Jeremiah Lee @jeremiahlee@librem.one

Disregard the polls. We need people to actually vote.

Something you can do to help is to handwrite letters to unlikely voters in swing states.

Join me: https://votefwd.org/

I went to Systembolaget today (state alcohol monopoly). A new requirement is to remove your mask during checkout because kids have been using them to buy alcohol.

Sverige has a public policy to remove PPE when buying alcohol, but not to wear it anywhere except elderly homes. 🤦‍♂️

Microsoft announces “10 app store principles to promote choice, fairness and innovation” aligned with Coalition for App Fairness (CAF). This is another example of why markets always need at least viable 3 competitors.

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/10/08/app-store-fairness-caf-interoperability-principles/

The best feature of Chrome 86 is that you can use it to download Firefox 81.

Change your browser, change the world.

I dislike the new alarm editing UI in iOS 14. The easily thumb swipeable UI was replaced with tiny scrollers or a keypad that requires more effort.

Chat-ops assumes Slack doesn’t go down, which is a bad assumption.

Just realized 30 days have passed since I deleted my Facebook account, which means Facebook has really, actually (allegedly) deleted my account.

I hesitated for so long, but I have not regretted the decision once in the last month. #DeleteFacebook

https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/delete-facebook/

Megan Thee Stallion’s performance was the best part of last night’s SNL.

What is a pandemic/protest related song getting you thru these times?

While waking up to bad things happening to bad people is a nice change, I can’t help but fear the general trend of our simulation: Trump exposes Biden at the debate, Trump survives, Biden doesn’t.

Good planning requires top-down guidance. There should be a rhythm between leadership and teams. Leadership provides context, teams provide plans, leadership integrates plans, and teams confirm their buy-in. This is a good article explaining that rhythm. https://firstround.com/review/the-secret-to-a-great-planning-process-lessons-from-airbnb-and-eventbrite/

It’s October 1. Time to wake up.

https://songwhip.com/green-day/wakemeupwhenseptemberends

Oh look, I made another sour dough frisbee. 😔

Does macOS 11 have machine learning for autocorrecting misfires from the shit MacBook Pro keyboard?

(Yes, yes, I know the new MacBook Pro fixed this, but my work won’t replace my laptop just because its keyboard design sucks.)

Why did Reuters use a nearly 5 year old Fitbit product as the hero image for that story?

As of 2020-09-29T13:44Z, I am no longer a $FIT shareholder.

That divestment was way longer than I wanted in order to minimize losses. Learn from your pal and always sell ESPP shares as soon as they vest. Thank you, EU, for the spike to acquisition price. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-eu-exclusive-idUSKBN26K1PH

I first heard about LoRa years ago while working at Fitbit. LongFi smartly combines the IoT networking protocol with a payment protocol. On Friday, I brought the 3rd @Helium router in Stockholm, Sverige online. Here’s an unboxing video. #ThePeoplesNetwork
https://cinnamon.video/watch?v=418561001596651468

I thought Slack was mediocre, but then I had to use Discord.

Having to mute a bajillion channels in Discord is a terrible NUX.

“Stage Mother” was a delightfully surprising find today. Touching story, tons of great one liners, and lots of SF b-roll that made me miss The City. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8364138/