@mark_sabbatical Heh. No, it definitely wasn’t. 🙂

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Conclusion: I left the group and sent the organisers a message explaining why.

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@frconil Seems like a lot of folks are getting poached, which is fine. As you say, a nice reflection on the state of the AU industry. I just think those leaving need to be careful how boastful they sound and the message it sends.

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@randomknits @Gertie18 @SpotlightStores So pretty!

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RT @devdevcharlie: Forgot to share I FINALLY got the mental commands from the @emotiv to work in JavaScript! 🎉😃 Here’s a quick example of m…

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One of my favourite talks from @yow_conf this year. You know the conventional wisdom not to break up a good team? That doesn’t always work. @heidihelfand explains how to reteam well. https://t.co/OEDKxF8aTS

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@ReenaRajani @LizlingC @threequal Hey! I sent you each an email about Global CFP Diversity Day. Can you confirm if you got it? 😉

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RT @cuppy: Hey game journos digging for your #MeToo story, go nuts. Where are you now? https://t.co/kopYP6KehF

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RT @heidihelfand: @web_goddess @yow_conf Thanks @web_goddess – loved the experience. @yow_conf is an incredible set of conferences!

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@josephgentle Right, but I don’t think we fix it if all the ambitious folks leave. 🙁

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@josephgentle I’ll also point out that the email that prompted my original complaint said nothing about ambition. It said “if you’re good enough.” That’s… crappy.

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So pink it should have @randomknits’s name on it. 😂 Batch Chapeau (raspberry sour) – very nice! https://t.co/rijLWcDntP https://t.co/QpxzTmXuRH

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@noopkat Exactly! Don’t they realise that most of the big SV companies have offices here anyway?!

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@DrNemski Same. I could work there if I wanted, but I love it here. ☺️

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Lots of excitement as the crowd gathers for tonight’s big #securitydebate! https://t.co/xBGvnpdLoW

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Full house!! #securitydebate https://t.co/2r8GaTjcAy

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I suppose an Anonymous mask is to be expected… #SecurityDebate https://t.co/DGmBDdQb7y

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Mine is still melted. Would still recommend. https://t.co/wBVuiZj9xh

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RT @keirasaid: Gearing up for the last day of the @queenslandfplab Intro to FP workshop. If you’ve ever wanted a brain-melting intro to FP,…

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KICKING OFF! #SecurityDebate https://t.co/grUIOLemYG

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RT @anthonypjshaw: @web_goddess +100. I live here. Wouldn’t change it for the world. I hate being in SV. Concrete jungle and the traffic is…

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I feel my shirt is thematically appropriate for the #SecurityDebate… 🐞🐛 https://t.co/ms75fd8v5V

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Awww. @kelsiemsecurity using sponsor slot to record a “Get Well Soon” message for friends who can’t be here. That’s lovely! #SecurityDebate https://t.co/k6AhtpAgWl

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Always nice to see @HaysDigiTechAU at an event. Great supporter of @yow_conf and the Oz tech community. #SecurityDebate https://t.co/Ek1m4lf5xB

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Introducing the moderators and teams. Hey, there’s Cameron from @sonatype! #SecurityDebate https://t.co/E5eFDBqhHs

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First question is about compromising blockchain. (Of course.) “How do you cash out without destroying the value?” Lots of folks taking notes. 😂 💰 #SecurityDebate https://t.co/akTG52n4m2

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“Don’t cash out yourself… Get a juvenile to do it.” 😂 #SecurityDebate

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Second question is on event data injection exploits. I have no idea how panellists are answering these without making notes. 😂 #SecurityDebate

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Pretty sure this dude is just reciting a plot from Mr. Robot. 🤔 #SecurityDebate https://t.co/b8XODSz7sI

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Fairly sure referring to a recording you put on LinkedIn is an automatic disqualification. 😂 #SecurityDebate

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Poor Blue team. It’s much more fun to barrack for the bad guys. #SecurityDebate

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“If you were going to attack a bank, which one would you choose and how would you go about it?” Does she work for a bank?! 😂 #SecurityDebate https://t.co/ZNou1S1UPi

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“Social engineering with a shotgun.” Well. That’s one way to go about it! 🔫💰 #SecurityDebate

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“I’ve found Bank of Melbourne code on Github.” Ooooohhhhh, ripple through the crowd. #SecurityDebate

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This one is *definitely* a Mr. Robot. He just referenced an anarchist syndicate! 😂 #SecurityDebate https://t.co/HfA4MdG5Ar

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@Kat13v 👌

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@jonoabroad I ❤️ Baby Driver. If either of these debate teams had mentioned finding the world’s best getaway driver, I would’ve awarded them the victory.

