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This feels like a surreal thing to say, but I'm pretty sure my phone's hard drive is corrupted. Not enjoying the prospect of reformatting.

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PSA: if you see someone on public transport wearing a mask and gloves, they're probably immunosuppressed. Either way, they deserve respect.

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@buster Singing. Making friends in rooms full of strangers.

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Bill Gates: private sector innovation is inept compared to the public sector. http://usuncut.com/climate/bill-gates-only-socialism-can-save-us-from-climate-change/

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The art of saying "you're a jerk". So good, starting with: being intolerant of intolerance isn't intolerance. https://medium.com/p/710aa548a138?source=linkShare-3b16402f5b9d-1460646162

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Another reason to be brand loyal to Alamo Drafthouse. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36043996

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UC Davis spent thousands to erase the pepper-spraying cop. Please reshare. http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article71659992.html

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@abrams As @benbrown said, it's about contextual information and loss of friction. If command line is an analogy at all, think piping.

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"Let's build a public media organization from scratch in 2016." What would it be? https://medium.com/@mkramer/let-s-build-a-public-media-organization-from-scratch-in-2016-9470448cebd... by @mkramer, cc @mattervc

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@ryanlawler And - crucially - why does everything freaking shut at 10pm?

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Picked up a Street Spirit this morning. "You're the first person who's stopped to speak to me today," he said. Come on, people. It's $1.

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My friends made this pretty amazing little atom-building game. http://springtale.co.uk/atomic-arcade/

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"Ask me any question you wish, but judge me fairly." This is surely a war crime. Important to read and consider. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-am-on-the-us-kill-list-this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-be-hunted...

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Let's Encrypt has left beta. Such an important project for the future of the internet. https://letsencrypt.org//2016/04/12/leaving-beta-new-sponsors.html

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I think we've reached the bot-ton of the market.

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Not that I want to be buried, but if I was, I'd want the inscription on my headstone to read: "I was wrong".

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So here's another one: "trying to build a business with an open source platform for individuals is a stupid waste of time and money".

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Every so often, with some wry humor, I re-find the note I left myself after Elgg: "don't base a business on open source".

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@mapkyca Those ideas have been challenged for centuries. Further debate doesn't add anything except sunlight to his platform.

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@mapkyca So I'm okay with saying I won't go somewhere that gives a platform to a man who believes the Jews are conspiring to run the world.

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@mapkyca And in response to that, it's perfectly reasonable to say "I'm not coming to your conference".

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@mapkyca I agree with that. Here the contortions are blatantly because the organizers sympathize. It's farcical.

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@mapkyca Not sure I agree; I feel comfortable with the idea of not letting white supremacists speak at events with diverse audiences.

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