Tired of Twitter's drama and direction. If you're looking for me, I'll be at https://nitter.gq/t.co/19R1qDKMxT moving forward. This account is sleeping.
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Remi Despres-Smyth retweeted
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The one thing everyone can agree on.
#Bicycling #Hiking #Transportation #Drivers #Linux #meme
social.tulsa.ok.us/@BalooUri…
ALT Epic Handshake meme Left arm: "People on foot or bike" Right arm: "Linux users" Handshake: "Pissed at drivers"
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Trying to break into cybersecurity?
There are dozens of defensive security positions available for every "offensive security" position. Think pentesting sounds cool? You're not alone.
There's less competition, especially at entry level, in other areas of security. 1/3
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Whenever I get too hard on myself for a massive production mistake, I remember that one of the founders and CEO (at the time) of GitHub dropped the production database. Twice. 😂 We all make mistakes. Learn and move on.
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🧵 To the few of us remaining who are still ‘alive’ to the UTTERLY traumatic, dystopian landscape we now dwell in. I’d like to say this to you my love, as a psychotherapist who specialises in treating trauma (amongst other areas). You cannot ‘do it all at once’🙏🏾❤️ Pace yourself.
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The beautiful moment when a programmer learns about floating point error and must grapple with the horrifying truth that computers can't even do math right
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When Steve Jobs returned to Apple
in 1997, he spoke at WWDC.
An audience member insulted him.
Here’s how he responded:
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Today the global community of technologists sent a letter to Congress urging them to resist the crypto industry’s lobbying influence. The letter was signed by some of the most respected scholars and technologists in our field. And now we need your help. 🧵
ft.com/content/f4b2fa1a-4057…
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BREAKING NEWS: Dalhousie University Tesla Battery Lab in Halifax Nova Scotia reveal #EV batteries that could last 100 years. What does this mean for future of gasoline & diesel as a form of road transportation energy?
driveteslacanada.ca/news/tes… #cdnpoli #canpoli #uspoli #uspolitics
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Scheduling your team at 100% capacity is a great way to ensure that nothing will be delivered on time.
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I've now been asked multiple times for my take on Elon's offer for Twitter.
So fine, this is what I think about that. I will assume the takeover succeeds, and he takes Twitter private. (I have little knowledge/insight into how actual takeover battles work or play out)
(long 🧵)
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You're probably familiar with console.log() in JavaScript.
But did you know about console.table()?
It's a super easy way to get a quick overview of an array of objects 🔥
See example 👇
Remi Despres-Smyth retweeted
People love debating what percentage of which type of tests to write, but it's a distraction. Nearly zero teams write expressive tests that establish clear boundaries, run quickly & reliably, and only fail for useful reasons. Focus on that instead.
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The @MartinFowler Test Pyramid has fallen out of style.
Integration > Unit tests is the new conventional wisdom.
In frontend, we now have the "Testing Trophy" from @rauchg and @kentcdodds.
In backend, @theburningmonk's course advocates the "Testing Honeycomb" from @SpotifyEng.
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I've read a couple of things recently about testing pyramids, trophies, and honeycombs. Here are my thoughts, with a nod to @timbray and @searls
martinfowler.com/articles/20…
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There are 10 kinds of people in this world.
Those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who weren't expecting a base 3 joke.
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PSA: There is a LOT of this scam going around from stolen verified accounts posing as Twitter support in your DMs. They’re trying to get you to open a Google Doc. It’s pretty convincing. Do not fall for it.
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Something I first realized in 1991 and thought about while watching post-9/11 invasions and drone strikes, but that I take for granted too often: it is an unearned blessing to live and sleep far from any war zone. May those of us so blessed be good to refugees.
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Portland Startup to Mine Artisanal Bitcoin Using Only Slide Rules and Graph Paper: bit.ly/3LzYSiH
