Marty McGuire

Marty Likes Things (Sometimes)

2018
Wed Jun 6
★ Liked https://werd.io/2018/equality-of-opportunity-vs-equality-of-outcome
Ben Werdmüller
post from Equality of opportunity vs equality of outcome
Lately I've increasingly encountered arguments for "equality of opportunity vs equality of outcome", which is usually shorthand for a bunch of nastier opinions held by people who don't think we should be aiming for a more inclusive society. As far as I can tell, this is largely …
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Sun Jun 3
★ Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2018/06/03/4/url-form-field
Aaron Parecki
post from Improving the HTML type="url" Field
Using the HTML <input type="url"> field is normally a good idea when you're asking the user to enter a URL. It doesn't make a huge difference on desktop browsers, but makes it a lot easier on mobile browsers. On iOS, when you've focused on a URL input field, the keyboard switches …
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Sat Jun 2
★ Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2018/06/02/11/#t=39
Aaron Parecki
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That's amazing! I subscribed to your Twitch so next time you are recording I will watch live!
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Thu May 31
★ Liked http://fogknife.com/2018-05-30-making-my-position-plain.html
Jason McIntosh
post from Making my position plain
I've begun adding a quiet entreaty about some salient political stances to my open-source software releases.
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Wed May 30
★ Liked https://jonathanprozzi.net/indieweb/infosys-crossroads-2018-takeaways-reflections-on-context-and-access/
j-p
post from Infosys CrossRoads 2018 Takeaways: Reflections on Context and Access
It’s Been Quite Awhile…
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Sat May 26
★ Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2018/05/26/31/indieweb-summit
Aaron Parecki
post from You're Invited to IndieWeb Summit!
IndieWeb Summit is soon, and is shaping up to be an exciting event! We're hosting IndieWeb Summit the same week as the (final) Open Source Bridge, in case you needed another reason to visit Portland! IndieWeb Summit will be Tuesday-Wednesday June 26-27th, with a pre-party the …
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★ Liked https://sebastiangreger.net/2018/05/can-we-please-talk-about-privacy-not-gdpr-now/
sebastiangreger.net
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It’s the “morning after”: a mere twelve hours have passed since the GDPR applies and while still awaiting breaking news on hobbyist blog owners being fined EUR 20 million, an army of burnt-out web and legal professionals has begun to clean up from the party that was “the final …
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Mon May 21
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/05/21/robot-archaeology-update-hacking-the-nintendo-r-o-b-robots-gaming-history/
Mike Barela
post from Robot Archaeology Update: hacking the Nintendo R.O.B. #Robots #Gaming #History
In a recent Robot Archaeology post, we discussed the history of the Nintendo R.O.B robot.
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Sun May 20
★ Liked https://jeena.net/pods/17
Jeena
post from The IndieWeb - Martijn
We're two senior IndieWeb participants talking about owning your own content.
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Fri May 18
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/05/18/new-guide-piglass-a-diy-wearable-computer-adafruitlearningsystem/
Mike Barela
post from NEW GUIDE: PiGlass, a DIY wearable computer #AdafruitLearningSystem
https://cdn-blog.adafruit.com/uploads/2018/05/piglass.mp4
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Tue May 15
★ Liked http://cathieleblanc.plymouthcreate.net/blog/indieweb/why-we-need-the-indieweb/
Cathie LeBlanc
post from Why We Need the #IndieWeb: A Short History
Back in 1993, as a young computer science graduate student, I created my first web page. To do so, I had to learn a new language, HyperText Markup Language (html), which was pretty easy for me as someone who had been programming in Cobol, PL/I, C, Basic, and so on, since high …
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Sun May 13
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/05/12/bubble-sort-adafruit-crickit-circuitpython-animated-audio-animatronics/
phillip torrone
post from bubble sort @adafruit #CRICKIT & @CircuitPython animated audio animatronics
It’s a python bubble blowing robot, animated audio animatronics (video). Code here.
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Sat May 12
★ Liked https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/05/12/14/article/
eddiehinkle.com
post Indigenous Development Log #2
I’m working on kicking out Indigenous version 0.3, which has been sitting on the shelf for a bit. I think the last build I sent out was March 15, which means it’s been almost 2 months. Thankfully I just finished up my Spring online classes and don’t have any more classes until …
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★ Liked https://jvns.ca/blog/2018/05/11/batch-editing-files-with-ed/
jvns.ca
post Batch editing files with ed
The other day at work I needed to edit 200 files at once. I wanted to do something pretty simple:
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Wed May 9
★ Liked https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/994233568359575552
zeynep tufekci
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Google Assistant making calls pretending to be human not only without disclosing that it's a bot, but adding "ummm" and "aaah" to deceive the human on the other end with the room cheering it... horrifying. Silicon Valley is ethically lost, rudderless and has not learned a thing.
