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Bill the Lizard

lizardbill@hachyderm.io

<p>Software Entomologist</p>

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    We have a project to revive an old mainframe code base that I&#39;ve been referring to as Jurassic Park. It works on two levels because I also think we shouldn&#39;t be doing this.

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    If you&#39;re not hitting each keystroke with at least 25 Newtons of force, people sitting around you will not respect your hax0r skillz.

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    AI companies are offsetting their high energy demands by burning *checks notes* rare books. Delightful. ๐Ÿคฆ

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    If your video isn&amp;#39;t breaking down the 61 best moments from the new Avengers trailer, why are you even posting this week?

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    These dogs are literally surrounded by toys, but Nora only wants whichever one Ben is playing with.

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    We might be living in a Black Mirror episode, but at least it&amp;#39;s not the one with werewolves.

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    Subway now has $5 6-inch subs. Shrinkflation has gone too far.

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    After the AI bubble pops, we should do a retro one like 80s comics or tulip bulbs. (He said from the top of a mountain of 80s comics and tulip bulbs.)

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    When you have to train your replacement.

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    Good prompt engineering practices seem obvious to anyone who has read How to Ask Good Questions on Stack Overflow. https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask

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    Brazil is so petty. #FIFA

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    &quot;My friend introduced me to options.&quot; ๐Ÿคฆ

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    &quot;The sun comes up just about as often as it goes down, in the long run, but this doesn&#39;t make its motion random.&quot; โ€” Donald Knuth

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    What now?

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    &quot;If software cannot be maintained, then it will be rewritten.&quot; โ€” Dave Cheney

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    &amp;quot;There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code.&amp;quot; โ€” Flon&amp;#39;s Law

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    Another missed opportunity to release a Star Wars movie on Star Wars Day. May the 4th be with you.

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    How to Write Shared Libraries [PDF] https://akkadia.org/drepper/dsohowto.pdf

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    Half my coffee leaked out in my book bag this morning, but thanks to the trigonometry book that was ruined, I know exactly what angle the bag was tilted at.

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    &amp;quot;If it doesn&amp;#39;t work, it doesn&amp;#39;t matter how fast it doesn&amp;#39;t work.&amp;quot; โ€” Mich Ravera

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    Solution of a Problem in Concurrent Programming Control, E.W. Dijkstra, 1965 [PDF] http://rust-class.org/static/classes/class19/dijkstra.pdf

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    &amp;quot;One man&amp;#39;s constant is another man&amp;#39;s variable.&amp;quot; โ€” Alan J. Perlis

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    &amp;quot;It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.&amp;quot; โ€” Claude Bernard

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    WhatsApp: &amp;quot;Keep the conversation going with our new update!&amp;quot; me: you have so much data, but you don&amp;#39;t really know me at all.

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    &amp;quot;I define UNIX as &amp;#39;30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.&amp;#39;&amp;quot; โ€” Donald Knuth

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    &amp;quot;Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.&amp;quot; โ€” Benjamin Franklin

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    Hot take: Most people should stick to thinking inside the box most of the time.

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    How to make good reproducible pandas examples #python #pandas https://stackoverflow.com/q/20109391/1288

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    How can you have any pudding if you don&amp;#39;t eat your microplastics?

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    &amp;quot;Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.&amp;quot; โ€” Abelson &amp;amp; Sussman