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Low latency, type systems, and.. things in between. @cosmicvisitors@fosstodon.org @cosmicvisitors@mastodon.social

Joined November 2009
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I've updated my profile with my mastodon accounts.
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Most people I follow here are already in mastodon and there are helpful lists to find the ones who changed their monikers javabubble.org/
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Shout out to @forked_franz and @richardstartin to consider joining :)
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Important watch. Obvious questions follow
LBC journalist Charlotte Lynch was arrested whilst reporting on a Just Stop Oil protest, and spent five hours in a prison cell. This is British press freedom in 2022.
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With Twitter's change in ownership last week, I'm probably in the clear to talk about the most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter. 🧵
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Women and young people in America, please take the trouble to vote. We in the rest of the world cannot – and the result will affect us all so deeply. We depend on you. michaelmoore.com/p/midterm-t…
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If @elonmusk’s secret plan is to convince everyone that decentralized platforms are better, its working
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Replying to @shubroski
This is awesome. I also love how 20% of the zip codes are wrong. Messy AI future seems really fun and chaotic
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Twitter is simply the most interesting place on the Internet. That’s why you’re reading this tweet right now.
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[P] omfg (h/t @mekkaokereke)
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Replying to @lorakolodny
Ah yes, autopilot, that Full Self Driving feature that famously shipped on time years ago and is, in fact, definitely happening with taxis any day now – at Sudbury, MA
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The recent brouhaha around Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter reminded me of something I saw on Ward Cunningham’s C2 Wiki many years ago: the talent pump. More here: jamesshore.com/v2/blog/2022/…
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Replying to @indygreg
90 % of actual git users nod in agreement, hoping nobody will ask them what that actually means.
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Kotlin: "We are a better Java, no more public static void" Also Kotlin: "private suspend inline fun<reified T>"
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To live in one world and breath in another Blue whales are the largest known animal to have ever lived on Earth. For perspective it’s tongue alone weighs about 4 tons which is the approx’ weight of an adult female African elephant 🎥 by @dolphindronedom
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Never fully trust profilers. Especially if they report something weird. Learn what they do and how and try hard to not make them to tell you a lie.
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