Jez Higgins
@jezhiggins.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
Freelance software grandad -
software created, extended or repaired
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software created, extended or repaired
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I've had a couple of glasses of Lidl wine and, frankly, I'm anybody's
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I've had a couple of glasses of Lidl wine and, frankly, I'm anybody's
This is so ludicrous, I don't know whether to laugh or cry
https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030
https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030
Microsoft to Replace All C/C++ Code With Rust by 2030
Microsoft is taking an impressive step in modernizing its biggest codebases and will eliminate all C/C++ code by the end of the decade.
www.thurrott.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is so ludicrous, I don't know whether to laugh or cry
https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030
https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030
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Please entertain my idea for a band playing straight middle-of-the-road soft rock who only perform at experimental music festivals.
Their name: The Control Group.
(Extracted to my blog because I’m rather proud of it and no-one seemed to notice my brilliance.)
Their name: The Control Group.
(Extracted to my blog because I’m rather proud of it and no-one seemed to notice my brilliance.)
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Please entertain my idea for a band playing straight middle-of-the-road soft rock who only perform at experimental music festivals.
Their name: The Control Group.
(Extracted to my blog because I’m rather proud of it and no-one seemed to notice my brilliance.)
Their name: The Control Group.
(Extracted to my blog because I’m rather proud of it and no-one seemed to notice my brilliance.)
This is hardly breaking news, but fuck me, John Le Carre could write.
December 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is hardly breaking news, but fuck me, John Le Carre could write.
Knocked off quirk early - Christmas innit - so walking the dogs on the daylight. Rewarded with a little pod of dolphins. 🐬
December 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Knocked off quirk early - Christmas innit - so walking the dogs on the daylight. Rewarded with a little pod of dolphins. 🐬
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Just learned about @robinince having to leave The Infinite Monkey Cage, and I’m so sad for him and for us all.
There are simply too many monsters with too much power in this country/world. Robin shouldn’t have had to stop what he was doing at the BBC at all, but I’m glad he chose to step away […]
There are simply too many monsters with too much power in this country/world. Robin shouldn’t have had to stop what he was doing at the BBC at all, but I’m glad he chose to step away […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
December 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Just learned about @robinince having to leave The Infinite Monkey Cage, and I’m so sad for him and for us all.
There are simply too many monsters with too much power in this country/world. Robin shouldn’t have had to stop what he was doing at the BBC at all, but I’m glad he chose to step away […]
There are simply too many monsters with too much power in this country/world. Robin shouldn’t have had to stop what he was doing at the BBC at all, but I’m glad he chose to step away […]
HE WILL NOT BE STOPPED! https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/ckgkkenplqko
Lancashire: Sir James Anderson to be red-ball captain in 2026
England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker, Sir James Anderson, will captain Lancashire in the Championship in 2026.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
HE WILL NOT BE STOPPED! https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/ckgkkenplqko
Some excitement on tonight's dog walk - vessel on the rocks 😯
(All quite low key - nobody appeared to be danger (or even there), other boats in the bay, on the back met two guys in high viz who were looking for it.)
(All quite low key - nobody appeared to be danger (or even there), other boats in the bay, on the back met two guys in high viz who were looking for it.)
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Some excitement on tonight's dog walk - vessel on the rocks 😯
(All quite low key - nobody appeared to be danger (or even there), other boats in the bay, on the back met two guys in high viz who were looking for it.)
(All quite low key - nobody appeared to be danger (or even there), other boats in the bay, on the back met two guys in high viz who were looking for it.)
Found a bug in the database, lads 😔
December 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Found a bug in the database, lads 😔
Reposted by Jez Higgins
We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture
Which is genuinely surprising when you look at the absolute shower of fuckheads we put in charge of everything
Which is genuinely surprising when you look at the absolute shower of fuckheads we put in charge of everything
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture
Which is genuinely surprising when you look at the absolute shower of fuckheads we put in charge of everything
Which is genuinely surprising when you look at the absolute shower of fuckheads we put in charge of everything
It's been a few days because I picked Tears of the Kingdom back up, but wrote a tiny bit of code which is making me doubt two previous code bases 🤔
https://birmingham.jezuk.co.uk/forgejo/jez/rust-cell-lang/commit/5bc20668362a370112b0015e9421095945af69cf
https://birmingham.jezuk.co.uk/forgejo/jez/rust-cell-lang/commit/5bc20668362a370112b0015e9421095945af69cf
list library functions added · 5bc2066836
Had to tweak how the captured scope works - once you got down into functions calling functions the passed parameters weren't making their way in. Small change to get going, but now I'm doubting if the previous Cell implementations where actually correct.
