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gdinwiddie

@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social

Software development coach and consultant ● I try to learn from everywhere. ● I follow those who enter into interesting conversations with me. ● He/him/they

Interests: #softwareDevelopment #VirginiaSatir #SatirModel #systemsThinking #humanity

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seachanger, to random
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if you’ve ever tried to organize political change irl, you know that broad appeals on social media are a footnote to your real work of spreadsheets, phone calls, knocking on doors, and learning how to meet folks where they’re at & catalyze action. you know you don’t turn out your votes or actions by posting, and you definitely know that insulting people is not persuasive and gives your cause a bad name

gdinwiddie,
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@seachanger
People would be wise to read The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy
by Anand Giridharadas

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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Dear Technical and Internet Gurus:

Is Google Analytics accurate?

gdinwiddie,
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@Teri_Kanefield
It can't be completely accurate. I block the Google Analytics javascript in my browser, and I can't be the only one.

GottaLaff, to random
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Nighty night.

I'll post news alerts should they come my way.

I'm in a mood, yes. I've been unable to do what I need to do bc of this dumb cold, so if I was cranky to you, apologies.

And btw, when I say I'm sorry for not replying, it's not bc I think you're dying for my pearls of wisdom, it's because I hate being rude and making anyone feel ignored. it's a thing with me.

Thanks for your get-wells. ❤️

gdinwiddie,
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@GottaLaff You're so polite! You'll fit right in, in Canada. 😃

Jaden3, to random
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On god I will never ever get a partner name tatted. I lucky if they last 1 month 🤣🤣

gdinwiddie,
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@Jaden3
Watermen on the Chesapeake Bay name their boats after their mothers, never their wives or girlfriends. Mothers don't change.

GeePawHill, to random
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Content, the truth is, prolly never was king. Or if it was, it was a short-lived reign.

You're about as likely to make it rich off of content creation as a talented actor is to make it rich off Hollywood, or a talented basketball player is to make it rich off the NBA.

It does happen, for sure. But it doesn't happen very often.

gdinwiddie,
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@jmax @GeePawHill I’m not!
(Apologies to Life of Brian)

ollej, to random
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How do I read a database file from the 90's in the format "Berkeley DB 1.85 (Hash, version 2, native byte-order)"?

I've tried the berkeley-db package from Mac homebrew and db-util on Debian. They both fail to read the metadata.

#db #database #ComputerArchaeology #berkeley #bdb

gdinwiddie,
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@ollej Is this a Mozilla file?

Perhaps https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/149525/query-firefox-password-database/149537#149537 can help.

gdinwiddie,
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@ollej That makes sense if the current machines native byte-order is different from the one that wrote the file. Intel processors are typically little-endian and Motorola big-endian. Apparently ARM processors can be coaxed to be either.

gdinwiddie, to random
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gdinwiddie, to random
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It appears that this has been true for a very long time!

https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/06/04

RuthMalan, to random
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Realizing that I get really squirmy when I see "optimize" used in the context of the organizational/team work we do. Even within our technical systems, we're working within a design space that is complex enough that "optimize" is... well, I don't know but... hm. A stretch. But for our teams, we need to shift the managementese away from notions that optimizing... is something to strive for... It's people, people! We're working on messy -- wicked -- problems.

gdinwiddie,
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@RuthMalan Yes, this!
You don't "optimize" people.
Optimization is for things easily quantified.

Jaden3, to random
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😄 my Momma ' Jaden stop your moaning and whining you bring all yall problems on yourself for not going to church or praying '
😄😄 Big help mom 🤦🏾

gdinwiddie,
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@Jaden3 Better to make your own choices, I think.

TheTraveller, to random
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Lovely: I just got my Nova Titanium Pocket Pen.

(Got it via a #Kickstarter ➙ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/namisu/nova-titanium-pocket-pen/)

#FountainPen

gdinwiddie,
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@TheTraveller
Do you have a titanium pocket to put it in?

VeroniqueB99, to random
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Unfortunate

gdinwiddie,
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@VeroniqueB99 Should that say “unforeskin?”

VeroniqueB99, to random
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gdinwiddie,
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@VeroniqueB99 wtf

gdinwiddie,
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@VeroniqueB99 It seems like there must be an easier way to turn it off.

jitterted, to random
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These days I'm trying to differentiate between tests where dependencies (used by the Code Under Test) can't (and shouldn't) be replaced by Test Doubles—inside the Domain layer¹—and those that are replaceable (Use Case/Application layer), where the concrete version of the dependency accesses hardware or I/O.

¹ These are almost always part of an Aggregate (graph of objects).

gdinwiddie,
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@jitterted I often tested the lower parts of aggregates in isolation, but not so much the upper part. If the dependency was complicated, I might test with a simpler or more predictable version.

Nerdfest, to random
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Starting my full changeover to Firefox.

gdinwiddie,
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@Nerdfest
I like running the Privacy Badger and NoScript plugins.

gdinwiddie, to random
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Testing product-market fit:
https://mastodon.social/@nancycomics/112553530229971390

tottinge, to random
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"We have a group event next tuesday..."
"Great, I'll bring my megaphone. Will executives be there?"
"Um, they will but it's not a megaphone event, just a group discussion.."
"Great! A large audience of my peers! They'll all hear my grievances and frustrations! I will be the voice of my generation!"
"I don't think anyone wants that, and our agenda is..."
"I'll be a folk hero! I'll destroy and cancel my opponents!"
"No, see, this isn't a debate..."
"Great! They won't get equal time to answer!"
"Um, no! Don't do this!"
"Next tuesday it is! Bring popcorn!"

gdinwiddie,
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@tottinge
Where is it you're going on Tuesday?

gdinwiddie, to random
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What would happen if you could hear the narrator in your life?
https://vimeo.com/79306807

skippy, to random
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Dear what's the best MP3 id3 tag editor for MacOS?

I have a bunch of audio books obtained from Humble Bundle, and they have no tags. I need to edit them in bulk and apply title, author, etc.

gdinwiddie,
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@skippy
I wish I knew. Before I moved to the Mac, I found MediaMonkey to be very good, but I never got it to work under Wine.

While checking just now to see if MediaMonkey had ever released their long-promised Mac version, I came across https://www.wideanglesoftware.com/blog/best-mp3-tag-editors-for-windows-and-mac.php which might be of interest.

CoralineAda, to random
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I hate Sunday nights. There, I said it.

gdinwiddie,
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@CoralineAda
Think of it as "Monday Eve"
😜 🤣

jasongorman, to random
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Young folk say to me "You old folk don't need as much sleep as us". We really do. We're just not capable of getting it.

So.you have that to look forward to.

gdinwiddie,
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@jasongorman
Naps are important as you age.

VeroniqueB99, to random
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At least that's not invasive...

gdinwiddie,
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@VeroniqueB99 From what distance can they check it?

gdinwiddie,
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@VeroniqueB99 If they can check it from, say, a mile away, that seems pretty invasive to me.

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