Julian Gamble

@juliansgamble@techhub.social
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Devops, Docker and CD. Java Veteran.
Financial Services System Engineering. Author.
Websitehttps://juliangamble.com/
Julian Gamble4d ago
vfigJul 5
@NanoRaptor
Julian GambleJun 24
fogusJun 18
As we strive to build computers to pass the Turing Test, we strive to build people who fail it.
Julian GambleJun 17
Niki TonskyJun 12
A bit of common sense for you https://tailscale.com/blog/frequent-reath-security
Frequent reauth doesn't make you more secure

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Julian GambleJun 10
Show threadJack RusherJun 3
@fogus “In 3-8 years we'll have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being. The machine will begin to educate itself with fantastic speed. In a few months it will be at genius level and a few months after that its powers will be incalculable.”
—Marvin Minsky, 1970
Julian GambleMay 22
Toromino  May 19
COBOL c:
Julian GambleMay 19
ElaMay 15
You might not like it, but this is what peak compiler performance looks like.
Julian GambleMay 17
Show threadTinker ☀️May 14

One big thing, among many many many aspects of the series, that I absolute LOVE...

...is that it *humanizes* fascists.

And I mean that in a terror filled way.

It shows many different people living in and supporting fascism. It shows the sociopathic leaders who will consume their own people to get power. It shows people who try to capitalize on the system to move themselves up the socio-economic ladder. It shows people who are true believers and think they are superior to others and desire a state of order where those others are oppressed or snuffed out. It shows people living privileged lives unaffected (until they're not) by fascist actions on the fringe.

It shows how we can't DISMISS fascists as just "monsters". They are human. Through and through.

Other series have attempted to do this, but they run the very real risk of being fascist apologists or inadvertently showing an idealized world that modern day fascists celebrate (I'm looking at you "Man in the High Castle"!!!)

#Andor is able to humanize fascists WHILE condemning their acts as evil.

Neither a caricature of cartoonish villianry nor an apologist coddling of fascism.

Just masterful.

Julian GambleApr 30
Extinction Rebellion GlobalApr 28
Julian GambleApr 20
“The job of the programmer, I learned, is to forever chase your characteristica universalis, despite knowing it will always elude you, just as it did Leibniz.”
https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/114337075589759856
Julian GambleMar 27
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply Mar 21

In 1976, Sesame Street had a segment in rotation called “Pinball Number Count.” The music is captivating, hopping between 4/4, 4/3, and 5/4 time signatures. And the animation is bursting with color and life. It has forever lived in my head.

Fun fact 1: the song counts to 12, but there were only 11 segments.

Fun fact 2: the vocals were provided by The Pointer Sisters.

More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Number_Count

#SesameStreet #Music #Funk #Jazz #Retro #Soul #Pinball #Animation

Pinball Number Count - Wikipedia