George Mari @GeorgeMari@social.cleverlibre.org

I'm still looking for a job. Anybody need a programmer in the San Francisco Bay area? I'm a python programmer with experience in C/C++/Java/JS, I've done a bunch of CI/CD/SRE in the recent years, lots of tooling and back end web dev, and I've got a good deal of amateur experience doing reverse engineering and embedded development.
(I've done devops work but I'm trying to move away from that because too often it turns into just "ops", and I am a programmer.)

I repeatedly fall into the trap of working on my emacs configuration rather than doing the work I've set up my emacs configuration to help me with... #emacs #tinkering

Making TONS of progress recently on the app and servers — at the expense of answering email and checking in here very much.

Rest assured, work is happening! And you'll see the results of it in the future. (Thanks for your patience!)

Why is the Fed putting the onus of fighting inflation on workers and consumers rather than on the corporations largely responsible for driving up prices — and padding profit margins?

This is wrong. It’s ridiculous policy. And it’s profoundly unfair.

Stop raising rates.

Just gonna leave this here. Don’t mind me.

https://resume.funkatron.com

This RV has the kind of innovation I've been waiting on forever. This, behind an electric pickup, would be the ultimate touring vehicle.

Personally, I'd like something a little smaller and I think it could also have better aero, which would make it more affordable, but this is the start of self-propelled, solar integrated trailers. #electricvehicles https://insideevs.com/news/656257/lightship-l1-electric-rv-trailer/

not sure of my circulation on Mastadon yet, but..... does anyone have any ideas for an internship, or a paid opportunity in the Long Beach, CA area for someone who intends to major in entomology? currently doing gen ed at Long Beach City College, with intention to transfer to UCRiverside.

Got an extremely talented MDR manager friend looking for a new place to call 'work'. They're dynamite and have one of the snappiest wits I've ever seen. Anyone know of a place looking for one? TIA <3

#careers #jobsearch #infosec #it #security #netsec #networksecurity #cyber

Hello world! Elon Musk picking a twitter fight with Icelandic philanthropist and man of the year 2022 Haraldur Thorleifsson ended up being the final push that we needed, so now we are here on Mastodon. We don't know how any of this works, but follow us for posts on vision science, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, and stupid memes.

Mills canyon, in Whitehorse.

@sxh @marick @mfowler @haruki_zaemon

I need your help gentlemen. I remember a quote about XP practices regarding development which was something like.

"As programmers, we promise that the code we deliver today will allow us to write code tomorrow that is no more expensive than it would be to write today".

It was regarding Simplicity, design for today and cost of change curve.

Can anybody point me at the actual quote as I'm sure I've mangled it, or laud me as a thought leader for making up a quotable quote out of my dreams?

After just a few hours on #Mastodon, it kind of feels like I slipped away from the #Twitter living room where the obnoxious party crashers were wrecking everything. And now I've found the basement where all the original cool partygoers are hiding from the trolls and enjoying each other's company.

I got laid off yesterday. We'll be ok, but it still sucks. Tough time to be on the market.

I'm giving myself space this week, but applied to a role yesterday 🤞🏻

Looking for roles in open source as a senior IC, management in a larger org, or nonprofit leadership. I'm most known for partnerships, community building, nonprofit operations, and program management, and I hold my own in compliance and media relations.

Resume etc: https://joshsimmons.com

#OpenSource #GetFediHired

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/warren-buffett-is-dead-wrong-about

Reminder: Prior to 1982, stock buybacks were considered stock manipulation. It was Reagan's SEC that opened the floodgates to their abuse.

Stock buybacks don’t create more jobs. They don't increase wages. They don’t grow the economy.

They make corporate execs richer. Hello?

I asked ChatGPT what was the first weblog. And note, the response is archived on my own site, statically rendered, in HTML. Makes it easier to share results, and for those results to get into search engines. Screen shots are bullshit.

http://scripting.com/publicfolder/chatgpt/2023/03/07/first-blog-links-net.html

Make no mistake: History has already taught us in plain terms where this is headed if we do not collectively stop it in its tracks right now.

I am not an alarmist. I am historically literate, and we must all be in the face of this attack. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/when-they-call-for-eradication-it?sd=pf

Say what you will about Mastodon being too wonky or not as easy to use as other social platforms, but at least the links work when you click on them.

PSA: I really like Mastodon (much more than Twitter) and I want to just make sure I'm finding the right audience here.

I'm an immigration researcher with a modest but not insignificant public profile. My goal is to make non-partisan immigration data available and accessible to the public, which is why I primarily post about immigration.

If you want to stay up-to-date with immigration, consider sharing this and giving me a follow. Thanks!

#immigration #asylum @immigration

@DeliaChristina

In 1999 to 2000 I was going through a very rough patch in my life. What with the state of things, I didn't get to see #GalaxyQuest when it was first released. Finally, on a day I was feeling particularly low, and shortly before the movie left the theaters, I canceled work and took myself out to a midday matinée.

I was the *only* person in a vast theater, of a size that no one builds anymore, sitting and waiting for the lights to go down. At one point, I turned and peered up at the projectionist's booth. I saw a shadowy figure moving back and forth behind the window, bending and straightening. This was in the days before automated, digital films. The Phantom Menace had been released digitally in 1999, but the equipment to show such films was extremely expensive and most theaters hadn't converted yet; "projectionist" was still real job.

While I was looking, the figure paused, strode to the window and peered back at me, then disappeared quickly.

I turned back around and continued to fidget and ponder the misfit pieces of my life.

At the top of the aisle behind me, the theater door swung open and banged loudly on the wall. The projectionist strode down the aisle toward me, a tall barrel-shaped man with a thick beard and glasses. My first thought was that the matinee was canceled due to low turnout, and I'd be getting a refund. Just as I'd resigned myself to that, the marching projectionist shouted out in a booming voice,

"WELCOME to your PRIVATE viewing oooooooof GALAXY QUEST!!!"

He stopped in front of my row, and I saw that he had an *armload* of STUFF. One by one, he began presenting each thing to me, and as the pile in his arms dwindled, the one in my lap grew.

"As our SPECIAL VIP Galaxy Quest GUEST today, YOU are entitled to..."

"- A commemorative t-shirt!"
"- A poster suitable for framing!"
"- A limited edition refrigerator magnet!"
"- A button to pin to your lapel!"

The list and the shwag went on. With every ridiculous item, I laughed harder and harder, until there were tears leaking out of the corners of my eyes.

Then he bowed and shouted, "WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SHOW!" and turned on his heel to march back up the aisle and out the exit door.

Alas, of all the shwag only the magnet has stood the test of time. But the humor and kindness of the unknown projectionist lives on.