Notices by M. J. Fromberger (creachadair@phire.place)

@grimalkina You are making a vital point: much of the obsession with "tech aptitude" and "technical competency" is a way to create, circumscribe, and defend an in-group. For a long time that was used to curate an idea of an elite, as a competitive measure in a vibrant economy; but it is also a way of kettling labour among a certain class of workers, as we have seen more recently.

"Is that free as in beer, or free as in freedom?"

"It's free as in use-after."

I accidentally typed "git pull --rebae", now my relationship is all screwed up and I think I'm about to be in a detached head state.