War of the workstations: How the lowest bidders shaped today's tech landscape
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/25/the_war_of_the_workstations/
The MIT and New Jersey schools of software design, and how big lies turned into holy truths
<- by me on @theregister
I learned something today about #AAA video game budgets. #ANess https://youtu.be/ZUtdAtSA29s?si=odH0cnBglW_zExyX
Christmas
@clacksee Ah. We tried to get the steaks from Waitrose but always out of stock. Hadn’t heard about that chonky specimen!
Christmas
@clacksee What’s the “joint”? Never seen that packaging before.
This explains something I have known my entire life but could never quite put my finger on.
From: @Prettiest_Gnostic_Machine@mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@Prettiest_Gnostic_Machine/111636784102723664
@statsguy And to you and yours!
@neonbubble Those shiny yoga pants they wear don’t look like they afford much in the way of protection from this type of injury.
“If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!”
This is Alastair Sim, but I showed it to someone at my work who thought it was Boris Johnson. A) I've never been so insulted, B) Damn, I can kind of see what they mean, and C) if anyone deserves to be visited by Christmas ghosts, it's that guy, so...
@arianesherine How very thin-skinned.
The Anusol would have helped that.
@Paulos_the_fog Quite.
@Paulos_the_fog And need “interfaith dialogue” to try and achieve it.
@RustyBertrand “I’ll ‘ave ‘is chips, then.”—Bill Bailey
Physics geek, dev nerd, science fan. Esperantisto. Secularism, blasphemy & sarcasm. Evidence or STFU. Plant hater. Caveat lector. Enthusiastic cat and dog dad. RT≠︎👍 Slowly moving widdershins into #InfoSec