My typing is going to shit. And I was being misunderstood quite a bit already. I think I’ll turn off the internet now.
@benrhughes I made no such comparison. I did ridicule those who equate state with as “police state” and yet happily go for the bling.
@DownloadABC And if you have the “share” buttons in your site, that still lets Facebook etc users tell their friends.
@DownloadABC Um, but, if they are on the internet they can reach the ABC website if they want. There’s nothing stopping them.
@benrhughes Oh I never said anything even remotely like “evil corporations” as an undifferentiated mass of bad. How fucking dare you!
@DownloadABC Do you really want participation from people so lazy and stupid they can’t click to your website? Jesus, that’ll be good!
@DownloadABC Twitter has a far more transparent privacy model (on/off) but it’s only a matter of degree. Why do people need “options”?
Banging my head against the desk until it bleeds. “OMFG they surveil us! Evil police state! OH LOOK FACEBOOK FAN PAGE SIGN UP NOW!”
@thomasrdotorg But you DO have to be logged in to Facebook to participate in any discussions.
@benrhughes I can’t fit into one tweet all the swearing I need to express my anger at that worldview. I’ll have to let it slide.
“Follow at Facebook”, @DownloadABC? To follow a program by my national broadcaster I have to give my life to Zuckerberg? FUCK RIGHT OFF!
Referring to all this stuff happening right now as part of the “hive mind” is an insult to bees.
20th century journalism: Build links of trust into community, dig beneath surface. 21 century: Tweet, assume respondents are representative.
Watching riots as entertainment because there’s nothing better on TV is pretty fuckin’ low, I reckon.
@kattekrab Thank you, but you should perhaps thank CBS Interactive for deciding to fund the #lca2012 coverage. They made it possible.
New blog post: “Weekly Wrap 86: Linux, paranoia and a few rants” arseh.at/ru7
New blog post: “My complete Linux.conf.au 2012 coverage” arseh.at/ru6 #lca2012
Sun plan, unordered: Produce “Patch Monday” podcast; 2 x blog posts; plan next week; Wentworth Falls errands; remainder ad lib.
@merejames @carolduncan @NewtonMark I think you people are just a bit sick and should be given therapy of some sort.
RT @merejames: Your new pic looks like a sextoy. [Well at least SOMETHING is going to plan.]
Things are said in public for a reason. Hello, Sunday.