Philip Cheang 🚀 (@_phi)

Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭

The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @_phi ever

December 2014

This feeling every Christmas. Then saying goodbye again come January :( —instagram.com/p/xRIlZXBk9z/T •pic.twitter.com/65OYl5gVKFF

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pretty cool: using slow-mo video (250k fps!) to analyze why spaghetti always breaks in >2 pcs (this puzzled Feynman!) youtube.com/watch?v=ADD7Ql…

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Davemoug It’s about the kids. pic.twitter.com/gjIL31CQFD

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 2:14 AM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

jetdsantos Airasia plane overshot runway at kalibo pic.twitter.com/6E4hWUJbS0

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 7:43 PM, Dec 30th, 2014 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

@chemikhazi haha yeah, a couple of guys in the office are playing it. I might pick it up (to add to my ever-growing pile of unplayed games)

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to chemikhazi

@syk0saje idk, I think there’s something appealing about the tension/carefulness. depends, I guess.

Also aren’t you playing Don’t Starve

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also interesting how many new games are roguelikes (or roguelike-like?) that emphasize the permanence of decisions + death.

just like life!

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Invisible, Inc. is very good for an early-access Steam game, tho also very unforgiving (procedural stealth, on sale!)
store.steampowered.com/app/243970/

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nickm_tor In Developer Purgatory, the length of your stay is communicated to you with progress bars as accurate as the ones you made in life.

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 6:16 PM, Dec 29th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

Sorry guys, Finland isn’t real. It’s all part of a crazy conspiracy. —reddit.com/r/AskReddit/co…v (this needs an AMA with the parents! hahaha)

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DrMarranci People think 2014 Is an annus horribilis for aviation. Yet it was the safest. This shows the impact of media pic.twitter.com/icDZkhUVEY

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 1:35 AM, Dec 29th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

syk0saje TODAY IN HAPPY BROWNIES:

@levi_io realizes that the universe is an island of time.

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 1:20 AM, Dec 28th, 2014 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

kaepora Boy, 14, escapes ISIS by volunteering to suicide bomb - nytimes.com/2014/12/27/wor…

via Twitter for BlackBerry (retweeted on 1:50 PM, Dec 27th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

@ibba hala 27th na, invalid na yung ticket mo ;)

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oops. forgot I hadn’t eaten yet at all today (!) 😅 let’s fix that!

via OS X

Really simple look, but I love how the *strap* itself is also an e-paper display! —fashion-entertainments.com/index.htmlX •makuake.com/project/feswat…N

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Sony secretly promotes E-Paper watch on crowdfunding site — designtaxi.com/news/371035/So…S

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Super cool. “Your Life on Earth”
bbc.com/earth/story/20…

Fun, interactive infogrfx by BBC (when I’m 80, we’ll be out of coal!) /ht @syk0saje

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wow, Apple made a Tumblr for iTunes —itunes.tumblr.comN

also, that layout/theme

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… also an example of why Arduino / Teensy kits would make great gifts. do anything!

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@haxpor this sounds really interesting! you should write an article / blog post about this when you have the time :)

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“USB Necklace Hacks Computers In No Time Flat” tcrn.ch/13E9jw8 (really, all it does is type stuff for you, but quickly. still fun!)

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@syk0saje @innaatan no, go away pepe

no one likes fruitcake

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@syk0saje idk, he’d end up smashing the camera to bits.

then it’d be “How to repair your SLR”

also, eggs + santa would surely be involved

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@innaatan hey, mugs can be cool if they’re creative. fruitcake… what is up with fruitcake and christmas, anyway

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@innaatan …and may you stay far from fruitcake. hahaha

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@innaatan I KNOW RIGHT

when he first submerged the 24-105 and air bubbles came out

CRINGE

but yes merry xmas! :D may our cameras stay dry

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“How to clean your Canon body and lens” youtube.com/watch?v=lrdkFX… — oh god no why would you do this

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(last RT): Remarkably forward-looking — many features (openstep APIs, fat binaries, etc) still in use today. Good foundations last decades.

