terminaltilt:

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future. :NoAI:

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux. :tux:

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-

jbz (@jbz) · Jan 15
🔁 @terminaltilt:

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future. :NoAI:

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux. :tux:

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-

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hanno (@hanno) · Jan 15

Python Cryptography about the state of OpenSSL...
The weirdest thing is that it appears even the authors of one of the more important libraries using OpenSSL appear to not understand why OpenSSL is doing the things they do.
cryptography.io/en/latest/stat

I mean... doesn't the OpenSSL project @OpenSSLannounce have anything to say about this? Do they consider "it's many times slower than it was before for no good reason and that's okay" to be a reasonable stance? Why? What's the rationale behind this?

SnoopJ (@SnoopJ) · Jan 15
🔁 @whitequark:

this critique of openssl tracks with what i've seen first- and second-hand (of course at a much smaller scale) cryptography.io/en/latest/stat

Misogyny, Murder and Renee Nicole Good

disabledginger.com · Jan 14

It's been a week since we watched an ICE agent shoot and kill Renee Nicole Good and then mutter "f*cking b*tch" at her. It's time we talk about the misogyny that's baked into ICE enforcement.

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Personne (@per_sonne) · Jan 15
🔁 @broadwaybabyto:

“F*cking b*tch”.

We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language.

Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger.

He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid.

He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence.

Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved.

These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to.

I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to watch her die.

But we can’t remain silent in the face of such atrocities:

disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-

#abolishice #ice #minneapolis #minnesota #reneenicolegood #dhs #uspol #fascism

Katrina Katrinka :donor: (@katrinakatrinka) · Jan 15
🔁 @broadwaybabyto:

“F*cking b*tch”.

We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language.

Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger.

He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid.

He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence.

Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved.

These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to.

I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to watch her die.

But we can’t remain silent in the face of such atrocities:

disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-

#abolishice #ice #minneapolis #minnesota #reneenicolegood #dhs #uspol #fascism

Chris McCabe (@CableSt) · Jan 15
🔁 @broadwaybabyto:

“F*cking b*tch”.

We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language.

Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger.

He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid.

He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence.

Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved.

These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to.

I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to watch her die.

But we can’t remain silent in the face of such atrocities:

disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-

#abolishice #ice #minneapolis #minnesota #reneenicolegood #dhs #uspol #fascism

Sci-Fi Girl (@5ciFiGirl) · Jan 15
🔁 @broadwaybabyto:

“F*cking b*tch”.

We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language.

Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger.

He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid.

He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence.

Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved.

These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to.

I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to watch her die.

But we can’t remain silent in the face of such atrocities:

disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-

#abolishice #ice #minneapolis #minnesota #reneenicolegood #dhs #uspol #fascism

waspfactory (@waspfactory) · Jan 15
🔁 @broadwaybabyto:

“F*cking b*tch”.

We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language.

Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger.

He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid.

He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence.

Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved.

These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to.

I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to watch her die.

But we can’t remain silent in the face of such atrocities:

disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-

#abolishice #ice #minneapolis #minnesota #reneenicolegood #dhs #uspol #fascism

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva) · Jan 15
🔁 @broadwaybabyto:

“F*cking b*tch”.

We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language.

Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger.

He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid.

He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence.

Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved.

These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to.

I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to watch her die.

But we can’t remain silent in the face of such atrocities:

disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-

#abolishice #ice #minneapolis #minnesota #reneenicolegood #dhs #uspol #fascism

Piper (@pconnelly) · Jan 15
🔁 @broadwaybabyto:

“F*cking b*tch”.

We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language.

Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger.

He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid.

He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence.

Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved.

These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to.

I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to watch her die.

But we can’t remain silent in the face of such atrocities:

disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-

#abolishice #ice #minneapolis #minnesota #reneenicolegood #dhs #uspol #fascism

GhostOnTheHalfShell (@GhostOnTheHalfShell) · Jan 15
🔁 @broadwaybabyto:

“F*cking b*tch”.

