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An account richer in time than space. It was open in the year of my election as an Apache Member. My engagement with coding and documenting Open Source Software consumed.
coding and documenting Open Source Software consumed
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I confess to a stereotypically eclectic sample of the modern addition. Though my thirst for media has lessened, of late. On accounting for some of my times past, I hopefully include as do's some sadly likely done.
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Advanced Computer Science at the University of Manchester
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This user is an autodidact in a wide range of subjects that they never took in school or college.
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