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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 7 Feb 2016

    Aral Balkan Retweeted speed

    “Tech journalist” in major newspaper about to have his mind blown as he learns about binary numbers. #journalismhttps://twitter.com/billynomates/status/696301974627749888 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    speed @billynomates
    "256 is an oddly specific number" says The Independent's tech journalist. God I'm embarrassed for whoever wrote this http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/whatsapp-group-chats-bigger-maximum-size-256-people-users-a6856491.html …
    4:09 AM - 7 Feb 2016
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 7 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Troubling: how can we expect critical reporting on tech issues affecting our rights/freedoms when “journalists” don’t even grok the basics?

        2 replies 3 retweets 7 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 7 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        “Wow, 256, so strange and mystical…” Yeah, pal, meanwhile their parent company is in the process of gathering dirt on the world population.

        4 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 7 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Dear tech journalists, Your job isn’t to write up press releases & stare in awe at the magical flashing lights; it’s to report critically.

        4 replies 14 retweets 19 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 7 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Or, y’know, to practice *journalism* not awenalism. #tech #journalism

        1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes
      6. ⟁‏ @0x0C7A 7 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Wait, you mean that shit's divisible by 8 *for a good reason?!* :O

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 7 Feb 2016
        Replying to @0x0C7A

        @kr0_0gs Madness!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Andreas Monitzer‏ @anlumo1 7 Feb 2016
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        @aral in our hackerspace, 256 and 1024 are considered round numbers :)

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      1. Janie (Clayton) Larson‏ @RedQueenCoder 7 Feb 2016
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        @aral @nicklockwood I speak as a former journalism major. 😜

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      1. Janie (Clayton) Larson‏ @RedQueenCoder 7 Feb 2016
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        @aral @nicklockwood Journalism survivors are narcissists who have not figured out how to make better money yet.

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      1. Janie (Clayton) Larson‏ @RedQueenCoder 7 Feb 2016
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        @aral @nicklockwood It's hard to give a fuck when you're earning minimum wage and worried that 50 other "qualified" people want your job.

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      1. Col Smith‏ @Dangerman_2 7 Feb 2016
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        @aral @absalomedia put a HEX on that journalist.

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      1. Bono Nonchev‏ @bono_nonchev 8 Feb 2016
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        @aral @bozhobg Murray Gell-Mann effect strikes again :-). Nobody noticed :(.

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      1. xnfec‏ @xnfec 7 Feb 2016
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        @aral @billynomates hmm. Think whoa dude!! Bill & Ted.

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      1. PuddyPad #FBPE currywurst connoisseur‏ @puddypad 7 Feb 2016
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        @aral @billynomates Indie was a wonderfully refreshing paper when it arrived c.30 years ago (err...before you were born?). Pity it's slid.

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