I started playing a game with myself where every time something annoys me on Twitter I immediately get off and force myself to do a Duolingo Spanish lesson, and bitch lemme tell you voy a ser bilingüe en poco tiempo porque todos ustedes son muy molestos

Since we're all talking about train fares, let me tell you about one time my family went on a train in Switzerland. The guard checked our tickets & was outraged that we'd been sold a more expensive ticket than necessary -- we could have saved money with some kind of family pass.

In the last couple days I've really been enjoying Unicode codepoint U+2009 "thin space". Think we should all consider switching.

This Friday, the CNCF sent an email announcing that they would not require masks at KubeCon, the conference that will gather a few thousands people in Spain mid-may. This announcement was a major fuck-up in multiple ways; let's see why and what they can do now.

Happy #StarWarsDay from your favorite space telescopes! Sometimes the dark side is a good thing. Webb & Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have sunshields that divide their telescopes into a “light side” facing the Sun and a “dark side” away from the Sun. #MayThe4thBeWithYou!

So today, GrubHub offered $15 off orders from 11am to 2pm in NYC, which got thousands of customers to order free meals within that time window. The issue? They didn't tell restaurants & delivery workers they were doing this.

Thought: the player of games is kind of the story of a disaffected man who is bored with his humdrum life, travels to a strange land, has an adventure, comes to value what he has, and returns to settle down with the girl nextdoor. Except …

'Dear parents and carers, I'm afraid Year 5 won't be coming back until a bit later today because they've all been appointed to the cabinet, and Mrs Jones is now Home Secretary.'

Hey Duolingo ! Is this a bug?

STOP THE PRESSES! Overwrite has been chosen for the Aesthetica Film Festival Official Selection!!! Pascoe Foxell North & 🎥 are hyperventilating into a paper bag, Teddy linard is cheerfully serene. Massive congratulations to everyone who supported this! (Plz RT❤️)

IMPORTANT UNICODE NOTICE: The character "ꙮ" (U+A66E) is being updated in version 15.0.0. Because it doesn't have enough eyes. It needs to have three more eyes.

Look, I get it, compiling nokogiri is a great joke and it will never get old. But at least update your mental models: Pre-1.11, 94% of users had to compile, and it was a struggle. Post-1.11, 96% are installing precompiled libraries, instantly, it just works.

If any of you tweeps are at #VMwareExplore right now, I'll be speaking on Wednesday morning about "Using #agile methods to grow #inclusive #culture". Come along to room 33 at 11am if you're interested :)