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GlenDownton

@GlenDownton@mastodon.au

Software developer.
Occasional photographer.

Member: Australian Republic Movement
ausrepublic.org #AusRepublic

Member: 2022 #twitaspora (late October wave)

Young at heart, old at knee.

The object of this year's expedition is to see if we can find any trace of last year's expedition.

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GlenDownton, to random
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What better way to spend a glorious autumn Sunday afternoon than refactoring a pile of #spaghetticode to make it thread-safe?

Actually, even I can't tell if I'm being serious here or not :/

#dev #code #coding #developer #devlife

GlenDownton,
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Good day's work, that ...

GlenDownton, to random
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Testing multi-threaded code ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVFgI_F4R7Y

dgar, to random
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Got fired from my job as a masseuse.

Apparently I rub people the wrong way.

GlenDownton,
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@dgar I quit my job at the helium factory after I had an argument with my boss.

I refuse to be spoken to in that tone of voice.

GlenDownton,
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@racingdaily To be honest I didn't really fit in there. I knew my position was untenorble

dgar, to random
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My fridge smells of basil.

It may be Faulty.

GlenDownton,
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@dgar That could be a Major problem. Polly time to get it fixed. You never know, there may be a Cybil solution.

GlenDownton,
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@dgar I just saw I could have gone with "...there Manuel be a Cybil solution" and then I would have completed the set.

So close!

GlenDownton,
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@Eetschrijver @dgar O'reilly ?

GlenDownton, to ChatGPT
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Oh my fellow , do NOT use to write your job app cover letters. I mean, we all know cover letters suck, but a truly sucky solution to a sucky problem does not actually solve the problem.

On the other hand, you are making my first pass filtering task easier.

GlenDownton,
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On a related note, try and spell the name of the university you went to correctly. (just in case the hirer went there too)

GlenDownton,
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@Fury Good decision! The ones I'm looking at now are so obviously AI-generated it's not funny. They go straight in the Nope pile.

Good luck with your job search.

GlenDownton,
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@Fury 😂

GlenDownton, to random
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Today's lesson is if I wake up in the middle of the night thinking "I should refactor that big ugly block of working code" I should just get rudely drunk and go back to sleep.

#devlife #developer #coding

GlenDownton, to tech
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The next #tech #crisis will come about when a relative handful of very underpaid and undervalued #developers have to try and maintain and fix great reams of #AI generated code that no-one ever took any time to try and understand in the first place.

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GlenDownton,
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@dgar At those prices it's a teat for the whole family.

GlenDownton, to Perth
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sitrep: 5:24pm, 40.6C

GlenDownton, to random
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False; my favourite type of alarm.

GlenDownton, to ChatGPT
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My inner voice is reading answers in the voice of from and now I can't turn it off.

GlenDownton, to random
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"Hello? Yes, I'd like to book my camera in for a cleaning please ..."

GlenDownton, to random
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Dear website "developers" (and I use the term in a very loose sense):

No-one ever wants to sign up to your shitty newsletter. Ever. So take your Annoy-o-Soft popup overlay and store it in a place where you'll need a doctor with a strong stomach and a flashlight to get it back.

GlenDownton, to random
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2 hours in, 800 frames rendered, 800 to go.

Note: upgrade PC before big job, not after.

GlenDownton, (edited ) to random
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It was 42C here in today, still about 33C while I was having dinner, and I still put extra-hot sauce on my food.

GlenDownton,
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@MondayOnions Is there any other way? :)

GlenDownton, to random
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My Significant Other went through my browsing history, and boy she was not happy. She actually smashed my laptop, and so now I've lost my wifey connection.

GlenDownton, to cricket
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What the actual is happening in the ??

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