Nathan Samson

@BocaBola_ Had to leave to the airport at 5 in the morning or something. Decided not to go to sleep, put some special things (non daily things like camera battery charger) on a pile around midnight, properly started packing at 3.

What is the latest you pack for a trip? I leave for the UK in 4 days, haven't even thought about it yet

@METAPCs Wired when possible, wireless when that's not achievable

Wired or wireless? And don't say 'it depends.'

@javarevisited Mute notifications

Interviewer: Your authentication service is down. Nobody can log in. CEO is messaging every 2 minutes. What do you do first?

@thelefttake Also it implies positive is good (by using green). Making me wonder if that means more or less antisemitism.... Although then again higher (positive) numbers are apparantly worse (more red...)

@63grussell63 FIA might be in cahoots with curtain makers instead of fixing the problem on their end! Pure capitalism

The fact that F1 hasn’t even fixed the GIANT white rectangles that obscures the top middle of the broadcast FOUR RACES into the season is fucking mind blowing. Considering cancelling my subscription tbh and I’ve been a fan for YEARS.

@valigo Or if you are unsure mv ./~ ./what-was-i-thinking and then rm -rf what-was-i-thinking after you checked that is the right directory to delete

@valigo rm -rf ./~

If you ever accidentally create a file named "~" in a local directory, PLEASE, do yourself a favor and delete it through a gui file manager. DO NOT try to be a hero. Don't ask me how I arrived to this conclusion

@JoePostingg I mean, I am force stopping it because it is already misbehaving...

"If you force stop an app it may misbehave" No it won't. That's not true. It has never happened.

@BrentWeeks We all have seen this video right youtu.be/9LMr5XTgeyI?si…?

It's not a rule. It's a Problem: the Tiffany Problem. You put a character named Tiffany in your medieval Earth, readers balk because they think she's a Valley Girl. YOU and enlightened medievalists know that Tiffany was a common nickname for Theophania. The reader is WRONG! (Let's pause a moment until the blasting of kazoos fades.) Congrats, you're right, but at a cost: reader immersion. You've put a moment of WTF into the head of every reader who doesn't know this thing you know, and even into many of those who do (they'll stop to marvel at how you knew that weird detail, too). You pay the price one of three ways: add enough context for the unenlightened readers to understand, change the name, or break immersion. Choosing to break immersion isn't the brave choice. Not because you're not a brave person, but because it's not a moral choice: it's a craft choice. So is how you choose vocabulary (simple/esoteric/flowery), description style (plain/poetic), setting (every day/historical/ultra-weird), or blending genres. Breaking immersion often will winnow/refine your readership to those who like how YOU break their immersion, who like being pulled out of their reading world to marvel at tiny details you got right. Readers who prize maintaining their immersion will likely choose authors who prioritize maintaining readers' immersion in the future. "Aha! See? I'm being brave because I won't water down my creative vision for the sake of reader immersion!" Eh... maybe. There's a lot of competition in that space, and those who do it well enough to make careers are doing a lot of things well. (Maybe some do it intuitively, but the perpetual heavyweights are highly aware masters of craft.) Those who love a niche aren't necessarily anti-commercial; they're just placing their bet on an uncluttered field with fewer competitors: Tom Clancy filled his books with (boring/fascinating) technical details of military hardware/doctrine/oh-god-everything that one might think only a hardcore mil-geek could love. He relayed the story that when he finally managed to sell The Hunt for Red October to a small publisher, he said, "I think it might sell five thousand copies!" His wife said, "I bet it'll sell fifty thousand copies!" Surely only a language geek could love Tolkien, amirite? Surely only the staunchest navel-gazer could love Proust? So make your choice, pay your price. If you do your niche well enough, you can make a career either way. (Wow, this turned long. I think it would've made a better substack. Let me know. I'm thinking of starting one.)

@linusgsebastian I knew what was going to happen when I clicked the link. But I did it anyway...

Why I Left Linus Media Group. New video on my personal channel: youtube.com/watch?v=j5a0jT…

@anon_opin There is

There is nothing whatsoever to be gained from arguing with strangers on the internet.

@graciefacelove How long did it take here to move? Or put on headphones? No way this person kept on for this longer than 2 minutes...

I asked a woman next to me at a coworking space if she could please put headphones on for a meeting and she told me no and that I should get a private office - so now I’m blasting Coco Melon and randomly repeating back full sentences of their meeting.

@PrisonArchitect Wow, what a sudden surprise after 1.5years of silence Glad to see the development is ongoing!

Greeting Wardens! 🫣 Today we’re opening sign-ups for a new Closed Beta for Prison Architect 2, starting January 19, 2026! 🚨 ⭐️Learn How: pdxint.at/pa2beta

@WhodatJoey @formularacers_ @Motorsport_IT Are they a front runner?

@formularacers_ @Motorsport_IT It’s Ferrari 😂

🚨 | A few teams (including a front-runner) are in danger of arriving late to Barcelona testing, according to @Motorsport_IT. However, because each team can only run in 3/5 of the testing days, there is some margin for error.

@BocaBola_ @linusgsebastian You guys use teams?

This is still the best Teams Message I have ever received

@LinusTech every LTT video ever "I'm doing something crazy"

@JollaHQ Any plans for an esim?

5,000 Jolla Phones pre-ordered in one week, driven by the community. People showed there’s real demand for a European Linux phone built differently. The Jolla Phone reached 5,000 pre-orders organically, through community sharing and word of mouth. Thank you. We couldn’t have done this without you. Next stop: 10,000 pre-orders to unlock The Other Half and open source the modular hardware & software interfaces. 👉 Pre-order the Jolla Phone: jolla.com/phone 📰 Read the press release: jolla.com/content/upload… #Jolla #SailfishOS #DeGoogle #european #DigitalSovereignty #CommunityPowered

@FrameworkPuter Just take one from the warehouse

We hit 10k! Waiting for my free Framework Desktop.

@sortedfood Also who had more fun, you guys or the lovely people from Moonstone Murders?

WE’VE ARRIVED AT CLEAVER MANOR! Are you joining us? The whole team is here & prepping for this weekend’s Live Show - The Last Bite… But is murder on the menu? 👀 It all kicks off at 12pm UK time tomorrow, so now’s your LAST CHANCE to grab your tickets! bit.ly/4mQXo59

@sortedfood So is there already a post-mortem on probably one of the most silly Poker face's we have ever had (especially first round)? I don't think Kush slept until he figured out what happened (judging by face his was making)