#Inconceivable

During the first table read of "The Princess Bride," Wallace Shawn noticed that his character, Vizzini, had the word “Inconceivable!” scribbled plainly in the script, without any hint of how it should sound. The moment stayed vivid in his memory because he immediately felt that the delivery had to reflect Vizzini’s inflated ego and constant desperation to prove his superiority. Shawn later shared in interviews that he began experimenting right there at the table, trying (1/10)

Ahahah my employer posted photos of us hoisting and flying the trans flag outside the aquarium and the haters are so angry it’s so funny they’re trying to say fish aren’t gay and people are like uhh some of our fish do actually change genders

#LGBTQ #Trans #Pride

You know what a great brunch has? Pancakes and potatoes.

Announcing our rescheduled 2025 event, and in partnership with @pancakescon, we’re going to do a behemoth 18 hour conference taking in Australia, New Zealand, the US , EVEN THE WHOLE WORLD. Kick your time off with the spider warriors, comfy in your pyjamas, then join our friends over the Pacific for a drink and an in-depth learn to close out an amazing weekend.

21st September in a Timezone near you.

Details for ComfyCon coming as soon as our committee has a working non COVID brain.

Our Call for Volunteers is now open! Please lend a hand if you can at: https://forms.gle/VF5vzEkq8DomRuZv5

A lot of you asked about hours! This year we will run from 21 September 6AM-3PM US Central Time (Chicago). This is because of a Very Secret Surprise for our Australia friends, to be announced soon...(!)

Call for Sponsors is also open. Swag, badge, and training raffles help our junior attendees and give great name recognition. Contact us at hacks4pancakes at gmail.

'"Time handling is everywhere in software, but many programmers talk about the topic with dread and fear. Some warn about how difficult the topic is to understand, listing bizarre timezone edge cases as evidence of complexity. Others repeat advice like "just use UTC bro" as if it were an unconditional rule - if your program needs precise timekeeping or has user-facing datetime interactions, this advice will almost certainly cause bugs or confusing behavior. Here's a conceptual model for thinking about time in programming that encapsulates the complexity that many programmers cite online."'

https://shanrauf.com/archive/how-to-think-about-time-in-programming