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Sr Staff Engineer supporting agile cultures that let developers build software well & help them learn how to. Mediating a new scientific revolution associated with the night dream of post-industrial society ze/hir/hirs
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Instead, they are running the government like they would a competitor: buying it up & melting it down for scrap, without any consideration for the value lost or the people hurt.

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"If they really wanted to know how to use technology to build a more efficient country, they would ask us. "But they haven't. They are destroyers. "We are the builders." www.wethebuilders.org

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

Most oligarchs are lying about running the government like their businesses. If their companies had investment opportunities with the ROI government spending offers they would be leveraging everything in sight. They rely on voters not knowing how businesses are run.

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

When we don’t have people with technical expertise in government, legislators are left relying on lobbyists. The results are not good!

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I was initially unsure of getting the X marker, but it has been great. Zero downside in three years and it clearly communicates “don’t worry about it: I don’t know either!” Submitting comments here can help stop the government making our lives more annoying for a weird, pathetic power play.

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Power laws!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

If music competitions were run like programming competitions, the winner would be whoever performed the most symphonies correctly in the four hours allotted.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

The first glimpse of the Forest is the first coworkers we trust #ForestDesert #SoftwareDevelopment

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Works in software, works in real life

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

We finally have an effective method for keeping open source code out of the military-industrial complex! brb renaming methods to “changeGender”, “celebrateTransKids”, “leeWasATraitorousSlaverAndAlsoIncompetent”, “promoteWomen”, “accommodateFolksWithDisabilities” and “antiFascism”

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes you know how to make things better. The easiest approaches from there are either doing it yourself, or not doing it at all and grumbling that no one else has the same idea. But alternatively, you can invite other people to get involved. Describe your theory of change & make one clear ask.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Going the extra mile can be an act of rebellion.

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments