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Posted here is an email I broadcast to the entire Recurse Center alumni community, of which I was a part, through their internal email list serve called Community (source code). The subject of the email was “Why I am disassociating myself from the Recurse Center.” Predictable spoiler alert: after sending this email, RC faculty has …
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As I no longer have access to the private discussion and collaboration spaces hosted by the Recurse Center, published here is one page from their internal Wiki that I authored. It is presented in its original Markdown format. > [[Wiki|Home]] â–¸ [[Guides and advice]] â–¸ **Penniless Recursers’ Survival Guide** First off, we’re thrilled you’ve chosen …
Earlier this week, the WordPress NYC Meetup group hosted me at their space inside the Microsoft Technology Center. I was there to present some of my recent work on “Enterprise Features for Small Businesses Running WordPress.” I had a lot of fun and really appreciated the opportunity to showcase three projects I’ve been working on …
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1984 is here … 13 years early…. The following call has been issued to peace activist groups. In addition we urge all computer people to join us in Atlantic City in May. Computers are increasingly being used as a means of oppression. They are at the heart of every military and police system. They are …
I wrote an essay in 2009 about the Internet of Things, before people were calling it “the Internet of Things.” When I re-read it this afternoon, in 2017, I noticed something rather queer. It wasn’t actually about the Internet of Things at all. It was actually a personal manifesto advocating Anarchism, and condemning techno-capitalist fascism. …
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This is really a great piece. Really great. Real relationship anarchy is political. There’s just no way around it. How could it be otherwise, when it has roots in political anarchism? Relationship anarchy is not about getting your dick wet and looking cool while you do it. It’s not about sounding hipper than all the …
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From the Tor Project’s blog today come “10 Principles for User Protection.” The very first principle is “Do not rely on the law to protect systems or users.” Tor Project developer Mike Perry: Unfortunately, it is […] likely that in the United States, current legal mechanisms, such as NSLs and secret FISA warrants, will continue …
Last Saturday, I hosted another Mr. Robot’s Netlfix ‘n’ Hack session at the Recurse Center. I’ve been doing these weekly for three weeks now (here is a link to last week’s), and this time was the first week when the new set of batchlings were in the space. To better include them, we rebooted the …
I’ve been struggling to find meaningful value from my time at the Recurse Center, and I have a growing amount of harsh criticism about it. Last week, in exasperation and exhaustion after a month of taking other people’s suggestions for how to make the most out of my batch, I basically threw up my hands …
