12onRandom Geekery https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/ Recent contentin12 on Random Geekery Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Note: 2019-12-31 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-31/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-31/ <h2 id="activity-log">Activity Log</h2> <h3 id="hackerstown-2019-12-31-tue-0042">hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 00:42</h3> <p>Watching people be hate the new Star Wars movie and I want to say something but</p> <p>shh let people enjoy hating something</p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-31-tue-0742">Twitter: 2019-12-31 Tue 07:42</h3> <p>Now there’s an interesting blurb.</p> <p>❝Seeing the New Year In, a picture based on the artist’s experiences at Greenwich Village parties, caused friction because of its recognizable portraits.❞</p> <p><a href="http://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/paul-cadmus">http://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/paul-cadmus</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/WhoresofYore/status/1212018714553602049">https://twitter.com/WhoresofYore/status/1212018714553602049</a></p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-31-tue-0811">Twitter: 2019-12-31 Tue 08:11</h3> <p>voicemail</p> <p>guaranteed to be archived as long as the phone service allows with no risk of your message being exposed via playback</p> note hackers-town twitter Activity Log

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 00:42

Watching people be hate the new Star Wars movie and I want to say something but

shh let people enjoy hating something

Twitter: 2019-12-31 Tue 07:42

Now there’s an interesting blurb.

❝Seeing the New Year In, a picture based on the artist’s experiences at Greenwich Village parties, caused friction because of its recognizable portraits.❞

http://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/paul-cadmus

https://twitter.com/WhoresofYore/status/1212018714553602049

Twitter: 2019-12-31 Tue 08:11

voicemail

guaranteed to be archived as long as the phone service allows with no risk of your message being exposed via playback

https://twitter.com/JohnPicacio/status/1212027766633357314

Twitter: 2019-12-31 Tue 08:54

Last job: not only WFH but strong preference for no video during meetings.

Good opportunity for glitter beard experimentation.

https://twitter.com/kerrizor/status/1212000985675001857

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 10:36

Mildly embarrassed to admit I nearly spent $12 on a Lyft before remembering the light rail across the street could get me there — sooner — for $3.

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 11:24

We’re trying Basecamp Personal for household management and a) it’s off to an awesome start for usability; and b) took me about 3.5 seconds to start looking at the API.

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 13:23

I like the flexibility of Emacs. I like the friendliness and aesthetics of VS Code.

So naturally I’m side-eyeing Atom, but that seems suffer from being the older stepchild in the MS Github family.

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 13:25

@tek and same!

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 13:30

@thegibson Not to pat our own backs too much, but heading into 2020 I feel better about reachable community (Fediverse + a resurgence of artisanal blogs) than I did going into 2010 (Twitter + Facebook coming up, blogs faltering, and StatusNet still looking very me-too)

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 13:34

@thegibson We’ve always been here. We’ll still be here when the walled gardens wilt and die from neglect. More like the weird art neighborhood than a mall, but we’re here.

We just need to remind ourselves, each other, and maybe just maybe those curious friends who wonder about life outside the faux-brutalist corporate networks.

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 13:41

@thegibson A couple 2019 things that make me happy (excuse me while I sift through the rest of 2019 which we will not speak of)

  • Fediverse giving sufficient momentum for federated social networking to sustain conversation and community.* Folks resuscitating dormant blogs and creating all-new ones.* Seeing more “meet them where they’re at” pragmatism about the friends staying on Twitter and Facebook.

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 18:13

Chinese New Year is a few weeks away.

We live in the International District.

The dogs are gonna freak.

It’s gonna be awesome.

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 19:08

Listening to a playlist of “the 100 best songs of 2019”

Made it about fifteen in before I starting skipping around.

Ah here we go. Daddy Yankee yes. skip skip Orville Peck nice. Doja Cat works. Rammstein indeed.

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 19:46

Making sure my YouTube recommendations stay quality

#NowPlaying

“Prodigy vs Enya - Smack up the Orinoco Flow ReMiX (Audiosurf)”

https://youtu.be/WjY7AnUdisU

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 22:17

@rafial Well sure. But I already have nano for when I just want an editor. Everything from vim on up is an environment, and those are fun to compare and contrast.

hackers.town: 2019-12-31 Tue 22:18

@rabcyr I’m not entirely sure but other folks seem aware of the team that produced this mashup!

