Edward Thomson  

@ethomson

I wrote the code that merges your pull requests. Program Manager for ; formerly . Maintainer of . Host of , .

Cambridge, UK
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Joined April 2008
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    Aug 14

    What happens when you outgrow GitHub Pages? If you need custom networking, some bespoke scripting, or an advanced pipeline, you can upgrade to a deployment for your static site with Jekyll, VSTS and Azure:

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    21 hours ago

    2. This 1898 birds-eye view of Chicago and its then recently completed Loop is insanely detailed, and can be printed BIG. Lots to find and explore with this one!

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    Aug 25

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  4. Aug 25

    Okay I get the email thing but really we should all rise up and demand that add working markdown support.

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  5. Aug 23

    CNN: Volkswagen accused of ruining Mexican crops with weather-altering 'hail cannons' Me: Hail cannons? That's ridiculous. Volkswagen: We promise to reduce our use of the cannons at our Puebla factory. Me: 😳

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  6. Aug 23

    That _is_ a good theorem.

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    Aug 22

    Git Rev News Edition 42 is out, including an interview featuring me!

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  8. Aug 22

    Happy anniversary, .

    13 years ago, today, Plastic SCM started as a company It's been a long trip, made possible by an extraordinary “team”, investors and customers who chose our product instead of going mainstream Thread in English so can read it :-) /cc:
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    Aug 21

    Today is the first day of a US-wide prison strike. I want to publicize and offer solidarity for this strike because it's essential that the strikers' demands be met as part of dismantling systematic racism in this country:

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  10. Aug 21

    Thanks for the hard-hitting investigation that shows that some cyclists jump red lights. I trust that this is only the first in a series that shows pedestrians and drivers breaking the law? Or are you singling out cyclists again?

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    Aug 20

    Bing runs on .NET Core 2.1 by , GitKraken 4.0 by , Windows Pseudo Consoles with PTYs by , and more.

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  12. Aug 20

    I love Hacker News, especially on days where I'm treated to wealthy American programmers pretend they don't understand that they're required to tip at restaurants so that the people serving them don't starve. 🙄

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  13. Aug 19

    What happens when you think Kool Keith is a real doctor and hire him in your hospital.

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  14. Aug 16

    Nothing better than sending the team some critical feedback about a minor UI issue and quickly seeing a reply telling you that the fix is getting deployed right now.

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    Aug 14

    Shout out to all the teachers headed back to school this week. You are appreciated.

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    Aug 9

    PhD students from underrepresented groups in computing have a new funding opportunity with the Microsoft Research Ada Lovelace Fellowship. Apply by October 9th and you could earn funding for tuition and fees for three academic years and a $42,000 stipend:

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  17. Aug 10

    The best thing going on in the Chicago loop’s rush hour is this couple getting their wedding photos taken. 🎉

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  18. Aug 10

    The team is moving our deployment platform to Kubernetes, and we're hiring to help make that happen. Do you want to come work with me?

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    Apr 23
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    It's pretty bananas that literally the only production kernel built using modern software practices (Pull requests, CI) today is the NT kernel

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    Aug 8

    I'm deaf and lemme tell you people wearing burkas or niqabs are the least of my problems

    Many reasons to dislike the burka, but disrespect of the deaf (who often need to see faces to follow communication) always high on the list
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