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An archive of my tweets and retweets through . They may be formatted slightly differently than on Twitter. API access has since gotten prohibitively expensive – I don't know whether or when I'll be able to update this archive.

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RT @aginnt:
Will you see this in the news? Tens of thousands of Austrians take over Vienna to stop the medical police state. https://t.co/l…

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RT @maternus:
Bin ich eigentlich der einzige, der das ⬇️ gruselig findet? Wie sollen wir uns nach der Pandemie noch in die Augen schauen kö…

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@DKedmey

Good for you.

I wish to learn to how make FPS in particular and get better at game dev generally.

If you get stuck hmu.

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Die sechste Fünf-Sterne-Bewertung für Der Anfang der Unendlichkeit ist gerade eingegangen. Immer noch 100% fünf Sterne (toi toi toi).

amazon.de/product-review…

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It's not so much about binary code but information processing. Anything that processes information is (or contains) a computer. That includes brainless organisms like amoebae. twitter.com/Neuro_Skeptic/…

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@t_rehberger @PhilosophyPub @DavidDeutschOxf

Deutsch bzgl. Medikamenten (19:55 bis 22:40): youtu.be/O14HyFNYVFY?t=…

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RT @PhilosophyPub:
Hier ist @DavidDeutschOxf auf deutsch in einem Interview mit dem Übersetzer von The Beginning of Infinity. Welche Ideen…

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@t_rehberger @PhilosophyPub @DavidDeutschOxf

Ein Gedanke zum Thema 'wieso zieht man erfolgreiche Medikamente ungetesteten vor': Jeder Einsatz eines Medikaments stellt eine Moeglichkeit der Fehlerkorrektur dar. Wichtig ist auch die Erklaerung, wie und warum das Medikament funktioniert.

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RT @t_rehberger:
@PhilosophyPub @DavidDeutschOxf

Oft führte Optimismus in einer Zivilisation zur Miniaufklärung: einer krit. Tradition, die…

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RT @engineers_feed:
How it started: How it's going: pic.twitter.com/aFlksgbqCB

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RT @webdevMason:
Can’t say this strongly enough, if hearing people propose apparently far-fetched alternatives to the consensus on any set…

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RT @PeterSweden7:
It's happening.

A court in Belgium ruled that the covid passports were illegal.

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I’ve never made one. twitter.com/catturd2/statu…

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Cool. There’s something similar you can do with a fork, spoon, and toothpick. twitter.com/SteveStuWill/s…

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Surely they’re ‘top’ in status only, not in substance. twitter.com/EricRWeinstein…

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RT @breaking_frames:
Breaking Bad - Season 02 Episode 08 - Frame 312 of 2842 pic.twitter.com/VOqlMzvaj2

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Genial: Pflegepersonal ist ja ach so wichtig, also sorgen wir dafür, dass es weniger davon gibt. twitter.com/tilsteff/statu…

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@DominicCronin @Shekhar551228 @engineers_feed

He didn't say that.

unclear what that refers to.

Only "Python developer".

he did say he's been doing it for ten years, so he said more than only python developer

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@DominicCronin @Shekhar551228 @engineers_feed

I've only ever heard the terms 'software developer' and 'software engineer' used synonymously.

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@DominicCronin @Shekhar551228 @engineers_feed

It's his profession and it's called 'software engineer', he's been doing it for ten years, he's not some script kiddie like someone wielding a spanner one afternoon.

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@Shekhar551228 @engineers_feed

Then you’re still an engineer, albeit a different one.

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RT @aginnt:
Germany in 2021. twitter.com/TheJuggernaut8…

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RT @StasiArchiv:
#OTD 1961: Dieter Wohlfahrt verhalf nach dem Mauerbau zahlreichen Menschen zur Flucht in den Westen. Am 09.12.1961 erschos…

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@ClimateWarrior7

I’m sorry, I’ll do better.

