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

June 2013

Parents: take down the “Baby on Board” sign if it’s not currently on board. How else am I to know if it’s acceptable to crash into you?

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One sufficiently incompetent programmer can effectively neutralize several great programmers by forcing them to clean up mangled code & data

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RT @ncpolicelogs: Move over, Spice & Bath Salts sold @ shady tobacco shops. The new trend is buying N-Bombs on #SilkRoad with #Bitcoin. htt…

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Current status: watching a movie about movies. https://t.co/igj1pFvetx

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WarTard Why Syria Matters: Sunni oil versus Shia oil and the battle for regional hegemony in the Middle East. nblo.gs/MxW0u

via NetworkedBlogs (retweeted on 2:48 PM, Jun 25th, 2013 via web)

If you drive an SUV and slam on the brakes before going over a pothole, you have failed to correctly utilize the sportiness of your vehicle.

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@dcm Sounds like he’s having fun with the case. From what I’ve read, the defense knows they have a huge advantage when it comes to evidence.

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@pig_poetry Yep, ran out of characters to twat.

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1) Write a bot that interfaces with all the popular social media platforms & points out hypocrisy, fallacies, & ignorance.
2) ???
3) Profit.

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Accuracy of summer storm forecasts in NC seems to dramatically drop off outside of a 4 hour window. Not helpful when I’m at work for 10 hrs.

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Fascinating piece of history: the only known (secret) recording of Hitler having a conversation. https://t.co/LKEpfXojXm

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Received a voicemail at 6 a.m. saying “you’re a bitch; I’m a drunk pimp!”

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RT @wikileaks: Edward Snowden will touchdown in Moscow in under one hour. http://t.co/kYJCOQNEhh http://t.co/svGMShQLsn

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@lhlips Hm, it depends on the GPU architecture and what coin you are mining

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French fries for breakfast. ‘Murica!

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RT @graulund: Looks like the closing of the old Twitter API broke Tweet Nest. I’m afraid I don’t have time to fix it until after I graduate…

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@ameir Tell them they have to swash your buckles first.

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@ddahlke It’s for the block party, dawg.

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RT @JoelSutherland: Map the iPhone Users In Any City, And You Know Where the Rich Live - http://t.co/vWxg72mKk1

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Welcome to the cyberwar arms race, an arms race that will define the Internet in the 21st century. http://t.co/o7st4CGNmf

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RT @ncpolicelogs: Knocking on doors while naked & yelling “I’m your daddy” when the occupant answers is no way to go through life, son. htt…

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Passed by two interestingly named businesses in Greensboro yesterday: “Whip Appeal” and “Weave Doctor’s”

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You’ll probably never be the strongest or the fastest, but you can be the toughest.

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@bitcoinprice And where should I sign up to get some Bitcoin prices?

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I agree, @ResearchMatch, plaintext emails ARE cool! pic.twitter.com/PfY6o3T32K

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jesse_yates Announcing hbase-index (bit.ly/10fycef) for at today! The blog post: buff.ly/19vobNb

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If you “have nothing to hide” from the NSA, you might lead an incredibly boring life.

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I’ll give you an A for effort, @amazon pic.twitter.com/btWw48lnAH

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No, I don’t want to send in my @AmazonKindle Touch + $60 for a new replacement. I just want a new battery!

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Awkward moment of the day: when the naked geezer accidentally took my towel off the hanger while I was in the shower at the YMCA.

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WarTard Hate to say I told you so but I did write an article on NSA surveillance of civilian populations over a year ago http://t.co/DXGGh8M7VG

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Hacktivist who exposed Steubenville rapists faces 5x-10x the jail time as the rapists themselves. http://t.co/yFhSkJQO12

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Three Nazis walk into a BAR and take a couple shots. http://t.co/Ferkoo5qJK

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@emilepetrone Welcome to my line of thinking for the past decade :-P

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@pmccall777 So you’re basically saying you’d like to invest in cloud seeding technology?

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@covati Hopefully if we can generate enough noise discussing the NSA, that’ll throw their algorithms off kilter for a while.

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nsa We can’t help you find pics of your ex, your passwords, or what you had on the pizza you ordered last week. Seriously, ngrep a zetabyte.

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 9:36 AM, Jun 7th, 2013 via web)

ncpolicelogs SCOTUS has ruled that police can take DNA samples from people arrested for certain crimes. No conviction necessary! http://t.co/XfgYzwb3Of

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CEO of @TigerSwan in Apex, NC says that NSA tracking is “a good thing.” Likely because he loves those govt contracts. http://t.co/PJVEhXUdxf

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@mikestable Imagine how much engineering effort they could have saved if only they had built it on top of Bitcoin.

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@jefft @gigq Something something cryptography *wink*wink*nudge*nudge*

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Once you go solid state you never go spinning plates.

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@mikestable LOL I caught a @FedEx driver doing the same thing a few years back as I was opening the door. He was quite sheepish about it.

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Nice to see @ButterflyLabs honoring their 1000 BTC (lost) claim and putting their money where their mouth is. http://t.co/rD3z78PIdG

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ncpolicelogs Fayetteville postal worker on disability busted after she was seen spinning the Big Wheel on “The Price is Right.” http://t.co/CTSkkuwcOK

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@gigq I thought it was old news that the NSA collects basically all digital communications.

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It’s frustrating when devices can’t accept input as fast as you can generate it. Apps, PIN keypads, gas pumps, proximity triggered doors…

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@flyosity @tapbot_paul “Lightening” - great job, DHS.

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@mark_a_phelps Gotta set up that auto-pay, brah

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@pig_poetry @neiltyson I’m guessing he means that the act of snuggling does not produce heat, it merely prevents heat loss. Meh.

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@danlowe sometimes I run fsck on my SSDs just for giggles

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@zaksoup @prekesh @flyosity Around $4,000 while it hovered between the $10 - $20 mark

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@prekesh @zaksoup @flyosity So… Bitcoin… yes, I’ve seen a 10X gain since last year; if there is another 10X gain I’ll pay off the house.

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@pmccall777 After reading the description of the incident, Merkel was not driving erratically. The motorcycle rider was solely to blame.

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“Taking jobs that you don’t like because you think it will look good on your resume is like saving up sex for your old age.” - Warren Buffet

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@dcm Arms are any weapons regardless of lethality. Also, “non-lethal weapon” is a misnomer; while not INTENDED to be lethal, they can kill.

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@flyosity There was one of those at the Boston airport spewing TSA propaganda.

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All investments are gambles; not all gambles are investments.

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If you throw away a phone and it doesn’t look something like this, you’re doing it wrong. http://t.co/gp7rbytPTc

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ErikVoorhees Electronic Frontier Foundation raises $95,000 in donations in a week via Bitcoin https://t.co/ZqI64fq3Os via @EFF #charity #future

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