smurthys

smurthys, 7 days ago to cricket

Fellow Americans, if you go to a Cricket match at a stadium and come in possession of the ball during the match, you are required to throw the ball back on to the field. And quickly.

You don't get to keep the ball. It ain't baseball.

#Cricket #T20WorldCup #psa

smurthys, 13 days ago to pakistan

"Temperatures cross 52°C (125°F) as heat wave hits Sindh, Pakistan."

The picture shows the Tuesday-Friday forecast for the town of Mohenjo-Daro in Sindh.

https://us.cnn.com/2024/05/28/asia/pakistan-heat-wave-sindh-climate-intl-hnk/index.html

#heatWave #Pakistan #ExtremeWeather #news

smurthys, 20 days ago to cpp

Y'all leave reminders like this too in your C++ code at end of day? 🤔

static_assert(false, "Complete this first. Don't get distracted");

#softwareDevelopment #management #focus #prioritization #cpp

smurthys, 20 days ago to microsoft

"Copilot+ PC"

Yup, ride that mule till its death. 🤦🏽‍♂️

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2024/05/20/introducing-the-ultimate-copilot-pcs-the-all-new-surface-pro-and-surface-laptop/

#Copilot #Microsoft #technology #CopilotPlusPC

smurthys, 21 days ago to llm

I just finished a productive Copilot session on a complex programming task. I came up with much of the algorithms, and wrote a lot of the code, and had to guide it a lot throughout, but credit where due, Copilot did make small but meaningful contributions along the way.

Overall, not a pair programmer but someone useful to talk to when WFH alone on complex tasks.

Enough for Copilot to earn a ✋🏽. And I like how it responded to that. It has got that part down. 😉

#Copilot #LLM #programming

smurthys, 28 days ago to HashtagGames

I kneed dough. 🥟💰

#PunAnything #HashTagGames

smurthys, 1 month ago to cpp

I spent ~hour yesterday fighting an issue with my C++ code, only to later figure out it's a possible GCC bug, because Clang accepts the same code.

The issue is that GCC does not permit a constrained type parameter in a template template parameter of an aliased template. See the simplified code with the issue.

A cursory search of GCC Bugzilla does not readily show any related bug. I'll look carefully but lemme know if this is a known bug (probably is). 🙏🏽

https://sigcpp.godbolt.org/z/bGTnM3v1q

#cpp #gcc #bug

smurthys, 1 month ago to Camping

Moved the weekend to Tuesday-Wednesday to camp at a state park. No computer/Internet, but do I have the right book to relax or what? 😀

Lots of wildlife of course, especially cardinals one of which visited our campsite.

(posting this at a break in civilization)

EDIT: added a picture of our camping stove, because pleased with how well it works for it cost us ($40 at Costco, $4.50/cylinder at Walmart).

#camping #forest #hammock #nature #birds #cardinal

Cover of a book held up by someone (not visible) inside a blue hammock. The book cover is red with a portrait of three people dressed like US revolutionaries from late 18th century (think Washington crossing Delaware). Book title is DAVE BARRY SLEPT HERE A SORT OF HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
A male cardinal perched on a tree branch in a forest.
A black camping stove on a silver picnic table in a forest (trees in the background). A steel pot with blue handles and lid on, is on the stove. Two coffee mugs with no lids, a small steel thermos with lid closed, and a glass bottle of "SPROUTS Organic Instant Decaf" on the table to the left of the stove.

smurthys, 1 month ago to photography

Spotted a yellow-crowned night heron and a black rat snake on yesterday's neighborhood walk. (I think that's what they are, but open to being corrected.)

Saw them both within 100-150 ft of each other, on the 6th km of an otherwise uneventful 7.5km walk. 😀

Snake video 👇🏽 (none of my clients were able to attach both videos to this post).

#photography #amateur #videos #wildlife #heron #snake

Video of a grey heron sitting on a tree branch and then flying away towards a backyard, eventually settling down by a creek.

smurthys, 1 month ago to photography

I focused more on experiencing the solar #eclipse than taking pictures, but here are my pathetic-excuse-of-pictures at #totality. It was partly cloudy but luckily enough breaks throughout at critical junctures. The clouds did add interesting dimension to the experience, like the accentuated blue.

1 Fully eclipsed sun through thin clouds
2 Same as 1 but no clouds
3 Ultrawide shot w a star usually visible only at night. Do you spot it?

