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John D. Alden

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John D. Alden
@jd-alden Aug 11, 2018, 6:28 AM UTC

Saving the internet from Big Tech, Part 1 - Defining the problem

### The big picture As anyone who's been paying attention knows, censorship by the major progressive tech companies has been ramping up of late. Alex Jones and his ventures were recently deplatformed…

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John D. Alden
@jd-alden Feb 5, 2018, 4:52 AM UTC

(UPDATED) The SteemPress plugin developers take a 10% cut of rewards; this is completely unmentioned in the documentation

(Update at bottom) Earlier tonight, on my first working use of SteemPress, I discovered that the plugin developers @howo and @fredrikaa hardcoded themselves a 10% cut of the rewards from my post. Eac…

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John D. Alden
@jd-alden Feb 4, 2018, 11:00 PM UTC

The Parable of the Pottery Class

This is not an original story, but my rendition of a modern parable. I first read a simpler version of this tale years ago on a software development blog (possibly Coding Horror, but I'm not certain)…

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John D. Alden
@jd-alden Feb 1, 2018, 11:34 PM UTC

A Baneful Bequest, Part 6 of 6

Previous installments: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 After three days of twelve hour shifts---punishment detail, he was sure---MacNeil was bored silly. What was there to guard at a destroyed…

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John D. Alden
@jd-alden Jan 31, 2018, 11:21 PM UTC

A Baneful Bequest, Part 5 of 6

Previous installments: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Orion drifted in black, but briefly. The world snapped back into focus, and he found himself sitting in a leather office chair, the Thompson subm…

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John D. Alden
@jd-alden Jan 30, 2018, 11:24 PM UTC

A Baneful Bequest, Part 4 of 6

Previous installments: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 The woman's pulse was very slow, and she didn't seem to notice the men standing over her, trying to rouse her. "I guess we'll just have to carry her," th…

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John D. Alden
@jd-alden Jan 29, 2018, 11:28 PM UTC

A Baneful Bequest, Part 3 of 6

Previous installments: Part 1, Part 2 The burst from the Thompson Orion's host held shattered the silence in the cavern, and Orion saw the sword-wielding cultist fall back, sword flying through the c…

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John D. Alden
@jd-alden Jan 28, 2018, 11:11 PM UTC

A Baneful Bequest, Part 2 of 6

The previous installments: Part 1 "Get. The. Hell. Off!" Orion tried to throw the weapon away, but his hand wouldn't open. All he managed to do was lose his balance and fall to one knee on the rug. "…

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John D. Alden
@jd-alden Jan 27, 2018, 11:03 PM UTC

A Baneful Bequest, Part 1 of 6

Orion Spendlove took a deep breath and shoved open the door to his grandfather's home. The alarm pad next to the front door beeped at him, and he fumbled through his notebook to find the deactivation…

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John D. Alden
@jd-alden Jan 26, 2018, 11:15 PM UTC

The Demon of Tal Afar, Part 10 of 10

Previous installments: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 Lucas cracked a green glowstick to illuminate the big room at least a little bit. He was covering the doo…

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