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Location : Cape Town, South Africa Remote : Yes (GMT+2), open to hybrid if local Willing to relocate : No Technologies : Java, Kotlin, Linux, SQL, JavaScript, Docker, Git, Bash, RE…

> I'm sure And yet you are wrong :)

> Had the EU forced tech companies in 2009 to use a micro-USB connector, would that mean they would still be on it now, and not using the (far better) USB-C connector? They did exa…

There is even an active sub-reddit of fans: https://old.reddit.com/r/GloriousTomBombadil/ And his absence from the films was remarked upon, negatively in my circles.

Worth reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Morocco

Director's cut all the way :)

I, for one, am encouraged to see Mozilla try and create new revenue streams. I hope I am not the lone positive voice in the thread - it does seem no company gets quite the same lev…

> abstract art that is arguably easier to paint than his earlier work. Strong disagree. Expertise often looks easy. He had to understand the rules on a fundamental level before he …

> I mean, christ, the desktop user experience is still pretty goddamned terrible Going to have to disagree with you there. The linux desktop experience is now superior to the windo…

'"The goal," says Sarandos, "is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us." ' That was Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer of Netflix in 2013, so they 'realized' at least a decad…

I recently became aware that my eldest child (13 at time of writing) prefers Tumblr as social media because of its "emptiness"

> Bitcoin is actually cleaning up the environment. At at this point still uses only a tiny fraction of the energy thrown away every year. This is not true.

Java refugees represent!

Completely agree

Thanks for posting

I can recommend "the partially examined life" which features the person from "philosophize this" (stephen west I think?), along with a few others, where they discuss specific texts…

can confirm :D

That's, like, just your opinion, man.

Just wanted to express my thanks to you for your podcast. Fascinating, educational, inspiring and sometimes a little tragic. Very cool!

I don't think it's reasonable to expect journalists to be represented by PR firms online. Given she's the BBC's disinformation specialist, it's also not reasonable to expect her to…

Very interesting and cool. Exciting things happening in this space.

Hard disagree. I thought 'The Sorceror's House', as well as "an evil guest" and am currently thoroughly enjoying "a borrowed man". BOTS is his magnum opus, but I wouldn't call his …

>It's up to the government and the people to limit their scope, or not if they choose. That sounds a lot like victim blaming, tbh, particularly given the influence corporations hav…

In gab's case, the cure is worse than the disease