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Mon May 7
★ Liked https://gregorlove.com/2018/05/im-attending-indieweb-summit-2018/
gRegor Morrill
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I’m attending IndieWeb Summit 2018!
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★ Liked http://fogknife.com/2018-05-07-a-bit-of-indieweb-pushback.html
Jason McIntosh
post from A bit of IndieWeb pushback
My admittedly somewhat agitative article about IndieWeb received some excellent critique from that community's core constituency.
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Sun May 6
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/05/06/we-the-builders-wethebuilders-wetherosies-3d-printing-rosie-the-riveter/
phillip torrone
post from We the Builders @WeTheBuilders #WeTheRosies 3D printing Rosie the Riveter
We the Builders.
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Sat May 5
★ Liked http://kimberlyhirsh.com/doing-my-part-to-fix-the-internet-a-follow-up/
Kimberly Hirsh
post from Doing My Part to Fix the Internet: A Follow-up
A little over a year ago, I wrote about how a post by Vicki Boykis and a comment by Chris Aldrich had inspired me to do my part to fix the internet. Since that time, I’ve worked hard to get my WordPress site set up so that I can write content here, send it out to other places …
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Fri May 4
★ Liked https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/05/02/16/article/
eddiehinkle.com
post Indigenous Development Log #1
I was inspired by reading Chris Hannah’s Slate Development Log that I should track the progress on my own iOS app, Indigenous.
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Wed May 2
★ Liked https://david.shanske.com/2018/05/02/going-to-the-indieweb-summit/
David Shanske
post from Going to the Indieweb Summit
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Mon Apr 30
★ Liked https://grant.codes/2018/04/30/5ae75c5fbbd4fe05dfa348fd
Grant Richmond
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Sat Apr 28
★ Liked http://fogknife.com/2018-04-22-announcing-two-new-indieweb-modules-for-perl.html
Jason McIntosh
post from Announcing two new IndieWeb modules for Perl
The modules implement metadata techniques that help authors publishing on different websites meaningfully link up their respective work.
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Fri Apr 27
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/04/26/its-time-to-retire-rtfm-compassioncode-blame-button-too-maybe/
phillip torrone
post from It’s Time to Retire “RTFM” @compassioncode (Blame button too maybe) …
"RTFM" is inherently unkind. Let's ditch it altogether. ‍♂️ https://t.co/Zgifa8qcyl
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Sun Apr 22
★ Liked https://grant.codes/2018/04/22/5adc9ef8bbd4fe05dfa24f50
Grant Richmond
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You should go and climb up the hill there for a really great view of the city!
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Fri Apr 20
★ Liked https://abraham.link/34/34/
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Wed Apr 18
★ Liked https://eddiehinkle.com/2018/04/18/4/reply/
Eddie Hinkle
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Wow! That wasn’t what I was expecting to see on my feed today! Have fun!!
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Tue Apr 17
★ Liked http://kimberlyhirsh.com/cathy-fisher-on-fixing-fb-go-back-to-your-2001-fan-site/
Kimberly Hirsh
post from Cathy Fisher on fixing Fb: Go back to your 2001 fan site
Cathy Fisher, a Business Professional on Twitter (Twitter)“My idea for fixing Facebook: shut down Facebook and everyone goes back to the weird niche fan site forum they were on in 2001, where they then form a really deep friendship with a teen who lives in Poland”This is …
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Sat Apr 14
★ Liked http://kimberlyhirsh.com/farewell-to-facebook-kind-of/
Kimberly Hirsh
post from Farewell to Facebook, Kind Of
I won’t be posting directly to my Facebook timeline anymore. In keeping with my move to embrace the IndieWeb, any posts I make to Facebook will be syndicated there from my own website, kimberlyhirsh.com. Each Facebook post will include a link to the original post on my website. …
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Thu Apr 12
★ Liked http://www.manton.org/2018/04/wavelength-for-micro-blog.html
manton
post Wavelength for Micro.blog
We have something really big to announce today. Micro.blog now supports hosting short-form podcasts, also known as microcasts, with a companion iPhone app called Wavelength for recording, editing, and publishing episodes.
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