Jake Savin Posts
When it comes to fighting back against Trump, there are so many issues it may be hard to figure out what to focus on first. Here’s my take:
Choose the issue or issues that have the following attributes, specifically for you:
- You are passionate about the issue.
- You have applicable knowledge or skills.
- You know or can find people to help you.
These are more important than whether it’s the biggest issue or the one generating the biggest controversy, or even the worst effects.
If you have knowledge and passion about an issue, and can find ways to connect with other like-minded activists, you can become an effective advocate. If not, you risk wasting time and energy that you would more effectively invest elsewhere.
Originally posted on Facebook.
See also: trumpstatus.org.
Someone was asking at work earlier about what computers people had owned or programmed on. I don’t think I’d ever made a list before, so I decided to make one. This list includes computers I’ve programmed on outside of a professional capacity, or owned personally.
There are lots more machines I’ve used to greater or lesser extents in my professional life. The ones listed here are the machines I feel a personal connection with. (Yeah, I just said that I have a personal connection with some computers.)
Here’s what I came up with roughly in chronological order:
Wang 2200
- TRS-80 Pocket Computer
- Apple ][
- IBM PC
- Amiga 1000 (also Amiga 500)
- Mac 512K (modified to equivalent of Mac+)
- Mac Performa 430
- Mac Quadra 950
- PowerMac G3
- PowerBook G3 (1st and 2nd generation)
- Dell Pentium 4 Tower (sort of like this)
- PowerBook G4 17″
- Power Mac G5
- Toshiba Tablet PC (something like this)
- Dell 15″ laptop (maybe this?)
- Custom 6-core AMD Windows Server 2008R2
- MacBook Air (1st and 2nd generation)
- MacBook Pro 13″ mid-2014
[Edit: Added links]
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