The guy who created PHP (Rasmus Lerdorf) appears to have reached some higher level of coder enlightenment

the deepest cave in the world has 4 base camps, and it takes more than 4 days to reach the bottom, where you find a “turquoise lake, about 15 meters long and 8 meters wide, surrounded by jet-black limestone”

I'm going to answer this question. It's going to require context. As in not all situations and companies fit this mold. It's also going to require throwing away some deeply held assumptions. x.com/zippy1981/stat…

Every TV show should end like this.

#autumnball prob my best pic of the night, we didn't even know each other. Her outfit was 💥! Could probably power a sun with all that energy too.

#autumnball and because it is important for a gentleman to remain humble ;) here's a pre and after photo of the two great equalisers: styling hair and McDonald's.

A new volcanic islet has emerged along the Ogasawara island chain, which isn’t that rare. What’s rare is for sunken ships from WWII to emerge with it: youtu.be/uTGGhRrHo0Q

So you know that year we all spent locked inside? Well, this is how I spent it: beta.reactjs.org Full deets and comments here: github.com/reactjs/reactj…

election prep going tremendously well in Bulgaria, we open the last 2 weeks with a physical attack on an NGO community centre by a minor presidential candidate go vote on 14 Nov I guess, though only tiny parties are explicitly pro-LGBT and have to appear in coalitions which dgaf

Reminder - Bulgarian elections for parliament and president are today. UK polling stations: mfa.bg/embassies/uk/n… I'm volunteering in Cardiff :)

We're looking for sponsors to help make EMF 2022 even more awesome! If you're interested in contributing to the event - or think your company might, you can find more information on our sponsorship pages: emfcamp.org/sponsor

good thread on how internet ads work

One of my favourite long jokes: An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first mathematician orders a beer The second orders half a beer. The third orders a quarter of a beer. "I don't serve quarter pints" the bartender replies "Excuse me?" Asks

Fancy a mainstream-style metal gig in a couple of weeks 20 Feb? Beast in Black are playing and I can't go anymore :/ here's my ticket: ticketswap.uk/listing/beast-… . They're similar to Battle Beast, or Within Temptation and Evanescence from earlier times. E.g. youtube.com/watch?v=2N4tXf…