Edward L Platt @elplatt@greatjustice.net

Here's a chrome extension I wrote to insert your mastodon timeline into your facebook timeline (desktop only). https://github.com/elplatt/FeedParty

Why do this? I can't leave fb because of the social connections I have, but I want to be more active on mastodon. This makes it easier to check mastodon when I'm talking to my fb peeps.

#NoBirdsite

How computer-supported cooperation researchers make decisions. #CSCW

Began our #CSCW workshop by rearranging the lecture-style seating into roundtable style. Always a good sign.

Welcome to the fediverse, @Balto_Sojnekah ! #NoBirdsite

Programming in ruby is a lot like trying to write a novel using only autocomplete.

This is an awesome rocket stove built entirely out of four cinder blocks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmDYUrVHPWc

Hot Take: The ability to live increasingly depends on access to online services, making us cyborgs. Traditional states are defined by a monopoly on physical violence. Platforms like FB are becoming state-like by asserting a right to virtual violence.

If you're excited about Google's quantum computing news and want to try QC out yourself, I can highly recommend Christine Corbett Moran's book. It walks through how to access IBM's real quantum computer using a free API. https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/mastering-quantum-computing-ibm-qx

Is there a name for the collection of odds and ends that accumulates on top of clothes dryers (removed from laundry pockets, or found in bottom of washer)?

And remember, #NetNeutrality is not an "Obama-era rule." It was a fundamental part of the internet from the very beginning, but only came under attack in recent years after streaming internet video arose as a new competitor to cable television.

Investigative reporters have found that a consortium of cable companies hired a firm to file as many as 9.6 million comments against #NetNeutrality using stolen identities. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jsvine/net-neutrality-fcc-fake-comments-impersonation

Anyone looking for a CSCW roomie?

This oral history of James Gosling is an amazing listen for anyone who cares about the computing history, Java, Unix, networking, college admissions, free software, software law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6XHroNewc

LT: After MS acquired github, I stopped using them host code I release in talks and papers. I am glad I did and plan to further disentangle myself from the platform.

"Microsoft-owned GitHub will renew a $200,000 contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, despite concerns about the Trump administration’s policies, according to a leaked email." https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/9/20906213/github-ice-microsoft-software-email-contract-immigration-nonprofit-donation

Fig. 1: AngularJS design paradigm.

Just found this while teaching a class on Web Applications.

Student: do you actually need to do this when you're working in the real world?

Me: [bubble pipe appears out of nowhere] Gather 'round young'ns, and lemme tell y'all about two double-aught nine.