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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
I am reminded of an IT manager who put a list together in Excel, printed it out and then added it up using a calculator on their desk...
Word to the wise: Don't tell your IT manager they're not in Excel
Word to the wise: Don't tell your IT manager they're not in Excel
Contractor sneakily fired after pointing out odious ignorance
On Call Welcome to another installment of On Call, The Register's Friday frolic through your tales of delightful tech support encounters.…
dlvr.it
September 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I am reminded of an IT manager who put a list together in Excel, printed it out and then added it up using a calculator on their desk...
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Tech startup idea: instead of starting your car with your key, you get in, turn on the display panel, enter your password, get your phone out, open the authenticator app, enter your pin, enter the timed passcode, then open the start menu, then helpdesk, then "request engine start", then submit a tic
September 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tech startup idea: instead of starting your car with your key, you get in, turn on the display panel, enter your password, get your phone out, open the authenticator app, enter your pin, enter the timed passcode, then open the start menu, then helpdesk, then "request engine start", then submit a tic
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![4-panel Comic. (1) STUDENT: If the wavefunction only collapses when I observe it, does that mean my consciousness affects the universe? (2) [Bad:] PROFESSOR: Yes, quantum entanglement proves that we all have souls. (3) [Good:] PROFESSOR: No, consciousness plays no role here. It’s just physical measurement. (4) [Chaotic:] PROFESSOR: No. The wavefunction collapses when *I* look at it because I’m a full professor. It won’t collapse for an undergraduate.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic2mhmdvsftki6qe275hycolgt22msekbwzdyqoujt56qzpcbm3hm@jpeg)
August 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
As said by most of Northern Ireland since forever
I'll be so glad when the weather turns cold and shitty and those wankers demonstrating with their naff flags fuck off back indoors to their sofas
August 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As said by most of Northern Ireland since forever
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PSA: go apply the urgent security update to your Apple devices. Don’t wait. Do it right now
Update Now: iOS 18.6.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 Fix Actively Exploited Vulnerability
Apple today released new iOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 18.6.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 updates, and the software addresses a security vulnerability that is...
www.macrumors.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
PSA: go apply the urgent security update to your Apple devices. Don’t wait. Do it right now
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The evolution of "vibe coding production software as a non-dev" the last few months
Success stories do exist... ones I see all come from people who are/were software engineers
Learning to code / build software not a waste after all?
Success stories do exist... ones I see all come from people who are/were software engineers
Learning to code / build software not a waste after all?
August 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The evolution of "vibe coding production software as a non-dev" the last few months
Success stories do exist... ones I see all come from people who are/were software engineers
Learning to code / build software not a waste after all?
Success stories do exist... ones I see all come from people who are/were software engineers
Learning to code / build software not a waste after all?
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I'm laughing, I'm crying... I'm mostly crying www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXPp...
Interview with Senior DevOps engineer 2025
YouTube video by Programmers are also human
www.youtube.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I'm laughing, I'm crying... I'm mostly crying www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXPp...
Ahhhhhh, very nice. Very nice indeed. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US
UK officials fear their insistence on backdoor endangers tech deals with US.
arstechnica.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ahhhhhh, very nice. Very nice indeed. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Oh my god... it knows all the tricks (Claude's response to failing to make a test pass for the third time)
July 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Oh my god... it knows all the tricks (Claude's response to failing to make a test pass for the third time)
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets into secret Strava wars with people.
My nemesis on Strava is an old colleague I haven't spoken to in 5 years. He doesn't know it, but we are in a war to see who is quicker and covers more mileage. I have all our stats logged on a spreadsheet.
June 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets into secret Strava wars with people.
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Fake IT support calls hit 20 orgs, end in stolen Salesforce data and extortion, Google warns
Fake IT support calls hit 20 orgs, end in stolen Salesforce data and extortion, Google warns
Victims include hospitality, retail and education sectors
A group of financially motivated cyberscammers who specialize in Scattered-Spider-like fake IT support phone calls managed to trick employees at about 20 organizations into installing a modified version of Salesforce's Data Loader that allows the crims to steal sensitive data.…
dlvr.it
June 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Fake IT support calls hit 20 orgs, end in stolen Salesforce data and extortion, Google warns
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"When you outsource the thinking, you outsource the learning. You don’t know your code. You’re babysitting it". Indeed, a very good read, harsh but realistic.
This blog is SO good at pointing out what should have been obvious about AI for coding (Copilot and others)
These tools are good for re-creating whatever they’ve been trained on.
They are not what will create the next, better generation of frameworks, libraries, technologies.
These tools are good for re-creating whatever they’ve been trained on.
They are not what will create the next, better generation of frameworks, libraries, technologies.
May 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"When you outsource the thinking, you outsource the learning. You don’t know your code. You’re babysitting it". Indeed, a very good read, harsh but realistic.
The “spirit” of gravel. youtube.com/watch?v=cZk2...
1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The “spirit” of gravel. youtube.com/watch?v=cZk2...
You don't even need the graphs, the first image says it all www.ft.com/content/b418...
So much winning — in 15 charts
The fallout from ‘Liquidation Day’
www.ft.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
You don't even need the graphs, the first image says it all www.ft.com/content/b418...
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For Americans who didn’t get the joy of living through the Truss/Kwarteng budget, this is the point where the government starts to call the stock market left-wing and/or woke.
April 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For Americans who didn’t get the joy of living through the Truss/Kwarteng budget, this is the point where the government starts to call the stock market left-wing and/or woke.
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So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
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www.wealthsimple.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
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Picard management tip: Some of your decisions are going to be mistakes. You have to make them anyway.
March 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Picard management tip: Some of your decisions are going to be mistakes. You have to make them anyway.
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Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/
March 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/