Full-stack developer focused on infrastructure automation (CI/CD), configuration management, compliance, and information security. Opinions are my own.
"The China of my youth was poor and undeveloped. I feel I was happier then. Now I live in a new era of prosperity and modernity, but I have a sense of loss. I miss the croaking frogs and chirping bugs of my childhood. The wild flowers blooming in the field."
"In the past few decades, I have built so many factories. Have I taken the peace away and destroyed the environment? I don't know if I am a contributor or a sinner."
- Cao Dewang, chairman of Fuyao Group
@wslack@sashax@waldojaquith@aaronsnow I see https://t.co/D6FU4Xwuht stemming from a couple of things, the UX and philosophy behind MyGov/MyUSA, the experience/lessons learned from the projects that came before like https://t.co/xF2olAzJ2X, and the code base from the work 18f did for https://t.co/ukFhB2w8Rn.
My favorite Paul Allen story:
47 years ago, Allen got banned from UW's computer-science lab for hogging teletype machines and swiping an acoustic coupler.
UW's massive computer-science school is now named for him.
https://t.co/7PzxP1jul9
> In a press release published on Tuesday, two Department of Energy officials used the terms "freedom gas" and "molecules of US freedom" to replace your average, everyday term "natural gas."
- https://t.co/OJr3ndR5jD
In other news, Orwell rolls in his grave.
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@wslack@mkramer @299792458nelson @299792458nelson @infamousamos, myself, and others have been doing our best to keep https://t.co/0YCBd9C8OY patched for any critical security vulnerabilities. https://t.co/9f9izNYaEs by one of my https://t.co/D6FU4Xwuht colleagues is another for your list.
I’m okay with a US Space Force. But what we need most is a Truth Force — one that defends against all enemies of accurate information, both foreign & domestic.
https://t.co/KqGDDE3ucE
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.”
- Edward O. Wilson
A dystopia in a single image. Something about it being real gets to me.
The only thing this is good for is entrenching incumbents. https://t.co/FL9rRp2Bpo