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Ben Carlsson @glcls

prev @twitch, @llnl, @sunpower. he/him. not here anymore, swapped to blsky and mastodon: bsky.app/profile/twos.dev hachyderm.io/@glacials

Joined April 2007
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Ben Carlsson@glcls
11 Nov 2022
mastypon account m.twos.dev/@ben

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Ben Carlsson retweeted
Splits.io@splitsio
31 Mar 2025
As a reminder, today is our last day online. Thank you everyone for your love and support. The last 11 years have been a chapter of my life I will never forget. ✌️ @glcls
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Splits.io@splitsio
2 Feb 2025
Due to the stress and emotional toil this journey has put us through, we are not looking to be saved again. Thank you for your understanding, love, and support. ♥️ - @glcls
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Ben Carlsson retweeted
Splits.io@splitsio
2 Feb 2025
After four months, I’m sorry to share @GamesDoneQuick has decided to stop supporting Splits.io, citing financial reasons. We will continue with our original shutdown plans, with a new last day of March 31, 2025.
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Ben Carlsson retweeted
Splits.io@splitsio
16 Oct 2024
Good news! Thanks to a generous commitment from @GamesDoneQuick to provide ongoing financial support, Splits.io will no longer be shutting down! Please send them a nice thank you message for their support and submit your runs to AGDQ and GDQ Hotfix!!
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Ben Carlsson retweeted
Splits.io@splitsio
9 Oct 2024
I'm very sad to share that Splits.io will shut down December 31, 2024. There will be a way to retrieve your runs even after that date. More info: twos.dev/splitsio.html Thank you for using us. ❤️
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Ben Carlsson@glcls
9 Jan 2023
the seven stages of writing software to check whether a text field contains an email address. stage 1 “what’s validation?”
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Ben Carlsson@glcls
9 Jan 2023
stage 5 but then you read that one comment on stackoverflow that says well actually the best way to validate an email address is to send it a dang email and see if the user gets it. you remove all text validation and accept this new modern inclusive minimalist approach
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Ben Carlsson@glcls
9 Jan 2023
stage 6 ok but your users clearly don’t read labels because people are putting first names and usernames and pet names in the email field and one person even put their phone number into it and then they COMPLAINED to you about it …you write code to check it has “@“ and “.”
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Ben Carlsson@glcls
7 Jan 2023
for 10 years i have been annually refreshed with awe over how much logitech's amazing hardware is held back by its… everything. to download software for your logitech gear you go to this page and you throw a dart at your monitor. wherever it lands, that's the app you download.
A screenshot of the Logitech software download page with 27 different options, many of which have generic enough names and logos to convince you they work with your hardware. Their names are "Logi Options ", "Logitech G HUB", "Logitech Options", "Logi Bolt App", "Onboard Memory Manager", "Unifying Software", "Firmware Update Tool", "Control App", "Logitech Preference Manager", "Logitech Control Center", "Logitech Harmony Remote Software", "Harmony Desktop", "Logitech Sync Application", "Logitech RightSight", "Logi Tune", "Logitech ConferenceCam Soft Remote", "SetPoint", "Alert Commander Software", "Logi Circle", "Logitech Connection Utility", "Logitech Capture", "Logitech Broadcaster", "Logitech Keyboard Plus", "Harmony App", "Logitech Presentation", "MyHarmony", and "Logitech Gaming Software".

ALT A screenshot of the Logitech software download page with 27 different options, many of which have generic enough names and logos to convince you they work with your hardware. Their names are "Logi Options ", "Logitech G HUB", "Logitech Options", "Logi Bolt App", "Onboard Memory Manager", "Unifying Software", "Firmware Update Tool", "Control App", "Logitech Preference Manager", "Logitech Control Center", "Logitech Harmony Remote Software", "Harmony Desktop", "Logitech Sync Application", "Logitech RightSight", "Logi Tune", "Logitech ConferenceCam Soft Remote", "SetPoint", "Alert Commander Software", "Logi Circle", "Logitech Connection Utility", "Logitech Capture", "Logitech Broadcaster", "Logitech Keyboard Plus", "Harmony App", "Logitech Presentation", "MyHarmony", and "Logitech Gaming Software".

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Ben Carlsson@glcls
7 Jan 2023
i'll save you a tirade but the rest of the software support experience is equally as fragmented and confusing, filled with googling through old reddit posts and sacrificing half the features of your hardware to buggy software so you can use the other half kinda how you wanted.
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Ben Carlsson@glcls
1 Jan 2023
in 2022 i got deeper into photography and writing, wrote some neat personal automation tools, came out as autistic, and started working in solar. each detailed in one tweet below.
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Ben Carlsson@glcls
1 Jan 2023
in 2022 i shared both here and (after much more time working up the nerve) with some family members that i am autistic. i am still working up to sharing more widely, but already i feel so much support from what i have shared so far. thank you to all who were and are supportive 🙏🏻
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Ben Carlsson@glcls
1 Jan 2023
lastly in 2022 i started working at a solar panel company, sunpower. i once wrote about getting a tattoo to remind myself to work harder on climate change prevention / reversal, and it worked—it has been on my mind ever since i got that ink. now i work in solar :) hny!
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