Which is exactly why I respond with "I just don't." To which people usually shrug and move on. Every once in a while I get somebody who is curious or somebody who wants to be an asshole. With the former, I make a joke. With the latter, I change the subject.

That's fine; you've decided that you don't want to talk about it. Other people are fine with talking about it.

for you. Not everybody reacts to alcohol the same way.

Does XMPP support inline photo and video? Last I checked, it didn't. So why deal with the external dependency when you can re-write it yourself with additional features?

It does according to Wikipedia, although "Binary data must be first base64 encoded before it can be transmitted in-band", making it inefficient[1].

XMPP's based on XML anyway, so implementing inline media and extra features sounds easier than rolling an entirely new protocol.

But perhaps some of the proprietary systems use XMPP internally anyway? After all, it's used for more than just chat clients nowadays.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmpp#Weaknesses

Unemployed/Self employed. Freelance.

If you want to know why, look at the twitter replies. She's being regarded as a Brave Hero of the movement. Bad for a technical employee. Good for a highly visible position, like startup founder, developer evangelist, head of a female programmer outreach program or anything marketing related.

You mean besides for the tidal wave of downvotes?

Thank you, anonymous downvoting coward, for proving my point.

And/or adrenal fatigue.

When did HN become a gossip rag? Quote taken out of context. Nothing to see here, move along.

because track days are expensive. considerably more so than an afternoon at the gun range.

That why violence is really the only answer to bullying. Hit hard and fast, do enough damage in the first blow to make sure neither he nor his buddies want to come back for seconds.