Perfectly cromulent.
Rhode Island, USA
Joined May 2009
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James Blanding retweeted
Once you understand that things like this
are not abnormal in software development
the world becomes fucking terrifying.
James Blanding retweeted
Since 2019 I’ve been in an expensive, stressful legal battle to protect Webcomic Name (my “oh no” comics). It’s a relief to finally talk about this publicly! I’m launching a crowdfunder to pay my
remaining legal fees to end this. 1/8 gofund.me/7478032b
James Blanding retweeted
With Twitter's change in ownership last week, I'm probably in the clear to talk about the most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter.
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My go-to is the theme song for the Muppets tv show. You're welcome.
There is a whole set of research on dealing with songs stuck in your head. The best solution is either to chew gum (really!) or to seek out a more annoying song. A 2013 UK study found that “Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club worked best. Other suggestions? youtu.be/pafaIC5sNg8
You can tell how expensive this bottle of vinegar was based on how many exquisitely small shards of glass it broke into when I dropped it.
How many donuts do we think the lawyers got from this? It's gotta be like 50% or more than the class members right?
Hey gmail, as you know from scanning 15+ years of email you have to and from me, I do not speak French. So, if you feel like classifying all of these French solicitations for medical billing training courses as spam, that'd be ok by me. I promise not to be mad, really.
Often, we stare at the output of some program and exclaim, "Why doesn't this *work*?!"
But very occasionally, instead we get to exclaim, "Look at this *work*!" Transferring files between two remote systems via SSH by piping tar from one to the other will always do that for me.
Try to live and work within the blast radius of a likely first strike target.
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The biggest surprise to me is that it's possible, let alone desirable, to take a 44-foot sailboat down the Mississippi River.
I guess if you remove the mast...but at that point it's no longer a sailboat, it's a powerboat with rather poor handling characteristics... 🤷♂️
