Dave Lane @lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz

This is just one of dozens of reasons I have to get to LCA2019 (which, as luck would have it, is happening just down the road from me, here in Christchurch, NZ in Jan 2019)... https://linux.conf.au/schedule/presentation/100/

So true, but so sad. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/07/david-attenborough-world-environment-bbc-films

Enjoying Andrew Bird's music - first heard of him driving home from last night's #FOSS Meetup... his song Bloodless was played on @radionz@twitter.com... Thanks for introducing me to new music RNZ!

They don't write songs (or bass lines) like this any more... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lamyY_8iwE&list=RDOtv_63OFhQQ&index=5

Now this is hard core... https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dOJ4W1

I long for a time when we (globally among democratic societies) have states-people who are well spoken, dignified, informed, and decent. Currently, we don't have many glimmers of that.

Gratifying to see @aral recognise this: https://ar.al/2018/07/16/changes/ Most of us get here eventually. I made the move 24 years ago and never regretted it.

Can anyone think of a good reason why touch typing isn't a widely available course in primary school (and mandatory in secondary)?

Ugh. Faced with a daunting choice: enter the hell of upgrading an old obsolete Silverstripe instance (with non-trivial customisations) or an old obsolete MediwWiki (with a constellation of out-dated extensions)... I need to do both eventually. I may be some time. And the cost might be my sanity.

Trust your computer not to betray you? Hmm. https://medium.com/s/story/i-am-a-computer-scientist-and-i-am-here-to-tell-you-to-never-trust-a-computer-with-anything-5a506c470d64 #onlinevoting #horribleidea

These are some good reasons to participate in Free and Open Source software development... https://opensource.com/article/18/11/reasons-love-open-source

"But that's the manager's decisions! The coder didn't choose those features!"

Bad features get implemented when good coders do nothing.

So true. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=37&v=_e6BKJPnb5o

If you want to be "open first, proprietary second" (and who doesn't!?), you can use this open source service to push your Mastodon posts to Twitter automatically: https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br/ Thanks to @renatolond

Yes - open is not the opposite of privacy. In fact, only with openness can privacy be protected! http://blogs.ubc.ca/chendricks/2018/10/13/open-and-privacy/

A fine day in Canterbury...