]]> Note: 2019-12-30 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-30/ Mon, 30 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-30/ <h2 id="activity-log">Activity Log</h2> <h3 id="hackerstown-2019-12-30-mon-0008">hackers.town: 2019-12-30 Mon 00:08</h3> <p><em>@hummingrain</em> I think I did it. And maybe came up with something smarter than when I was thinking too hard about scale.</p> <h3 id="hackerstown-2019-12-30-mon-0045">hackers.town: 2019-12-30 Mon 00:45</h3> <p>Well hey it scales to 1.</p> <p>Commit and push and go to bed before I get the urge to be clever.</p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-30-mon-0913">Twitter: 2019-12-30 Mon 09:13</h3> <p>Admirable.</p> <p>I OTOH vow to be fully relatable and wildly unstable.</p> <p>Though in my normal quiet way of course.</p> note hackers-town twitter Activity Log

hackers.town: 2019-12-30 Mon 00:08

@hummingrain I think I did it. And maybe came up with something smarter than when I was thinking too hard about scale.

hackers.town: 2019-12-30 Mon 00:45

Well hey it scales to 1.

Commit and push and go to bed before I get the urge to be clever.

Twitter: 2019-12-30 Mon 09:13

Admirable.

I OTOH vow to be fully relatable and wildly unstable.

Though in my normal quiet way of course.

https://twitter.com/overdramatique/status/1211444794586804224

Twitter: 2019-12-30 Mon 10:02

Oh look here comes 2020.

https://twitter.com/wsdot_traffic/status/1211686463856754689

hackers.town: 2019-12-30 Mon 10:04

Probably shouldn’t have started macOS update first thing in the morning.

Twitter: 2019-12-30 Mon 12:29

My brand

https://twitter.com/kano_0214/status/1211218302271291393

Twitter: 2019-12-30 Mon 14:21

Unsolicited opinions wouldn’t be so bad if so many of them weren’t so bad

https://twitter.com/IamMrsGeek/status/1211754961253437440

hackers.town: 2019-12-30 Mon 16:53

What I like to play loud in the home office when it’s just me and the dogs – who have now left the room.

“The Great Gig in the Sky” – The Flaming Lips with Peaches and Henry Rollins

#NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/eUrrYaSOULk

hackers.town: 2019-12-30 Mon 17:04

@djsundog exactly the same back at you

Twitter: 2019-12-30 Mon 17:17

burn the code, releasing tens of millions of years worth of contained technical debt into the ecosystem

hm

I’ve had worse refactoring plans

https://twitter.com/ReinH/status/1211785544520228865

Twitter: 2019-12-30 Mon 19:18

oh dang i nearly forgot

task add buy new notebook

https://twitter.com/aedison/status/1211791096625475587

hackers.town: 2019-12-30 Mon 19:35

Sometimes you just need to slowly, carefully, and calmly talk yourself through the task you started doing an hour ago and would take five minutes if not for the fact that the world is so SHINY

Twitter: 2019-12-30 Mon 19:59

ok fine

as president i will turn the white house into a homeless shelter

keep those computers in the east room for studying and job placement and games

the oval office will be for their linkedin profile pics

https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/status/1211781268922359810

Twitter: 2019-12-30 Mon 20:24

I miss the good bread from really early Quiznos.

Even so I was sad to see my neighborhood one close. This gives some context that makes sense, knowing why a single machine breakdown was enough to wipe out the franchisee for good.

https://twitter.com/EccentricFlower/status/1211848190128992256

]]> Note: 2019-12-29 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-29/ Sun, 29 Dec 2019 12:47:18 -0800 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-29/ <h2 id="at-last-i-have-a-mission-statement">At last I have a mission statement</h2> <p> <figure> <img src="https://randomgeekery.org/img/cover-at-last-i-have-a-mission-statement_hu_19d4d066b3d1b9b.webp" alt="LESS CODE"/></figure></p> <p>The stress ball lasted four days under <em>my</em> stress load, but the reader board is a Christmas present that will keep on giving.</p> <h2 id="activity-log">Activity Log</h2> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-29-sun-0914">Twitter: 2019-12-29 Sun 09:14</h3> <p>A thread pointing out the obvious, because apparently the obvious needs to be pointed out.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/redlightvoices/status/1211215725437734913">https://twitter.com/redlightvoices/status/1211215725437734913</a></p> <h3 id="hackerstown-2019-12-29-sun-1034">hackers.town: 2019-12-29 Sun 10:34</h3> <p><em>@Mnemonic</em> they tried, but it’s on the second floor of an office building, which was closed.</p> note twitter hackers-town look At last I have a mission statement

LESS CODE

The stress ball lasted four days under my stress load, but the reader board is a Christmas present that will keep on giving.