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stroughtonsmith youtube.com/watch?v=4QrX04…

(skip to 10:10)

via Twitterrific for Mac (retweeted on 10:45 PM, Dec 25th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

stroughtonsmith Great frameworks are also why we have great iOS apps. It isn’t the /number/ of apps that’s making iOS a success.

via Twitterrific for Mac (retweeted on 10:43 PM, Dec 25th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

stroughtonsmith No other platform’s best apps even come close to the best apps on OS X, and it isn’t ‘magic’. Great frameworks beget great apps

via Twitterrific for Mac (retweeted on 10:42 PM, Dec 25th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

stroughtonsmith RT @Pocketnow If you think Windows Phone has no apps, you should try a Mac bit.ly/1CGJY2X < difference: OS X actually has great apps

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I think my sister @cammercheanger likes the bag I got her —instagram.com/p/xBLe-lhk60/R

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storylark Merry Christmas all! If you liked our games at Komikon, then we’ve got a present for you —blog.storylark.ph/have-yourselve…Fpic.twitter.com/9zRnykuzN44

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meyerweb New post: “Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty”; or, when good code yields bad results, and thoughtlessly hurts people. wp.me/p2jgYa-Ox

via WordPress.com (retweeted on 12:41 PM, Dec 25th, 2014 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

is it just me, or is using Steam (store, community, buying, browsing, etc.) more reliable/faster in a browser vs. the client? :/

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Budjette MERRY MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY :-) pic.twitter.com/32CuAdXxv5

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obligatory merry christmas tweet

now get off twitter :D

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georgeb3dr Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas are people that aren’t stupid. pic.twitter.com/S47WNaeRim

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Learning to design beyond code and pixels. instagram.com/p/w_TEQWBky_/

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WSJAsia How to predict how tall your child will be: on.wsj.com/16Oonsh pic.twitter.com/koYOh6McFf

via SocialFlow (retweeted on 5:01 PM, Dec 24th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

Dinnerbone Holy butts that’s a scary bug reddit.com/r/Android/comm… - apparently you can force somebody’s @Skype (on android) to call you with voice+video

via MetroTwit (retweeted on 9:37 PM, Dec 23rd, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

@tomslominski I think I might’ve seen this long ago, but thanks for this :)

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@innaatan hahaha yay thanks inna! was going through a quarter-life-crisis of sorts ugh

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@charlesatan also thanks for reminding me! I’ve heard of it but never got around to picking it up. maybe I’ll get it during the sale :)

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@charlesatan haha thanks for the words of encouragement! :D tara, let’s go learn

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Wish I knew how to draw/paint (well) and how to make music. Is it too late?

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Just noticed: Footbridge over Katipunan now has bike ramps! Thanks mmda :D @ Ateneo De Manila instagram.com/p/w8b_YuBk5B/

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govph Three limited edition commemorative coins from the BSP were released yesterday: bsp.gov.ph/publications/m… pic.twitter.com/MlSaXtWQ4R

via Hootsuite (retweeted on 3:06 PM, Dec 23rd, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

syk0saje This Teacher Taught His Class A Powerful Lesson About Privilege
buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/th…

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 9:28 PM, Dec 22nd, 2014 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

everyone’s playing games and we all are but pawns in each others’ plans

and so it seems that..youtube.com/watch?v=NHWjlC…mh

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WeldPond Apple EFI Firmware Security Vulns. Install mods via thunderbolt. Can persist across OS reinstalls & HD replacement. trmm.net/EFI

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popcultpirate There are no words. Literally. pic.twitter.com/COjmZq9yN7

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@innaatan what happened? :c what’re you changing now? (or do you want to talk about it after you finish it muna)

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@innaatan may mangyayari naman.

mapapagod ka. burnout rin siguro.

