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Teacher, coder, author of heavy books. Many-time Microsoft MVP. Left this circus for Mastodon. Find me @prosetech@hachyderm.io

Toronto, Ontario
Joined January 2012
How not to handle #null. Like all good bugs, this site only does this every once in a while
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So we accepted that Black Friday can start before Friday, but what a Black Friday sale that *ends* before Friday? #slipperyslope
In honor of the #StanislawLem centennial I made myself this shirt out of an iconic 70s SF cover, and I couldn't be happier with the result...
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If you think #antivaxx memes are unique to Facebook and modern life, check out this cartoon from 1802. It shows a common sentiment of the time: disgust with vaccines that were derived from cows. Here they're pictured causing cows to erupt from the bodies of the vaccinated.
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Just another one of those Windows UI mysteries. On the context menu for a USB drive, why put the most dangerous command next to the one that's used most often? (Yes, I did click it by accident.)
This is probably the best Kubernetes security video I've seen. Creative, easily digestible, and with just enough practical demonstrations to take it beyond the theoretical. youtube.com/watch?v=mLsCm9GV…
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I thought Microsoft put this kind of thing to rest when the "Whats This?" help icon died in the early 2000s.
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Hmm, daughter has requested a challenging grade 2 science project this year. #stem
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