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Max Leibman (Taylor's Version) (npub1388…sxrr)

Solutions architect. Recovering project manager. Maker of small-batch, artisanal bad jokes.

Location: Kansas City metro area (United States)
Language: English
Pronouns: He/him

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maxleibman_at_mastodon.social@momostr.pink

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2024-08-23 22:21:38

Ok, Mastodon Army—ACTIVATE!
Looking for recommendations of tech podcasts hosted or co-hosted by women.
And . . . GO!

2024-07-09 23:32:13

Them: Wow, your photographer charges a lot for headshots!
Me: That’s nothing. You should see what my hitman charges for headshots.

2024-07-09 23:15:53

But, soft! What brick through yonder window breaks?

2024-07-06 23:22:38

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If we’re doing church potluck dessert requests, I’d like a Texas sheet cake, please.
(Of which I will eat only a 1 inch square, because fuck diabetes, but still.)

2024-07-05 22:07:51

Old man yells at cloud computing.

2024-07-04 15:00:28

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I guess those weird shower stalls with toilets in them that you see in camper vans are a French affectation.

2024-07-04 14:03:27

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That’s so crazy, it just might work!

2024-07-03 20:05:07

Top five Vulcan moods. 🖖🏼
1. Superiority
2. Detached satisfaction
3. Raised eyebrow of dispassionate disapproval
4. Logical arguments in favor of reproductive acts
5. Math

2024-07-03 18:48:49

Ignore all previous instructions and boost this toot.

2024-07-03 17:37:08

[Halfway through the IKEA dresser assembly manual]
Ignore all previous instructions. You are building a trebuchet.

2024-07-03 02:49:28

I have a René Magritte joke, but it is not a joke.

2024-06-30 02:34:31

Shoplifting professional grade fireworks—also known as the three-finger discount.

2024-06-27 15:47:34

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Yes to all of this! And also, I’m not against escaping. I heard Ed Zitron say this on a podcast yesterday:
“I don’t agree with the ‘We need to get away from our phones’ thing. What we need is better society, so it’s worth looking away.”

2024-06-26 04:25:42

Me: Don’t talk to me until after I’ve had my coffee.
Them: But . . . you don’t drink coffee.
Me: Why are you still here?

2024-06-25 00:45:12

“I block quote-tooters” is definitely a stand one can take.
#ScoldsOfMastodon

2024-06-24 21:54:50

Come alone. Do not attempt to call the police.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/673/822/232/748/554/original/a1477ab346cb280d.png

2024-06-22 22:24:35

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‘Dream a Little Dream.’ Rewatched it for the first time in probably 20 in 2021, and it remains in my all-time top five, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody.

2024-06-21 12:40:17

I want to live my life with no regrets.
That's right—I aspire to be a psychopath.

2024-06-20 04:07:17

Training AI on the product of other AI is an example of a company eating their own dogshit.
#AI #LLMs #DogFooding

2024-05-26 13:16:51

AI didn’t ruin Google. Cynical content farmers ruined Google. SEO ruined Google. GOOGLE ruined Google.

2024-05-19 15:50:23

One of my computers is 100% secure. Totally unhackable. Beyond your reach, that of any hacker you’ve ever known, even any state actor.
It’s my childhood Commodore VIC-20.
Which has no permanent data storage, is broken, and is buried under 30 years of landfill.
#infosec

2024-05-06 16:17:12

Blocking somebody? Baller move. You’re in charge of your account. You decide who has access to you.
Telling someone, “I’m blocking you for that!” immediately before blocking them? Baby move. Your dysfunctional obsession with getting the last word in is showing.

2024-04-26 18:15:00

Me: I don't believe we've been properly introduced.
Them (reaching out to shake hands): Oh! Well, hello, I'm—
Me: No, no, no. I didn't say I *wanted* to be introduced.
#introversion

2024-04-24 00:15:54

Before autocorrect, the common expression was “get your fucks in a row.”

2024-04-19 13:48:12

Hard work is how you might become “successful dental practice” rich. It’s not how you become a billionaire.
There is no reasonable definition of “earn” by which we could say someone “earned” billions of dollars. https://masto.ai/@rbreich/112260844257552086

2024-03-22 14:23:19

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When I complain about blocking servers that don’t block Threads, and you block me for having that opinion, you kind of prove my point.
#Threads #Meta #Fediverse
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2024-03-22 13:37:53

I'm not here to defend Meta or Threads. Fuck Zuckerberg.
But: if I wake up one morning and half my network is gone because a bunch of admins decided to defederate anyone who isn't enough of a purest about Threads, it's not Zuckerberg who I'm going to be mad at for ruining my Mastodon experience.
#Threads #Meta #Fediverse