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I want my console to tell me when I'm using the syntax of another shell.

I didn't voluntarily sign up for a world where you have to switch from sh, to bash, to zsh, to cmd.exe to powershell to git-bash all day.

Robot solves rubik's cube like a human
- tries
- fails
- sulks
- throws it across the room
- pops off all the pieces of the three axes while no one is watching
- reassembles

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/18/this-robotic-hand-learned-solve-rubiks-cube-its-own-just-like-human/

Tools I wish I could use more aggressively
- dead code detectors
- duplicate code detectors

They are not right often enough.

Star Wars wanted to be more relatable for urban folk, so the next movie has a traffic jam.

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/a1ielqqyick7ov0yxbbn.mp4

Even the final git command sounds angry

git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive https://x.com/mistersql/status/1186372921691987969

And you may find yourself
Behind the console of mingw64,

And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Why am I running BFG? https://x.com/mistersql/status/1186371019398897670

What's happening? Reading up on BFG to delete large files from git. That is what.

-75 years of experience with Time Travel https://x.com/ranman/status/1186331174274125824

Well, it's in the news, so here is my Esperanto account: https://x.com/mateomartino Sekvu min, se vi kuraĝas

This pattern should have a name. Resilient inner things running on an unstable outer thing. Processes/nodes/can self heal, but the odds of the whole thing going down because of config mistakes goes way up. https://x.com/jvehent/status/1185303021984604171

Websites that make me happy:
- http://mint.com
- http://amazon.com (Sorry, I'm so old I remember what a pain it was to go to stores)
- https://x.com (duh)
- http://washingtonpost.com (better than nyt & not just for local news)
- http://smbc-comics.com

IDEA: linter that passes or fails code based on the sentiment in the comments.

# I got a bad feeling about this
def divide(a,b):
return a/b

Yeah, but if you as a jr developer find this and report it to your chain of command, you just get a lot of defensiveness about why this isn't a problem (it's behind a firewall, it is on a private network, it is the test server and only has a static copy of production data,....) https://twitter.com/RealAlanCrouch/status/1185384752217505793

Fake. A real cat would be knocking them off the edge one by one. https://twitter.com/GiantCat9/status/1184557362742464525

Status: search github for example .gitlab-ci.yml files. Doesn't seem to be a similar search functionality for gitlab!

Pet peeve: The "cursed branch" the branch that is usually called "production" or "master" and everyone is afraid to commit anything to it because it is beautiful and pristine & all commits to it will only make things worse. So all real work is done on some other branch.

Everyone dislikes Pence so much the gamblers figure there is a 25% chance of Pres removed before end-of-term, but only a 7% chance of Pence getting the nomination and 2% chance of Presidency. (Or an 80% chance Pence vs Dem, he'd lose)

https://www.electionbettingodds.com/

second time in a week that docker dumps all my containers & images. The problem I had on my mac was docker holding on to containers and images until my drive filled up. Not sure this is an improvement.

NML - Nihilist Markup Language. It is all empty <> wrapped around text, e.g.

<><><>Title</></><>Body</>

Because the words between the <> didn't mean anything anyhow.

Unbalanced number of <> and </> because who cares. https://x.com/efwjames/status/1184842286376640512

Shoot, we made a mistake. We needed a Medicare rug benefit. (for all) https://x.com/valeriecodes/status/1184668192179970049

status, adding || true to this bash command because nothing matters anymore.

How to have difficult conversations in professional life?

Suggestions
- Try switching to Chinese, especially if you aren't fluent
- Try standing far apart in a loud bar, speak quietly

How are you guys storing secrets in Jenkins, because this is f'n bonkers:

https://jenkins.io/doc/developer/security/secrets/

The expodential curve is kind of like the curve your teeth trace out.

jenkins & TFS are in a competition to see who is less usable, right?

Agree or be replaced entirely. https://x.com/tmorton/status/1184185084116656128

Status: shelling to bash to shell to powershell because gitbash isn't really linux and has a crippled curl & no particular way to install anything.

NASA hackathon in DC https://2019.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/washington-dc-us/

The business model I wanted when I was an organizer was to charge a fee to anyone who RSVPd but didn't show. On one hand, you could get a lot of low-commitment attendees with free attendance, but with 50%-100% no-show rates, it made planning a hell. https://x.com/pat/status/1183895497452318720

Angular component lifecycle as Scandinavian death metal song.

Create!
Render!
Children!
Changes!
Destroy!

<me (despair)="watchYoutube()"/>

This syntax is crazy, man.

Kindle was a revolution in the way I read. Long-form reading on TV is an interesting idea. I'm going to try this out today. https://twitter.com/sprakash007/status/1183726679556014080

I've mostly been ignoring javascript for 3 years, shouldn't be hard to jump back in...

OMG WHAT IS THIS

Weird I have encountered a proxy that blocks domains if over http, but not https. But https doesn't hide the domain you are reaching https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/7705/does-ssl-tls-https-hide-the-urls-being-accessed

Best for doing less common & dangerous actions?

META: report an account for follow-spam, etc. Nothing happens.
Look up who is really in that profile picture and report them for impersonating someone-- bam, they get closed... after a few months.

A problem isn't a problem on twitter unless it is a problem for checkmark people.

Good summary on why local company Blackboard's school software is so unpleasant to use:

https://x.com/random_walker/status/1182635589604171776

If I could maintain my 5K pace for 2 hours, which I can't, I could only run 12 miles. This would feel like sprinting for 2 hours. https://x.com/caseycoleman/status/1182966279436677120