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Ernie Smith
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Lil Nas X walked so Shaboozey could run.
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Editor of Tedium (tedium.co), freelance writer, pop-up search engine maven (udm14.com), person who doesn’t look or sound like Lou Reed.
See my writing: erniesmith.net/
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Ernie Smith
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Lil Nas X walked so Shaboozey could run.
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Ernie Smith
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Hear me out: President Clooney
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Ernie Smith
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This Slate piece kind of echoes my POV on it. slate.com/life/2024/07...
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Ernie Smith
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I don’t love that we’re still seeing these takes, but George Clooney is somewhat more convincing than most of the others because of his status as a massive fundraiser for Joe. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/o...
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Ernie Smith
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So I've heard.
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Ernie Smith
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Focus on Docker compose, it’s far less painful. You basically need to know three commands:
docker compose up (adding the -d flag after you figure it out)
docker compose down
docker compose build
This makes it pretty easy. github.com/azukaar/Cosm...
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Howie from Maryland 🦀
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Regardless of where you fall on the Joe Biden debacle, I can't help but be amused at the sight of a bunch of 75 year olds giving their input on what an 80 year old should do.
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Ernie Smith
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The thing is, the Pilot was a very well-managed paper when I was there. Well, until I got laid off, at least.
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Ernie Smith
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Why I bought the domain for the newspaper I worked at in the late 2000s.
And why, if you’re worried about your search results, you should maybe consider following suit.
tedium.co/2024/07/10/w...
new @tedium.co
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Ernie Smith
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Good on them. I like how they chose to take steps to protect the rank-and-filers with this tech change, rather than removing features they rely on
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Ernie Smith
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It’s definitely worth trying.
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Ernie Smith
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It’s like Microsoft bet on a model that doesn’t work for games and we all suffer for it
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Riley MacLeod
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You don't need charts and breakdowns of Xbox's new Game Pass tiers to see what's happening here: things that cost more and work for you less, because everything is rotting from the top
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luke
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Some interesting branding down the street from me right now
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The Onion
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Jason Koebler
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Beloved Apple blog TUAW was shut down in 2015, sold to private equity, then sold to a company in Hong Kong. It recently relaunched as an AI content farm using the stolen identities and bylines of its former human staff. A nightmare:
www.404media.co/a-beloved-te...
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Ernie Smith
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Damn man, you work fast! LOL. Good work.
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Ernie Smith
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Bought the domain of the newspaper I worked at during the salad days of my late 20s.
bsky.app/profile/erni...
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Ernie Smith
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If you worked somewhere that shut down a while ago, media companies are starting to unload old domains. Ask me how I know.
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Ernie Smith
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The CD had a lot of hidden tricks. The best one was the pregap.
Here’s how they figured out how to hide songs in there:
tedium.co/2024/07/06/c...
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Ernie Smith
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You either pick up the falling thimbles, or you live long enough to become one.
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Ernie Smith
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Finally some balanced analysis of this mess
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Ernie Smith
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Substack was a mistake
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Ernie Smith
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Excellent play.
www.theverge.com/2024/7/8/241...
Next up, support Linux.
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Ernie Smith
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How do you expand from an expertise in making bread crumbs for meatballs into … tiny packets of drink powder?
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Ernie Smith
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Intrigued by the fact that the company that makes my powdered beverages of choice also makes bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Easily the most unusual product lineup I’ve seen since BIC. www.4c.com
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Ernie Smith
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This ⬇️
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Ernie Smith
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In this case, the guy peaced out the second I started dropping links and my understanding of how the media works, because he realized I did not support his agenda. Avoid saying how you really feel, but hint at it just enough that you can get people to play into your facade.
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Ernie Smith
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This kind of fake engagement clearly designed to exploit an exploitable algorithm grinds my gears so much. Be honest about what you’re trying to do.
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Technology Connections
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When you're producing a product and people misuse it, if you don't take steps to correct that misuse then you're co-signing on it. You can't "not my problem" out of that situation. If you're aware of it, and you don't care, the distinction between endorsement and apathy is meaningless.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮
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Hey, everyone who keeps downplaying the role of media framing, you know we can *literally* measure this happening, right? Your denialism doesn't make it go away, and you aren't smart enough to somehow evade it.
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Ernie Smith
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I want to forget Threads exists but people want me to care about it. Most of my posts are requests to Adam Mosseri that he make it possible to follow people in the fediverse
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Ernie Smith
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I hate Threads, I don’t want to post there. People are putting on BS engagement acts there for weak engagement and acting butthurt the second they get called on it
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Ernie Smith
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My Gmail app for Android is crashing every time I try to click on an email from the New York Times, nobody else. (I wonder if it’s trying to tell me something?)
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Ernie Smith
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The Intercept-to-Substack pipeline continues www.dropsitenews.com/p/this-is-an...
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Ernie Smith
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Honestly, more of this. This is the future of smartphones—quality, functional commodity products that anyone can afford.
www.theverge.com/2024/7/8/241...
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Ernie Smith
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I warn, gently, that it could happen here.
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Ernie Smith
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IMHO: Own your list. Social networks leverage temporary engagement for short-term growth, then rugpull in favor of paid distribution. It gradually forces creatives to work harder for less. It’s less likely to happen with email or RSS. So own your blog, and own your email list.
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Ernie Smith
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I don't use projectors but I use a smartphone just like a projector
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Ernie Smith
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Pretty sure the White Sox mascot from 1979-1981 was a smashed disco record
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Ernie Smith
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(That said I would totally break an ankle doing this)
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Ernie Smith
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This remains the best troll in the history of popular music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc0M...
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Howie from Maryland 🦀
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Just replace the smile with the nutritional facts.
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Ernie Smith
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Know your role McDonald’s
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Ernie Smith
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Finally something more lame than Nickelback
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Ernie Smith
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From the Goodwill Games to the Good Pill Games
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Pavel
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Well this is grim
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Ernie Smith
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Gotta dig into the questions literally nobody else is asking.
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Ernie Smith
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This Willie Nelson album inspired an indie label to patent the technique, which isn’t included in the “Red Book.”
tedium.co/2024/07/06/c...
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Ernie Smith
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Way more than you wanted to know about the “pregap”—the period just before the first track on most audio CDs—and how audio engineers figured out you could hide a song there.
tedium.co/2024/07/06/c...
new @tedium.co
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