@robpieke

VFX Software Developer, currently doing awesome things with SideFX on Solaris.

 London
Joined January 2009
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Cynically awaiting a future news story about a covert massive sell of the market right before Trump's tariffs were announced followed by a massive buy right before Trump's tariffs were paused/reduced. I can't help but imagine he's intentionally manipulating the market.
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Another year, another "just buy a Brother" conclusion to "what's the best laser printer these days?". How many years in a row is this now? nytimes.com/wirecutter/revie…

These Printers Will Make You Rethink Sneaking Print Jobs at Work

Printing at home is convenient, but finding a dependable printer can be a hassle. We’ve done the hard part by power testing dozens of models so we can recommend the best inkjet, ink-tank, and laser...

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In the last few weeks I've had three different order/confirmation emails (from three different companies) supposedly sent to my GMail account but never received. Not in Spam, not in Bin, just nowhere to be found. Is this a known thing? I can't find anything on Google re this.
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@sidefx26 Jun 2024
Join us this TODAY at 12p EDT for the #Houdini 20.5 Keynote! youtube.com/watch?v=9iOqERDE…

Houdini 20.5 Keynote

Learn about the latest features and enhancements coming in Houdini ...

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@sidefx24 Jun 2024
Join us this Wednesday, June 26 at 12p EDT for the #Houdini 20.5 Keynote! youtu.be/9iOqERDE6jI
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youtube.com/watch?v=E_uxf36y…

Houdini 20.5 Sneak Peek

Check out some of the new features coming in Houdini 20.5! For a mo...

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Am I reading this correctly? It's cheaper for a student to attend EGSR by *not* being a presenter?!? egsr2024.uk/registration/ "We require at least one author to register at Non-Student (EG Member) rate ... even when only a single student author is attending EGSR 2024 to present"
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this would kill a gen z child
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Disney+ has gone up from £80 to £110?!? Geeeez ... :(
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My usual response to trying a new coffee is "tastes like coffee", but @BeansCoffeeClu1 has definitely delivered something unique with this one. Me likey :)
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I love this so much: nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/w…
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Twitter is still my go-to source of info for a number of people I want to follow, but in the last few days I've been served extremely anti-Muslim posts, often branded along the lines of pro-Britain. How these end up classed as "Rob will want to see this" ... f*ck that system.
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And I really don't care if the posts are AI bot generated, from a farm of workers in a foreign land, or the work of an ultra right wing individual. bottom-line: I did not ask for anything remotely like that, nor do I want to see it. Thumbs-up to advertisers leaving the platform.
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@RyanEls411 Jan 2024
do ... while 🤭👇🏻
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@miniapeur6 Jan 2024
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Apparently you can buy "Special Delivery Guaranteed 1pm™" (yes, trademarked) and Royal Mail don't consider it delayed until one working day past this. So if you post something on Thursday using this service targeting Friday, they have until *Monday* 1pm to be "on time" :(
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The length of the Christmas tree lights to wrap around the tree perfectly
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Javascript is light years ahead of every other programming language.
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How's everyone's #AdventOfCode going so far? :) github.com/robpieke/advent20…

GitHub - robpieke/advent2023: Advent of Code 2023 - each day a different programming language

Advent of Code 2023 - each day a different programming language - robpieke/advent2023

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In today's unsurprising yet still depressing news... UK is #2 in the world for inequality and still investing heavily it. theguardian.com/inequality/2…

UK spends more financing inequality in favour of rich than rest of Europe, report finds

Inequalities of income, wealth and power cost UK £106.2bn a year compared with average developed OECD country

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