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Now is a great time to force-feed your CTOs on the writings of Niklaus Wirth (inventor of Pascal, Modula-2, and Oberon among other things, and proponent of "less is more" in software—he wrote an entir

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Retired (hurt) geek, Tangata Tiriti (at the 6th generation), left of most, addicted to politics, theatre, dark humour, and the Oxford Comma. Follow at your own risk. Foxton, NZ # NoBot # MECFS # Type2Diabetes Note to journalists: Don't quote me if you haven't asked me.

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Retired (hurt) geek, Tangata Tiriti (at the 6th generation), left of most, addicted to politics, theatre, dark humour, and the Oxford Comma. Follow at your own risk. Foxton, NZ # NoBot # MECFS # Type2Diabetes Note to journalists: Don't quote me if you haven't asked me.

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@nzlemming@mastodon.nz · Jan 06, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop This is an official "F#@k@mastodon.nz we're old" thread.

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@urbandinosaurs@urbanists.social @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange one of them had off for Christmas Day

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Retired (hurt) geek, Tangata Tiriti (at the 6th generation), left of most, addicted to politics, theatre, dark humour, and the Oxford Comma. Follow at your own risk. Foxton, NZ # NoBot # MECFS # Type2Diabetes Note to journalists: Don't quote me if you haven't asked me.

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Mark Harris

@nzlemming@mastodon.nz

Retired (hurt) geek, Tangata Tiriti (at the 6th generation), left of most, addicted to politics, theatre, dark humour, and the Oxford Comma. Follow at your own risk. Foxton, NZ # NoBot # MECFS # Type2Diabetes Note to journalists: Don't quote me if you haven't asked me.

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@nzlemming@mastodon.nz · Dec 26, 2025

@ferrix@mastodon.online @urbandinosaurs@urbanists.social @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange It had better take care If I find it's been creeping 'round my back stairs

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Commanders specifically ordered Navy SEALs to fire on and kill two survivors of (alleged) drug boat sinking in September. "The order was to kill everybody". Analyzing this as an unlawful order or as h

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The worst thing here is we almost certainly lack functioning mechanisms to hold anyone meaningfully to account for these crimes. These were not heat-of-battle excesses or unwise orders from mid-level

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It's clear that our official embrace of torture after 9/11 was a point of no return for our country.

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Retired (hurt) geek, Tangata Tiriti (at the 6th generation), left of most, addicted to politics, theatre, dark humour, and the Oxford Comma. Follow at your own risk. Foxton, NZ # NoBot # MECFS # Type2Diabetes Note to journalists: Don't quote me if you haven't asked me.

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Mark Harris

@nzlemming@mastodon.nz

Retired (hurt) geek, Tangata Tiriti (at the 6th generation), left of most, addicted to politics, theatre, dark humour, and the Oxford Comma. Follow at your own risk. Foxton, NZ # NoBot # MECFS # Type2Diabetes Note to journalists: Don't quote me if you haven't asked me.

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@nzlemming@mastodon.nz · Nov 29, 2025

@mattblaze@federate.social When the Patriot Act was passed, I decided I would never be visiting the USA, not even the Embassy here in New Zealand, and subjecting myself to US 'jurisprudence'.

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