Alex Howland @backslash

SWENG. Gamer. Cosplayer. Early eng at @Oculus and @anduriltech. I like side projects, Oxford commas, and lists with three items. Cosplay ig: @backslash_alex backslashcosplay.com Orange County, CA Joined August 2007

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Alex Howland @backslash

3 years ago

@CandylionCos Drew stop you're already too powerful

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Alex Howland @backslash

3 years ago

If you've ever said "Sudafed sucks"- you probably took Sudafed PE. You have to ask the pharmacist for Real Sudafed (pseudoephedrine), the only one that works. PE was pushed because Sudafed thought they would lose sales by not being on the floor.

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Alex Howland @backslash

3 years ago

For years I have been railing against phenylephrine- an ineffective substitute for pseudoephedrine rushed to market when the latter was moved behind the counter to combat meth production. Glad to see the FDA finally taking action. nytimes.com/2023/09/12/hea…

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Alex Howland @backslash

3 years ago

Same tho

National Hurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic

3 years ago

Tropical Storm #Franklin Advisory 7A: Poorly Organized Franklin Drifting Westward. hurricanes.gov

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Alex Howland @backslash

3 years ago

Finally planning cosplays for DragonCon and I bought so many wigs that I tripped a card fraud alert.

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3 years ago

Spending more than 1 hour in Florida has reminded me: - mosquitos are a scourge upon the planet - who invented humidity and why - denim

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Nikki Moxxi @NikkiMoxxi

3 years ago

トモちゃんは女の子！ I did a Tomo-chan cosplay with @backslash as Carol for #AX2023! 📸Photo by @Eurobeat_Kasumi

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3 years ago

Anime Expo is a wrap! Three days, five cosplays, one very tired cosplayer.

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Gene Park, Oppaheimer @GenePark

3 years ago

reminder to journalists: the submarine's game controller is standard use for submarines, tanks, drones, etc. for the military. i know it sounds funny to you but it's actually one of the least remarkable things about the submarine vice.com/en/article/bvj…

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3 years ago

@WillowCreativ @ColorFabb

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3 years ago

A day in the life of a lead engineer

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3 years ago

@Rileyhutchins @LeagueOfLegends @TFT Hi! I do League cosplays!! Mel can vouch for me :)

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3 years ago

"Be a dear", my grandma said. Me, not understanding homophones:

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3 years ago

@serinide Girl this is some next level selfie game

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3 years ago

@JessicaNigri Men only want one thing and it's big tiddy skin-centaurs

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3 years ago

@qrush I use this feature as a general gauge for my mental health. if (picard + thinkies + sadge) > (catjam + partyblob + tada) { plan_vacation(); }

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Alex Howland @backslash

3 years ago

Humans are really, really, extra, super, stupid good at inappropriately ascribing human form and behavior to non-human things. Animals. Electronics. Natural phenomena. Please keep this in mind when using and assessing AI chatbots. LLMs are the written equivalent of Jesus Toast.

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Alex Howland @backslash

3 years ago

So 'verified' now just means 'paid subscriber' and there is no way to determine if anyone is really who they say. Great. Great job twitter dot com

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3 years ago

On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks. To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue here: Organizations can sign up for x.com/i/en/verifiedo…