We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language.

Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger.

He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid.

He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence.

Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved.

These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to.

I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to watch her die.

But we can’t remain silent in the face of such atrocities:

disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-

#abolishice #ice #minneapolis #minnesota #reneenicolegood #dhs #uspol #fascism

Hurricane M :mstdn: (@herroyalmelness) · Jan 15
🔁 @broadwaybabyto:

“F*cking b*tch”.

We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language.

Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger.

He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid.

He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence.

Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved.

These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to.

I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to watch her die.

But we can’t remain silent in the face of such atrocities:

disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-

#abolishice #ice #minneapolis #minnesota #reneenicolegood #dhs #uspol #fascism

Roy #EatTheRich Pardee 🇺🇸 (@rpardee) · Jan 15
🔁 @broadwaybabyto:

“F*cking b*tch”.

We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language.

Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger.

He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid.

He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence.

Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved.

These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to.

I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to watch her die.

But we can’t remain silent in the face of such atrocities:

disabledginger.com/p/misogyny-

#abolishice #ice #minneapolis #minnesota #reneenicolegood #dhs #uspol #fascism

Worth reading
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🐕 (@jbenjamint) · Jan 15
🔁 @timbray:

What @anildash said: anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipe

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

Chip Butty (@otfrom) · Jan 15
🔁 @timbray:

What @anildash said: anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipe

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

Ecologia Digital (@josemurilo) · Jan 15
🔁 @timbray:

What @anildash said: anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipe

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

Tim Bray (@timbray) · Jan 15

What @anildash said: anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipe

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️ (@SnowyCA) · Jan 15
🔁 @timbray:

What @anildash said: anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipe

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

WTL (@WTL) · Jan 15
🔁 @anildash:

Today, Wikipedia turns 25 years old. It's never been more important — or under more attack from authoritarians. Here's what to know about how we got here, and what we can do to push for its future and support them as they start to demand fair support from the AI companies that are profiting off of the community. There's no better example than Wikipedia of the web we make together. anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipe

Mat (@okwithmydecay) · Jan 15
🔁 @anildash:

Today, Wikipedia turns 25 years old. It's never been more important — or under more attack from authoritarians. Here's what to know about how we got here, and what we can do to push for its future and support them as they start to demand fair support from the AI companies that are profiting off of the community. There's no better example than Wikipedia of the web we make together. anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipe

Clive Thompson (@clive) · Jan 15
🔁 @timbray:

What @anildash said: anildash.com/2026/01/15/wikipe

You know, I am occasionally shocked when someone I think of as smart or admirable or nice starts talking about how Wikipedia sucks. There are a few reasons why someone might feel that way, and none of them reflect well on them.

Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over “heroes”

shreevatsa.net · Jan 15

In 2000, Douglas Adams made an interesting observation that I keep returning to. A user on Slashdot named “FascDot Killed My Pr” had asked the following question (where HGttG = Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy): Comedy….or Tragedy? First, a big thank-you. You’ve made a lasting contribut...

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Odd-Egil Auran :prami: (@odd) · Jan 15
🔁 @svat:

Douglas Adams once said something, answering a question from a fan about whether Arthur Dent was a “hero”, and whether the Hitchhiker stories were “gaily whimsical” or cynical. The whole thing won't fit here (see: shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-ad) but quoting the main part:

