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Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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Post by GFK_of_xmaspast »

curiousgeorgio wrote: post #28
smcl wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When it comes to devops on twitter I've found @fart's stuff to be pretty great. Particularly this: https://medium.com/weird/why-i-am-the-most-important-devops-... - a little sample below: "This data is encapsulated in what are called “Data Beans” which are stored on the hard drive as zeroes (Optimal bean or “prime bean”) and ones (Flatbean or “bad bean”). These Data Beans are stored magnetically and retrieved as nece…

Also, @fart (aka Jon Hendren) pulled off one of the best examples of trolling the media I've ever seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WqCj_3U0Lc

Isn't he the dude that trolled himself with the 'Smashmouth eat the eggs' thing and the consequences thereof.

Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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Post by vijayr »

curiousgeorgio wrote: post #28
smcl wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When it comes to devops on twitter I've found @fart's stuff to be pretty great. Particularly this: https://medium.com/weird/why-i-am-the-most-important-devops-... - a little sample below: "This data is encapsulated in what are called “Data Beans” which are stored on the hard drive as zeroes (Optimal bean or “prime bean”) and ones (Flatbean or “bad bean”). These Data Beans are stored magnetically and retrieved as nece…

Also, @fart (aka Jon Hendren) pulled off one of the best examples of trolling the media I've ever seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WqCj_3U0Lc

Here is a super interesting article about a troll - http://priceonomics.com/the-hoaxster-who-revealed-sad-truths...

Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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Post by grumblestumble »

vram22 wrote: post #4

I've found @DEVOPS_BORAT to be funny too. Kept seeing his tweets for over a year or two; humorous ones about devops, from an imaginary Armenian devops guy with broken English. Seems to have stopped tweeting a while ago.

since this has devolved into everyone's favorite tech-related parody accounts, i'll throw https://twitter.com/iamdevloper and https://twitter.com/NeckbeardHacker into the mix.

Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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Post by CM30 »

Have to be honest, I'm surprised how little effort it took to 'unmask' him. Usually when people try and find out the actual identities of anonymous internet celebrities, it becomes a sort of investigation where they have to put all the pieces together.

But that doesn't seem to be the case here, unless the story is missing a few steps.

Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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Post by joshdickson »

cm3 wrote: post #23

Why? I mean why is it important to identify who's behind something that doesn't hurt anybody? Can't we just enjoy the art?

I am not talking my own book here because I was looking into it for other reasons mentioned in the linked piece - but, you can absolutely make the case that because the account's influence had grown so large, there was significant potential for conflict of interest that the public ought to know about. That sounds crazy, but that's also how big the account got.

Now, I obviously disagree with that opinion, but I'm also not a member of the media. It was also apparent after looking into it that there was absolutely no COA that would have justified outing him at the time.

Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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Post by joshdickson »

CM30 wrote: post #57

Have to be honest, I'm surprised how little effort it took to 'unmask' him. Usually when people try and find out the actual identities of anonymous internet celebrities, it becomes a sort of investigation where they have to put all the pieces together. But that doesn't seem to be the case here, unless the story is missing a few steps.

The story is missing a few steps.

Re: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson

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Post by vram22 »

smcl wrote: post #20
vram22 wrote: post #4

I've found @DEVOPS_BORAT to be funny too. Kept seeing his tweets for over a year or two; humorous ones about devops, from an imaginary Armenian devops guy with broken English. Seems to have stopped tweeting a while ago.

When it comes to devops on twitter I've found @fart's stuff to be pretty great. Particularly this: https://medium.com/weird/why-i-am-the-most-important-devops-... - a little sample below: "This data is encapsulated in what are called “Data Beans” which are stored on the hard drive as zeroes (Optimal bean or “prime bean”) and ones (Flatbean or “bad bean”). These Data Beans are stored magnetically and retrieved as nece…

Oh, beans from a fart, wow, though it should really be the other way around ...
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