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Working on something new. Previous: @LocalWiki, @DavisWiki. I program computers and like sunshine, mathematics and burritos.

San Francisco, CA
Joined December 2007
Someone found a message in a bottle my parents wrote on their honeymoon in Hawaii 41 years ago. Unreal!
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RIP Tony Hsieh “Happiness is really just about four things: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness (number and depth of your relationships), and vision/meaning (being part of something bigger than yourself).”
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The .org TLD is at risk for censorship and unrestrained price hikes. Please sign! savedotorg.org/
GO NYC! 🙌🙌👊⚡️
BREAKING: New York City has voted to switch to a ranked-choice voting system. NYC is the most populous place in the US yet to adopt ranked-choice voting. 20 other cities have already adopted ranked-choice voting. More on how it works here: bit.ly/2JUaBdQ
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Huge congrats to @ivanov & and the rest of the Jupyter team to winning the very well-deserved ACM Software System Award! blog.jupyter.org/jupyter-rec…
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lmao, @localwiki apparently made it into the California state voter guide
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Insane and irresponsible. The demo pages even meant that attackers were one XSS or CSRF from your home address. medium.com/@philipn/want-to-…
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what the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck medium.com/@philipn/want-to-…
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Oh nope. This is not OK. Guess @ATT just lost both my lines. Will be churning to MVNO who doesn’t deal with them (got a bunch on @tingFTW will see if this works on those networks and churn to them) xitter.gq/philipn/status/9186992…
Want to see something crazy? Turn off WiFi and check this out on your phone: medium.com/@philipn/want-to-…
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Want to see something crazy? Turn off WiFi and check this out on your phone: medium.com/@philipn/want-to-…
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fivethirtyeight is a model that takes time to update. By the time Clinton hits 62% it'll be 5 days before election.
Helped put this together this weekend. Find your friends in swing states, then talk to them! Makes a big difference. friendsinswingstates.com
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So much love to everyone who helped move the needle at @SunFoundation. sunlightfoundation.com/blog/…
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