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Friday, October 9, 2015

Twitter's Thread Killers: See all activity on, View other replies, Show more, and Other replies to

So far as I can tell, there's not a single page in Google, Bing, or Duck Duck Go that includes all the Twitter thread killers, the labels that appear where tweets should be, that Twitter is using now because being able to chat in a coherent, organized, straightforward manner isn't what makes Twitter the most money.

Without any evidence other than timing, my suspicion is that abuse prevention is the driving force behind these coherent communication destroying techniques and the far too often appearance of their labels (link text):

"See all activity on"
"View other replies"
"Show more"
"Other replies to"
"View more in conversation →"
"This Tweet is unavailable"

Here's some Twitter users views of these thread killers:

Twitter, your web interface is killing me. Even clicking on "see all activity on this tweet" doesn't show me all replies!
— Ben (@inquiringbeard) June 26, 2015

twitter's "view other replies" thing completely botches convos and makes them unfollowable lol
— “The Booss” (@ihaveeczema) October 2, 2015

"View other replies" every other message, "Show more" at the end of the string... How about you just let me view the entire thread?
— Niko Geyer (@nikogeyer) September 23, 2015

This active thread by started by @anildash about Apple oddball vertical position for mouse charging is a great example of making following a conversation completely impossible.

I heard Apple's new Mouse used Lightning to charge & assumed it just looks like a corded mouse when plugged in. BUT. pic.twitter.com/QWtkPcGWbD
— Anil Dash (@anildash) October 14, 2015

If there's an explanation of the motivation behind these coherence destroyers in the Twitter support system, which there ought to be, along with an explanation of exactly when they are triggered, it eludes me so far.

The way Twitter is fragmenting conversation might be the stupidest thing I've seen since I started using the internet. Twitter is supposed to have world class people working for them and turn out a system that make avid users switch to a competitor, Blogger, to gripe about bad they are. It's baffling.

I think this is an illustrative example of the saying "you get what you pay for", and how systems that are paid for by ads may end up not even being good for ads because they are so bad for the other non-ad-serving task that one tends to think, incorrectly, that they are really for. Twitter started out as a way to chat in short messages in chronological order, and long term users tend to think that's what still what it really is at heart.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

State Zero VFX Breakdown

Great job. Very impressive. I'm a 55 yr sci fi fan, if you count comic
books at age 5. I'm not a fanatic, nor knowledgeable about technical
details nor a student of directors, producers, etc. I think there's a
lot of people like me in these regards. Looks great.

Friday, September 4, 2015

One Pancake One Egg One Bowl One Person No Milk

It's sometimes hard to find recipes for one person, one meal, minimal dishes, no leftovers, and this is especially so when the normal sized, two servings or more recipes call for at least one egg. Who wants to use a half egg? It's hard to find half chickens that lay half eggs.

Here's a recipe for one full size pancake that uses one egg and only one bowl, instead of two bowls, one for dry and one for wet. This uses one bowl for both.

One Pancake Recipe:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup water
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon oil butter or margarine (Butter will taste better)
1/2 cup flour

Directions:

Set pan on stove, and butter or oil, or spray, to stop sticking. Butter will taste best. You can just rub butter on the pan.

To a bowl large enough to hold all ingredients and stir them, which isn't all that big,

1. Add
    1/2 cup water
    1 egg
    Stir well A fork is fine.

2. Add
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/8 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon sugar
    1 teaspoon oil, butter, or margarine
    Stir

3. Add
    1/2 cup flour
    Stir

4. Pour into pan. If pan is big enough, one normal full size pancake will do fine.

5. Cook till bubbles are all over surface. Check edges till it looks done enough to suit you. There should be at least a hint of brown.

6. Flip over, cook roughly the same time, lifting edges with spatula.

Add butter, syrup, jam, or whatever suits you. Nothing is fine. Grated cheese will work,

Meals For One

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Musician Comedian Bo Burnham

Bo Burnham does funny words and nice tunes, somewhat similar to Tim Minchin, Hugh Laurie, Dudley Moore, or Tom Leher.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Alton Nolen's Criminal Record, the Oklahoma Beheader

On Friday, September 26, 2014, in Moore, Oklahoma, Alton Alexander Nolen killed a former co-worker, Colleen Hufford, by stabbing her, including beheading her, and was stabbing another former co-worker, Traci Johnson, when he was shot by Mark Vaughan, the chief operating officer of Nolen's former workplace, Vaughan Foods. Nolen is expected to survive.