Activity Log

Twitter: 2019-12-29 Sun 09:14

A thread pointing out the obvious, because apparently the obvious needs to be pointed out.

https://twitter.com/redlightvoices/status/1211215725437734913

hackers.town: 2019-12-29 Sun 10:34

@Mnemonic they tried, but it’s on the second floor of an office building, which was closed.

hackers.town: 2019-12-29 Sun 12:14

Fraidyc.at has a lot of potential. It’s got quirks and bugs, sure. And I’d bet good money commercial sites will make the job hard.

But: grouped updates, tagging, and prioritizing by update frequency? Yes please!

Screenshot of real-time home feed

Screenshot of daily computer feed, with an item expanded to list recent updates

hackers.town: 2019-12-29 Sun 13:54

I wrote a note:

At last I have a mission statement

https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/363/at-last-i-have-a-mission-statement/

hackers.town: 2019-12-29 Sun 18:12

@ella_kane do what you gotta do to get healthy!

Twitter: 2019-12-29 Sun 18:19

ah that’s why we could hear the crowd from a quarter mile away!

https://twitter.com/IanFurnessSea/status/1211455979205713921

hackers.town: 2019-12-29 Sun 18:21

JAMstack looks cool but it also looks like a thick coating of VC-friendly slime over my beloved “build yourself a rickety-ass static site to scratch your own itch” pastime.

hackers.town: 2019-12-29 Sun 22:23

Keep psyching myself out of writing this bit of code because I’m not sure it’ll scale to $ludicrously_large_number.

Need to scale it to 1 first.

]]> Note: 2019-12-28 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-28/ Sat, 28 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-28/ <h2 id="activity-log">Activity Log</h2> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-28-sat-0017">Twitter: 2019-12-28 Sat 00:17</h3> <p>Watching folks gather at the boba tea place to fistbump each other and enjoy flatulent automobiles.</p> <p>Gonna be a long night.</p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-28-sat-1357">Twitter: 2019-12-28 Sat 13:57</h3> <p>I would buy this book and of course shelve it right next to Metaprogramming Ruby because these are the two cornerstones of writing good Ruby code.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ReinH/status/1211027859705233410">https://twitter.com/ReinH/status/1211027859705233410</a></p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-28-sat-1535">Twitter: 2019-12-28 Sat 15:35</h3> <p>a bit late to the retweet but Mojolicious is awesome enough I don’t want to ignore the day.</p> note twitter hackers-town Activity Log

Twitter: 2019-12-28 Sat 00:17

Watching folks gather at the boba tea place to fistbump each other and enjoy flatulent automobiles.

Gonna be a long night.

Twitter: 2019-12-28 Sat 13:57

I would buy this book and of course shelve it right next to Metaprogramming Ruby because these are the two cornerstones of writing good Ruby code.

https://twitter.com/ReinH/status/1211027859705233410

Twitter: 2019-12-28 Sat 15:35

a bit late to the retweet but Mojolicious is awesome enough I don’t want to ignore the day.

https://twitter.com/kraih/status/1210183934438445057

hackers.town: 2019-12-28 Sat 15:38

OH GOD A POLITICAL COMMERCIAL WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME THE TV WASN’T ON NETFLIX.

Twitter: 2019-12-28 Sat 16:09

A recurring conversation with acquaintances:

Them: “Science is unbiased and impartial!”

Me: “Maybe, maybe not. But funding is biased as hell.”

https://twitter.com/xeni/status/1211038128913272832

hackers.town: 2019-12-28 Sat 17:52

Still thinking about the half-dozen folks I encountered while walking the dogs last night, who had to find out from me that the nearby “Double Down” is not a casino but a software company.

