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What's to say? My real name's Tom Yates; check my personal website for a touch more detail, if you want to. I've been a professional UNIX/network sysadmin since 1991, and currently sysadmin free software for a living through my own little company. I have been known to write for LWN.

For those kind enough to care, I take the masculine pronoun by preference. That's it.

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How to answer "Have you ever been refused a visa?" if I've had a refusal overturned
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How to best get through a motorway toll booth safely between paying and the barrier closing?
Jul 10, 2016
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How can I convince airport screeners to stop asking why I prefer pat-downs?
Jun 5, 2018
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Bringing coins back home from abroad; Is that unethical to do?
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Is it legal to photoshop the background of a visa photo?
May 10, 2017
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Civic Responsibility on London Railway regarding others tailgating us
Jul 23
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Helping friend with luggage at London Euston
Oct 2, 2018
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How to deal with other tourists taking pictures of my children?
Jun 24, 2018
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Is pickpocketing still a problem in Barcelona even though people don't carry cash anymore?
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How do you drive from Asia to Europe?
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