jnkrtech

@jnkrtech@treehouse.systems
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Functional programming, TypeScript, tooling.
 He/him. Views and opinions my own and do not reflect those of my employer.

I usually only follow folks with pronouns in bio.

Good boi

Player: "I take the value out of the std::optional<int>"

Computer: "Did you remember to check has_value by any chance"

Player: "...no, why?"

Computer: "You succeed, with Fear. You are now holding a value. *quietly moves a bead over on a counter*"

Player: "Wait what was that, what did you just do"

Computer: "Don't worry about it. What would you like to do next?"

Player: "...okay well I'd like to inspect the value I got."

Computer: "e̸͇̺̦͒̓̏͊͒̿͘v̷̢̦̟͙͎͙̦̠͙͕̰̮̗̂̉͆̓͂́̐͂̎̀͋̓̒̇̾ͅė̵̲̪̑̚̚͠r̴̡̤̺̭̆̋̊̚y̶̧̡̨͈̻̮̪̘̜̹̥͚̺̥͎̲̣͒̎̐̑͋̿̾̿̾ẗ̶̨̧̯̱͕̫̖́̈́̈́͌̊̇̀̀͑̿͊͛͒̂ͅh̸̼͕̒̔́̿̈́͑̐̉̀̓̈́͒̊͂̔͋͠i̵̲̻̥̪͓̬̣̟̿̍̇͑́̈́̾̈́̅̾̑̉̊̚͝͝͝n̵̛̪̦̅g̴̢̝̻̪̫̲͕͚̱̪̎̊̀̐̍̀̂̔ ̷̢̨̛̲̹͖̝͚͎̺̱̗̏͗̃͐̾̈́̽̈̉͊̓̈́̉̕͝ḯ̷̧͓̲̱̝̟͂̌̄͛͐̃̅̇̑̅s̸̳̯͖̎̈́͐̐̄̏͋̇̕͘ ̶̧̻̣͈̰̣̼͊͂͛̓̔͑́̈́͌̄͑͘͜͝͝r̵͇̺̦͍̓̍̍̾̋̐̂̚ả̷̛͈̩̭͐̄̓̑́̃̾͊͆̌͝͝ͅt̸̨̮͓̯͍̽̒̔̊̊̋̍́̓̕͝͝͠͠s̶̢̟̞̘͉̒͐"

it is very easy to convince someone that they understand something complicated by lying to them
The real "PL PR problem" is the sheer disaster taking place in all vaguely-germane Wikipedia articles
a big link roundup, except that i found that most of the articles i had been collecting turned out to have the same theme https://blog.vbuckenham.com/the-politics-of-humiliation/
the politics of humiliation

In a vague continuation of my previous things to read collections, I started gathering articles I'd come across that I thought were worthy of sharing. Then I started grouping them. And now I might even have a thesis? So we start with this piece: The Politics of HumiliationThe politics of

v buckenham
Margaret Thatcher apparently slept for only four hours a day. Interestingly, if I sleep for four hours a day, I find I am also in favour of policies that make everyone suffer.
Madonna Karl Marx
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"We are living in a material world"
The sound of this balloon being popped in a cooling tower is amazing.

Re: Using ChatGPT to format your code.

Oh my god, stop! There are plenty of code formatters out there that don’t require a subscription, don’t leak your source code, don’t take a ton of compute resources and electricity, and won’t surreptitiously substitute their own stupid slop code just ‘cause.

Self respect, you could have it. #programming #ai

Oops I bought another synth
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