1. Invent something gossip-worthy.
2. Tell one person.
3. Wait for the rumour to circle back.
4. Repeat a few times.
You now have a map of your social network.
How to maximise engagement here:
1. Post #cats
2. Have the cats look a bit silly
3. Add a stupid quip
4. Include #cat related hash tags
Works every time. #exactsteps
How to conquer the fediverse:
1. Announce that you might join it.
The fediverse will defederate itself over disagreements about exactly how this is wrong.
#exactsteps #peoplesfrontofjudea
1. Go to the shop.
2. Buy a bunch of stuff.
3. Go home.
4. Realise you forgot the one thing you were actually out of.
1. Enumerate every grammatical feature in every known language.
2. Construct a language using them all.
3. Attempt to learn that language.
4. Go insane.
Thought I would be able to set up relaying Mastodon Posts to Twitter, but that does not seem to work.
Does anyone have a better set of #exactsteps than this?
https://medium.com/@pimterry/sync-your-mastodon-back-to-twitter-3c72f2bc8626
@rysiek How to repair an iPhone:
1. Buy a new phone.
2. Throw out the old one.
How to upload a large file to Google Drive when you're stuck with ADSL:
1. Place file on network share.
2. Copy file to phone.
3. Go to the nearby park where there is 5G coverage.
4. Upload.
1. Start typing long-ish command
2. Decide it's time to make a script for it
3. Choose a logical name and open file in editor
4. Discover that you already wrote it last time
How to do anything in one line of code:
1. Create a library (or language) with a function for the thing you want.
2. Call that function.
Happy Father's Day
#exactsteps
#essentialtools No. 0xdad
https://twitter.com/cfriedt/status/1139951521678921728?s=09
Step 1: Assume ${VENDOR} implementation of standardized and mature API is compliant and works as advertised.
Step 2: Re-evaluate assumptions.
#exactsteps