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Software engineer based in Seattle. Hobbies include shitposting and arguing with people on the internet.

https://finn.io | https://github.com/thefinn93

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Went to a sweet retro game bar in #portland last weekend. Was cool, planning on going back next time I'm down there
I'm officially migrating to @finn - follow me there, unfollow me here!
3D printed watch case and band
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY CAN I GET SOME BOOSTS
Algorithms should not decide who spends time in a California jail. But that’s exactly what will happen under a new law slated to take effect in October 2019. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/11/if-pre-trial-risk-assessment-tool-does-not-satisfy-these-criteria-it-needs-stay
If A Pre-Trial Risk Assessment Tool Does Not Satisfy These Criteria, It Needs to Stay Out of the Courtroom

Algorithms should not decide who spends time in a California jail. But that’s exactly what will happen under S.B. 10, a new law slated to take effect in October 2019. The law, which Governor Jerry Brown signed in September, requires the state’s criminal justice system to replace cash bail with an...

Especially bad because she only joined in the first place after I begged her to for weeks.

@finn honestly, the attitude that absolutely everything has to be cited or OC is profoundly annoying.

Some people like to point at infamous Twitter accounts (Archillect) that just repost content found from somewhere else, as if it were a terrible crime, and the only way to have sanctity is to either be absolutely original or be exhaustive in one's references.

I thought the sentiment of the Web was that copying isn't theft?

Tried to get my partner into Mastodon, but the cybre.space admins threatened to delete most of her posts because she didn't cite the original author of the random memes that were obviously impossible to determine the original source of. Pretty disappointed in the way it was handled TBH. More motivated than ever to start my own server.
@BestGirlGrace *bojack horseman voice* the troops are jerks, except the one who gave me his cervix, thanks bro
When corporations get to decide how to balance their profits against public safety, you get things like @Verizon throttling firefighters during an emergency. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/11/unresolved-issue-verizon-throttling-santa-claras-fire-department-shows-why-isps
The Unresolved Issue of Verizon Throttling Santa Clara’s Fire Department Shows Why ISPs Need Rules

In August, it was revealed that Verizon throttled the wireless broadband services of fire fighters in the middle of a state emergency and spent four weeks debating with the local fire department while trying to upsell them a more expensive plan. This week, the Santa Clara Board of County...