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Sadly, real life is rarely as cool as Mr. Robot. Searching Google for code and public cloud keys is a major source of attacks. #SecurityDebate

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RT @Mandy_Kerr: Why do people have a hard time acknowledging input, ideas & support from others? I often hear people present ideas as their…

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“Cloud is an acronym for Can’t Locate Our Users’ Data.” Haven’t heard that one before! #SecurityDebate

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@syc008 🤷‍♀️ Wacky dream logic, clearly.

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“Internet Freedom Fighter” was just used AS A VERB. #SecurityDebate

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If you suspect your company is a target and you have a chatterbox on your team, sit them in meetings where you talk total fake nonsense. 😂 #SecurityDebate

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RT @womensart1: Iconic feminist graffitti (UK), 1979, photographed by Jill Posener, British photographer and activist #womensart https://t.…

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Who else had ‘left pad’ on their BINGO card? #SecurityDebate

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Discussion happening about bug bounties. I gotta say – my experience with these programs was that most of the “security researchers” were no better than your average script kiddie. #SecurityDebate

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RT @LareneLg: So excited to have @jeninebeek share her important work on getting young women into STEM through @TGAsuperheroes. We all have…

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Question 7: cyber anarchist group vs. the NSA. I gotta say, I prefer the really dramatic scenarios! #SecurityDebate

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RT @wm: i love functional programming. it takes smart people who would otherwise be competing with me and turns them into unemployable craz…

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“Full disclosure: so I was arrested by the Feds a few years back for ALLEGEDLY being the head of LulzSec…” Shit suddenly got REAL! #SecurityDebate

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@pwcc Honestly, I’m scared to make eye contact. These guys onstage seem friendly enough but damn – the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend. 😂

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“Facebook’s bug bounty program offered me $500 for an exploit… that I decided to keep.” *wince* #SecurityDebate

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Victory for the red team! The hackers were always going to take it. 😂 #SecurityDebate https://t.co/fP5wUmPehG

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I won another Google Home! But truthfully I’m more excited about the mask. My career as Internet Freedom Fighter begins… #SecurityDebate https://t.co/bgGqBexokI

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RT @anthonypjshaw: @crankymate @web_goddess Yep. I could get a job there in a heartbeat as could all of the engineers I know. Internet-enab…

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RT @crankymate: @anthonypjshaw @web_goddess I’d also argue it’s *easier* to be hired and make it in SF/SV. The real talented folks are righ…

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RT @OphelieLechat: Melbourne folks, help? The course I’m teaching on Friday mornings had more enrolments than anticipated (#humblebrag, sor…

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RT @mjiagood: Well, @yow_conf this is just awesome! Check it out, ladies! A speaker development program made just for you #womenintech #gir…

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@hexsteph I know exactly what you mean. 🙁

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@polleyg @mjiagood @yow_conf I know. Terrible Google docs embed. You can go directly to form here: https://t.co/xb1LWPKFaL

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@polleyg @mjiagood @yow_conf You have motivated me to get this changed. Stay tuned.

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@austinturner01 Yes! I wonder if we could get @techsydneyau on that… 😉

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@neoghostz Yeah I had to look it up.