(sorry haha)

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just feelin’ in the rain~ 🎵 instagram.com/p/w3P9s-hk30/

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Storylark (@storylark) brings local indie comics straight to your computer —shar.es/13RlBAs via@gmanewss

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Making bread, naan, tortilla at @meggykawsek’s place last night —instagram.com/p/w0dIN7Bk3p/z •pic.twitter.com/D0DVdNxqxRR

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GuacamoleQueen For two amazon accounts X with PWs A and B, if X.A tries to change pw to B, it says “please choose another password”. LOL. Oh el. oh ell.

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GuacamoleQueen That’s right, friends, amazon uses email+password as primary key. Two accounts with the same email but different passwords is allowed.

via Tweetbot for Mac (retweeted on 11:21 AM, Dec 20th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

the convenience of a drop-in replacement

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short little holiday piece from @simogosimogo.com/2014/12/18/the…e really nice. (that tension between your work vs. what people think </3)

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ICYMI: developers/designers — update Git! (or avoid cloning new repos until you do) -article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ke…w •github.com/blog/1938-git-…u

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Turns out Gmail login is down. :< If you’re already logged-in, great, but if not..pic.twitter.com/bq8FBrZ0cPcP

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“Could You Possibly Get A High School Diploma Now?” buzzfeed.com/daves4/could-y… — totally nailed it. (also, flashbacks of quizzes + tests hahaha)

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Why the is unlikely to be the work of North Korea —marcrogers.org/2014/12/18/why…s

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ChrisSchodt Holy cow, NASA emailed a wrench to the ISS, where they 3-D printed it.

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buff.ly/13gYRta pic.twitter.com/fGCYcZu1aY

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MGS V: Ground Zeroes on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/311340/

soooooold

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AFP Sony hack a ‘serious national security matter’, White House says

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Nerd_ON That’s a heck of a bug, Android. pic.twitter.com/3mlWSCEy1I

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ANCALERTS PHOTO: Findings of MTR Hong Kong on MRT pic.twitter.com/UX2iqZU7QK

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McDo_PH Today, GRAY/SILVER CARS get a FREE BACON CHEESEBURGER at McDo Drive Thru! Serving first 100 cars per MM store @ 4pm. pic.twitter.com/xkPAfLqPij

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Not important enough, it seems

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ugh polymer and vulcanize, why do you do this to me

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I am not actually a Taylor Swift fan, but this is really catchy so sure why not youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhE…

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sciencecomic I drew a gigantic comic about vaccines for the Nib. I’ll be available all day for arguing. medium.com/the-nib/vaccin…

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vogon we are all concerned about these tragic events and the potential for us to realize additional profit pic.twitter.com/A9zfaKFBxU

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ANT UPDATE: made its way to the black bezel/edge, where I promptly squished it.

So glad I didn’t squish it at first sight. I’d be so fuuuu—

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crash and burn, please

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janbelmonte “Google’s Introduction to Material design translated into ‘Material’ language” by Steven Brykman medium.com/@Brykman/googl…

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@eyabeldia no prob! kita-kits sa office? :) kung marami kayo, I can workshop on how to manage the server, add domains, upload, etc.

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@eyabeldia yup! share kayo sa hosting, but get domains individually. I’d suggest hover.com or dot.ph (kaso mahal ang .ph haha)

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@eyabeldia if so, I’d suggest
a2hosting.com/web-hosting
or bluehost.com/shared

kahit buong batch nyo, kaya siguro.
magulo lang nga. hahaha

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@eyabeldia are all of you doing static sites? or if ever, the fanciest thing is like PHP and WordPress lang?

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@innaatan idek! ¯\(ツ)/¯ hahaha. isa lang sa mga alat ng buhay?

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There is an *ant* inside my macbook’s retina display

Yes, underneath the surface

Why
Whyyy

vine.co/v/O6xqHnbEWY6

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…followed by a @byimplication office visit at Sunday, 1am. Hard at work… playing LoL. instagram.com/p/wjnPrKhk1x/

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altitude_games Run Run Super V is part of @Gamesinasia ‘s best Asian indie mobile games from 2014. buff.ly/1vIry97 Wooooo!

