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i don't fucking care if you don't "want to do ops" or not. because "ops" doesn't mean "shitwork", you shithead, it's the constellation of practices, skills, instincts, and expertise it takes to build quality systems and deliver value to users. x.com/luca_cloud/sta…

This has been a very interrupt-driven day.

I started playing Hack v1.0.3 in 1987, and then its descendent, Nethack. Every game until tonight has ended in death. Now, finally, 35 years later, I have ascended!

I don't care how long they've been renamed. I'm old enough they'll always be The Washington Football Team to me. #GoEagles

@_msw_ I hope not! In fact, I trust not. There is generosity and a hunger for meaning deep in the human spirit. It can be suppressed for a while but then it comes back. As the poet Wallace Stevens said, "Beneath every no lay a passion for yes that had never been broken."

many orgs still refuse to accept the fact that - kinder people putting quality and safety first, ship better software sooner for longer and have more fun doing it. been proven for yrs now. curve any of that musty bs you hear to the contrary.

Phew. Day 1 done: Roast garlic (for mashed potatoes) 2 Pumpkin pies Pecan pie Cornbread (for stuffing) Green bean casserole Macaroni & Cheese (modernist, 3X) Candied Yams Grandmom Ginny's Cranberry Relish Spiced Peaches #Thanksgiving

I’m learning rust (this isn’t a coming out announcement, I’m still cis)

For anyone who follows me: I am also leaving. I'm not yet going to delete my account or my old content. But I'm locking my account and not planning to be back. social.baz.com/@quark

A few weeks ago I made my own Mastodon server. It's tiny, and at social.baz.com I logged out of here and didn't plan to come back, but I am now curious if it's true that my tweet about it will get blocked, or I'll be banned. Regardless, I hope to see all of you there!

Testing part 2: social.baz.com/@quark

You know what I really love when coding in Python? When I add some debug information to a print() at the end of a test that takes 90 seconds to run and forget to put "f" at the front of the string.

Please share this far and wide. As far and wide as you can. NIST Password Guidelines for 2024 are in the process of being updated. This is a HUGE pet-peeve of mine (when vendors in particular are still operating like its 2017 and keep changing passwords every 60 days, STOP DOING

The duality of man.

My week. Image courtesy of Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Comet C/2023 A3 Monday night from Mt. Diablo

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