(👇🏽 for pic 3 marked up)

#photography #amateur #solarEclipse

A totally eclipsed sun through an opening in white clouds, in a blue sky
An ultrawide shot of a blue sky with fragmented thin white clouds and a totally eclipsed sun behind clouds.

smurthys, 2 months ago to CSharp

I have written C# top-level code before, but I'm obviously suffering a "brain freeze" right now: Why does this simple top-level C# statement say "The name 'Console' does not exist in this context", even though I'm compiling with .NET 7.x and .NET 8 (well past .NET 5 that top-level statements need)? 😳

Console.WriteLine("hello world"); //System.Console works

.NET 8: https://dotnetfiddle.net/aAPvYU
.NET 7.0.105: https://sigcpp.godbolt.org/z/3v3Y1Ecbn

Someone, please, set me right. 🥺🙏🏽

#CSharp #programming #question

smurthys, 2 months ago to Meme

Eating at home? In this economy? 🙄

#sarcasm #meme

smurthys, 2 months ago to languagelearning

Today, I cleared 6-7 Mastodon bookmarks and added only three new. Just a thousand more bookmarks to clear, but today is a win. 🏆

#learning

smurthys, 2 months ago to nature

The walk to the grocery yesterday (~5km roundtrip) brought joy from a variety of blooms along the way. Particularly this fresh, rich, and healthy wisteria sprawling the length and breadth of a perimeter wall.

It was like someone carefully touched each flower-cluster with a radiating highlight color.

#nature #flowers #bloomscrolling #spring #photography #amateur

Purple and white wisteria flowers on an orange brick perimeter wall.
Closeup of purple and white wisteria flowers.
Closeup of purple and white wisteria flowers. Orange brick perimeter wall in the background.

smurthys, 2 months ago to photography

Blooms on an Empress tree.

#photography #amateur #flowers #nature #spring #bloomscrolling

smurthys, 2 months ago to coffee

Headline says "Dark roasted and dangerous: Everything you should know about caffeine intoxication"

implying something about dark roasted coffee is dangerous. So, I go into the article but find it has nothing do with roasting, let alone dark roasting.

In fact, the words "dark" and "roast" appear exactly once in the article, and that's in the headline. 😠

https://us.cnn.com/2024/03/11/health/what-is-caffeine-intoxication-wellness/index.html

#cnn #clickbait #coffee

smurthys, 3 months ago to internet

I ask again, where is the half-star emoji? And quarter and three-quarter stars while we're at it.

How are we to write movie and show reviews without them? Write out the text quarter, half, and three quarters in reviews? In this "starved for character (count)" social-media economy? 🙄

#emoji #socialMedia

smurthys, 3 months ago to climate

96°F (35.5°C) high in mid-February
37°F (3°C) low in mid-March
Breaking a 70-year rain record in between

Awesome accomplishment humans. Keep it up. 🙄

#climate #climateChange #weather

smurthys, 3 months ago to random

If you're wondering why #KatieBritt has been trending or why that person shows up in your TL:

Katie Britt is Alabama's junior US Senator and gave the official GOP response to POTUS Joe Biden's State of the Union address last night.

The senator's speech was weird, like a very long SNL sketch, or a demo tape by a Hollywood wannabe showing range.

The full 17-minute speech: https://www.c-span.org/video/?534120-1/republican-response-state-union-address

A selection of online comments:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/even-maga-hated-katie-britts-speech/ar-BB1jyzU7

#SOTU2024 #psa #uspol

smurthys, 3 months ago to random

Perfect. No commentary required.

From: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, March 6th, 2024

https://youtu.be/64LHDtMAns8?t=524

#uspol #comedy #latenight #colbertlateshow

smurthys, 3 months ago to hiking

Hiking considered dangerous. ⛰️🥾🐍

#hiking #signs #warningSign #warnings

smurthys, 3 months ago to internet

My Mastodon network has reached a stage where #joke is required in posts with obvious jokes.

Or maybe it's my reputation that has reached the stage? 🥹

#socialMedia

smurthys, 3 months ago to superbowl

At the store y'day, I was next to 2 shoppers chatting abt Super Bowl. One of them said he is a 49ers fan and I said "good luck tomorrow", you know like civilized ppl do.

Not that guy tho'. He rudely retorted "I don't need luck, we're going to cream them". All I could do was SMH and say I was being courteous but the guy just walked off.

I hope that guy sleeps well tonight knowing he might have brought this on himself. 🙄

#SuperBowl #SuperBowl2024 #nfl #KansasCityChiefs #courtesy #49ers #people

smurthys, 4 months ago to Texas

Wife & I took advantage of good weather + work to visit Waco TX. Been there once before but this time I saw #Waco offers a lot for a mid-sized "drive thru" city known for being midway Dallas-Austin (+ that FBI thing).

Like most cities in the region, Waco has nice parks, forests, trails, lakes, rivers, bridges, culture. We hiked/walked 28kms, visited a huge park, lake, rivers, + some trails, landmarks, Goodwills. Recommend 10/10.

Highlights, pics as time permits 👇

#Texas #HeartOfTexas #travel

smurthys, 4 months ago to Futurology

For those who see "in" group and "out" group:

1. There's always an "out" group to discriminate against, illtreat, and abuse.
   2, Everyone "in" group will eventually be in the "out" group.
2. Remaining "in" group forever requires continuous realignment.

#discrimination #society #people #bias #prejuidice #bigotry