He's just this guy, y'know?
Joined April 2007
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19 Mar 2020
I should probably stop lurking here; won't be leaving the house for a while.
Tony Thompson retweeted
10 Sep 2018
The Ford government is exactly the kind of government the Charter was supposed to restrain. Handing it the notwithstanding clause is like handing a drunk a loaded gun.
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4 Jun 2018
I would like to add you to my professional network on GitHub.
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30 May 2018
It has been a great four years, but sadly, today is our last day. We leave you with a quote from the great Douglas Adams: "So long, and thanks for all the fish" x.com/gordtanner/status/1001…
30 May 2018
Starting the process to spin down the servers for @bitHoundio with a heavy heart. Thanks for all the great memories @Pj_Lowe, @confusement @itssamlowe, @chriscoit @Connoropolous, @carlosperez @dmck0y, @tonious). We built something magical.
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National mobile carriers submit proposals for “affordable data plans”. Telus proposes a plan already in market; Bell & Rogers propose plans significantly more expensive than existing in-market plans, showing just how seriously they’ve taken the #CRTC request
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Tony Thompson retweeted
22 Apr 2018
I think the fundamental concept of moving things back out to the edges/decentralizing is the key. Everything being on Facebook, Twitter and Medium is unhealthy.
Giving everyone some easily manageable (secure!) space is a good notion.
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21 Apr 2018
The internet isn’t the place I want it to be. How do we go back to the free, open, decentralized vision from the 90s? How can we then keep that a safe space?
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20 Apr 2018
don’t worry guys this definitely isn’t based on my real life and is totally not what happens every time i go home from work
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18 Apr 2018
Apple's aerial screensaver any soul song = random heist movie opening credits.
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15 Apr 2018
Proposal: an AdBlockPlus-like browser extension backed by a crowd-sourced repository of Dark Patterns—as you browse, it would highlight UI elements that are attempting to manipulate or trick you.
Image illustrates Dark Patterns in TurboTax, via medium.com/@brandonscottread…
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8 Apr 2018
To collect them in one place, I made a Twitter moment out of all of @b0rk's drawings on Linux! ✨
⚡️ “Julia's Linux drawings”
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6 Apr 2018
Mark Zuckerberg has been apologizing nonstop for more than 15 years. It's always the same apology for pretty much the same act. When do we talk about the obvious: Facebook's decisions are primarily driven by its business model. Here's my latest for @Wired: wired.com/story/why-zuckerbe…
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7 Apr 2018
If you haven't head of grepcidr, I recommend it! It has saved me many headaches. Does exactly what it sounds like...
manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages…
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