Thom Nichols

@thom_nic

People pay me to press buttons and say things. The other stuff I do for fun. Engineer at , former R&D at & .

Pawtucket, RI
blog.thomnichols.org
Joined January 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    25 Nov 2015

    Proof that hell is a car dealership

    18 retweets 43 likes
  2. Jun 7

    vim /etc/hosts :w! "Can't open file for writing" :w !sudo tee % 🎉💯❤️👍🏼

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  3. Jun 7

    ... so it's not like ppl who voted for him suddenly have no tolerance for such behavior. Trump would defend if it was directed at some1 else

  4. Jun 7

    Sure Kathy Griffin's photo was disrespectful and tasteless, but those are things that Trump dishes out every day, world leaders & normal ppl

  5. Jun 2

    Alright! finally supports private git repos now I can us---oh hai npm@5

  6. May 28

    People who complain about USB-C MabBooks must not remember the FireWire days

  7. Retweeted
    May 19

    Just published This Week In CloseBrace over at the blog. Less computer drama, more doin' stuff!

    2 retweets
  8. May 18
    Replying to

    The email is signed so if it's shady marketing I guess that domain will get put on blacklists pretty quick! 🔥📧

  9. May 18
    Replying to

    Of course, that it shows the username *and* password seems spammy. But (1) it got to my inbox and (2) there are zero spelling mistakes

    1 reply
  10. May 18

    Just got "activation email" from cheatingWivesNearby .com in my inbox 😅 Not sure if legit user typo'd email but does not look like rote spam

    1 reply
  11. May 18

    "Well done, random radio-induced space cocoon"

  12. May 17

    Love the idea of revitalizing downtown Pawtucket but billionaire handouts are not the way to do it!

    R.I. facing $100 mm rev shortfall, pensions underfunded, schools cut, taxes high. But hey, let's toss $38 mm to new PawSox ballpark. AYFKM?
    1 like
  13. May 4
    Replying to and

    ... or you can try or but then you have to build *everything* oh and buildroot doesn't have a package manager :(

  14. May 4
    Replying to

    The process for / / / should be nearly the same (different kernel/ u-boot patches & partition)

    1 reply
  15. May 4

    Want to build a custom ARM distro? This is it: .

    1 reply 2 retweets
  16. Apr 17

    Someone just sent me $100 via for a parking spot down payment in DC. I don't live in DC 😂

    1 reply
  17. Apr 13

    Does profit from official government business held at Mar-a-Lago? on

    1 retweet 1 like
  18. Apr 13

    ahaha

  19. Apr 11

    this looks to me like Canada is karma-hording US intellectuals

  20. Apr 10

    This gist makes . run like w/ chromedriver so no need to run any . server!

    1 retweet 1 like
  21. Apr 10

    All the JS-based PhantomJS E2E testing frameworks I tried stunk vs capybara so I finally settled on which is pretty awesome...

    1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes

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