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@freemo Then I'm confused by your statement that it can be "used to determine latitude or longitude".

@freemo Why wasn't this used to solve the famous longitude problem?

My brain every time companies update the subscriber agreement

I'm thinking about the comparison between between anarchist mutual aid societies creatively getting things done without asking for permission and techbro disruptors moving fast and breaking things.

How do we make rules that prevent deliberate or accidental harm without miring everyone in bureaucracy? Even without resource allocation issues and differing ideas about what constitutes harm, it's challenging!

Science fiction has always been political. For example, Babylon 5 was the first show to feature an openly grey character.

@enobacon @davidzipper @humantransit We have a golden opportunity to elect better people to the Portland city council. Some candidates, like Chad Lykins and Steph Routh, are much more bike friendly.

Would you like some old tyres?

No pressure.

Fortigate have issued me a statement. The toothbrush story is completely made up.

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dutifully guarding the house from the lawn guy.

(Barking intensified when he got out of his truck.)

#2891 Log Cabin 

I'm sure the building inspectors will approve my design once they finally manage to escape.
xkcd.com/2891/

@HumToTable Clean, free, no ads, accessible. It even claims to work with screen readers. Slightly non-standard letter values, but reasonable. For good or ill, the graphics are not as "juicy" as Words With Friends or Scrabble GO.

themisgames.com/wordvoyance/

I've been playing online Scrabble with a relative who uses an Amazon Fire. Although this is an Android device, Amazon has their own app store (which doesn't include the official Scrabble GO app), because chokepoint capitalism.

(I am aware that there is an elaborate workaround for this, but it would involve setting up a gmail account for them.)

So we're sticking with Wordvoyance.

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