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Some days all it takes is a pronoun to make me feel optimistic. 🙂 https://t.co/B2AAqEofcK

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@metaeaux Yay! But also 😭

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February 3, 1999: The Hero and the Crown by @robinmckinley. Still a favourite. 🙂 #BabysFirstAmazon https://t.co/9jAbxAeUKP

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2nd order on March 21, 1999: Girlfriend and 100% Fun by @iammatthewsweet. Late 90’s had very good taste. 🙂 #BabysFirstAmazon

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For fans of @exercism_io – great talk by creator @kytrinyx! https://t.co/s5Jry04xNn

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Our media centre power cord is similarly duct taped to the outlet because I kept accidentally pulling it while vacuuming. 😂 https://t.co/DrjvCnxX0K

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@samthor My spelling changed quickly. The accent’s still going strong after 16 years though. 😂

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@sammy_lee12 I’ve been trying to do one per week so far in 2018. I don’t usually draft in advance though.

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@sammy_lee12 I’ve been doing them Sunday night, but it usually means I end up staying up too late. I need to find a better time.

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RT @zanderhulme: Why is everyone job posting looking for a rockstar developer? Never “We’re looking for a folk-singer programmer. At this c…

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@gilmae Do you mean the hardware or the software? I think in most jobs the expectation is that the employer provides what you need to do the role.

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@gilmae To the extent where if you do provide your own as a freelancer, there are tax benefits IIRC

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@gilmae I didn’t have a problem with BYO device when I was a manager though. I guess part of that is the tech culture in the organisation.

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@zarahjutz Another grey tech shirt. 😂

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RT @xuhulk: This thread
+ everyone should keep a list of people who deserve more speaking opportunities & access handy
+ tell them how much…

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Another handy way to secretly encode data into textiles! Now I just need to be able to dye my own yarn into very, very specific colours… 🙂 https://t.co/RP7nwuCBoT

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@glasnt @leesdolphin Floss is (somewhat) easier. With six strands, you could theoretically combine/mix them to create colours that don’t exist in the range.

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@omariandrade @wheelyweb Brekkie 100%

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RT @jenlooper: An incredible story. Thread 👇 https://t.co/kqgH57KfQG

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RT @szechuan: This trailer looks like every Australian in Hollywood got together for a weekend and made the silliest tribute they could thi…

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@stephenlead Oh, I want one. But @the_snook won’t buy one until the “900 series” is available here. (He’s particular about his robots.)

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A very chill @chewxy is kicking off the first #sypy of 2018 with a nice crowd at @OptiverAsiaPac! https://t.co/PeK26BQ8eX

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Spotted some expert-level passive-aggressiveness in the ladies room and had to go get my camera. 😂 https://t.co/9lYmMomIUG

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First talk is @pausanzleon talking about using #pyunicorn for non-linear time series analysis. #sypy https://t.co/xFhRP0I4FM

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Anticorrelation and positive correlation are easy to understand, but they aren’t useful to explain nonlinear (chaotic) interactions. #sypy https://t.co/RMJlxgCtvN

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Recurrence plots are a good way to visualise dynamic system data. AND they look like a great way to generate cool knitting patterns! #sypy https://t.co/WEhLgTmKVX

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Brain wave activity is a great example of where non-linear analysis comes in handy! @pausanzleon #sypy https://t.co/VfE8ToW4tZ

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@TeeganLee MY NIGHTMARE. 🤢

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Home automation with @seansonbronson! This is very relevant to my interests. #sypy https://t.co/8gCB8nqd4Z

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Arduino issues: “I’m colour blind, so I chose the wrong resistors!” 😮 I hadn’t thought about what a problem that would be! #sypy @seansonbronson https://t.co/mPB1QoJwSX

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@dcotterill Is it in the men’s room too?

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Impressive demo as @seansonbronson successfully used Siri to turn off his air conditioner via Raspberry Pi and Homekit! #sypy https://t.co/DAf4NAMMFt

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Last talk is a gentle introduction to Asyncio from @OptiverAsiaPac’s own @grgsrs! #sypy https://t.co/0mX7ClEC2v

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@stephenlead @the_snook You don’t even live in your house! Poor little Roomba is home all alone, abandoned!

