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Leslie Hawthorn's recent keynote at OSCON on privilege is unassuming and powerful.

Please watch it and pay attention to this tidbit: privilege can be viewed as operating in a system where all the default settings work for you. This stuck with me, even more than John Scalzi's (also excellent) gaming metaphor (I'm not a huge gamer).

Watch and think:

Thinking abut something @lhawthorn said about privilege - when a system's defaults are pre-set for you. That's sticking with me.

How is it only 10:40

RT @notwaldorf: I wish David Attenborough narrated my compiler errors.

"An enthusiastic use of an undeclared identifier, but undeclared no…

This dubstep tune says either "Get ready, Sulu!" or "get ready, sudo!". I'm OK with either.

@danslimmon @KrisBuytaert The Yak Resists is the name of my metal Duran Duran cover band #nextbandname

@mattgemmell thanks! Jonesing for that pigment liner now.

I've read 4 books in the last 2 weeks (and another on hold at library) thanks to @scalzi's Big Idea series. Thanks Mister Scalzi!