Tom

@brutish.dev

I write code 🇬🇧

Every chart looks like this, with America weathering every storm better than peers and accelerating out of ruts better than peers. How? And can they keep it up?

Tweet: Until 2015, Canada and the U.S. were on the same growth track. Then Canada suddenly fell behind.
What the fuck happened to Canada in 2015???

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GDP per capita for US and Canada. In 2015 Canada deviates and slows massively, achieving only about 7-8% over the next 10 years while the US grows by about 35%

it’s crazy that amazon, the company behind AWS, owns goodreads, the least performant app ever made

theory: amazon artificially boosts ratings of content on prime video so we don’t find it weird that everything is 5⭐️ on amazon

starting the first point of my tirade with “and another thing” so they think I’ve held back on my best point

the first foreign word I learned was gracias. I came to the conclusion that all languages use the same words but for different things and for some reason the spanish settled on grassy ass for thank you

me if I were a victor: write it as it happened - full transparency. but you know the thing about..? yeah that’s not really important don’t you think? yeah no I agree I’m willing to let you take the lead on omitting that bit if you think that’s best

Can’t log in to my phone provider because my dob is wrong I call and tell them They say they’ll send me a link where I can upload proof of my correct dob Follow link I need to log in. To log in I need to enter my dob I call and ask what dob is on my account “We can’t tell you that”

based on vibes it seems the americans in the stadiums support the favourites more often than not. But maybe there just are that many Brazilians there and there were that many Argentinians at the Cape Verde game

armed with nothing but electric clippers and a lack of male grooming knowledge I have once again transformed myself into an egg