]]> Note: 2019-12-27 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-27/ Fri, 27 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0800 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-27/ <h2 id="dwim-is-consistent">DWIM is consistent</h2> <p>Moshe Zadka has been <a href="https://opensource.com/users/moshez">writing</a> a mostly excellent exploration of the <a href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/">Zen of Python</a> for <a href="https://opensource.com">Opensource.com</a>. Not sure I approve of this take on guessing, from <a href="https://opensource.com/article/19/12/zen-python-consistency">The importance of consistency in your Python code</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>What should the result of <code>1 + "1"</code> be? Both <code>"11"</code> and <code>2</code> would be valid guesses. This expression is ambiguous: there is no single thing it can do that would not be a surprise to at least some people. Some languages choose to guess. In JavaScript, the result is <code>"11"</code>. In Perl, the result is 2. In <code>C</code>, naturally, the result is the empty string. In the face of ambiguity, JavaScript, Perl, and C all guess.</p> note hackers-town twitter look programming DWIM is consistent

Moshe Zadka has been writing a mostly excellent exploration of the Zen of Python for Opensource.com. Not sure I approve of this take on guessing, from The importance of consistency in your Python code:

What should the result of 1 + "1" be? Both "11" and 2 would be valid guesses. This expression is ambiguous: there is no single thing it can do that would not be a surprise to at least some people. Some languages choose to guess. In JavaScript, the result is "11". In Perl, the result is 2. In C, naturally, the result is the empty string. In the face of ambiguity, JavaScript, Perl, and C all guess.

I can’t speak for the other languages, but Perl isn’t guessing. It’s adding these two values as numbers because we told it to by using the numeric + operator. If we wanted a string, we would tell Perl, by using the . concatenation operator.

Let’s fire up tinyrepl for a quick demonstration.

Code Sample 
    $ tinyrepl
re.pl$ 1 + "1"
2
re.pl$ 1 . "1"
11

Perl operators do the type casting for you. This is DWIM  in action. You say you want numbers? Perl gives you numbers. You say you want strings? Perl gives you strings.

Are 1 + "1" and 1 . "1" better than 1 + int("1") and str(1) + "1"? I don’t know. Perl was born for text processing. Most of its affordances make the most sense in that context.

DWIM can be surprising to those unfamiliar with this approach. But it’s not guessing.

The points about consistency and ambiguity are solid. The Zen of Python can be applied with slight modifications to all programming. Just remember that “obvious” is different in different languages.

Activity Log

hackers.town: 2019-12-27 Fri 01:19

ok cool so i figured out how to do the thing with sql

now how to with the orm

um

connection.cursor().execute(sql, bindings)

ok cool

hackers.town: 2019-12-27 Fri 02:23

There’s the easy way to make a #drawing and then there’s whatever I’ve been doing the last couple of months.

Detailed mandala drawing in progress.

hackers.town: 2019-12-27 Fri 08:49

Network Solutions sending me email reminders to renew my domain.

Very helpful.

Expires in November 2024.

Very helpful.

hackers.town: 2019-12-27 Fri 09:49

Responding to ticket tracker messages from a week and a half ago because I thought the timestamp was from yesterday.

Twitter: 2019-12-27 Fri 13:09

@avdi:

Great point. I know for a fact that most of the overwork I’ve done has been meh. The only exception has been when it was some kind of tedious repetitive task. In every other case my task would have been better served by a nap, or by a full night’s rest and distraction.

I keep scrolling back to this tweet.

Sometimes someone else’s words make it impossible to ignore something you already know (and may have even said yourself on occasion).

hackers.town: 2019-12-27 Fri 14:54

Installing the latest OpenJDK version so I could run a thing was clearly a mistake.

Wondered why there were three distinct versions in the apt repo.

hackers.town: 2019-12-27 Fri 15:02

Am now at least three setup tasks removed from running the thing so I could check something real quick.

Twitter: 2019-12-27 Fri 15:03

Dick’s

https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1210127891347853312

Twitter: 2019-12-27 Fri 18:42

I’m going with “carpeted toilet”

Sounds classy.

https://twitter.com/CateSpice/status/1210713915182604289

Twitter: 2019-12-27 Fri 19:35

I’ll do my best.

https://twitter.com/stonefly_ky/status/1210602461758656512

Twitter: 2019-12-27 Fri 20:54

The more blogs the merrier.

