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Notices by jszym (jszym@mastodon.club), page 16

  1. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 17:02:00 EST jszym jszym

    My guess is that the ostensible difference between @amazon@twitter.com SmileCodes and QR codes is entirely marketing.

    One would hope they’re crypto’ly signed, b/c they’re issued by one party and to be used with their app, but makes too much sense to pass w/ mgmt. https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/30/amazon-is-experimenting-with-its-own-qr-code-style-smilecodes/?ncid=rss

    In conversation Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 17:02:00 EST from mastodon.club permalink

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      Amazon is experimenting with its own QR code style “SmileCodes”
      By <a href="/author/greg-kumparak/" title="Posts by Greg Kumparak" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Greg Kumparak</a> from TechCrunch

      QR code style markers — those lil’ barcode-looking boxes you’ll see on ads from time to time, meant to be scanned with your phone to launch some website or app — have yet to really find their footing in the US. But that’s not going to keep Amazon from taking a stab at it.

      Amazon is rolling out its own take on the concept and calling them “SmileCodes”.

      If you’ve scanned a QR code before, the idea will seem similar: see a code in, say, a magazine, open a scanner (built into the Amazon app), line your camera up with the code, and… something happens. What that something will be will vary from code to code, but they can open product pages, play videos (movie trailers, product reviews, etc.), etc.

      For the sake of differentiating it from other such barcodes, each of these ones has a big ol’ Amazon smile right in its center — hence the “SmileCode” name.

      Amazon has apparently been testing these codes in pop-up shops and Amazon Lockers (pictured above) in Europe for a few weeks now, but the company says these codes will make their US debut in a few different magazines (Cosmopolitan and Seventeen) come February.

      Beyond getting you from a magazine ad to an Amazon product page, it’s probably safe to assume we’ll eventually see Amazon tinker with putting these codes on another massively common canvas: its own boxes. Amazon has turned its boxes into ads more than once before (with bright yellow Minion themed boxes back in 2015, or the red Greatest Showman boxes from a few months back); these codes could give them a consistent, repeatable way to turn those boxes into a clickable link of sorts. And if you don’t care to scan it? Then it’s just another Amazon logo on the box.

  2. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 12:06:15 EST jszym jszym

    TIL Hurtle and Hurdle are two different words.

    Also realised "hurtle the turtle over the hurdle" is great fun to say (and likely do).

    In conversation Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 12:06:15 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  3. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 01:21:29 EST jszym jszym

    Raising taxes so you can... cancel projects? Plante’s @projetmontreal@twitter.com is off to an inauspicious start. http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/montreal/518855/travaux-montreal-renonce-aux-structures-gonflables-sur-la-rue-sainte-catherine

    In conversation Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 01:21:29 EST from mastodon.club permalink

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      Montréal renonce aux structures gonflables sur la rue Sainte-Catherine
      from Le Devoir
      Le concept est jugé trop risqué par l’administration de Valérie Plante qui craint que les inconvénients surpassent les bénéfices.
  4. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 00:22:14 EST jszym jszym

    Andrew Scheer’s @CPC_HQ@twitter.com taking the discussion about islamaphobia as an opportunity to point out that Jews and Christians have it too.

    It’s like a 6yo seeing a kid w/ a scraped knee as an opportunity to cry about a the fact that (s)he too scraped a knee 4 years ago.

    In conversation Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 00:22:14 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  5. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2018 23:04:01 EST jszym jszym

    Typescript is the Javascript we need, not the Javascript we deserve.

    In conversation Thursday, 25-Jan-2018 23:04:01 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  6. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2018 18:02:38 EST jszym jszym

    More reason to hate Uber https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-12/uber-looks-great-when-the-police-barge-in

    In conversation Monday, 15-Jan-2018 18:02:38 EST from mastodon.club permalink

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      Uber Looks Great When the Police Barge In
      from Bloomberg.com
      The company remotely locked down its offices during raids, shutting off computers storing sensitive information.
  7. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2018 20:26:32 EST jszym jszym

    Important thought: Bartholomeow is an excellent cat name.

    In conversation Wednesday, 10-Jan-2018 20:26:32 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  8. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2018 20:14:59 EST jszym jszym

    Nothing screams "classifier confidence intervals" like a lighthouse in muddy waters with a crane in the distance.

    In conversation Wednesday, 10-Jan-2018 20:14:59 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  9. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 12:23:19 EST jszym jszym

    I think I've managed to describe the seasons of the year, something that people wax poetically about, in the absolute most boring way.

    In conversation Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 12:23:19 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  10. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2018 01:44:03 EST jszym jszym

    Signing letters "sincerely" makes me feel like you assume people are meant to read things sarcastically unless explicitly told not to.

    In conversation Monday, 08-Jan-2018 01:44:03 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  11. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2018 02:34:42 EST jszym jszym

    .@billmaher@twitter.com is an aging edge-lord who is long overdue for a reckoning. https://globalnews.ca/news/3948058/bill-maher-bob-saget-al-franken-photo/

    In conversation Saturday, 06-Jan-2018 02:34:42 EST from mastodon.club permalink

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      Bill Maher under fire for posting photo ‘groping’ Bob Saget
      By Chris Jancelewicz from Global News
      The photo, posted to Bill Maher's Twitter account, is meant to poke fun at the now-famous Al Franken photo.
  12. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 13:53:27 EST jszym jszym

    "..5% of registered voters think President Trump is liberal..." apparently 5% of voters don't know what a liberal is
    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/voters-think-trump-has-moved-to-the-right/

    In conversation Friday, 05-Jan-2018 13:53:27 EST from mastodon.club permalink

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      Voters Used To See Moderation In Trump. Not Anymore.
      from FiveThirtyEight
      Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Today’s theme song is Sammy Davis Jr.’s rendition of “Movin’ on Up” from the television show “The Jefferson…
  13. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 18:38:40 EST jszym jszym

    Especially after watching the excellent USS Callister episode, Black Mirror’s Arkangel episode is shockingly awful. Incredible amount of quality variance in this series.

    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 18:38:40 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  14. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2018 00:06:25 EST jszym jszym

    Started in January now we here

    In conversation Monday, 01-Jan-2018 00:06:25 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  15. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2017 23:47:50 EST jszym jszym

    Please someone make pants with a map projection on the backside. Sales to me alone would make you a serious profit.

    In conversation Sunday, 31-Dec-2017 23:47:50 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  16. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 25-Dec-2017 23:30:49 EST jszym jszym

    I may have an alternative definition of “wrapping paper”. Merry Christmas brubber dearest.

    In conversation Monday, 25-Dec-2017 23:30:49 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  17. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 13:30:38 EST jszym jszym

    My glove kinda looks like a heart when I take it off #astonishing

    In conversation Friday, 22-Dec-2017 13:30:38 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  18. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 00:44:05 EST jszym jszym

    The views in this Daily Wire article about how porn "implodes marriages" are as out-of-date as the Netscape Browser in the header pic.

    In conversation Friday, 22-Dec-2017 00:44:05 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  19. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 00:41:28 EST jszym jszym

    When you own a "news" blog and use it to tell people how sick your come back was, you're a high schooler. (Ben Shapiro owns Daily Wire)

    In conversation Friday, 22-Dec-2017 00:41:28 EST from mastodon.club permalink
  20. jszym (jszym@mastodon.club)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2017 14:39:54 EST jszym jszym
    • shtack

    @shtack jello swhirled, indeed! Welcome shtack!

    In conversation Thursday, 21-Dec-2017 14:39:54 EST from mastodon.club permalink
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