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Not sure if this Instagram tweet got posted yet -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:09
Bery does this make sense to you? FB related issues -- (link) - Remlik Oct 4, 13:05 21
- As if a billion voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 13:16
- BTW that doesn't mean FB's content is gone. It's all still there. It just means, as far as the internet is concerned, there is no Facebook right now - ty97 Oct 4, 13:10 5
  - And I was just adjusting to having only three friends again. It was kinda like high school. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 4, 13:14 1
    - I found that my use of FB (unintentionally) feel to near nothingness several years ago. - ty97 Oct 4, 13:16
  - No, it is gone. - Spawn Oct 4, 13:11 2
    - I have bad news for you..... -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 13:12 1
      - shut up - Spawn Oct 4, 13:14
- ~ listen all-y'all it's a sabotage ~ -- nm - JaxSean Oct 4, 13:08
- They pushed a broken BGP change, as far as I understand it, which basically deleted themselves from every routing table on the planet. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:07 12
  - Somebody is so getting fired -- nm - decline Oct 4, 13:12 2
    - I hope not. That's the wrong way for a company to react to this sort of incident, IMHO. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:14 1
      - Right? - Spawn Oct 4, 13:15
  - Wait, they might have done this to themselves? - ty97 Oct 4, 13:07 6
    - The Reuters report says it's more likely to be internal than external. -- (link) - mara Oct 4, 13:12 1
      - Very interesting. I just made some assumptions related to the timing and last night's report. - ty97 Oct 4, 13:14
    - It makes the most sense as an automated internal fuckup, in my experience. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:08 3
      - Just the thought that this could get past the control system to rollout is....wow (if that's what happened) -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 13:10 2
        
        this -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 13:15
        
        Are you sure? Yes, I'm f%*&ing sure! - spamlet Oct 4, 13:14
  - Oh no! Anyway... -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 13:07 1
    - Indeed. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:08
Frances Haugen Victorious!!! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 12:55 1
- "But my Bingo Blitz!" - my mother a little while ago -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 12:55
130 tickets bought,, 10/2 roll over was $20, 9/29 roll over got zero, do you think fb will be up today? I could load photos here??? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 12:54 3
- Znu j9 received -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 12:56 2
  - Now estimated to have a 685m pot -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 12:59 1
    - Even Tommy Chong thinks that's a lot of pot -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 4, 13:02
NFL Draft Update: PHI owns 3 of the first 9 picks. -- (edited) - Strongbad Oct 4, 12:48 1
- ack! -- nm* - Spawn Oct 4, 13:10
AP - Source at Facebook: "it's mayhem over here, all internal systems are down too." Tells me employees are communicating amongst each other by text" -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 12:37 21
- JIGGLE THE CABLES! -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 13:15
- "I've had to hold an emergency instruction on how to speak face to face" -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 13:07
- *boots up ICQ* -- nm - Strongbad Oct 4, 12:49 1
  - It’s owned by Russia so same-difference really. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 14:15
- someone should teach them to dial a phone -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 4, 12:48 1
  - We don't have all week for these remedial lessons! -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 12:49
- And today they're appealing the charge that they're a monopoly.... - Meg Oct 4, 12:46
- Via text?! It's like they're Amish or something! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 4, 12:45
- Friendster Redux! -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 4, 12:43
- Twitter responds -- (link) - decline Oct 4, 12:43 6
  - i laughed. -- nm - Andie Oct 4, 12:51 1
    - yup -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 12:51
  - You mean the twitter where replies don't seem to be loading currently? -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 12:44 3
    - You mean the twitter that's working fine for me? - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:47 2
      - Is ST down? - ty97 Oct 4, 12:48 1
        