And especially noteworthy: introduce your readers to RSS. My “follow” page assumes potential blog readers know RSS, but TBH that’s not a safe assumption in 2020.

So blurbed goal:

  • have the RSS links
  • explain what RSS is
  • link to reading tools.

https://twitter.com/bmann/status/1210452960737710080

]]> Note: 2019-12-26 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-26/ Thu, 26 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-26/ <h2 id="activity-log">Activity Log</h2> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-26-thu-1016">Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 10:16</h3> <p>This whole thread but right here -</p> <p>the majority of my career isn’t adding features or streamlining logic assumptions or even fixing good old fashioned bugs.</p> <p>It’s trying to put out the dumpster fire that was somebody’s Cool Shit Project 1-10+ years ago.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/amyhoy/status/1209706905897029634">https://twitter.com/amyhoy/status/1209706905897029634</a></p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-26-thu-1019">Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 10:19</h3> <ul> <li>I admit with the appropriate level of shame that I have contributed my own Cool Shit Dumpster Fires. Recently, even.</li> </ul> <p>I’m working on it, though.</p> note twitter hackers-town Activity Log

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 10:16

This whole thread but right here -

the majority of my career isn’t adding features or streamlining logic assumptions or even fixing good old fashioned bugs.

It’s trying to put out the dumpster fire that was somebody’s Cool Shit Project 1-10+ years ago.

https://twitter.com/amyhoy/status/1209706905897029634

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 10:19

  • I admit with the appropriate level of shame that I have contributed my own Cool Shit Dumpster Fires. Recently, even.

I’m working on it, though.

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 10:54

I hated myspace and geocities and all that screen glitter and the burning logos.

I hate what we have now more, though. Just as hard to find what I need through all the mail room photocopied newsletter aesthetic, but nothing to entertain me while I struggle.

https://twitter.com/amyhoy/status/1210075125195796480

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 11:06

And as long as we’re making full admission here

I’m not sure I want to sit and think about how many times I tried to put out a dumpster fire by either

throwing additional trash on with a quick fix

or replacing it with a bigger brighter dumpster fire.

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 12:27

Trying to remember what I was doing before the slack notifications.

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 12:44

70-something 20 + 40 is 60 7 + 8 is 18 wait no it’s 15 60+15 is 76 dammit 75

https://twitter.com/Wparks91/status/1143666051793788928

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 14:54

Especially entertaining since, until very recently, starting a line with an asterisk was sufficient to create a list item in slack.

https://twitter.com/ReinH/status/1210278850363412480

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 16:33

Huh. Tried design by contract for some safety rails in a utility script. These assertions are kinda like TDD for tasks.

(Since some might be curious: using Deal library with Python)

https://deal.readthedocs.io/index.html

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 17:07

What people don’t understand: my low-value low-interest technical posts are my shitposts.

If I only posted the good stuff I’d have way too many followers.

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 17:24

https://hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/103376894913311449

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 17:46

Persistent honest description of the consequences of my actions.

But. It took me a couple years to listen, a couple more to understand, and a couple more to take it seriously.

Not sure I’d endorse anyone committing to the emotional labor of reaching a young me.

https://twitter.com/HappyShiiba/status/1210228248338038784

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 18:49

The video is a lot more interesting than the hot take I wanted to blurt.

https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1210367692970037248

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 19:31

Got a work thing I’m working on.

Got a me thing I’ve been working on.

Brain hurts. Went to lay down.

Suddenly inspired with possible fix for work thing I put on back burner weeks ago.

Brains are magic, in a monkey’s paw sort of way.

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 19:53

Some of the loud cars are expensive, modified with careful intent, polished with satin and angel farts.

Some are held together with duct tape and prayer, engines perhaps making peace with impending death.

My ears have no idea which is which.

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 22:52

@rabcyr This is the very specific loud of small vehicles souped up and/or worn down to a constant rattle and pop.