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@CFallibilism @MagnetThatcher @DavidDeutschOxf

I have many criticisms of your previous tweet (twitter.com/CFallibilism/s…) but first I think you'd benefit from re-reading and analyzing the most recent tweets in this thread starting at "Are you not on the side of life?" in light of this article: curi.us/2128-question-…

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@CFallibilism @MagnetThatcher @DavidDeutschOxf

Is that a 'yes' to my question?

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"starving the unvaccinated" twitter.com/MaximeBernier/…

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Or, nowadays, not so simple ones. twitter.com/SJobs_Stories/…

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@CFallibilism @MagnetThatcher @DavidDeutschOxf

That question is rather broad – could include animal and plant life. I take it to mean something like 'Do you not want ppl to live?', correct?

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@CFallibilism

I encourage ppl not to break the law in general but to resist tyrants. Ppl should have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This woman shows courage in the face of a tyrant with overwhelming power against her; that's rare.

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@CFallibilism @MagnetThatcher @DavidDeutschOxf

Correct, what's within double quotes is what the scientists said in the linked article. What's in single quotes is an imagined/scare quote by an imaginary tyrant.

(I tend to use double quotes for literal quotes only and single quotes for imagined/scare quotes.)

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@CFallibilism @MagnetThatcher @DavidDeutschOxf

pnas.org/content/118/49… as linked in Kickbusch's tweet, 'Significance' section.

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@reitschuster

Beate ist nutzlos in ihrer Rolle

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Powerful and brave twitter.com/libsoftiktok/s…

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@aginnt

He doesn’t say what you claim he says in the video.

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RT @aginnt:
Germans march tonight in Munich against COVID mandates and restrictions. pic.twitter.com/NnQS2JwAU7

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RT @aginnt:
Germany in 2021. twitter.com/EliseiNicole/s…

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@DKedmey

How's your Unity game (pun intended). I'm enjoying this playlist on how to make a FPS multiplayer: youtube.com/watch?v=UK57qd…

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@MagnetThatcher

Das scheint leider zu stimmen.

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@EdB_Ohio @ClimateWarrior7

The fact that you even asked this question just goes to show that you have hip privilege. You should instead educate yourself on the plight of women and minorities, bigot.

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@Crypt0sh4man @ToKTeacher

False, myth of the framework

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RT @libsoftiktok:
To show support for the BIPOC community, white people shouldn’t have babies. Totally normal stuff twitter.com/haterchoker/st…

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RT @jeremykauffman:
I'd rather catch COVID every year than have a federal government

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RT @Baldprivilege:
I FINALLY FOUND IT!
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT!! pic.twitter.com/YEFg4nr3cN

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Both are terrible but probably mask in profile picture at this point. twitter.com/libsoftiktok/s…

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'Da koennt' ja jeder kommen.' 'Wo kaemen wir denn da hin.' Das alte deutsche Obrigkeitsdenken. twitter.com/MichaelPSenger…

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RT @aginnt:
This is the reality of our current political dialectic. pic.twitter.com/Xc7RMv2nwY

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RT @reitschuster:
Was für verrückte Zeiten! Wenn man so etwas sieht, weiß man heute nicht, ob es eine Provkation oder Falle von ZDF-Böhmerm…

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@ToKTeacher

Coercion is also used when persuasion isn’t entertained as an option. Eg by those incompetent at persuasion (government, parents).

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Classic example of government causing problems (lockdowns -> more poverty), and then wanting to steal more money to 'solve' them. twitter.com/ewarren/status…

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@MagnetThatcher

I'd guess that introducing teleportation makes measuring speeds even more difficult... Or does it?

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Cool video about how we do not actually know whether light travels at the same speed in all directions: youtu.be/pTn6Ewhb27k

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RT @paulg:
If Bernie is going to attack people for greed when rising stock prices make them richer, is he going to praise their generosity…

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@MagnetThatcher @DavidDeutschOxf

Also note the conclusion: "We find a very low risk of infection when everyone wears a face mask [...]" (emphasis added)

'Excellent', says the collectivist, scientistic tyrant, 'I can use this study to justify mask mandates.'

