Jared Quinert
@xflibble.bsky.social
Software quality and testing, gluten-free experiments, Sixers soap opera, low-budget home espresso. Wondering why the kids aren't angrier.
Inner monologue - "I don't pick sides, but your side is objectively the worst".
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Inner monologue - "I don't pick sides, but your side is objectively the worst".
2 months into playing tuba after a break of 34 years and just had my first (ensemble) performance on the weekend. Having fun.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
2 months into playing tuba after a break of 34 years and just had my first (ensemble) performance on the weekend. Having fun.
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It's Xmas 1993, you've gotten your grubby mitts on an Argos catalog, and you're playing "if Santa could bring me one item from each of these pages, what would I choose." So! What's gonna be in your stocking, then? 😁
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It's Xmas 1993, you've gotten your grubby mitts on an Argos catalog, and you're playing "if Santa could bring me one item from each of these pages, what would I choose." So! What's gonna be in your stocking, then? 😁
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there’s no amount of good faith that beats bad faith. you beat bad faith with fire*, not argument.
*definitions are situational
*definitions are situational
Look, there is no way to avoid TPUSA. You can give trolls a C-, B, B+. It won't matter. They can even get an A overall but if you give the feedback the very constructive OU instructor did, you're on the list. The assignment could be 2% of the grade (it might be in that class!). There is no defense.
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
there’s no amount of good faith that beats bad faith. you beat bad faith with fire*, not argument.
*definitions are situational
*definitions are situational
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“global “inequality emergency”..That’s the message of the most recent work by the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz. The economist sees the yawning gap between rich & poor as a human-made crisis which is destroying politics, society & the planet”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded | Editorial
Editorial: Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“global “inequality emergency”..That’s the message of the most recent work by the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz. The economist sees the yawning gap between rich & poor as a human-made crisis which is destroying politics, society & the planet”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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@albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
Just think of all the incredible inventions from CSIRO and your party gets in and defunds it.
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
Just think of all the incredible inventions from CSIRO and your party gets in and defunds it.
November 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
@albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
Just think of all the incredible inventions from CSIRO and your party gets in and defunds it.
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
Just think of all the incredible inventions from CSIRO and your party gets in and defunds it.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
There are two big challenges. Identifying the top 1 or 10% if you're not a developer, and attracting that percentage to work on your boring problem because they likely have good jobs already.
The persistent 1:10:100 ratio of good, competent and "meh" developers suggests that teams weighted toward that 1% are highly improbable. And yet I've seen more than a few.
The trick is to hire from inside the bubble.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/t...
The trick is to hire from inside the bubble.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/t...
To Build A High-Performing Team, You Need To Get Inside The Bubble
Some thoughts about the persistent 1:10:100 ratio of developers who are genuinely good, competent and “meh”… Imagine building a team of 4 devs, and you want to tip the balance tow…
codemanship.wordpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
There are two big challenges. Identifying the top 1 or 10% if you're not a developer, and attracting that percentage to work on your boring problem because they likely have good jobs already.
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over on xitter... despite my trepidation, i just have to click on this...
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
over on xitter... despite my trepidation, i just have to click on this...
My band played a Sony showcase at Sega World in Sydney in the late '90s and I got to mingle with the teenaged crowd and kick their arses at Virtua Fighter.
Sega just out here in the 1990s having 15-hour raves where you could play a bunch of Virtua games.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
My band played a Sony showcase at Sega World in Sydney in the late '90s and I got to mingle with the teenaged crowd and kick their arses at Virtua Fighter.
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As ever when buying online, please be careful not to inadvertently fund the activities of radical clerics.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
As ever when buying online, please be careful not to inadvertently fund the activities of radical clerics.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Pharrell Williams confirmed as another world famous multi-millionaire who chose to live in a house that looks like it should be called the North Strabane Esat-Digifone Retail Hub & Business Park.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Pharrell Williams confirmed as another world famous multi-millionaire who chose to live in a house that looks like it should be called the North Strabane Esat-Digifone Retail Hub & Business Park.
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Version 1 of the OWASP AI testing guide just got published.
I promise you, from my own experience, this will save you a lot of heartache.
github.com/OWASP/www-pr...
I promise you, from my own experience, this will save you a lot of heartache.
github.com/OWASP/www-pr...
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Version 1 of the OWASP AI testing guide just got published.
I promise you, from my own experience, this will save you a lot of heartache.
github.com/OWASP/www-pr...
I promise you, from my own experience, this will save you a lot of heartache.
github.com/OWASP/www-pr...
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
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the food you like? it's bad. the food *i* like? good. checkmate, losers
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
the food you like? it's bad. the food *i* like? good. checkmate, losers
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If the machines in The Matrix had just said they were a corporation instead of living beings, humanity would have volunteered for the goo pods and hailed the machines as job creators.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If the machines in The Matrix had just said they were a corporation instead of living beings, humanity would have volunteered for the goo pods and hailed the machines as job creators.
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can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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PM @albomp.bsky.social says "his government was a “friend of science”"
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
PM @albomp.bsky.social says "his government was a “friend of science”"
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
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These aren't minor clues missed in investigations, this is systemic misogynist contempt for all women but *particularly* for victims of regular and horrific violence, presumably on the assumption that they have exaggerated it and/or 'asked for it'
CW: DV, murder, rape, cops being fucking useless
CW: DV, murder, rape, cops being fucking useless
Gail Karran recorded the savage beating that killed her. Shocking new evidence reveals how police failed her www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Gail Karran recorded the savage beating that killed her. Shocking new evidence reveals how police failed her
Exclusive: A secret audio device recorded Bill Karran raping, hitting and choking his wife of 30 years – immediately after he was released, drunk, from a Queensland watch house
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
These aren't minor clues missed in investigations, this is systemic misogynist contempt for all women but *particularly* for victims of regular and horrific violence, presumably on the assumption that they have exaggerated it and/or 'asked for it'
CW: DV, murder, rape, cops being fucking useless
CW: DV, murder, rape, cops being fucking useless
Everybody knows the end game of Monopoly sucks, and still...
Stevenson said the country would see "really rapid increases in poverty" if it did not tax the rich.
"I think if you don't do anything, if you leave the system as it is, then wealth inequality will increase very rapidly.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
"I think if you don't do anything, if you leave the system as it is, then wealth inequality will increase very rapidly.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich
British YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson tells 30 with Guyon Espiner fire engines aren't coming to fix the New Zealand economy.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Everybody knows the end game of Monopoly sucks, and still...
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holidays are coming 🎶
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
holidays are coming 🎶
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Neighbours up at 3am playing loud guitars, so I banged and banged on the wall. Long story short, I'm now the drummer.
December 6, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Neighbours up at 3am playing loud guitars, so I banged and banged on the wall. Long story short, I'm now the drummer.