]]> Note: 2019-12-24 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-24/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 23:42:30 -0800 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-24/ <h2 id="removing-mmark-has-me-grumbly">Removing mmark has me grumbly</h2> <p>So the <a href="https://randomgeekery.org/page/hugo/">Hugo</a> team is <a href="https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6486">deprecating</a> the <a href="https://mmark.miek.nl/">mmark</a> Markdown parser. This is an understandable decision. Providing all those options must make Hugo a challenge to maintain and improve.</p> <p>Well anyways I fixed it — sort of — with some Perl.</p> <p>I spent my free time wrestling with trivial site details instead of writing posts and having fun. If it was due to my own misguided experimentation, that would be fine. That happens all the time. But no. I had to convert half my site because of someone else’s decisions.</p> note hackers-town twitter look site whinging Removing mmark has me grumbly

So the Hugo team is deprecating the mmark Markdown parser. This is an understandable decision. Providing all those options must make Hugo a challenge to maintain and improve.

Well anyways I fixed it — sort of — with some Perl.

I spent my free time wrestling with trivial site details instead of writing posts and having fun. If it was due to my own misguided experimentation, that would be fine. That happens all the time. But no. I had to convert half my site because of someone else’s decisions.

That sort of thing sticks with you.

Activity Log

hackers.town: 2019-12-24 Tue 01:02

Couple things I recently confirmed about facial hair.

There is a process of “training” in which the hairs get used to you pushing them in one direction.

Some hairs learn quicker than others.

Beard / mustache selfie, with one side of mustache relatively tidy and the other completely haywire

Feeling better with oil and balm and wax and coffee.

Beardy selfie holding coffee cup

hackers.town: 2019-12-24 Tue 09:03

Close enough to Christmas for the Emmett Otter drum roll outtake.

https://youtu.be/GduZhqftUn8

Twitter: 2019-12-24 Tue 09:18

I kind of see this as proof that the current incarnation of tech*, with its keyword-driven whiteboard loving factory floor hiring model, is doomed. Course, it might take us down with it.

  • hash tag not all tech. Just the vast majority.

https://twitter.com/avdi/status/1209480481135374338

hackers.town: 2019-12-24 Tue 09:25

@djsundog SOLSTICE IS BEHIND US LET US EAT AND HUG (with consent of course) AND CELEBRATE THE SUN’S RETURN

Twitter: 2019-12-24 Tue 10:02

I have no strong opinions about the story or adaptation of Sense & Sensibility but I’m just saying if I had the means to cast myself as Luke Skywalker in an Ep 4 remake I damn well would.

I love Emma Thompson.

https://twitter.com/lydiakiesling/status/1209515722222657536

hackers.town: 2019-12-24 Tue 10:09

@rabcyr No IIRC it’s supposed to roll out and come to to a rest on the curb. Been a while.

hackers.town: 2019-12-24 Tue 10:54

Need to charge my tablet so I can work on one #drawing but meanwhile having fun in the phone with #infinitepainter.

Vaguely floral radial symmetry drawing in progress

hackers.town: 2019-12-24 Tue 11:09

It’s in the genetics. On my dad’s side. We start out as hobbits, and eventually turn into gnomes.

Too squishy to be dwarves.

And yes. Happy holidays!

Older bearded man with walking stick

Twitter: 2019-12-24 Tue 12:06

@polotek

It turns out the company will take whatever labor from you that you’re willing to give them. And “full stack” often translates to you doing your actual job plus a bunch of other freebies because you’re trying to get the “exposure”. Don’t do it to yourself.

Smoke break wisdom at an early job washing dishes, from the disher who was the go-to person for just about every need:

Be careful. If you do the impossible, it just becomes part of your job description.

Twitter: 2019-12-24 Tue 12:20

This thread is the best story.

https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1209517297586647041

Twitter: 2019-12-24 Tue 13:38

Most consistently useful?

Pencil and paper.

https://twitter.com/copyconstruct/status/1209368720050515968

Twitter: 2019-12-24 Tue 15:08

@thehill

Witness: Colorado man robbed bank, immediately threw cash in air yelling “Merry Christmas” link

20251002194554-the-hill-mugshot.png

This is the mugshot of a man with few regrets.

Twitter: 2019-12-24 Tue 21:42

I mean

I worked nights and weekends in my 20s, but that’s because tips were better from the dinner crowd.

I also had days off and slept in until 10 on workdays. So. Clearly not who mister Successful Career had in mind.

hackers.town: 2019-12-24 Tue 22:00

Made monkey bread for tomorrow.