        *googles "is the internet working"* -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 4, 12:49
- Soon they may have to....*GASP*....SPEAK to one another? -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 12:39
- mmm, this is wonderful. -- nm - tattoo daddy Oct 4, 12:38
- Oh no, email! Quelle horror! -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 12:38
- Email? The horror! -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 12:38 1
  - LOL -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 12:38
Maid S1:E1 at 8:03 you can see out the window of a building, to my pre-pandemic hairdresser, business name "Entourage" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:31 2
- "Don't call Basil 'Cilantro'" heh -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:36
- (Which means at that point in time, the camera was about a football field or so away from my house) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 12:34
NYT: FB internal systems went down. Badge Readers stopped working -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 12:29 2
- How does that dog food taste now? -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 12:35 1
  - like snozzberries -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 12:36
A lot going on here -- (pic) - ty97 Oct 4, 12:27 [Attachment] 1
- who knew Facebook was registered with Epik. -- nm - tattoo daddy Oct 4, 12:37
Latest local grocer shortage: plastic for bottles. - Spawn Oct 4, 12:26 4
- Soon we'll enter the phase where poor planning by retailers gets blamed on 'supply chain shortages' - ty97 Oct 4, 12:29
- What are people going to drink?!?! MILLIONS WILL DIE!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 4, 12:28 2
  - it's effecting vinyl production! -- (link) - mud Oct 4, 12:32 1
    - I feel like the 80s already handled that -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 12:33
OK, so no AirTrain to LGA. What's the right solution then? -- nm - Mop Oct 4, 12:14 3
- Hoof it -- nm - decline Oct 4, 12:44
- The same thing it's been for 30+ years: N train to LGA -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 12:17 1
  - (technically Astoria line extension to LGA. You can then run any letter train you want over that extension) -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 12:20
To be fair to Wet Leg, I did listen to and considered Wet Dream for The Twenty. But they are ineffectual without the videos. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 12:10 2
- *ding* -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 13:02
- Negative 20 Qale points -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 12:56
umpire Joe West to retire after postseason -- (link) - Beaker Oct 4, 12:07 2
- THANK GOD -- nm - Jovian Oct 4, 12:15
- Thank God. he is almost as bad as Angel hernandez -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 4, 12:12
OHare has a "Cannabis Amnesty" box -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 12:06 2
- hotbox? -- nm - Max Oct 4, 13:15
- I was gonna screen some folks, then I got high. -- nm - TSA Oct 4, 12:07
Krusty: CM Punk goes sneaker shopping with Complex -- (link) - Remlik Oct 4, 11:59 [youtube] 3
- What are the 40k shoes? -- nm - the wrong element Oct 4, 12:10 1
  - meh - Spawn Oct 4, 12:20
- I saw it pop up in my feed. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 12:05
Racist Calgary mayoral candidate gets 18 months jail time for violating Ontario judge's hate speech order -- (link) - Beaker Oct 4, 11:58 4
- Wait they can do that all we can do is take away the racist's Twitter account -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 12:19
- Racist is just one branch of his crazy river. He's a delusional psychopath. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 12:03
- ... still wins. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:59 1
  - he's even too crazy for Alberta! -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 12:00
LOL it's the oculus matrix -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 11:41 8
- Didn't I see this anime? -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 4, 11:52 5
  - Anime, South Park, same thing. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:55 4
    - plot of Avalon.. one of my favorite movies. -- nm - tattoo daddy Oct 4, 11:56 3
      - I was actually thinking of Sword Art Online. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 4, 12:02
      - Now the party's over, I'm so tired. Then I see you coming, out of nowhere. - Spawn Oct 4, 11:57 1
        