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I’ll say it again, leave Austria NOW. twitter.com/disclosetv/sta…

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RT @reitschuster:
Wie die selbst ernannten Bekämpfer von Hass und Hetze aktuell Hass und Hetze in der Gesellschaft im Minutentakt verbreite…

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@L0stM00nB0y @Copyofacopyofa8 @FirearmsRetro

Bill Burr once told a story (I'm paraphrasing from vague memory) that he met a hot and super cool LAY-DEE on a plane. He couldn't believe it. When she saw the disbelief on his face she said 'I used to be fat'. Interestingly, she stayed cool.

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I think I've found it: hiddendominion.com/the-online-dat…

Corroborates my belief that many men are waaaayyy too desperate for sex. twitter.com/Copyofacopyofa…

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@Friuliaa @L0stM00nB0y @FirearmsRetro

It could, but the difference is that women don't get the same scrutiny as men. Everyone knows men can be pigs but do ppl know that about women? Something Bill Burr likes to point out.

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RT @SHomburg:
Auch in Österreich gilt die Gewissensfreiheit. Aber es droht ein Jahr Haft, wenn man davon Gebrauch macht.

Was für ein Wahns…

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This woman is awesome. Be like her. twitter.com/TheFreds/statu…

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RT @aginnt:
Austrians in Vienna last night break their lockdown and party in the street as a protest. pic.twitter.com/pXW3knzFAL

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RT @aginnt:
A huge protest in Denmark tonight against vaccine mandates and COVID restrictions. pic.twitter.com/xdzcTXLvtR

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RT @SimonHoiberg:
Making money while I sleep is the best drug I've tried!

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RT @aginnt:
A huge march in Denmark this weekend against lockdowns and vaccine mandates. pic.twitter.com/HBNHEFeK5J

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
I love watching politicians speculate on what they can best inject me with this week.

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@DavidDeutschOxf

Heroism requires courage. Can publishing a popular result be heroic?

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Since Austria is shortly about to be 100% vaccinated except for a handful of people who'll be in prison, I expected co…

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RT @marcfriedrich7:
How it started: How it’s going: pic.twitter.com/XV5giJ3Rod

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RT @drumheadberlin:
Schonungslose Abrechnung mit dem Bundesverfassungsgericht ⁦@SZpic.twitter.com/NSGtBicijN

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RT @engineers_feed:
Remember when teachers used to say "You won't have a calculator everywhere you go." Well…

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RT @billburr:
Quit your whining.

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RT @SJobs_Stories:
"It’s really great when you show somebody something and you don’t have to convince them they have a problem this solves.…

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New blog post: ‘Give a Man a Mirror…’

blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/give-a-m…

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BioShock Burial at Sea is even better than Infinite. I mean, you need to have played all the other BioShocks to understand the story, but god damn Burial at Sea has a great one.

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@_Islamicat

Is against Shakira lawses

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@paulg

It’s not because parents usually coerce them?

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@ks445599

With governments things usually aren't temporary

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Leave Australia now twitter.com/PeterSweden7/s…

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RT @argonerd:
Christian Lindner vor der Wahl
vs.
Christian Lindner nach der Wahl pic.twitter.com/HsdmGguavZ

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RT @michaelmalice:
@JoeBiden

did you shit your pants or no

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Jabba the Hutt thought he was too clever to get the vaccination. But then he got covid and now he's struggling to walk…

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RT @reitschuster:
Deutschland 2022 unter der Ampel.
Das Land, in dem jeder sein Geschlecht selbst bestimmen kann.
Aber nicht seinen Impfsta…

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RT @TheBabylonBee:
German Health Minister: 'We Must Take Large Groups Of Unvaccinated And Concentrate Them Into Special Camps' https://t.co…

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And why is she trying to look ‘cute’ while saying it? twitter.com/libsoftiktok/s…

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“Among the unintended consequences of Austria’s emergency laws will be the power to harm and humiliate. The law’s first victim will be civility.” twitter.com/MichaelPSenger…

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@VariantenGra

Das Wort computation ist ganz bloed zu übersetzen. Denn Berechnung ist ja dasselbe wie calculation, also geht da im Deutschen was verloren.

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