Monkey bread with icing

Twitter: 2019-12-24 Tue 22:31

GO RIGHT BACK THERE AND GIVE THEM THEIR CHRISTMAS TRASH OR THEY’LL TELL SANTA

https://twitter.com/iximeow/status/1209683097052041216

]]> Note: 2019-12-25 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-25/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-25/ <h2 id="activity-log">Activity Log</h2> <h3 id="hackerstown-2019-12-25-wed-0051">hackers.town: 2019-12-25 Wed 00:51</h3> <p>I wrote a note:</p> <p>Removing mmark has me grumbly</p> <p><a href="https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/358/removing-mmark-has-me-grumbly/">https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/358/removing-mmark-has-me-grumbly/</a></p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-25-wed-0954">Twitter: 2019-12-25 Wed 09:54</h3> <p>Or use the Quantum::Superpositions library for Perl!</p> <p>(not satire, Perl tries to please)</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/lunasorcery/status/1209529602852491264">https://twitter.com/lunasorcery/status/1209529602852491264</a></p> <h3 id="hackerstown-2019-12-25-wed-1052">hackers.town: 2019-12-25 Wed 10:52</h3> <p>It’s a weird winter. Have some Christmas <em>#flowers</em>.</p> <p> <figure> <img src="https://randomgeekery.org/img/213296c41af3ace5_hu_2c5b21b8045d2159.webp" alt="Cherry blossoms"/></figure></p> <h3 id="hackerstown-2019-12-25-wed-1129">hackers.town: 2019-12-25 Wed 11:29</h3> <p>Happy Christmas to those who celebrate! Playing a childhood favorite.</p> <p>The Kinks “Father Christmas”</p> <p><em>#NowPlaying</em></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/fPPCPqDINEk">https://youtu.be/fPPCPqDINEk</a></p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-25-wed-2126">Twitter: 2019-12-25 Wed 21:26</h3> <p>Every day’s a good day to retweet this, so today’s as good a day as any.</p> note hackers-town twitter look Activity Log

hackers.town: 2019-12-25 Wed 00:51

I wrote a note:

Removing mmark has me grumbly

https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/358/removing-mmark-has-me-grumbly/

Twitter: 2019-12-25 Wed 09:54

Or use the Quantum::Superpositions library for Perl!

(not satire, Perl tries to please)

https://twitter.com/lunasorcery/status/1209529602852491264

hackers.town: 2019-12-25 Wed 10:52

It’s a weird winter. Have some Christmas #flowers.

Cherry blossoms

hackers.town: 2019-12-25 Wed 11:29

Happy Christmas to those who celebrate! Playing a childhood favorite.

The Kinks “Father Christmas”

#NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/fPPCPqDINEk

Twitter: 2019-12-25 Wed 21:26

Every day’s a good day to retweet this, so today’s as good a day as any.

https://twitter.com/jaythenerdkid/status/813052406795636736

]]> Note: 2019-12-23 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-23/ Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-23/ <h2 id="activity-log">Activity Log</h2> <h3 id="hackerstown-2019-12-23-mon-0135">hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 01:35</h3> <p>Been a lot of <em>#drawing</em> during my day.</p> <p> <figure> <img src="https://randomgeekery.org/img/bf03e6a1b8a9002b_hu_ff8a350632e1fb46.webp" alt="Screenshot of drawing on Note 9"/></figure></p> <p> <figure> <img src="https://randomgeekery.org/img/1e5817004672a60f_hu_2d60390b900053ac.webp" alt="Screenshot of different drawing on ipad"/></figure></p> <h3 id="hackerstown-2019-12-23-mon-0906">hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 09:06</h3> <p>I think my wheels are stuck in the mud.</p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-23-mon-0930">Twitter: 2019-12-23 Mon 09:30</h3> <p>I see this account because of @gizmomathboy. I look. Sure enough, Baby Yoda is holding one of my favorite albums.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/babyyodaholds/status/1209019475166519296">https://twitter.com/babyyodaholds/status/1209019475166519296</a></p> <h3 id="hackerstown-2019-12-23-mon-1046">hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 10:46</h3> <p>A day where I wish O’Reilly still sold PDF editions.</p> note hackers-town twitter look Activity Log

hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 01:35

Been a lot of #drawing during my day.

Screenshot of drawing on Note 9

Screenshot of different drawing on ipad

hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 09:06

I think my wheels are stuck in the mud.