> I suspect there is a cultural divide at work here. In England our heroes tend to be characters who either have, or come to realise that they have, no control over their lives whatsoever – Pilgrim, Gulliver, Hamlet, Paul Pennyfeather (from Decline and Fall), Tony Last (from A Handful of Dust). We celebrate our defeats and our withdrawals – the Battle of Hastings, Dunkirk, almost any given test match. There was a wonderful book published, oh, about twenty years ago I think, by Stephen Pile called the Book of Heroic Failures. It was staggeringly huge bestseller in England and sank with heroic lack of trace in the U.S. Stephen explained this to me by saying that you cannot make jokes about failure in the States. It’s like cancer, it just isn’t funny at any level. In England, though, for some reason it’s the thing we love most. So Arthur may not seem like much of a hero to Americans – he doesn’t have any stock options, he doesn’t have anything to exchange high fives about round the water-cooler. But to the English, he is a hero. Terrible things happen to him, he complains about it a bit quite articulately, so we can really feel it along with him - then calms down and has a cup of tea. My kind of guy!
>
> I’ve hit a certain amount of difficulty over the years in explaining this in Hollywood. I’m often asked ‘Yes, but what are his goals?’ to which I can only respond, well, I think he’d just like all this to stop, really. It’s been a hard sell.

Dan Fixes Coin-Ops (@ifixcoinops) · Jan 15
🔁 @svat:

Douglas Adams once said something, answering a question from a fan about whether Arthur Dent was a “hero”, and whether the Hitchhiker stories were “gaily whimsical” or cynical. The whole thing won't fit here (see: shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-ad) but quoting the main part:

> I suspect there is a cultural divide at work here. In England our heroes tend to be characters who either have, or come to realise that they have, no control over their lives whatsoever – Pilgrim, Gulliver, Hamlet, Paul Pennyfeather (from Decline and Fall), Tony Last (from A Handful of Dust). We celebrate our defeats and our withdrawals – the Battle of Hastings, Dunkirk, almost any given test match. There was a wonderful book published, oh, about twenty years ago I think, by Stephen Pile called the Book of Heroic Failures. It was staggeringly huge bestseller in England and sank with heroic lack of trace in the U.S. Stephen explained this to me by saying that you cannot make jokes about failure in the States. It’s like cancer, it just isn’t funny at any level. In England, though, for some reason it’s the thing we love most. So Arthur may not seem like much of a hero to Americans – he doesn’t have any stock options, he doesn’t have anything to exchange high fives about round the water-cooler. But to the English, he is a hero. Terrible things happen to him, he complains about it a bit quite articulately, so we can really feel it along with him - then calms down and has a cup of tea. My kind of guy!
>
> I’ve hit a certain amount of difficulty over the years in explaining this in Hollywood. I’m often asked ‘Yes, but what are his goals?’ to which I can only respond, well, I think he’d just like all this to stop, really. It’s been a hard sell.

✨buff dog himbo✨ (@itsmeholland) · Jan 15
🔁 @svat:

Douglas Adams once said something, answering a question from a fan about whether Arthur Dent was a “hero”, and whether the Hitchhiker stories were “gaily whimsical” or cynical. The whole thing won't fit here (see: shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-ad) but quoting the main part:

> I suspect there is a cultural divide at work here. In England our heroes tend to be characters who either have, or come to realise that they have, no control over their lives whatsoever – Pilgrim, Gulliver, Hamlet, Paul Pennyfeather (from Decline and Fall), Tony Last (from A Handful of Dust). We celebrate our defeats and our withdrawals – the Battle of Hastings, Dunkirk, almost any given test match. There was a wonderful book published, oh, about twenty years ago I think, by Stephen Pile called the Book of Heroic Failures. It was staggeringly huge bestseller in England and sank with heroic lack of trace in the U.S. Stephen explained this to me by saying that you cannot make jokes about failure in the States. It’s like cancer, it just isn’t funny at any level. In England, though, for some reason it’s the thing we love most. So Arthur may not seem like much of a hero to Americans – he doesn’t have any stock options, he doesn’t have anything to exchange high fives about round the water-cooler. But to the English, he is a hero. Terrible things happen to him, he complains about it a bit quite articulately, so we can really feel it along with him - then calms down and has a cup of tea. My kind of guy!
>
> I’ve hit a certain amount of difficulty over the years in explaining this in Hollywood. I’m often asked ‘Yes, but what are his goals?’ to which I can only respond, well, I think he’d just like all this to stop, really. It’s been a hard sell.

