@sophieschmieg @futurebird I thought you were talking about fonts for a moment, like a 12 point font is a half-barleycorn.

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Watching Microsoft’s robots telling Microsoft’s other robots that they need to agree to Microsoft CLAs in between Microsoft’s developers begging Microsoft’s robots to actually understand the problems they’re trying to fix in Microsoft's platform code o...Watching Microsoft’s robots telling Microsoft’s other robots that they need to agree to Microsoft CLAs in between Microsoft’s developers begging Microsoft’s robots to actually understand the problems they’re trying to fix in Microsoft's platform code on Microsoft's version-control website is kind of amazing.
This is definitely the future Terry Gilliam promised us.
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Robert Reich doing that "Youtube Minstrel" face for his videos is the last straw.@futurebird @KimberlyN @blogdiva
I’ve said this before but…. A couple of months ago mr beast a/b tested his way to finding out that there's some incremental improvement in clickthrough rates in his videos if the thumbnail has him showing a toothy smile, and now any picture of him is just… that. It’s him, dead inside, making that toothy smiling face, unsolicited, at rest, even if the rest of his face can't muster the energy to cooperate.
This shit just … corrodes you. From the inside out.