Markus Silpala @msilpala@qoto.org
Male parental unit of two kids; married to their mother; resident of Minneapolis, MN, USA; lover of cats, climbing, human connection; writer of software and occasional coach of software teams.
Joined Nov 2022
@GeePawHill Love you too, GeePaw—you incomplete, broken, sad, and angry ball of cuddles. Sleep well.
Can’t sleep. This is not good.
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Business leaders: if you've stopped hiring & training software developers after listening to pronouncements from CEOs in Big Tech about all software code being written by "AI" in the near future, be advised: while you drink the Kool-Aid, businesses who've seen through it are stealing a march on you.
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Waybackify-WP.
I've finally cleaned up and posted something I've been using for a few years: wayback-wp.php is a script that you run from cron to replace any old links in your blog posts and comments with contemporaneous Wayback Machine URLs. I do this on all of my posts older than 5 years...
https://jwz.org/b/ykkS
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Anyone have tips on how to clean splattered, raw egg off of a car, when the air temperature is -25°C? Asking for a friend.
Cat washes are closed when it’s this cold.
This is outrageous and illegal treatment of US government staff. It also fits a pattern that both Trump and Musk have followed: get ahead by not paying what you owe.
https://social.coop/@judell/114018068455515369
Anyone else currently attending #CodeFreeze25 in Minneapolis?
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Finally some good news:
The fate of #FarRight website #Infowars will be controlled by #theOnion after the satirical news site emerged as the winning bidder of Wednesday’s private auction of the #media company founded by #conspiracy theorist #AlexJones.
#justice #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/11/14/infowars-auction-alex-jones-sandy-hook-the-onion/
Male parental unit of two kids; married to their mother; resident of Minneapolis, MN, USA; lover of cats, climbing, human connection; writer of software and occasional coach of software teams.
Joined Nov 2022
