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Anybody here works at 1Password & would consider giving a referral? 🙌
There is a Rails Developer role that would be an excellent match for my experience! Please share, this could be really helpful after being laid off <3
There is a Rails Developer role that would be an excellent match for my experience! Please share, this could be really helpful after being laid off <3
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Anybody here works at 1Password & would consider giving a referral? 🙌
There is a Rails Developer role that would be an excellent match for my experience! Please share, this could be really helpful after being laid off <3
There is a Rails Developer role that would be an excellent match for my experience! Please share, this could be really helpful after being laid off <3
What harm can a politically biased massive media platform do though, really?….checks US and rise of far right across Europe….oh. Crap
When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left?
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
What harm can a politically biased massive media platform do though, really?….checks US and rise of far right across Europe….oh. Crap
Living the reality of spending 1000x more time and effort researching a note taking system than I’ll ever spend actually taking notes.
June 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Living the reality of spending 1000x more time and effort researching a note taking system than I’ll ever spend actually taking notes.
It’s fine - Trump’s got a magic marker which draws the path hurricanes will follow.
Weather and climate research funds are being “chainsawed” from NOAA's budget. Last I checked, Louisiana & Florida, which are maximally susceptible to Hurricanes, voted Red in the last General Election.
Wondering if residents there knew in advance this would happen.
Wondering if residents there knew in advance this would happen.
May 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It’s fine - Trump’s got a magic marker which draws the path hurricanes will follow.
The lack of critical thinking in teenagers plus the echo chamber of social media is *terrifying*.
We’ve failed a whole generation.
We’ve failed a whole generation.
April 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The lack of critical thinking in teenagers plus the echo chamber of social media is *terrifying*.
We’ve failed a whole generation.
We’ve failed a whole generation.
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I'm so used to bar bathrooms with cutesy signs that I had to stop here and ask myself if I was a Mario or a Wario
April 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I'm so used to bar bathrooms with cutesy signs that I had to stop here and ask myself if I was a Mario or a Wario
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Because you have two homes?
April 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Because you have two homes?
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One is made a national story every single week and the other is shhhhh.....
April 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
One is made a national story every single week and the other is shhhhh.....
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As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
April 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
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Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx
April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx
#microsoftHack I’m getting login attempts every few minutes from across the globe on my Microsoft account.
*please* use a password manager (bitwarden is great) and turn on 2 factor authentication.
*please* use a password manager (bitwarden is great) and turn on 2 factor authentication.
April 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#microsoftHack I’m getting login attempts every few minutes from across the globe on my Microsoft account.
*please* use a password manager (bitwarden is great) and turn on 2 factor authentication.
*please* use a password manager (bitwarden is great) and turn on 2 factor authentication.
Trump would have locked up and/or expelled your founders for dissent.
April 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Trump would have locked up and/or expelled your founders for dissent.
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One of the best books I have ever read ! A true goldmine.
Thanks a lot @mara.bsky.social
marabos.nl/atomics/
Thanks a lot @mara.bsky.social
marabos.nl/atomics/
Rust Atomics and Locks by Mara Bos
Low-level Concurrency in Practice. This practical book helps Rust programmers of all levels gain a clear understanding of low-level concurrency. You'll learn everything about atomics and …
marabos.nl
April 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One of the best books I have ever read ! A true goldmine.
Thanks a lot @mara.bsky.social
marabos.nl/atomics/
Thanks a lot @mara.bsky.social
marabos.nl/atomics/
Yes! And no need to put “of the 90s”.
The build of the Dum dum dum de dum dum dum de dum dum bass line, then the echoey snare….chills!
The build of the Dum dum dum de dum dum dum de dum dum bass line, then the echoey snare….chills!
April 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Yes! And no need to put “of the 90s”.
The build of the Dum dum dum de dum dum dum de dum dum bass line, then the echoey snare….chills!
The build of the Dum dum dum de dum dum dum de dum dum bass line, then the echoey snare….chills!
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UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform
USA: Hold my beer...
USA: Hold my beer...
April 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform
USA: Hold my beer...
USA: Hold my beer...
The most expensive 40 seconds of video - it cost trillions of dollars to make this. Trillions!
April 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The most expensive 40 seconds of video - it cost trillions of dollars to make this. Trillions!
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That massive thud heard around the world was the coin dropping when the MAGA crowd realised *they* paid Trump’s tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
That massive thud heard around the world was the coin dropping when the MAGA crowd realised *they* paid Trump’s tariffs.
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We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
April 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
Where does all the money from tariffs go? Into the mythical “trickle down” funnel?
April 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Where does all the money from tariffs go? Into the mythical “trickle down” funnel?
All of this. I *know* American’s aren’t this stupid, at least the ones I know aren’t. I just don’t get it. Genuinely. It’s like a genuine mass delusion. Speed running the destruction of America rule of law, soft, and hard power.
Just went to the corner shop. Told them they were cheating by selling more things to me than I sell to them and insisted on paying extra for my pint of milk. That’ll learn em.
April 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
All of this. I *know* American’s aren’t this stupid, at least the ones I know aren’t. I just don’t get it. Genuinely. It’s like a genuine mass delusion. Speed running the destruction of America rule of law, soft, and hard power.
I’ve stopped using email as a todo list given I had 100s of unread “todo”s. I’m much more organized and now have 100s of neglected Apple Reminders.
But yes, the next software I chose will solve the problem…
But yes, the next software I chose will solve the problem…
April 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’ve stopped using email as a todo list given I had 100s of unread “todo”s. I’m much more organized and now have 100s of neglected Apple Reminders.
But yes, the next software I chose will solve the problem…
But yes, the next software I chose will solve the problem…
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ETA to enter UK
- Cost: £16
- Lasts: 2 years
- Covers: 1 country
- Introduction: non-EU citizens already, EU from April 2
- RW papers: silent or supportive
ETIAS to enter EU
- Cost: 7 euro
- Lasts: 3 years
- Covers: 27 countries
- Introduction: 2026?
- RW papers: beside themselves with rabid fury
- Cost: £16
- Lasts: 2 years
- Covers: 1 country
- Introduction: non-EU citizens already, EU from April 2
- RW papers: silent or supportive
ETIAS to enter EU
- Cost: 7 euro
- Lasts: 3 years
- Covers: 27 countries
- Introduction: 2026?
- RW papers: beside themselves with rabid fury
April 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ETA to enter UK
- Cost: £16
- Lasts: 2 years
- Covers: 1 country
- Introduction: non-EU citizens already, EU from April 2
- RW papers: silent or supportive
ETIAS to enter EU
- Cost: 7 euro
- Lasts: 3 years
- Covers: 27 countries
- Introduction: 2026?
- RW papers: beside themselves with rabid fury
- Cost: £16
- Lasts: 2 years
- Covers: 1 country
- Introduction: non-EU citizens already, EU from April 2
- RW papers: silent or supportive
ETIAS to enter EU
- Cost: 7 euro
- Lasts: 3 years
- Covers: 27 countries
- Introduction: 2026?
- RW papers: beside themselves with rabid fury
I did an *amazing* “hello world” once. Elegant. Simple. No bugs. It was a one-liner: “println(“hello world”).
The pinnacle of Software Engineering, the heights of which I’ll never touch again.
Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about that beauty.
Those were the days.
The pinnacle of Software Engineering, the heights of which I’ll never touch again.
Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about that beauty.
Those were the days.
April 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I did an *amazing* “hello world” once. Elegant. Simple. No bugs. It was a one-liner: “println(“hello world”).
The pinnacle of Software Engineering, the heights of which I’ll never touch again.
Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about that beauty.
Those were the days.
The pinnacle of Software Engineering, the heights of which I’ll never touch again.
Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about that beauty.
Those were the days.