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 9:44 PM, Dec 12th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

syk0saje Butthurt — by Torch
A tribute to Filipino (over)sensitivities.torchapps.github.io/butthurt/G

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 9:42 PM, Dec 12th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

BenedictEvans Google built an open OS with little central control and crappy UX and has spend years trying to get on top of that. Parallel to Apple’s work

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 4:27 PM, Dec 10th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

BenedictEvans Apple built a fixed-resolution OS with no third-parry apps, multitasking or visible file system and has spend the past few years fixing that

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 4:27 PM, Dec 10th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

damienguard New iPad Air 2 iOS setup experience is now 23 screens. Nexus 9 has just 8. King of simplicity has lost their crown. lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1…

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Late night frolicking with friends. Thanks for picking me up when I’m down :) instagram.com/p/wZeFKeBk9i/

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This is amazing! Interactive explanation of social tendencies + biases towards segregation:
ncase.me/polygons/
I love the takeaway, too

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cdixon Nikola Tesla predicting today back in 1926 pic.twitter.com/5Air6JEULu

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:26 PM, Dec 9th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

Indie game developer or studio? Get free passes to Mobile Game Asia 2015 in Bangkok —techinasia.com/free-passes-mg…Y

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Never be the back-up.

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boom

right in the feels

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@purploony my apologies for the pun.

who am I kidding, I love puns

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Typhoon is causing problems with the MRT train tracks.

so I guess… we have a problem with Ruby on Rails (☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞

no? okay.

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Shady, for-profit journals ruining science—vox.com/2014/12/7/7339…7 (or maybe… if “Maggie Simpson” can get published, then so can I! mwahaha)

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I really like @polymer and @apachecordova, but performance on mobile (iOS/Android) has been really bad D:

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HistoryTime_ The original Twitter from 1935. pic.twitter.com/ErlTVixr5X

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0xabad1dea (From digital National Geographic) well that’s cool pic.twitter.com/SiW79hMfqK

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“Warning. Rain reported ahead.” — Waze, on the way to the office

Yeah, thanks. Okay.

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Calm before the storm, but winds getting stronger and colder. Charge up your gadgets and stock up on supplies! Stay safe, friends~

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“We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” —JFK, on going to the moon

I tell myself this everyday

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ANCALERTS Quezon City & Las Piñas suspend classes in ALL LEVELS tom, Dec. 8, 2014.

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 1:10 PM, Dec 7th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

AstroTerry Super Typhoon at night with in the foreground pic.twitter.com/GS5yZ4PnVX

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 12:58 PM, Dec 7th, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

it just keeps rebooting into the same screen. stuck at the same problem, looping over and over.

like some other things

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why do I even bother with some things pic.twitter.com/vghgZAYA31

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conandooley pastebin.com/1vRhwQhX

Related to the Sony hax.

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@CezDaExplorer I don’t really know you but okay. :)) DM?

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@innaatan wala eh, sometimes you just have to make hard decisions in life HAHA

or, you can go later to show me. hahaha (don’t)

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@innaatan okay!

friend-side says “no, come. let’s join us.”

teacher-side says “yes, work on thesis. how is progress?”

hahaha.

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maleonar @ID_AA_Carmack@chronum: Multithreaded programming - theory and practice. pic.twitter.com/KOQYvQ12QM

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 1:49 PM, Dec 5th, 2014 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

@innaatan yup it’s later. 4pm to 4am (but I have to finish work before going obviously lol)

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@innaatan hahaha. daan ka sa office? or we can meet there maybe

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I have like, four VIP tickets to and Kimbra. do I know anyone who wants them?

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NASA We’re sending humans to Mars! Watch our briefing live today at 12pm ET: nasa.gov/nasatv pic.twitter.com/wrf89sn35A

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Verifying that +phi is my openname (my Bitcoin username). onename.io/phi

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