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@amandafclark You're at SDCC? I'm jealous!

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hey cool it looks like language is still evolving do any of my OED friends want to weigh in on this http://staff.tumblr.com/post/123600574888/prismatic-bell-atomicairspace-copperbooms

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@kylewmahan @mapkyca It'd be cool if there was an open, real-time tool that you could use though, right?

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Did you know: if you leave warnings & notices in your PHP code, it's harder to cache. Zero to be gained by turning them off. Fix your code!

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So to recap, a secretive hacking team called Hacking Team sold their spy software to evil regimes through a company called Nice Systems.

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Amazon are building a pretty epic infrastructure for modern apps. The API Gateway, combined with Lambda, is aces. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-api-gateway-build-and-run-scalable-application-backends/

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@parzzix Known Pro is hosted in Oregon (we use Amazon). If people want, eg, Europe, we may add that.

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@hjarche It's a really walkable city! The tube map is genius in some ways, but unfortunately hides that property well.

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@jesslynnrose I find the prevailing libertarianism and lack of diversity in an industry that's meant to empower people challenging

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@mattl I did my 40 press-ups this morning. Are there 40 version control systems? Maybe I should shout JavaScript frameworks instead.

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@mattl And I just lost my coffee.

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@vmarks Ouch. That really sucks. Maybe time for a change of showrunner ...

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@vmarks I was a Peter Davison kid - but Tennant is inevitably my favorite modern Doctor. I do think Capaldi's promising, though.

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Something to think about: what are the tools workers need to get a fair deal in the sharing economy? Can a union be software in 2015?

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Eight year old me thanks you for the gift, but, uh, Doctor, I'm afraid you've landed 28 years too late. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Plc14q7Ws

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@rabois Well, I'll echo @yoz and say that I would, so now you have two (and I'm not British fwiw). Healthcare is infrastructure.

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@rabois @yoz The NHS is consistently effective. Have you used it or seen the stats? Public healthcare works, and works well.

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"Podcast" is a terrible word. They are often beautiful, sometimes hilarious, always unconstrained by traditional rules. Media for us.

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We interviewed listeners to learn more about their habits. It blew away many of our assumptions: http://stream.withknown.com/2015/6-things-we-learned-from-podcast-listeners

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This seems very good to me: new rules targeting segregation in housing. Far-reaching, positive implications. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/08/obama-administration-to-unveil-major-new-...

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The tragedy of organizing and storing the world's information is that freedom is a kind of disorder.

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Upworthy is writing original content now. There's a curve here - Buzzfeed followed a similar path. http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/upworthy-pivots/

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Today in unforeseen consequences: the phrase "this is a known issue" stresses me out far more than it ordinarily would.

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