Fesshole 🧻I held a distinguished visiting chair at a college for eight years of very successful teaching. Never understood the voicemail, never once listened to my messages. The message light on the phone blinked for eight years.
L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ@fesshole The Nobel Committee were gutted.
Tyrone Slothrop@fesshole Arguably, the entire point of becoming a distinguished anything is having someone to take most of your calls for you, right?
Toilet full of bugs@fesshole What does this mean?
abeorch@fesshole I heqrd that the guy that invented #quicksort was famous for never being seen using a computer and having his emails printed out for him.
Mark WhybirdMark Whybird (@[email protected])
(Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare) => null pointer exception. I am saddened to learn that Tony Hoare, the #Computing pioneer who invented what is now called Hoare Logic, the quicksort algorithm and a bunch of other things including the *null reference*, which he famously called his “billion dollar mistake”, died last month on 5 March 2026 aged 92. #computers #algorithms #programming #ComputerScience #RIP #CSP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare
@fesshole @whybird He was on the #BBCRadio4 obiturary programme Last Words the other night as I drove back up to Huddersfield
Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ@fesshole I adopt the same policy for anyone who sends me a voice message on WhatsApp - completely ignored - I am not going to waste five minutes of my time listening to a rambling message that could have been a one line text.
@fesshole @baoigheallain Never underestimate the value of tone in voice messages amd calls. The amount of confusion and frustration I am dealing with right now that could be avoided if people juat picked up the phone and actually spoke.
Michael WestergaardBack when I was teaching, I made sure that my office was listed incorrectly in the university directory. Only the most persistent students managed to find me outside lectures.
Paul Bowsher@fesshole “held a distinguished visiting chair” statements made up by the absolutely deranged
Steve Holden@fesshole If it was important enough I imagine you heard about it. When it wasn't, well done!
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