Twitter: 2019-12-23 Mon 09:30

I see this account because of @gizmomathboy. I look. Sure enough, Baby Yoda is holding one of my favorite albums.

https://twitter.com/babyyodaholds/status/1209019475166519296

hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 10:46

A day where I wish O’Reilly still sold PDF editions.

hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 11:13

neighbor trying to talk sports with me and the best i can come up with is yeah what a ludicrous display that was yesterday

hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 11:14

@rabcyr I still have plenty of paper kindling thank goodness.

hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 13:01

ORMs or SQL? Hang on I got a worse idea: ORMs and SQL!

ha ha okay back to work for me

#nobirb

Twitter: 2019-12-23 Mon 18:45

scene set for the new postal service video

https://twitter.com/ConanOBrien/status/1209275281866924034

Twitter: 2019-12-23 Mon 19:46

I liked the music better in Joe’s Apartment.

https://twitter.com/eliza__jane/status/1208815209239863296

hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 22:05

Watching some show on Netflix about how everything is awful and let me tell you it is a delight.

hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 22:11

@rabcyr “Broken”

hackers.town: 2019-12-23 Mon 23:43

With Perl::LanguageServer installed and Gerald Richter’s Perl Plugin, VS Code is not awful for perl dev.

]]> Note: 2019-12-22 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-22/ Sun, 22 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://randomgeekery.org/note/2019/12/2019-12-22/ <h2 id="activity-log">Activity Log</h2> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-22-sun-0819">Twitter: 2019-12-22 Sun 08:19</h3> <p>Seeing a newly retweeted version of this with just enough cropped out to remove context and credit.</p> <p>So, being how I am about credit and context:</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010210014450/http://www.zdnet.com/sp/stories/issue/0,4537,2412263,00.html">https://web.archive.org/web/20010210014450/http://www.zdnet.com/sp/stories/issue/0,4537,2412263,00.html</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/estherschindler/status/979005249452232704">https://twitter.com/estherschindler/status/979005249452232704</a></p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-22-sun-1059">Twitter: 2019-12-22 Sun 10:59</h3> <p>you had my curiosity</p> <p>but now you have my attention</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/CozyJamble/status/1207874868844187648">https://twitter.com/CozyJamble/status/1207874868844187648</a></p> <h3 id="twitter-2019-12-22-sun-1220">Twitter: 2019-12-22 Sun 12:20</h3> <p>So I’m looking up the Emily Noyes Vanderpoel “Color Problems” book because art brain today, and one of the first results is this brilliant bot by @liza. It produces color breakdowns of scenes, in the same style as the 1901 book.</p> note twitter hackers-town Activity Log

Twitter: 2019-12-22 Sun 08:19

Seeing a newly retweeted version of this with just enough cropped out to remove context and credit.

So, being how I am about credit and context:

https://web.archive.org/web/20010210014450/http://www.zdnet.com/sp/stories/issue/0,4537,2412263,00.html

https://twitter.com/estherschindler/status/979005249452232704

Twitter: 2019-12-22 Sun 10:59

you had my curiosity

but now you have my attention

https://twitter.com/CozyJamble/status/1207874868844187648

Twitter: 2019-12-22 Sun 12:20

So I’m looking up the Emily Noyes Vanderpoel “Color Problems” book because art brain today, and one of the first results is this brilliant bot by @liza. It produces color breakdowns of scenes, in the same style as the 1901 book.

https://twitter.com/emilyvanderbot/status/1201177947924766720

Twitter: 2019-12-22 Sun 12:40

That super important thing you think you should already know? It’s going to take you a whole decade to learn it. At least. Be patient with yourself.

https://twitter.com/annasproul/status/1208530679685885952

hackers.town: 2019-12-22 Sun 12:50

@rabcyr I did! Now I need to make the grand journey of five blocks to return it.

Twitter: 2019-12-22 Sun 16:32

those who cannot remember the past are condemned to write think pieces for the atlantic

https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/1208741224133345280

hackers.town: 2019-12-22 Sun 23:14

Took an honest look at this one-off Python script I’m writing. Considered the odds I’d need it again.

Pretty high.

Looking up Python Poetry now.

Ssss…

hackers.town: 2019-12-22 Sun 23:14

@hummingrain HAPPY SOLSTICE happy Hannukah and good night!

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