Over the last probably 8 years or so I have become radicalized against *both* the Republican and the Democratic parties.

You can tell I'm an old geezer because I end my chat messages with a period.

Okay, If you wish to find me out in the fediverse then just look me up at @[email protected]

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Dear, Planet Fitness, I have just instructed my bank to stop all future payments to you. Maybe in future you should consider allowing people to cancel by phone or online.

Did Tweetdeck get paywalled? :-D It was basically the only way I could use Twitter without getting annoyed...

SQL Databases Hot Take: One annoying wart of sql transactions is that they are not composable.

Perhaps the one of the biggest QOL improvements a language can do for a developer is to support trailing commas. It's also usually backwards compatible so no reason any language can't add it if they don't have it already.

Serious question: Is it possible to get the equivalent to UL for software? An organization that is independent and trusted enough that if you have their stamp it's a sign you passed a min bar in your software quality and security? I've been in a "audit" and that ain't it.

So wait... Did #java 21 actually do a better job at #async than #Csharp? docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase…

An Open letter to the Harvard community from me and more than a hundred colleagues (so far): docs.google.com/document/d/e/2…

Yossi Landau, head of operations of the southern region of Zaka told CBS reporters that he had personally seen the bodies of beheaded babies. A direct eyewitness first responder. People can now officially stop accusing good reporters on the scene of fabricating this story.

Here are my thoughts on why bothsidesism on the Israel-Hamas War is a moral failure: christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/octobe…

This conflict weighs so heavily on me. I have Jewish friends and I have Muslim friends. I have a deep affinity for Israel and for Arab culture, and do a lot of work in the Middle East. But let’s be clear about some things. Anti-Israel + Pro-Palestine demonstrations erupted

There is no such thing as Enterprise software. There are just teams that use "Enterprise" as an excuse to take short cuts that hurt them long term. #RandomThoughtOfTheDay

Confession: I’ve incorrectly assumed the far left doesn’t have an antisemitism problem. I believed our ranks were filled with people like me that opposed Netanyahu’s far right policies, not Israel itself. That is clearly not true. I’m embarrassed I didn’t see this sooner.

Russell Moore on why Halloween is so fun! russellmoore.com/2018/10/31/wha…