Mr. Spooky space creature @RadicalEdward@hackers.town

this feels like the right place

Ed will introduce Ed. Full name; Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Trivusky the 4th.

Ed made it up, you know. Nice to meet you!

#introduction #introductions

If you're good at something, ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶d̶o̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶f̶r̶e̶e̶ do it for free, destroy capitalism, build a community.

Tech enthusiast: "I want smart lights, smart tv, everything, and connect them all to my digital assisstant!"

Tech worker: *looks wistfully into distance* "I should get a small place in a little town, with a garden, make my own furniture."

"Gmail Hooked Us on Free Storage. Now Google Is Making Us Pay"

The best part is they'll still make money off scanning your data while you're also paying them to do it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-22/gmail-hooked-us-on-free-storage-now-google-is-making-us-pay

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Here's to those cozy moments, like playing a video game or working on a project.

Own the libs*.

*access opensource libraries

"Atomic variables shall not decay" [C11 7.17.3(13), footnote]

C atoms have infinite half-life 😄​

Trump: "America and ancient Rome have strong ties!"

Historian: "He's not strictly wrong." [Explanation with historical figures and ancient cities and architecture.]

You really think Trump had those things in mind?

"Paris zoo unveils the 'blob', an organism with no brain but 720 sexes"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-zoo-blob/paris-zoo-unveils-the-blob-an-organism-with-no-brain-but-720-sexes-idUSKBN1WV2AD

Yahoo Groups to remove all content December 14

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/groups/SLN31010.html

A computational process is indeed much like a sorcerer’s idea of a spirit. ...
The programs we use to conjure processes are like a sorcerer’s spells. They are carefully composed from symbolic expressions in arcane and esoteric programming languages that prescribe the tasks we want our processes to perform.

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Chapter 1

"Computer Socks"

https://vimeo.com/29643396

Social Networks that Failed

https://gizmodo.com/why-these-social-networks-failed-so-badly-1836996164

Digital dystopia: how algorithms punish the poor

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/14/automating-poverty-algorithms-punish-poor

Flash Is Responsible for the Internet's Most Creative Era

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3awk7/flash-is-responsible-for-the-internets-most-creative-era

The rise and fall of Flash, the annoying plugin that shaped the modern web

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/history-of-macromedia-flash

code doesn't work first time:

"But it's perfect!"

code does work first time:

"Hmm that can't be right..."

and, well, drm-free print books too if you prefer

Hey there hackers! Happy International Day Against DRM!

Celebrate with 40% off DRM-free ebooks with promo code DRMFREE40 from No Starch Press, the finest in tech books.

https://nostarch.com/

really hoping for an excuse to say "as is my wont"

Hey there all you high-tech low-lifes.

Nice shirt @Rob_T_Firefly !