Dennis Caldwell

@bipedalprog
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Building computers and writing software since 1981. Love to walk and talk about life, gardening and cooking are a close second and third.
Regarding that WW3 everyone's been talking about...

"That's the main benefit of microservices, you can hate them without having to hate anything else.“

(Richard Wild - https://x.com/richardjwild/status/1396744433954004998)

#OnModernDev #AlexThuReading #AlexThuClassics

Richard Wild 🥨 (@richardjwild) on X

@tastapod That's the main benefit of microservices, you can hate them without having to hate anything else.

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"There are so many variations on the “there are only two hard problems in computer programming...” joke that I’m starting to suspect that programming isn’t actually very easy.“

(@natpryce - https://x.com/natpryce/status/1396905452588474376)

#OnModernDev #AlexThuReading #AlexThuClassics

Nat Pryce (@natpryce) on X

There are so many variations on the “there are only two hard problems in computer programming...” joke that I’m starting to suspect that programming isn’t actually very easy.

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Emergence Magazine Podcast: The Springing Time – Melanie Challenger

Episode webpage: https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-springing-time/

Media file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/619096d3-c0ac-4e75-b8e3-5d6da1b49ad3.mp3

Most of what I have read on ecology in the past ten years is summarized in the 30 minutes of this essay.

The Springing Time – Melanie Challenger

While more-than-human beings adapt to changes like earlier springs by adjusting their rhythms and behaviors, Melanie Challenger asks, can we learn from them how to bring our bodies into a more direct conversation with the seasons?

Emergence Magazine
Best explanation for Quantum Mechanics I've ever heard

What, without me?

#humour #VoyagerProbe

It was never an apple.

#memes #humour #cartoons #cheese #sin

Don’t you find it ironic that all those ai run websites want you to prove to them that you’re not a robot before entering?

#generativeAI #ai #irony

If you're on LinkedIn and are thinking about verifying your account with them, maybe read this first. It walks through LinkedIn's privacy disclosure to identify 17 companies that may receive and process the data you submit, including name, passport photo, selfie, facial geometry, NFC data chip, national ID #, DoB, email, phone number, address, IP address, device type, MAC address, language, geolocation etc. Unsurprisingly, it seems the biggest recipients are US-based AI companies.

https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/