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Alex Kuiper May 14, 2023

OK, I think it's time for me to move instances.

I created this account several years ago as my first entry into the Fediverse, but I'm migrating to hachiderm.io now, which is more of a tech-focused instance.

nightwhistler@hachyderm.io

See you all on the other side!

Alex Kuiper May 11, 2023

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Grutjes May 11, 2023

In Nederland:

- weigert Kuipers het aantal long covid patiënten te tellen

- Hebben media en burgers geen idee dat er zoveel mensen zeer ernstig ziek zijn

- Roept vrijwel iedereen om het hardst dat covid voorbij is.

Terwijl er ook hier:

- Meer dan 500.000 mensen long covid kregen,
- meer dan 100.000 zo zwaar dat ze significant gehandicapt zijn geraakt
- er elke maand 1k long covid patiënten bij komen.

NLers zijn niet beter tegen covid bestand dan anderen.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/devastating-toll-long-covid-revealed-29949418

UK’s first Long Covid clinic treating Brits left needing specialist care

Figures show there are around two million people suffering a range of ailments from severe fatigue to brain fog, and many have stopped work

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Alex Kuiper May 10, 2023

John Bull May 9, 2023

On 9th May 1386 the Treaty of Windsor was signed between Portugal and England, uniting the two countries in a perpetual alliance.

It remains the oldest active alliance in the world.

In WW2 it would TWICE play a quiet but critical part in the allies' victory over the Axis, to the watching disbelief of Roosevelt and the Americans.

Here's how the treaty came about, was lost, almost got cancelled, then helped Britain in its darkest hour. /1 🧵 #history #histodons #portugal #uk

Alex Kuiper May 9, 2023

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May 9, 2023

If it were about protecting kids, they would have passed sensible gun laws years ago.

This post is about trans people.

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Alex Kuiper May 9, 2023

Being structured is good.

Having a process so rigid that you always need to perform the same steps even when they make zero sense and add no value (but do add cost): that's by definition not agile.

Alex Kuiper May 9, 2023

Nice example of "Agile": just finished a ticket for a plain text change. The ticket stated which text to change and what to change it to. Nice and clear.

I submit it for review and get it bounced back because I didn't write a textual test scenario.

Why? Because it needs to be tested by support, and if it needs to be tested by support it always needs a scenario.

People and interactions over process anyone? 🙄

Alex Kuiper May 9, 2023

Marit van Dijk ☕️🥑May 9, 2023

🎵 Hello airport, my old friend.
I've come to work here once again. 🎶

Alex Kuiper May 8, 2023

Hanno Embregts 🎤🎸May 8, 2023

Happy to share that I'll be speaking at @joyofcoding this year! The amazing @maritvandijk and I will talk (and sing) about 15 songs that work with “public static void main” as its lyrics. Can you guess which songs we'll cover? #MusicAndSoftware https://joyofcoding.org/speakers/lightning-talks.html