UnseenAcademical

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Poly unsaturated kinky autistic geek in Vancouver, BC. Left generally, radical occasionally. He/him. Still working out how to social media decades after its advent.
@JacobBurgess Haggle is literally a free action, got it.

I was affected by a reduction in workforce at my day job.

If anyone knows are needs a damn good worker with narrative, project management, marketing, and VO experience, I'm your huckleberry.

Looks like I've got some time for freelancing clients.😂

@JacobBurgess Do you have a price sheet or similar benchmarking thing? Or are you more in a chat-and-negotiate place for freelance work?
@iris_of_ether @LoadingReadyRun I was briefly so excited to hear about a new Vancouver Island LARP group until I realized it was a reference. One day I will find a reason to hit people with foam out on the island… one day.
@pmzeitler Would you mind linking the creator? Always interested in collecting more Tau model parts
Silicon Valley Is Turning Into Its Own Worst Fear

We asked a group of writers to consider the forces that have shaped our lives in 2017. Here, science fiction writer Ted Chiang looks at capitalism, Silicon Valley, and its fear of superintelligent AI.

BuzzFeed News

Sinister affirmations:

With this, you'll be unstoppable.

They were wrong to look down on you.

You can destroy every obstacle they put before you.

You'll show them. You'll show them all.

There is such a thing as community accessibility, of the ergonomics of getting involved. It is _extremely common_ for smart, determined people to hit failure after failure during an install process, and decide this project or community just isn't for them. Open Source projects often end up self-selecting for people who coincidentally have not just hardware or software but _cultural expectations_ identical to the primary developers, because all of those failures are completely invisible.
@ar_collins As someone who spent a lot of time in post-Citizens-United USA, my experience was that my political power was extremely limited re: contacting politicians, as I didn't have millions of dollars to throw around in "gifts". But I realize that (thankfully) isn't a universal problem.