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@bitprophet torn between Alan Cumming-style "I'm invincible" and elephant-man "I'm hideous don't look at me #opslife

I quietly smile beneath headphones At coworkers in the hall They'll never know my joy I'm listening to Weird Al

#donttell

@bitprophet you mean the exultation mixed with mind-numbing chagrin?

@linode won’t add an ip for my node "for service separation”. What’s it for then?

@lhawthorn Got to discussing your talk with my wife tonight. Thanks for sharing it with us. More thoughts here http://t.co/QEy2QzoHhU

monkinetic: Another View of Privilege http://t.co/i4fv7nSHcS

(See the disclaimer)

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!

monkinetic: A gender/privilege topic disclaimer http://t.co/szMCJaHqel

For future reference:

Disclaimer: I've never written about gender and privilege topics - I'm a hetero white male who grew up in a suburban, anglo, Christan, two-parent family in the 70s and 80s when such things were (to me) normal. I didn't go through much of a rebellious stage (barring a couple of years of slightly-over-drinking, hair-coloring and ear-piercings that didn't offend, literally, anyone).

As John Scalzi would put it, my life has been basically lived on the lowest difficuly setting and I've been fortunate due to no particular effort on my own part. Please forgive statements made as fact that are obvious to you to be side-effects of this phenomenon, and please feel free to get in touch with any feedback.

what would Russia or pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine gain from shooting down #MH17? No one seems to be asking.

@newsycombinator I expected deproulette to install random versions of packages in requirements.txt for testing.

How the heck is @mattgemmell 35 years old?? I recall him being like 23 #theolds

@GlennF @tmbg Predator Shell.