McCoy Smith

@mccoysmith
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Patent/IP & Open Source Attorney: www.lexpan.law
Cascadian: 🇺🇸 & semi-🇨🇦.
Posting almost exclusively on (P), (C), (R), (Ↄ) &⚽️. Frequently unseriously.
@copiesofcopies the Germans have a word for the phenomenon: Merkwürdigliebe
@bkuhn @wwahammy @josh
Pretty sure I did not suggest “Big Tech” is an ally in RoR.
Unless you mean as an (or the?) avatar of Big Tech(TM), everything I say is in pursuit of the Big Tech Agenda(TM).
I usually twirl my mustache when I’m doing that.
@bkuhn @wwahammy @josh
Not sure where you’re getting that from what I said (which was Right of Repair is a movement which might encompass some of what FOSS advocates want).
But the livestream is there for anyone to review and reach their own judgement.
@robin I do have a funny story about an anti masker in small town BC many years ago just because it was so weird to see up there
@robin I go up to Canada a lot (we have a home in BC) and have never run into this.
Canadians are almost universally nice people so this isn't a Canadian "thing."
@RosannaSibora big blue button has this feature
@luis_in_brief
They’ve forgotten Step 0 (the state in the States): complete ignorance.
@downey Interestingly enough it looks like the software that Portland may have used for last RCV election is Mozilla licensed:
https://www.rcvresources.org/rctab
RCTAB - Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center

RCTAB - Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center

Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center
@ppk If you find one in Oaxaca let me know. We try to go down there regularly; awesome food scene.
@ppk Nerdearla does one in CDMX. I did the one in Buenos Aires last year -- well attended and well run.
https://nerdear.la/en/
Nerdearla 2025 - 23 al 27 de septiembre - Buenos Aires

Desde 2014, Nerdearla es el evento tech + open source gratuito más grande en español. Charlas, talleres, coworking y networking presencial + streaming.

nerdear.la