        I was just listening to Flesh + Blood (preceding album) on my walk! -- nm - mud Oct 4, 12:15
- Being an early adopter has its drawbacks -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 11:50 1
  - Yeah, when will the FB fad end? -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:58
*sigh* we're back to standing in line *outside* the bank. I appreciate it's the first Monday of the month at a busy branch, but still :/ - Meg Oct 4, 11:39 3
- just wait until you come back from the park with pockets full of diamonds :) -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 11:58
- hope you also have a brick in your purse. -- nm - tattoo daddy Oct 4, 11:56 1
  - Three large sets of keys - just about as heavy ;) -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 12:01
Last week, you were confident, friendly, and optimistic. - The Allfather Oct 4, 11:36
Ravens rushing: they tied the record at 43 straight games with 100 yards rushing. For prospective the next active streak is...5 games by the Browns - Beaker Oct 4, 11:36 7
- A record no one knew about or cared about before yesterday -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 11:47 6
  - Just a hunch but pretty sure the Ravens organization was aware. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 11:56 1
    - Especially since the record was held by Pittsburgh. -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 12:29
  - thanks, Deep Blue! -- nm - tattoo daddy Oct 4, 11:55
  - You know the only time records like that are mentioned are when they are tied/broken. - the wrong element Oct 4, 11:54 1
    - it will be interesting next Monday night to see if Indy goes all out to stop their streak -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 11:56
  - I think some Ravens fans knew. -- nm* - Strongbad Oct 4, 11:49
Facebook HQ got an update -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 11:35
At the professional level, I'm not opposed to teams running up the score, etc. Of course, I'm also not opposed to other teams using it as motivation. -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 11:33 4
- People also need to remember that taking a knee isn't about sportsmanship. - the wrong element Oct 4, 11:41 1
  - Teams took a knee before Herm Edwards. I remember that play quite well, everyone couldn't believe they didn't take a knee. -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 11:43
- Yeah, this isn’t high school where the talent could be vastly different* - spamlet Oct 4, 11:36 1
  - Or even college. But professionals get bonuses for individual numbers. Let 'em earn. -- nm - mara Oct 4, 11:37
why/who would dump 126,000 gallons of oil? could it be a deliberate attack say North Korea? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 11:24 8
- Oil Magnate strikes again! He laughs atop his crude fortress. -- nm - tattoo daddy Oct 4, 11:54
- Pretty lame attack. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 4, 11:50
- Local news. -- (link) - Meg Oct 4, 11:31 1
  - Texas oil. I knew I recognized that fowl stench as soon as I stepped aboard -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 12:16
- Why would an oil company admit responsibity and take the stock price hit if it's not their pipeline? -- nm - mara Oct 4, 11:30
- it would be an ineffectual attack, for comparison purposes the Exxon Valdez was up to 31 MILLION gallons of oil -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 11:29
- They're claiming leaky valve, first reported/noticed on Saturday, but locals say they smelled something in the air on Friday. -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 11:27 1
  - Local wildlife rescue groups are pleading for donations. Beaches may be closed for months. -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 11:29
the economy "tanked." manufacturers were like, whoa, let's dial back chip orders. got out of the queue. economy never really tanked. chip suppliers -- (edited) - amanda jeans Oct 4, 11:24 4
- the rule of thumb we've been told for right now is if it used to take 6 months, add 50% so now will take 9 for our long lead items. Regular every - Beaker Oct 4, 11:37 1
  - but like, when does this turn around? -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 11:40
- Taiwan has had a bunch of issues too (disasters, COVID) and it supplies the vast majority of chips. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 11:33
- Meanwhile Oil Leak out here. Rising Oil prices. -- nm - budice Oct 4, 11:26
"But we tested this in the DEV environment!" -- nm - Facebook QA Engineer Right Now, probably Oct 4, 11:22 1
- "De-Identify Data? Hells Naw. All Production in Dev baby." -- nm - budice Oct 4, 11:25
nmbBeaker - zeitgeist Oct 4, 11:21 1
- yes please. How much I owe you now? -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 11:32
I apparently inspired (and mostly wrote) this tweet at work 😂 -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 11:16 10
- **wrong place sorry** -- nm* - zeitgeist Oct 4, 11:19
- Semi-related. I own this twitter handle -- (link) - oblique Oct 4, 11:19 8
  - Oooohhh ... I wonder if we'd want to buy that -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 11:27 4
    - Oh, apparently that's against the Twitter terms of service -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 11:30 3
      - For me? Probably :) -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 11:31 2
        
        I mean, buying and selling of accounts is against the Twitter ToS. I didn't even think to ask if you'd be willing to sell. 🤦🏻 - Beryllium Oct 4, 11:34 1
        
        I wouldn't mind. I'd have to think that some free tier at GCP would handle it. I'm not using my GCP stuff for anything anymore since - oblique Oct 4, 11:41
  - Can a Twitter bot be programmed to post the photos? -- nm - mara Oct 4, 11:24 2
    - 100% I'm sure there are much better ways to do it these days. I've had that handle over a decade now -- nm - oblique Oct 4, 11:32
    - The API supports it, I think -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 11:27
Hollywood: IATSE votes to OK Strike if negotiations fail -- (link*) - budice Oct 4, 11:16
I had missed this gem. The proposed 1.5 mile LGA Airtrain to nowhere was going to cost $2 **billion**?! -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 11:16 10
- Build it, and they will come. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 13:03
- It started out at $500m and as usual they swore that's all it would cost. - Krusty Oct 4, 11:17
- HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE (yes this first is awful but the question stands!) -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 11:16 7
  - anything to do with freeways and trains costs a billion -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 11:18 6
    - We're doing this project currently in Indiana. It's almost a billion -- (link) - oblique Oct 4, 11:43
    - Maybe we need to ask why? - ty97 Oct 4, 11:23 3
      - I looked up land prices near LaGuardia. A 0.05 acre (1/20th acre) plot costs $279k. - Will Hunting Oct 4, 12:00
      - Why ask why, ty? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 4, 11:41
      - It's quite simple, really. -- (link) - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 4, 11:31 [youtube]
    - This. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 4, 11:20

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