sean @ssoper@mastodon.technology

Amazon launches flight bookings (with cash back!). India 🇮🇳 only for now but expect them to expand if it goes well 🛫 https://skift.com/2019/05/16/amazon-launches-flight-bookings-in-india-in-a-superapp-strategy/

S8E5: the episode that was promised #GoT

HBO, keep pumping out shows like Chernobyl and I’ll happily stay subbed after GoT is over

can confirm, rode metro near daily for 13 years, def improvement from 2016-2019 but not enough to keep me riding when driving isn’t that much more $$. ironically on my last day taking it there was a cracked rail/fire which ruined my commute with multi hour delay, not so much as a refund offer from wmata so I was happy to say “bye Felicia” 🚇 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/poll-washington-area-residents-warming-up-to-metro-again-but-that-doesnt-mean-more-are-riding/2019/05/09/8c38ce56-71b9-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html

enjoying this talk from @timburks about gRPC and protocol buffers at #scw5 https://www.slideshare.net/timburks/creating-great-rest-and-grpc-api-experiences-in-swift

“Objective-C and Swift interoperability will be supported on multiple operating systems” on .NET 5 🙌 https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/06/microsoft-visual-studio-online-net-5-ml-net-1-0/

“I’m gonna have a productive week at work!”
Discovers the Game of Thrones slack channel
“So many theories to discuss…”

tl;dr made amazing bread

left the scoby at room temp from last kombucha brew instead of putting it in the fridge, when I pulled it out it had a funk to it which I realized could be used as a sourdough starter, also ended up using the excess heat from the kombucha to warm the yeast. this is the first loaf I’ve made that I can say I’m proud of 🥖💪

Someone trying to make the Uplift trilogy a real thing 🐒 https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/12/18306867/china-genetics-monkey-brain-intelligence

happy dance 🌶

And there it is, first image of a black hole 📡

veritasium was on point with his prediction of what the black hole would look like in this primer video https://youtu.be/zUyH3XhpLTo

Image of a black hole reveal at 9am eastern 📡 https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/blackholes/

💪❤️🇳🇱

the view from the restaurant at my table in Bruges where I’m currently enjoying breakfast, don’t think there’s a non photogenic shot in this whole town

while the shot isn’t good enough to share with r/aviation, thought this photo of a 747 in classic BOAC livery at IAD might interest some folks