I was having office hours today with one of the startups I work with, and asked the founder how he was going on sales. He responded by saying that things were slow, as he was preparing thoroughly for the next phase. He quoted Abraham Lincoln: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and…
Continue reading →I was part of a panel today run by InternetNZ on Hate and the Internet. The event was framed as follows: There is increasing discussion about hate speech and the issues associated with the publishing and circulation of hateful content online. But what is hate speech? And what does it mean in a New Zealand…
Continue reading →Just kidding, this post is a review of Kubuntu / Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) I’ve been running Linux on my desktop – either directly, or in a virtual machine (VM) – since Mandrake 8.1 in 2002, and I’ve had a love-hate relationship with it. Love: Free (as in both beer and speech) Open Source, configurability,…
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