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Go make some friends. I invite people to events almost every time I go out and talk to people.

Most of what I'm working on ends up being social clubs. Tech Pizza Mondays has been going well, as the Toronto HN meetup. If you're reading this on HN, you're welcome to join us ->…

Free and Open Technology for a Free and Open Society

Are there any realtime games or apps we can try out...?

This is an invitation to you - our Monday evening social group is ready to add a new member or two. We have been meeting in Toronto every Monday for a couple years now, and it has …

As a cat of nine lives, there are many hills I intend to die on

Why was this created?

Amazing!!!!!!! Thank you so much for making this happen!

There is at least one star trek episode where this happens :)

> Germany has had a constitutional restriction in place explicitly prohibiting an SSN equivalent. Very interesting! Thank you for this

The comparison is direct and apt, as a comment on a story about devices delivered with hostile software on them. From a consumer POV, they are indistinguishable, are they not? At l…

This is a wild take that actually makes too much sense. I agree, let's do it!

Even something as simple at 'eating pizza' is enough of a frame to be useful

ZSA has some openness in their software, but their hardware (and it is a hardware company) is closed. That's part of the reason why my ZSA gear is gathering dust in silence, but my…

I bought a MK3S+&Enclosure this year instead of 5 clones. I'll be buying a MK4 and an XL, again instead of 15 chinesium clone machines. Free Openness, reliability, trustworthiness …

I have heard first hand from trans hires that they KNOW their job is to 'be diverse', and there's no reason to grow technically or professionally - just coast and fail to get fired…

The Admiral's wisdom comes from experience.

Bravely coming out against... rape victims?

You conclusion for your second point seems to include a lot of unstated assumptions. Which principles do you think are at play?

I applaud you, but it sounds like this isn't really a 'startup'. Who will pay for this? I imagine the recipients aren't rich. Looking forward to seeing your announcement of a fund …

This is spiritually and practically compatible with the grants work we're doing at Gitcoin :) Come get involved and we can scale this up! gitcoindao.com

I have a piece I'd like to submit for your first batch :) http://petroff.ryan.gitlab.io/ethkeyscape/ I made it to be a demonstrative answer to the question "If you randomly generat…

RFP coordination systems to solve this mess I'm asking as coordinator of Moonshot Collective, where our mission is to build coordination tools. We have builders standing by for exa…

I'm Ryan, the one the professionals call when they give up and need a troubleshooter. Looking for opportunities to decrease suffering and increase joy. Extremely creative, ready to…

First line of the README "opne-source" :)