Software developer and wry observationist. Also available @evmcl@aus.social AKA https://xitter.cf/t.co/xeXGb3PLgw

Melbourne, Australia
Joined March 2008
florida high school class president zander moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” in his grad speech, so he replaced gay with “having curly hair.” i am in awe
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1970: We're going to build a global network that can withstand a nuclear war. 2021: AWS is down and my coffee machine doesn't work.
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"Why do the townsfolk fear you?" she said. "Because I can do things they can't," the witch said. "Like?" "Mind my own business, for one."
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The neighbours just put the house up for sale. Couldn't resist checking it out on Zoopla. That's our bloody cat.
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I can’t help thinking that blaming alcohol for misogynistic behaviour is a cop out. I know it is harmful and major cause of FDV, and needs attention - but in my working life the worst abuse has been doled out by people who are calculating and sober. #EnoughIsEnough
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Love this
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If oil goes any lower, Exxon Mobil might have to layoff some members of Congress.
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"Present humanity's champion," said the aliens. "We choose Glenna," we said. "Is she strong? Feared?" "She's kind." "A worthy champion."
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The best Christmas decoration I've seen haha. #DieHard
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Only Microsoft would provide a copy of the MIT license as a Word document: research.microsoft.com/en-us…
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computers think using etchings in poisoned sand and measure time using vibrating crystals so if you were looking for magic you found it
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Evan retweeted
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@ThePracticalDev14 Jan 2016
2 unit tests. 0 integration tests xitter.cf/ThePracticalDev/status…
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If this is your first tech bubble, let me give you some advice that was once given to me: enjoy the party, but dance close to the door – at San Francisco, CA
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We should have flying cars by now. Instead we're fighting to convince the automatic faucets that our hands are really in the sink.
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I wonder what the circumstances were that led to the establishment of Featherbottom as a bonafide surname.
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String concatenation.
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Of all the questions I have really pondered in my life, the one I have spent the most time on is "why did I come into this room again?"
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“There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors.” — Leon Bambrick (@secretGeek) #Q4TD