koehntopp ~ : (@koehntopp) · Jan 15
🔁 @svat:

Douglas Adams once said something, answering a question from a fan about whether Arthur Dent was a “hero”, and whether the Hitchhiker stories were “gaily whimsical” or cynical. The whole thing won't fit here (see: shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-ad) but quoting the main part:

> I suspect there is a cultural divide at work here. In England our heroes tend to be characters who either have, or come to realise that they have, no control over their lives whatsoever – Pilgrim, Gulliver, Hamlet, Paul Pennyfeather (from Decline and Fall), Tony Last (from A Handful of Dust). We celebrate our defeats and our withdrawals – the Battle of Hastings, Dunkirk, almost any given test match. There was a wonderful book published, oh, about twenty years ago I think, by Stephen Pile called the Book of Heroic Failures. It was staggeringly huge bestseller in England and sank with heroic lack of trace in the U.S. Stephen explained this to me by saying that you cannot make jokes about failure in the States. It’s like cancer, it just isn’t funny at any level. In England, though, for some reason it’s the thing we love most. So Arthur may not seem like much of a hero to Americans – he doesn’t have any stock options, he doesn’t have anything to exchange high fives about round the water-cooler. But to the English, he is a hero. Terrible things happen to him, he complains about it a bit quite articulately, so we can really feel it along with him - then calms down and has a cup of tea. My kind of guy!
>
> I’ve hit a certain amount of difficulty over the years in explaining this in Hollywood. I’m often asked ‘Yes, but what are his goals?’ to which I can only respond, well, I think he’d just like all this to stop, really. It’s been a hard sell.

Sylvain Soliman ☕️ (@soliman) · Jan 15
🔁 @svat:

Douglas Adams once said something, answering a question from a fan about whether Arthur Dent was a “hero”, and whether the Hitchhiker stories were “gaily whimsical” or cynical. The whole thing won't fit here (see: shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-ad) but quoting the main part:

> I suspect there is a cultural divide at work here. In England our heroes tend to be characters who either have, or come to realise that they have, no control over their lives whatsoever – Pilgrim, Gulliver, Hamlet, Paul Pennyfeather (from Decline and Fall), Tony Last (from A Handful of Dust). We celebrate our defeats and our withdrawals – the Battle of Hastings, Dunkirk, almost any given test match. There was a wonderful book published, oh, about twenty years ago I think, by Stephen Pile called the Book of Heroic Failures. It was staggeringly huge bestseller in England and sank with heroic lack of trace in the U.S. Stephen explained this to me by saying that you cannot make jokes about failure in the States. It’s like cancer, it just isn’t funny at any level. In England, though, for some reason it’s the thing we love most. So Arthur may not seem like much of a hero to Americans – he doesn’t have any stock options, he doesn’t have anything to exchange high fives about round the water-cooler. But to the English, he is a hero. Terrible things happen to him, he complains about it a bit quite articulately, so we can really feel it along with him - then calms down and has a cup of tea. My kind of guy!
>
> I’ve hit a certain amount of difficulty over the years in explaining this in Hollywood. I’m often asked ‘Yes, but what are his goals?’ to which I can only respond, well, I think he’d just like all this to stop, really. It’s been a hard sell.

Marianne (@noodlemaz) · Jan 15
🔁 @svat:

Douglas Adams once said something, answering a question from a fan about whether Arthur Dent was a “hero”, and whether the Hitchhiker stories were “gaily whimsical” or cynical. The whole thing won't fit here (see: shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-ad) but quoting the main part:

