Show Notes
Brent sits down with Jim Salter, co-host of Jupiter Broadcasting's TechSNAP and technology reporter at Ars Technica. We explore his relationship with computers via the US Navy, when code has it's place in either proprietary or open source licensing, the value in being a social gadfly, and Jim's motivations behind his writing and who he is hoping to reach and inspire. Special Guest: Jim Salter. Links: Jim Salter - Ars Technica
TechSNAP — Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast
The Cathedral and the Bazaar - Wikipedia — "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"
The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond
Martin Luther King, Jr. on Justice and the Four Steps to Successful Nonviolent Resistance - Brain Pickings
Social gadfly - Wikipedia — "to sting people and whip them into a fury, all in the service of truth."
Stoicism - Wikipedia
'No Man is an Island' by John Donne
Nebula - GitHub — A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security
Ars Technica - Nebula VPN routes between hosts privately, flexibly, and efficiently, by Jim Salter
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - YouTube — "Be Excellent To Eachother"
Jim's JRS-S.net - JRS Systems: the blog — technomancy made simple
Jim Salter - @jrssnet on Twitter
Brent Gervais - @brentgervais on Twitter
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