Alton Nolen may also use the name "Jah'Keem Yisrael", making this Jah'Keem Yisrael's criminal record.

Below is what was described as Alton Nolen's Criminal Record

0000634241
Last Name NOLEN
First Name ALTON
Middle Name ALEXANDER
Suffix
Last Move Date 22-MAR-13
Facility CENTRAL DISTRICT - SHERIDAN OFFICE
Birth Date 16-AUG-84
Gender M
Race BLACK
Hair Color BLACK
Height (feet) 6 Height (inches) 0
Weight 198
Sentence Count 000006
Build STOCKY
Eye Color BROWN
County of Address OKLAHOMA
City of Address OKLAHOMA CITY
State of Address OK
Zip Code 73119
Number of Warrants 00000

Alias Names
Last Name NOLEN
First Name ALTON
Middle Name ALEXANDER
Suffix

Sentences
Statute Code 63-2-402
Issuing Agency LOGAN COUNTY COURT
Start Date Mar 10 2011
CRF Number 2009-242
Status EXPIRED
Sentence Type SPLIT
Incarcerated Term (years) 000000002.00
Probation Term (years) 000000004.00

Statute Code Details
Statute Code 63-2-402
Description POSS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Severity LOW
Offense Group POSSESSION, OBTAINING CDS
Violent (Y/N) N
Sex Offense (Y/N) N

Statute Code 21-649
Issuing Agency LOGAN COUNTY COURT
Start Date Mar 10 2011
CRF Number 2010-281
Status EXPIRED
Sentence Type SPLIT
Incarcerated Term (years) 000000002.00
Probation Term (years) 000000003.00

Statute Code Details
Statute Code 21-649
Description ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER
Severity HIGH
Offense Group ASSAULT
Violent (Y/N) Y
Sex Offense (Y/N) N

Statute Code 21-444
Issuing Agency LOGAN COUNTY COURT
Start Date Mar 10 2011
CRF Number 2010-281
Status EXPIRED
Sentence Type DETERMINATE
Incarcerated Term (years) 000000002.00
Probation Term (years)

Statute Code Details
Statute Code 21-444
Description ESCAPE AFTER LAWFUL ARREST
Severity MODERATE
Offense Group ESCAPE
Violent (Y/N) N
Sex Offense (Y/N) N

Statute Code 63-2-401
Issuing Agency OKLAHOMA COUNTY COURT
Start Date Apr 26 2011
CRF Number 2006-4671
Status EXPIRED
Sentence Type DETERMINATE
Incarcerated Term (years) 000000006.00
Probation Term (years)

Statute Code Details
Statute Code 63-2-401
Description DIST OF CDS/POSS W/INTENT
Severity MODERATE
Offense Group DISTRIBUTING CDS
Violent (Y/N) N
Sex Offense (Y/N) N

Statute Code 21-649
Issuing Agency LOGAN COUNTY COURT
Start Date Mar 22 2013
CRF Number 2010-281
Status SENTENCED TO P&P/CSD
Sentence Type SUSPENDED SENTENCE
Incarcerated Term (years)
Probation Term (years) 000000002.79

Statute Code Details
Statute Code 21-649
Description ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER
Severity HIGH
Offense Group ASSAULT
Violent (Y/N) Y
Sex Offense (Y/N) N

Statute Code 63-2-402
Issuing Agency LOGAN COUNTY COURT
Start Date Mar 22 2013
CRF Number 2009-242
Status SENTENCED TO P&P/CSD
Sentence Type SUSPENDED SENTENCE
Incarcerated Term (years)
Probation Term (years) 000000003.79

Statute Code Details
Statute Code 63-2-402
Description POSS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Severity LOW
Offense Group POSSESSION, OBTAINING CDS
Violent (Y/N) N
Sex Offense (Y/N) N

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