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    Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 22 Dec 2016

    Technologists are difficult because principles are binary.

    9:08 AM - 22 Dec 2016
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      2. Andrew G. Lane‏ @AndrewGLane 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        physicists are just as difficult, everything is relative.

        2 replies 5 retweets 17 likes
      3. Blake La Pierre‏ @BlakeLaPierre 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @AndrewGLane @Snowden

        observations say the speed of light is not relative.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Andrew G. Lane‏ @AndrewGLane 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BlakeLaPierre @Snowden

        ask a photon

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Blake La Pierre‏ @BlakeLaPierre 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @AndrewGLane @Snowden

        how?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Andrew G. Lane‏ @AndrewGLane 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BlakeLaPierre @Snowden

        dude... i was kidding. not being serious here. just twitter. Here is a cat.pic.twitter.com/EM6A9KroE3

        0 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
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      2. Humans = #Quantum‏ @ShaktiLila 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        .@Snowden Same problem with #MSM & #BinaryOnly (#Scapegoat) #Love2Hate presentation. #maddow #inners #hardball #MSNBC #CNN #FOXNewsUS #BBCpic.twitter.com/iZFtQ1mzZA

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      2. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)‏ @schestowitz 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        Principled technologists don't tolerate binaries; they share source code instead. #fsf #freesw #freedom

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      1. Ghost Without A Shell‏ @eyebrows360 22 Dec 2016
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        A designer workmate once said "I've never met a dev who wasn't better than all the others"

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      1. d  🇺🇸  🔔  🗽‏ @dougalpollux 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        verges on poetry

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      1. Michael W Massey‏ @MichaelWMassey 22 Dec 2016
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        "Principles" or "principals?" Happy horrordays, Hero of the Third Planet from the Sun. @MichaelWMassey

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      1. Spencer‏ @slowe89 22 Dec 2016
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        unless that's not the case. #wordplay

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      1. C† † GΦ∂∂εss‏ @CPlusPlusGoddes 22 Dec 2016
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        Reply to @Snowden and we are leaders not soldiers

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      1. C† † GΦ∂∂εss‏ @CPlusPlusGoddes 22 Dec 2016
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        Outstanding quote.

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      1.  🔥 Bern Down Capitalism  🔥‏ @BernPress 22 Dec 2016
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        And they change with quantum computing.

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      1. Pedro - gab.ai/pedrohenriquem‏ @phpmenezes 22 Dec 2016
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        If you have only two options, it should be easy, right?😀

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      1. "The X Files" Rapist as Potus Rapist as Scotus‏ @Cranmer3483 22 Dec 2016
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        Also the general population does not have a clue about all things techno. So ppl are already flustered dealing with you.

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      1. Walter P. Duro‏ @waltduro 22 Dec 2016
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        Oh Oh ! @Snowden There may exist a Hierarchy of Principles. Hence: Moral Dilemma.

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