Lars Wirzenius @liw@social.nasqueron.org
Radiating opinions and facts into the aether and the intertubewebs. Hoping it doesn't respond much.
I need work. If you have use for software development in Python or C, on Linux or Debian, I'm available: short-term contracts, or part-time or full-time employment. I can do coding, and software architecture. I can work remotely. I reside in Finland, if that matters.
A man is at a friend's funeral. After the proceedings, he approaches the widow and asks if she minds if he says a word. "No, of course not," she replies. So he grabs a glass and taps a spoon against it to get everyone's attention, and when the muttering dies down, he clears his throat and speaks: "Plethora." He puts the glass back down and everyone continues their conversations. The widow turns to him, with a tear in her eye. "Thank you," she says. Show more
If having a coffee in the morning doesn't wake you up, try deleting a table in a production database instead.
i’ve had a bad day and now my home internet is down and anyway let me know if you have any leads for a data scientist/analyst job i can do from portland
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TIL one can share a toot in @Tusky (Mastodon client on Android) via email. Very handy.
Some days I feel so stupid I'm glad breathing is an automatic, involuntary function.
If human names were descriptive, mine would be "hates computers" or "make buggy computer programs".
Looking for a new developer job! Remote or PDX. Python, JavaScript, React, SQL. I enjoy full stack dev and data mangling. I'd love to continue working in healthcare and/or with products, businesses making the world a better place. Resume: https://t.co/kfTJcfp1CV
#Google te rastrea aunque de manera explícita le hayas dicho que no lo haga:
An AP investigation found that Google saves your location history even if you’ve paused “Location History” on mobile devices. This map shows where Princeton privacy researcher Gunes Acar travelled over several days, from data saved to his Google account despite “Location History” being off.
RT @OneDevloperArmy@twitter.com: If you are a new programmer I just want you to know
me and all of my colleagues with years of experience
Google the most basic things _daily_
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/OneDevloperArmy/status/1028964083813560320
Yay. This kitten runs on @Debian Linux https://t.co/m1cxJHBCtr
When making notes for oneself, it pays to avoid personal abbreviations for anything one might need to understand much later, such as in an hour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AeWu1fZ7bY
benno from #FreeBSD talks about #systemd and has a lot of good history, and excellent points about why a system management layer is a good idea in a modern operating system. Recommended.
Is it time for free software implementations of Unix to define our own standard and move beyond Posix?
Easy-to-use, simple, uncomplicated software that I can understand: I don't mind too much if there's an occasional bug that I need to work around or fix.
Software that's complicated, hard to understand, hard to use (even after 20 years of near-daily use), which almost never breaks, I can live with.
Complicated, difficult, frequently buggy, unreliable software irritates me to no end.
Overall, I tend to like how IETF RFC documents are written. They are mostly clear and precise, particularly the newer ones. The oldest ones are a bit hinky.
The contrast with, say, the OpenID Connect specification is remarkable.
I keep forgetting to take my vitamin D
Sometimes when I read people's memories of a recently dead person, I reflecgt on Orson Scott Card's "Speaker for the dead". I tend to like the concept.
Personal information is like plutonium. Helping the good guys stockpile it may not be a good long-term strategy, since their successors might not be good. Also, stockpiles are profitable to loot.
Recently I read often that #copyleft is so bad, that nobody want to use it. I think this depends on the definition of use. People who are looking for some free beer to build their own proprietary stuff might feel sad because they can't (ab)use copyleft software. End users couldn't care less. People who want to get engaged typically like copyleft because it creates a level playing field, nobody have to fear that a competitor will take their investment and run away. #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
