miniblog.

It's interesting that Twitter sets limits on content size, but not distribution. What if the number of retweets/comments on a tweet was rate limited, or had a cap for new users Would it promote slower or thoughtful conversation? C.f. Stack Overflow limiting new user abilities.

Twitter is amazingly, disappointingly ephemeral. We call it 'micro-blogging', but I often read blog posts that are over a year old. I can't remember when I last read a tweet that old.

GCC 5: Faster binaries, better warning, nicer output, more standards support. Fantastic, but too much to fit in a tweet!