Programmer, Lover of all things outdoors, Sustainability & https://xitter.cf/t.co/9dD3X1JZVh. He/him.
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Patrick Davey @[email protected] retweeted
After having a laugh about it, Jacinda Ardern and I are going to auction a signed copy of the Hansard (official record) of her calling me an “arrogant prick” to raise money for pricks everywhere, a great cause, the Prostate Cancer Foundation. trademe.co.nz/art/nz-artists…
Patrick Davey @[email protected] retweeted
The new #AdventOfCode shirts came out pretty well this year! advent-of-code.creator-sprin…
Patrick Davey @[email protected] retweeted
#30DayMapChallenge Day 28 3D.
Huntly Power Station in Waikato, NZ.
Data from LINZ Data Service.
QGIS, Blender and GIMP.
Patrick Davey @[email protected] retweeted
Curious what it takes to make and run #AdventOfCode every year? Here's a peek behind the scenes: youtu.be/Mb8WwKS6ajk
Patrick Davey @[email protected] retweeted
Last night I ate my first 3-D constructed steak, made entirely from plants, at the great Chouchou restaurant in Stockholm. It's astonishing. The texture's exactly right and the taste is excellent.
This is *before* we have precision fermented proteins, encapsulated fats and heme.
After following this excellent guide to _very simply_ having your own "activity pub" handle (which is what backs mastodon etc.) blog.maartenballiauw.be/post… I have changed my handle to [email protected]
If you own your own domain, it's trivial to setup your own alias.
The only issue (and it's a big one unless simple to fix) is that people would still _follow_ your underlying account (ie [email protected]), which isn't _awesome_.
And I'm (of course!) not the first person to think this... lesswrong.com/posts/at8QigBZ… . It would be excellent if you could add an alias to your account so that you could just use the underlying infrastructure but own your own identity..
Patrick Davey @[email protected] retweeted
It's illegal here in New Zealand. I hope we do something about it.
cc @netsafeNZ
Patrick Davey @[email protected] retweeted
Firing requires a breach of a term in the employee's contract. Even then 2 written warnings are expected. You can lay people off. That requires notice and compensation by local law and written documentation submitted to local governments explaining why the layoffs are necessary. – at Malmo, Sweden
Patrick Davey @[email protected] retweeted
Elon also asked his remaining employees to work long hours. But for his remaining employees here, doing so requires notifying the local government and the union. There entities have the right to enquire about the necessity of this. So this is another legal breach. – at Malmo, Sweden
Far out what a thread. Honestly, reading this makes it _clear_ why anyone who's good enough to work at Twitter Scale doesn't have to put up with pushy CEO's and can just walk into a job. Someone who has worked through even a small percent of these issues in production is gold!
Patrick Davey @[email protected] retweeted
i think one of the twitter engineers left a present for elon 💙
back in the day there were these things called "vanity" URLs that very early employees could claim. they were on the root of t.co, twitter's link shortener
try visiting this: t dot co/elon
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@[email protected] . Looking at cross-posting.. I've found crossposter.masto.donte.com.… , but, is there a more "supported" version around?
Also moa.party/ looks like it might work. Anyone using any of these services?
Patrick Davey @[email protected] retweeted
you don’t get to shit on our infra if you don’t know what the fuck it does while you’re also scrambling to rehire folks you laid off
Back in May 2021 I found out about the "Handshake" token giveaway. I transferred the handshake into bitcoin, cashed out half and bought myself a remarkable tablet (I'd always wanted one and couldn't justify it).
The other half (~1000USD) I left to gamble.. it's now $88 USD!! wow