The UK government's plan to teach 10 million British children how to use VPNs may be one of the most ambitious IT education projects ever launched. Experts have praised the scheme, saying that a deft combination of incentives and peer education make it more likely to succeed than other, comparable initiatives.

"With the rise of autocratic governments worldwide, VPN-literacy is more essential than ever.” said one expert, “This bold project definitely comes at the right time.”

#UKSocialMediaBan

When I was young, I was an active user of what would now be called social media. vBulletin and phpBB boards, IRC channels, LiveJournal... I made lifelong friends this way, when I get married in a few months time, two friends I met on IRC and still switch between thinking of them as their handles or "real" names will be my bridesmen.

I know modern social media is not the same as it was then, but a lot of that is down to less active moderation than you had in these smaller communities as a result of centralisation by Silicon Valley tech firms combined with algorithms and incentives that intentionally or not resemble the same rush as gambling. This does not just affect children, and a ban is the wrong answer to this problem.

Today's additions to list of terrorists operating in the UK.

#WeAreAllPalestineAction #UKPolitics

Following the recent nonsense from the EHRC, we can confirm that all toilets and showers at EMF will be individual gender-neutral cubicles, and we have absolutely no interest in policing anyone's gender at EMF.

https://www.emfcamp.org/about/accessibility#gender-equality-act

I'm looking for work, please boost!

I'm a senior software engineer with 35 years of experience. I've worked across an unusually wide range of domains: mobile game backends, privacy-preserving data platforms, high-throughput COVID testing infrastructure, email and account systems, e-payment processing, job marketplace systems, and bioinformatics. I pick up new domains quickly and have a track record of doing it repeatedly. I understand how to turn business needs into engineering requirements.

I've worked remotely since the 1990s and can operate with minimal supervision. I don't need hand-holding to find the right problem to solve. Several of my most valued projects were self-directed: I identified the need, built the thing, and shipped it.

Some of the technologies I'm familiar with include: Python, Perl, TypeScript/JavaScript, Haskell, Go, C, Java. Postgres, MySQL, SQLite. Flask, SQLAlchemy. AWS (Lambda, S3, RDS, SQS, EC2). Docker, Git. Github and Gitlab.

I've also repeatedly picked up new languages and stacks as needed: Haskell for differential privacy research, TypeScript for a 24/7 AWS Lambda system, Flask for my most recent employer. I've become productive with new systems over and over, and I can do it quickly.

I'm also a published author (Higher-Order Perl, Morgan Kaufmann), longtime blogger, and conference speaker with a reputation for making complex ideas clear.

My résumé is at https://plover.com/~mjd/cv/Mark%20Jason%20Dominus.pdf

[email protected]

Thanks for your attention!

#OpenToWork #remoteWork #softwareEngineering #Python #backend #hiring

#fediHire #getFediHired

“gIvE kIdS tHeIr cHiLdHoOd BaCk”

so… you mean fund recreation centres and out of school activities? NO

sports clubs and increasingly walkable cities? HAHA NO

playgrounds, green spaces, skate parks, libraries, any non-commercial spaces where kids don’t have to pay to exist? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

oh… enforce realistic safety standards for urban SUVs and light trucks? WHAT HAS THAT EVEN GOT TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS?

so how exactly does one give kids their childhood back? BAN SNAPCHAT TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM

oh… what about 4chan or stormfront or kiwifarms? DON’T BE OBTUSE WE CAN’T BAN THOSE HOW WOULD THAT EVEN WORK??!?

the world's first trillionaire is a nazi, and is or will be responsible for the death of millions through the closure of USAID.

Also, allegedly he's reached out to social media companies to stop them from posting this image of him doing exactly what you think he's doing.

So to Elon, I hope you get what you so richly deserve.

Edit: I've had armchair historians tell me he wasn't the first trillionaire, because lolinflation. Word cannot describe how goddamn stupid you sound when you make these arguments.

also had someone trying tell me that he isn't an actual nazi.

Listen, it looks like a nazi, kills millions like the nazis, even fucking salutes like the nazis. Your lack of pattern recognition is not my problem.