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Scott Kevill

@ScottKevill

Developer of @GameRanger multiplayer online gaming service. Violator of conventional wisdom.

 Perth, Australia
GameRanger.com
Joined March 2009
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"Coronavirus Aus Gov msg: To stop the spread, reply STOP."
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So LinkedIn is well-known for its abuse of dark patterns, but it could at least make them less stupid..
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The 12.12 is here, #nRF91 Series rolls out for the public! #CellularIoT for all! 🥳 bit.ly/2PtLkad
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Microservices/Lambda: a machine intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and overcomplicated fashion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_G…

Rube Goldberg machine - Wikipedia

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Hey @Telegraph, disappointed to see content-gating on a republished obituary on 11th of 11th: telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/0… I know I shouldn't expect anything different, but still.. something you might want to think about. (Thanks @ChazGunningham)
Lest we forget: Brigadier Harris, the Battle of Cambrai veteran who charged the Germans on horseb...

Lest we forget: Brigadier Harris, the Battle of Cambrai veteran who charged the Germans on horseb...

This obituary has been republished as part of The Telegraph's commemoration of the end of the First World War.

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The new Mac Pro will be a 100% recycled cardboard box carefully designed to contain a stack of one or more Mac Minis. Expandability finally!
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An amusingly scathing timeline of the Google+ disaster: techcrunch.com/2018/10/08/lo…

Looking back at Google+ | TechCrunch

Google+ is shutting down at last. Google announced today it's sunsetting its consumer-facing social network due to lack of user and developer adoption,

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Classy. @ubm / @gamasutra are selling / spamming their user email addresses with unrelated products, and are lying about the opt-in that never happened.
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In news that really should surprise no one, Google did, in fact, be evil. Consistently. Repeatedly.
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I'm even more excited about macOS 10.14 Moe-Jayv now than I was about 10.10 Yozem-Aight, 10.9 Mave-Rix, 10.2 Jag-Wire, and 10.1 Pooh-Ma.
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If you think Google's Duplex is about time-saving convenience or making your life better, you need to look past the PR spin. It's a long-term play for offline ad tracking/attribution and lead generation.
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Well that was a dick move: hub.jhu.edu/2018/04/23/penis…
Johns Hopkins surgeons perform world's first total penis and scrotum transplant

Johns Hopkins surgeons perform world's first total penis and scrotum transplant

Recipient is a combat veteran who sustained injuries while serving in Afghanistan

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I can picture Uber demanding to know how someone else managed to be more evil than them.
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That feeling when you lose $10 billion of your personal wealth in one day. Everyone knows that feeling, right?
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Looks like Facebook is about to discover that Real News might still have some power after all.
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Looks like Facebook has been caught doing the dirty yet again. The PR spin doesn't seem to be working so well this time. There's a vibe of uncontrolled panic from them.
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bwahahaha, love it!
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Has the term kleptocurrency been.. uhh.. coined yet?
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On track! Sampling #nRF91 Series #LTE-M/NB-IoT low power #Cellular #IoT solution to lead customers. bit.ly/2z37ACW
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Create a custom, scalable, ad tech business plan in a single click: adtechbusinessbuilder.com/
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