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Me: “Hm. That yield business looks like a coroutine.” 🤔 And it is! Go me! #sypy https://t.co/lEXAQgabfI

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RT @pearliestpearl: “…You still didn’t get the girl.” Oh, fuck off Mitch. Ugh. #paceyscreek

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RT @Sarahlovescrime: I was going to clean the house but then I remembered all the female art that has been lost to housework over the centu…

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I swear on the Internet, I’m going to knit this jumper someday. https://t.co/libEcaUesv

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@carlfish Welcome back!! My suggestion is to subscribe to https://t.co/dKYqyjYSi2 in your calendar application of choice. Updates once a day. 🙂

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TFW you come up with a great talk idea but you don’t want to forget it so you fax it to yourself for safekeeping… and then realise later it was a dream and you have no fax machine and you’ve forgotten it anyway. 😐

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Well, this was a sucky thing to wake up to. Yep, I’m affected. 😕 https://t.co/kXbc3y9pxs

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@codepo8 @JeffC1956 Okay, it *wasn’t* blockchain knitting groups. That’s one idea eliminated. Now I just need you to suggest every possible alternative in the world.

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@MsAmandaDean @levelsconf @fendersperth @AshKyd Phew! Slight heart attack there. 🙂

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Just got an email from a meetup group organiser in Sydney that essentially says “Yay, I’m going to Silicon Valley but don’t worry, I’ll try to find SV jobs for you all if you’re good enough.” Seriously? WTF.

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This attitude really irks me. Like the entire Australian tech industry is junior league, but if you work really hard, you too can achieve the dream of leaving for where the real stuff happens.

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Actual quote: “Actually the important news I am announcing here is that, my new company [redacted] will provide job opportunities to work in the silicon valley for the best [redacted] in this group…”

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“If you are keen and you believe yourself good enough, please don’t hesitate to contact me and send me your resume. I’ll introduce this opportunity in more detail in 2018’s first [redacted] meetup.”

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LIKE… WHAT? Ugh.

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RT @juniordev_io: #Melbourne JuniorDevs we highly recommend heading to Call For Papers Day @gdcfpday this Saturday – will help you heaps t…

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How am I supposed to get any work done with this furball purring like a chainsaw behind me? 😻 https://t.co/Gar1SMvypD https://t.co/N8jB4UYQoI

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I attended @brianleroux’s full day workshop in Melbourne on this topic, and it was fantastic! If you use AWS regularly, you should check it out. https://t.co/ZavVZUGV2O

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@Techman_83 Yay! Welcome back to the Internet. 😛

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@msharp Pasties? Or are you visiting the Lo-Cal Calzone Zone?

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@damovisa @dddsydney There’s one happening in Brisbane too! @AshKyd is your organiser there. 🙂

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@damovisa Oh nice! Have you found the Newwwie Slack channel yet? I’m on it but rarely check it. There are a couple events up there: https://t.co/XvH04GdjrE

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Finished my #lca2018 miniconf organiser gift! #straighttothepoolroom ❤️ https://t.co/bPA9E6OZnA https://t.co/NtSaBqIZO1

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@mobywhale They got them for all the speakers. Must have bought every one in Sydney!

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RT @codepo8: Developer Evangelism interview on https://t.co/9WuP28NrgK https://t.co/OAzzvqvGpU via @codepo8

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@o0karen0o @outreachy You’re welcome to use it! Let me know if you need the original for better resolution.

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@MichelePlayfair @thatmoxiegirl Shorts are fast. Couple of hours spread over two days. 🙂

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“I, Tonya” was amazing. (I am somewhat worried though that *this* is the film where I finally found Sebastian Stan hot. 😳)

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Great, detailed advice of preparing a good conference abstract. Don’t forget @gdcfpday next weekend! https://t.co/mZ3YFjHeBM

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Weekly Meetup Wrap – Jan 28, 2018 – @linuxconfau and art exhibition AND #artandtech miniconf AND two meetups! 😵 #lca2018 https://t.co/u3btZdaehA

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It’s 7am Monday and I’m on a Hangout with folks all around the world making final planning arrangements for @gdcfpday. That’s how dedicated I am! 😴☕️

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In case you missed it, I continued my habit of blogging late at night on Sunday. https://t.co/H54Ch89TaP

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@amykate_94 @gdcfpday I wondered about you! 😂

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RT @Rich_Harris: Tens of thousands of celebrities, businesspeople, musicians, models, porn stars and ‘influencers’ bought millions of fake…

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