
Long-time beard user. Developer @mySociety, mostly on @fixmystreet. Also at @davea@mastodon.me.uk
South Wales, UK
Joined January 2007
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Dave Arter retweeted
🚨PARENTS!🚨
Please check your kids' candy this Halloween!
I just found an unsafe location expression system hidden in my son's candy bar!
Be safe.
#what3words #knowexactlywhere #unsuitableforemergencyuse
Dave Arter retweeted
Turns out in a hasty situation its easy to miss a letter in #What3Words and end up sending people to the wrong place.
Thank you for confirming our concerns.
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Dave Arter retweeted
One year on & the wait is almost over!... @domwhiting Drum & Bass On The Bike is coming back to #Cardiff!! More updates coming soon! Give a Like & Share - let's make this the biggest & best yet!! C'mon Cymru! JOIN THE RIDE! 🚲🎶🤘🏻☀️🏴 #YesYesYes
Dave Arter retweeted
I keep coming back to this thread and wondering what special type of prions have to have burrowed into your brain to think that any of this stuff is a) good, b) useful or c) desirable
Replying to @TaschaLabs
1. Amazon logistics
Instead of having large distribution centers, Use decentralized mini warehouses (e.g. your backyard) for storage & drivers pick up merchandises from closest storage location. Delivery fees paid in warehouse tokens are earned by warehouse owners.
Dave Arter retweeted
“WHY can’t I profit off this children’s game???? WHY can’t I use their intellectual property to GRIFT BOZOS???????? WAHHHH WAHHH”
Why decentralization matters? #Web3
@Minecraft just shamelessly killed an ecosystem of Creators. How can they say they're inclusive while destroying innovation & depriving users from freedom to truly owning their creations and monetizing them?
Sad day for the open Metaverse
Dave Arter retweeted
We're hiring! 🔔 If you have some #Python and/or #Perl experience, and you like the sound of #RemoteWorking at a friendly and purposeful organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Full details and application information here: apply.workable.com/mysociety…
#TechJobs #DeveloperJobs
Dave Arter retweeted
Publicly owned Northern Trains Limited wanted to keep its Managing Director’s £245-250k salary a secret mysociety.org/2022/06/22/pub…
Dave Arter retweeted
We thank Northern Rail for drawing our attention to this release of salary levels of their senior staff, which might otherwise have gone largely unnoticed. whatdotheyknow.com/request/r…
Dave Arter retweeted
Publicly owned Northern Rail - @NorthernAssist - have asked us to remove a @transportgovuk #FOI response which reveals salary levels of their top staff inc. the Managing Director’s £245-250k/year . After careful consideration, we’ve refused. whatdotheyknow.com/request/r…
Dave Arter retweeted
There's 1 week left to apply to our new #Python Developer #job vacancy. ⏳
Working across our Climate and Transparency programmes, you'll help us to maintain and develop our open source services and datasets.
Interested? Apply here by 10am next Monday:
apply.workable.com/mysociety…
Dave Arter retweeted
We've launched a new, quick and easy, highways reporting system. The user-friendly system allows reports to be pinpointed on a map, photos to be added and shows reports that have already been created. @CBC_Highways
Dave Arter retweeted
Job vacancy: we're looking for a Project Manager to join our commercial business @societyworks and help with the smooth delivery of our digital Local Authority services, such as FixMyStreet Pro.
Could it be you? Apply here: apply.workable.com/mysociety…
Dave Arter retweeted
Listening to Daily Wellness playlist on Spotify while doomscrolling Twitter.
It's all about balance.
Dave Arter retweeted
A friend asked what API to use to get UK vaccination data; another friend told him. I turned his reply into a thing that displays the count in my Mac's menu bar (using the fabulous bitbar). Here it is: gist.github.com/gimbo/0971f6…






























