I've been getting a lot of questions from women (and some men!) who are going to defcon for the first time this year. First off, congratulations! It's a really great environment to learn and make friends! Since I've been answering the same qs for many, here's a thread of tips: I'm heading to #defcon @defcon and @DianaInitiative only this year because I'm finalizing a keynote and working on a super secret thing for Saturday. I don't have the capacity to also go to #BlackHat2018 and #BSidesLV so will sadly be missing those :(

Hmm. @Patreon is changing their fee guidelines. *Clears throat*
Yo, I used to work in the credit card industry, so let's talk credit card fees and transaction rates!
patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/artic… I've kept a close eye on my patreon stats since I started (3) accounts. One of 'em, owned by me, has had a steady 5% fee from patreon, and steady 5.75-6% fee for processing payments.

When someone ends a feedback email with "XXX, the guy who is an expert in this", I'm sorry but I just can't take your mansplainin' seriously Here's some context on this email from yesterday (since apparently I don't know what manplaining is, and how it's used, even tho um hello!)