birmingham.jezuk.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It's been a few days because I picked Tears of the Kingdom back up, but wrote a tiny bit of code which is making me doubt two previous code bases 🤔
https://birmingham.jezuk.co.uk/forgejo/jez/rust-cell-lang/commit/5bc20668362a370112b0015e9421095945af69cf
https://birmingham.jezuk.co.uk/forgejo/jez/rust-cell-lang/commit/5bc20668362a370112b0015e9421095945af69cf
How did this absolute weapon convince anyone to give him even fucking fiver to piss away?
https://www.themarysue.com/chatgpt-sam-altman-jimmy-fallon/
https://www.themarysue.com/chatgpt-sam-altman-jimmy-fallon/
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman can't raise a baby without ChatGPT | The Mary Sue
Sam Altman says he has a hard time imagining “how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT.” The OpenAI CEO joined Jimmy Fallon to talk about his latest product
www.themarysue.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
How did this absolute weapon convince anyone to give him even fucking fiver to piss away?
https://www.themarysue.com/chatgpt-sam-altman-jimmy-fallon/
https://www.themarysue.com/chatgpt-sam-altman-jimmy-fallon/
Reposted by Jez Higgins
Reposted by Jez Higgins
Say thanks to your colleagues. It's important
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Say thanks to your colleagues. It's important
Joined a work call with a paused wrestling video clearly visible on the monitor over my left shoulder.
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Joined a work call with a paused wrestling video clearly visible on the monitor over my left shoulder.
Somebody at work said thank you to me ❤️
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Somebody at work said thank you to me ❤️
I'm letting them lie
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I'm letting them lie
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So, I bought the Monster Munch Mayo everyone (well, me and one other) is talking about. I expected the worst; I got... something else entirely. The full taste test is on YouTube. Draw your own conclusions.
https://youtu.be/OlrJUxgoLK4?si=EhKmstql6XJsh1Z7
#heinz #tastetest #britishfood […]
https://youtu.be/OlrJUxgoLK4?si=EhKmstql6XJsh1Z7
#heinz #tastetest #britishfood […]
Original post on mastodon.me.uk
mastodon.me.uk
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
So, I bought the Monster Munch Mayo everyone (well, me and one other) is talking about. I expected the worst; I got... something else entirely. The full taste test is on YouTube. Draw your own conclusions.
https://youtu.be/OlrJUxgoLK4?si=EhKmstql6XJsh1Z7
#heinz #tastetest #britishfood […]
https://youtu.be/OlrJUxgoLK4?si=EhKmstql6XJsh1Z7
#heinz #tastetest #britishfood […]
ngl fellas, pretty pleased with the dal I made this afternoon
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ngl fellas, pretty pleased with the dal I made this afternoon
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Excellent news. My Google review of Hall Green Waitrose has been read by over 3000 people.
Obviously, it shut down earlier this year, but it just goes to show that great content has a life of its own
Obviously, it shut down earlier this year, but it just goes to show that great content has a life of its own
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Excellent news. My Google review of Hall Green Waitrose has been read by over 3000 people.
Obviously, it shut down earlier this year, but it just goes to show that great content has a life of its own
Obviously, it shut down earlier this year, but it just goes to show that great content has a life of its own
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We're VERY pleased to announce that we've been successful in our third funding round from @NGIZero!
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251127-45-NGI0-CommonsFund.html
With that funding, next year we'll be working on:
* built-in slicing and printing! (using existing systems and APIs, no wheel […]
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251127-45-NGI0-CommonsFund.html
With that funding, next year we'll be working on:
* built-in slicing and printing! (using existing systems and APIs, no wheel […]
Original post on 3dp.chat
3dp.chat
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We're VERY pleased to announce that we've been successful in our third funding round from @NGIZero!
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251127-45-NGI0-CommonsFund.html
With that funding, next year we'll be working on:
* built-in slicing and printing! (using existing systems and APIs, no wheel […]
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251127-45-NGI0-CommonsFund.html
With that funding, next year we'll be working on:
* built-in slicing and printing! (using existing systems and APIs, no wheel […]
Even when it's the worst cricket, Test cricket is the best cricket.
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Even when it's the worst cricket, Test cricket is the best cricket.