> I suspect there is a cultural divide at work here. In England our heroes tend to be characters who either have, or come to realise that they have, no control over their lives whatsoever – Pilgrim, Gulliver, Hamlet, Paul Pennyfeather (from Decline and Fall), Tony Last (from A Handful of Dust). We celebrate our defeats and our withdrawals – the Battle of Hastings, Dunkirk, almost any given test match. There was a wonderful book published, oh, about twenty years ago I think, by Stephen Pile called the Book of Heroic Failures. It was staggeringly huge bestseller in England and sank with heroic lack of trace in the U.S. Stephen explained this to me by saying that you cannot make jokes about failure in the States. It’s like cancer, it just isn’t funny at any level. In England, though, for some reason it’s the thing we love most. So Arthur may not seem like much of a hero to Americans – he doesn’t have any stock options, he doesn’t have anything to exchange high fives about round the water-cooler. But to the English, he is a hero. Terrible things happen to him, he complains about it a bit quite articulately, so we can really feel it along with him - then calms down and has a cup of tea. My kind of guy!
>
> I’ve hit a certain amount of difficulty over the years in explaining this in Hollywood. I’m often asked ‘Yes, but what are his goals?’ to which I can only respond, well, I think he’d just like all this to stop, really. It’s been a hard sell.

Rafa Font 🌻 🇪🇺 🏀 (@rafa_font) · Jan 15
🔁 @svat:

Douglas Adams once said something, answering a question from a fan about whether Arthur Dent was a “hero”, and whether the Hitchhiker stories were “gaily whimsical” or cynical. The whole thing won't fit here (see: shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-ad) but quoting the main part:

> I suspect there is a cultural divide at work here. In England our heroes tend to be characters who either have, or come to realise that they have, no control over their lives whatsoever – Pilgrim, Gulliver, Hamlet, Paul Pennyfeather (from Decline and Fall), Tony Last (from A Handful of Dust). We celebrate our defeats and our withdrawals – the Battle of Hastings, Dunkirk, almost any given test match. There was a wonderful book published, oh, about twenty years ago I think, by Stephen Pile called the Book of Heroic Failures. It was staggeringly huge bestseller in England and sank with heroic lack of trace in the U.S. Stephen explained this to me by saying that you cannot make jokes about failure in the States. It’s like cancer, it just isn’t funny at any level. In England, though, for some reason it’s the thing we love most. So Arthur may not seem like much of a hero to Americans – he doesn’t have any stock options, he doesn’t have anything to exchange high fives about round the water-cooler. But to the English, he is a hero. Terrible things happen to him, he complains about it a bit quite articulately, so we can really feel it along with him - then calms down and has a cup of tea. My kind of guy!
>
> I’ve hit a certain amount of difficulty over the years in explaining this in Hollywood. I’m often asked ‘Yes, but what are his goals?’ to which I can only respond, well, I think he’d just like all this to stop, really. It’s been a hard sell.

lj·rk (@ljrk) · Jan 15
🔁 @svat:

Douglas Adams once said something, answering a question from a fan about whether Arthur Dent was a “hero”, and whether the Hitchhiker stories were “gaily whimsical” or cynical. The whole thing won't fit here (see: shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-ad) but quoting the main part:

> I suspect there is a cultural divide at work here. In England our heroes tend to be characters who either have, or come to realise that they have, no control over their lives whatsoever – Pilgrim, Gulliver, Hamlet, Paul Pennyfeather (from Decline and Fall), Tony Last (from A Handful of Dust). We celebrate our defeats and our withdrawals – the Battle of Hastings, Dunkirk, almost any given test match. There was a wonderful book published, oh, about twenty years ago I think, by Stephen Pile called the Book of Heroic Failures. It was staggeringly huge bestseller in England and sank with heroic lack of trace in the U.S. Stephen explained this to me by saying that you cannot make jokes about failure in the States. It’s like cancer, it just isn’t funny at any level. In England, though, for some reason it’s the thing we love most. So Arthur may not seem like much of a hero to Americans – he doesn’t have any stock options, he doesn’t have anything to exchange high fives about round the water-cooler. But to the English, he is a hero. Terrible things happen to him, he complains about it a bit quite articulately, so we can really feel it along with him - then calms down and has a cup of tea. My kind of guy!
>
> I’ve hit a certain amount of difficulty over the years in explaining this in Hollywood. I’m often asked ‘Yes, but what are his goals?’ to which I can only respond, well, I think he’d just like all this to stop, really. It’s been a hard sell.

Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦 (@Chigaze) · Jan 15
🔁 @svat:

Douglas Adams once said something, answering a question from a fan about whether Arthur Dent was a “hero”, and whether the Hitchhiker stories were “gaily whimsical” or cynical. The whole thing won't fit here (see: shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-ad) but quoting the main part:

> I suspect there is a cultural divide at work here. In England our heroes tend to be characters who either have, or come to realise that they have, no control over their lives whatsoever – Pilgrim, Gulliver, Hamlet, Paul Pennyfeather (from Decline and Fall), Tony Last (from A Handful of Dust). We celebrate our defeats and our withdrawals – the Battle of Hastings, Dunkirk, almost any given test match. There was a wonderful book published, oh, about twenty years ago I think, by Stephen Pile called the Book of Heroic Failures. It was staggeringly huge bestseller in England and sank with heroic lack of trace in the U.S. Stephen explained this to me by saying that you cannot make jokes about failure in the States. It’s like cancer, it just isn’t funny at any level. In England, though, for some reason it’s the thing we love most. So Arthur may not seem like much of a hero to Americans – he doesn’t have any stock options, he doesn’t have anything to exchange high fives about round the water-cooler. But to the English, he is a hero. Terrible things happen to him, he complains about it a bit quite articulately, so we can really feel it along with him - then calms down and has a cup of tea. My kind of guy!
>
> I’ve hit a certain amount of difficulty over the years in explaining this in Hollywood. I’m often asked ‘Yes, but what are his goals?’ to which I can only respond, well, I think he’d just like all this to stop, really. It’s been a hard sell.

Khalid-a-tron ⚡ (@khalidabuhakmeh) · Jan 15
🔁 @svat:

Douglas Adams once said something, answering a question from a fan about whether Arthur Dent was a “hero”, and whether the Hitchhiker stories were “gaily whimsical” or cynical. The whole thing won't fit here (see: shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-ad) but quoting the main part:

> I suspect there is a cultural divide at work here. In England our heroes tend to be characters who either have, or come to realise that they have, no control over their lives whatsoever – Pilgrim, Gulliver, Hamlet, Paul Pennyfeather (from Decline and Fall), Tony Last (from A Handful of Dust). We celebrate our defeats and our withdrawals – the Battle of Hastings, Dunkirk, almost any given test match. There was a wonderful book published, oh, about twenty years ago I think, by Stephen Pile called the Book of Heroic Failures. It was staggeringly huge bestseller in England and sank with heroic lack of trace in the U.S. Stephen explained this to me by saying that you cannot make jokes about failure in the States. It’s like cancer, it just isn’t funny at any level. In England, though, for some reason it’s the thing we love most. So Arthur may not seem like much of a hero to Americans – he doesn’t have any stock options, he doesn’t have anything to exchange high fives about round the water-cooler. But to the English, he is a hero. Terrible things happen to him, he complains about it a bit quite articulately, so we can really feel it along with him - then calms down and has a cup of tea. My kind of guy!
>
> I’ve hit a certain amount of difficulty over the years in explaining this in Hollywood. I’m often asked ‘Yes, but what are his goals?’ to which I can only respond, well, I think he’d just like all this to stop, really. It’s been a hard sell.

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25 years of Drupal: what I've learned

dri.es · Jan 15

Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.

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Platform for Social Apps (@elgg) · Jan 15
🔁 @dries:

Drupal turns 25 today. A quarter of a century. I captured 25 lessons from the journey. dri.es/25-years-of-drupal-what #foss #opensource #web

mmu_man (@mmu_man) · Jan 15
🔁 @geerlingguy:

Reading @dries's blog post, when I got to the end and saw his little wordmark, I thought... Drupal Birthday and 'Dries Buytaert' are both db!

Anywho, happy 25th birthday to Drupal, the project that gave me my start in #opensource! dri.es/25-years-of-drupal-what

Witchzilla (@msbw) · Jan 15
🔁 @ricmac:

Congrats @dries and the #Drupal community for 25 years on the open web! Love this lesson from Dries' blog post: "You cannot force a community to exist, but you can create the conditions for one to grow." (the opposite is also true: if the conditions suck, people will leave — X, Threads, etc.)

p.s. I'm talking to Dries in a couple of hours for a post for @TheNewStack. Let me know if anyone has a question for him about Drupal's 25 years.

dri.es/25-years-of-drupal-what

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 (@chris) · Jan 15
🔁 @ricmac:

Congrats @dries and the #Drupal community for 25 years on the open web! Love this lesson from Dries' blog post: "You cannot force a community to exist, but you can create the conditions for one to grow." (the opposite is also true: if the conditions suck, people will leave — X, Threads, etc.)

p.s. I'm talking to Dries in a couple of hours for a post for @TheNewStack. Let me know if anyone has a question for him about Drupal's 25 years.

dri.es/25-years-of-drupal-what

Richard MacManus (@ricmac) · Jan 15

Congrats @dries and the #Drupal community for 25 years on the open web! Love this lesson from Dries' blog post: "You cannot force a community to exist, but you can create the conditions for one to grow." (the opposite is also true: if the conditions suck, people will leave — X, Threads, etc.)

p.s. I'm talking to Dries in a couple of hours for a post for @TheNewStack. Let me know if anyone has a question for him about Drupal's 25 years.

dri.es/25-years-of-drupal-what

Jeff Geerling (@geerlingguy) · Jan 15

Reading @dries.buytaert's blog post, when I got to the end and saw his little wordmark, I thought... Drupal Birthday and 'Dries Buytaert' are both db!

Anywho, happy 25th birthday to Drupal, the project that gave me my start in #opensource! https://dri.es/25-years-of-drupal-what-i-have-learned

PHP Community (@phpc) · Jan 15
🔁 @ricmac:

Congrats @dries and the #Drupal community for 25 years on the open web! Love this lesson from Dries' blog post: "You cannot force a community to exist, but you can create the conditions for one to grow." (the opposite is also true: if the conditions suck, people will leave — X, Threads, etc.)

p.s. I'm talking to Dries in a couple of hours for a post for @TheNewStack. Let me know if anyone has a question for him about Drupal's 25 years.

dri.es/25-years-of-drupal-what

Seth of the Fediverse (@phillycodehound) · Jan 15
🔁 @dries:

Drupal turns 25 today. A quarter of a century. I captured 25 lessons from the journey. dri.es/25-years-of-drupal-what #foss #opensource #web

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Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail

lalitm.com · Jan 15

When I was a junior engineer, my manager would occasionally confide his frustrations to me in our weekly 1:1s. He would point out a project another team was working on and say, “I don’t believe that project will go anywhere, they’re solving the wrong problem.” I used to wonder, “But you...

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Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉 (@djoerd) · Jan 15
🔁 @nolan:

"Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail" by Lalit Maganti lalitm.com/post/why-senior-eng

No notes, 100% correct on all counts.

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theguardian.com · Jan 14

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🔁 @kottke:

Many of us have “lost the future” during the radical uncertainty brought about by polycrisis. “I hadn’t fully grasped how the idea of a better future sustained me — now I, like many others, find it difficult to be productive.” theguardian.com/wellness/2026/

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🔁 @nwchapman:

The lack of predictability creates more doubt about the future, which blocks our ability to imagine ourselves in it. theguardian.com/wellness/2026/

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🔁 @nwchapman:

The lack of predictability creates more doubt about the future, which blocks our ability to imagine ourselves in it. theguardian.com/wellness/2026/

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theguardian.com · Jan 15

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