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mx. sparks (backup account)Apr 24, 2017

Parker Higgins Apr 24, 2017

With news of Unroll.me selling user inbox info to Uber, lots of people are repeating "if you're not paying for it, you're the product."

I've said before, and will continue to say, that that is the wrong formulation. Sometimes you pay for it and you're still the product – look at US ISPs. Sometimes you don't pay for it and you're not the product – free software.

The real question is whether a software or service empowers users, which can't be boiled down to whether you paid.

mx. sparks (backup account)Apr 23, 2017

Moved: -> @[email protected]Apr 23, 2017

Everyone read this incredible essay by @u2764

"Mourning Mastodon"

https://medium.com/@alliethehart/gameingers-are-dead-and-so-is-mastodon-705b535ed616

If you're wondering why I stopped working in MastoDev, and why my posts about how development already includes marginalized voices are no longer applicable, then read that essay because it gets into all of it super fucking well

mx. sparks (backup account)Apr 20, 2017

Manuela Malasaña Apr 19, 2017

when i was little my dad paid me $5 to go tell someone he disagreed with that his point of view was "exceedingly obvious even to the most casual observer" i couldnt say it at first so he had to rehearse it with me word by word. see this is how the boomer generation set up their millennial children for a lifetime of disappointment in the employment market wrt compensation, job duties, and training

mx. sparks (backup account)Apr 17, 2017

It's okay, next weekend I'll get to take some time and--JUST KIDDING I'll be househunting in ATX all weekend while also trying to get work done.

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mx. sparks (backup account)Apr 17, 2017

I like taking them out and showing them things, and also it's about as much effort as my job and takes about the same amount of recovery time. 😪

mx. sparks (backup account)Apr 17, 2017

My parents are in town for a few days and they're great people and I love them very much and I'm glad they're here and also now I feel like I've been working all weekend 😩

mx. sparks (backup account)Apr 17, 2017

The Old Fenreliania (MOVED)Apr 16, 2017

"What can I do today that will make tomorrow easier for me" is a good question to constantly consider. Those days where the answer is "Nothing" are exactly the days you're doing it for.

mx. sparks (backup account)Apr 16, 2017

authentication factors:
- something you have
- something you know
- something you regret

https://mastodon.social/media/YcnM3n0QMFq42ZRdCm4

mx. sparks (backup account)Apr 16, 2017

IllicitPopsicle Apr 15, 2017

I'm burnt out on edginess masquerading as political radicalism and I'm going to devote time to cultivating radical softness in conjunction with anarchism AND NONE OF YOU FUCKERS CAN STOP ME

mx. sparks (backup account)Apr 15, 2017

[internal screaming intensifies]