Simon @spoltier@qoto.org
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code / data wrangler in Switzerland.
Recovering reply guy. Posts random photos once in a while.
Joined Jul 2023
@kellogh Nvidia seems at least somewhat different from other large companies in that dimension afaict. The Acquired podcast episodes / interview with Jensen were informative (though probably a bit biased) in that regard.
@marick yep, seeing both as well 🤷
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TIL that the purported skull of Mary Magdalene is enshrined in a gold reliquary in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, in France, and that reliquary is _the_ most Warhammer-40k-looking real thing I have ever seen in my life, bar none.
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So… retired/unemployed programmers or employed ones who’d like to contribute to open source:
What do you think of a “Civilian Documentation Corps”¹?
There are tons of contributed packages to popular languages that are fine but underused because underdocumented. Some of the package owners are well-intentioned but no good at documentation or don’t understand its importance. Why not swoop in with an offer of help? (1/6)
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On the subject of the experiment with Tyler: don't know if you did something different with the replies, but I'm now able to see them normally without having to open the toot on mstdn.social. Not @'ing him yet to see if he observes the same behavior.
@marick great idea! I also very much enjoyed the lens tutorial (never read Elixir before, but it wasn't much of a hindrance)
Eagerly awaiting the Disney+ star wars series about Mos Fett, the _other_ space bounty hunter
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rage against the state machine
@shortridge TIL about the thing the Pilates girlies were actually talking about.
@kaoudis I thought it was quite close to an (over)ripe banana. The cherry flavoring (in cherry coke) I really don't know about 😕
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I love raspberries, but artificial raspberry flavoring just tastes like death 🥲
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@kaoudis I always thought the artificial banana flavoring was weird, until I tried a ripe (black /brown) banana...
@kaoudis I always thought the artificial banana flavoring was weird, until I tried a ripe (black /brown) banana...
@marick @tylerayoung sure. I also think that may be related.
@mcc @whitequark
Other corollary shaped object:
https://mastodon.social/@olafurw/112649271738362396
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This talk by @maggie was a real highlight of the local-first conference. A compelling argument, very well articulated https://maggieappleton.com/home-cooked-software
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Recovering reply guy. Posts random photos once in a while.
Joined Jul 2023
