Duncan
@button-clicker.bsky.social
Nerd. Software testing, development. Likes walking, science, & some math. ADHD. No politics.
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It was a lot of fun participating in the Biomarker workshop panel at #ASMS2025.
Thank you to all of you who were there!
Also, they got some pictures:
Thank you to all of you who were there!
Also, they got some pictures:
June 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It was a lot of fun participating in the Biomarker workshop panel at #ASMS2025.
Thank you to all of you who were there!
Also, they got some pictures:
Thank you to all of you who were there!
Also, they got some pictures:
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Q&A from a talk I gave last week.
Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?"
A: Fascism. It's fascism.
Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?"
A: Fascism. It's fascism.
May 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Q&A from a talk I gave last week.
Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?"
A: Fascism. It's fascism.
Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?"
A: Fascism. It's fascism.
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Please spread the word this BS is going around trying to con people into thinking there is a mystical magical platform that makes you millions in crypto in months. The stories are posing as the BBC and are all over X and IG.
It doesn’t read like a bbc article but people will fall for this.
It doesn’t read like a bbc article but people will fall for this.
May 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Please spread the word this BS is going around trying to con people into thinking there is a mystical magical platform that makes you millions in crypto in months. The stories are posing as the BBC and are all over X and IG.
It doesn’t read like a bbc article but people will fall for this.
It doesn’t read like a bbc article but people will fall for this.
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🔥 Don't miss Veliswa Boya, Senior Developer Advocate at AWS, as she demystifies vector embeddings and RAG at #DevConf2025! Learn the tech behind personalized recommendations and AI systems that shape our daily experiences. 🚀 #AWS #AI #VectorDatabases
April 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🔥 Don't miss Veliswa Boya, Senior Developer Advocate at AWS, as she demystifies vector embeddings and RAG at #DevConf2025! Learn the tech behind personalized recommendations and AI systems that shape our daily experiences. 🚀 #AWS #AI #VectorDatabases
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Going to do a detailed writeup of the outage this week. Just need to land some mitigations before we talk about it
April 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Going to do a detailed writeup of the outage this week. Just need to land some mitigations before we talk about it
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One very funny part of this outage: all the self-hosters stayed online
April 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
One very funny part of this outage: all the self-hosters stayed online
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☕ Beyond Slack and Zoom: #DevConf2025 speaker Georgina Armstrong reveals how to unite remote technical teams around complex tasks. From a leader with 12+ years in Data Science who's mastered the remote challenge. #RemoteTeams #DataLeadership
April 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
☕ Beyond Slack and Zoom: #DevConf2025 speaker Georgina Armstrong reveals how to unite remote technical teams around complex tasks. From a leader with 12+ years in Data Science who's mastered the remote challenge. #RemoteTeams #DataLeadership
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In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
April 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
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UK confirms world’s first case of H5N1 bird flu in a sheep bnonews.com/index.php/20...
UK confirms world’s first case of H5N1 bird flu in a sheep
A sheep in the UK has tested positive for avian influenza H5N1, marking the first known case of the virus in the species worldwide, health officials confirmed. The infection was identified in North Yo...
bnonews.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
UK confirms world’s first case of H5N1 bird flu in a sheep bnonews.com/index.php/20...
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Needing a little pick me up? I gotchu.
📷
#longexposure
#slowshutter
#photography
#naturephotography
#soothing
#beautifuldistactions
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#longexposure
#slowshutter
#photography
#naturephotography
#soothing
#beautifuldistactions
March 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Needing a little pick me up? I gotchu.
📷
#longexposure
#slowshutter
#photography
#naturephotography
#soothing
#beautifuldistactions
📷
#longexposure
#slowshutter
#photography
#naturephotography
#soothing
#beautifuldistactions
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March 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Was starting to give up on this platform because of all the politics and then I remembered that I could mute words. 🙂
March 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Was starting to give up on this platform because of all the politics and then I remembered that I could mute words. 🙂
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I learned much of what I know about sensory overstimulation from an autistic friend, Benjine Gerber, who took university courses in biology and studied research literature to try to figure out how to treat herself.
July 25, 2023 at 9:32 PM
I learned much of what I know about sensory overstimulation from an autistic friend, Benjine Gerber, who took university courses in biology and studied research literature to try to figure out how to treat herself.
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Severe Tropical Storm #Jude has formed near Madagascar. Jude will likely continue to intensify before making landfall over #Mozambique near Nacala.
Live tracker here: zoom.earth/storms/jude-...
Live tracker here: zoom.earth/storms/jude-...
March 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Severe Tropical Storm #Jude has formed near Madagascar. Jude will likely continue to intensify before making landfall over #Mozambique near Nacala.
Live tracker here: zoom.earth/storms/jude-...
Live tracker here: zoom.earth/storms/jude-...
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Uh-oh AI: Operator, the new 'helper' agent from OpenAI, bought 12 eggs without my permission. And it paid $32 for them!
I test a lot of new tech. This is the first time a rogue computer cost me real-world $$.
Deats & some impressive Operator things in my @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/3CBSHuR
I test a lot of new tech. This is the first time a rogue computer cost me real-world $$.
Deats & some impressive Operator things in my @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/3CBSHuR
February 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Uh-oh AI: Operator, the new 'helper' agent from OpenAI, bought 12 eggs without my permission. And it paid $32 for them!
I test a lot of new tech. This is the first time a rogue computer cost me real-world $$.
Deats & some impressive Operator things in my @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/3CBSHuR
I test a lot of new tech. This is the first time a rogue computer cost me real-world $$.
Deats & some impressive Operator things in my @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/3CBSHuR
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🍹 We're shaking things up! Welcome Lula as our official cocktail sponsor for #DevConf2025 in Joburg and Cape Town! Get ready to mix, mingle, and make connections that matter! 🤝
February 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🍹 We're shaking things up! Welcome Lula as our official cocktail sponsor for #DevConf2025 in Joburg and Cape Town! Get ready to mix, mingle, and make connections that matter! 🤝
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Theatine Church, Germany
The Theatine Church of St. Cajetan and Adelaide is a Roman Catholic church in Munich, Southern Germany.
The Theatine Church of St. Cajetan and Adelaide is a Roman Catholic church in Munich, Southern Germany.
February 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Theatine Church, Germany
The Theatine Church of St. Cajetan and Adelaide is a Roman Catholic church in Munich, Southern Germany.
The Theatine Church of St. Cajetan and Adelaide is a Roman Catholic church in Munich, Southern Germany.
Its been chilly the last few nights. I guess Summer is coming to an end in the southern hemisphere.
Then again, the weather behaves so uncharacteristically these days. 🤷♂️
Then again, the weather behaves so uncharacteristically these days. 🤷♂️
February 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Its been chilly the last few nights. I guess Summer is coming to an end in the southern hemisphere.
Then again, the weather behaves so uncharacteristically these days. 🤷♂️
Then again, the weather behaves so uncharacteristically these days. 🤷♂️
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Category 4 Severe Tropical Cyclone #Zelia makes landfall east of Port Hedland, Western Australia near De Grey River mouth. Latest satellite + radar:
February 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Category 4 Severe Tropical Cyclone #Zelia makes landfall east of Port Hedland, Western Australia near De Grey River mouth. Latest satellite + radar: