@pndc

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Grumpy Northerner ex-πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§, now in πŸ‡³πŸ‡± where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other fascists [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust πŸ¦€ or other gig which is not crypto/AI/other-scam-of-the-week? Ping me.

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#NoBots

@pndc1d ago

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116228686072308466

The first highly-visible example of FAFO when it comes to cutting corners with AI has landed:

@pndc1d ago

I'm a software developer and sysadmin who could really use being #fedihired.

What I'd really like to do is Rust, but once you ignore the dubious crypto and AI stuff, there seems to be nothing out there. Prove me wrong with a counterexample!

I've spent decades fixing Enterprise mudballs mostly written in #Perl. If you've got a crufty legacy system that everybody else is too scared to touch, I'm your man. I love fixing stuff like that.

I've also done commercial #Scala, #Python, #C/#C++, and although I don't usually admit it on my CV but these are now Trying Times when everything is on the table, even #PHP (the longest six months of my life).

Perl naturally leads into Unix system administration and infrastructure. I've built and maintained mail clusters, VoIP systems, network monitoring, DNS management platforms, that sort of thing. If it's non-sexy but something which needs to be done, I'm there.

Available immediately, for contract or permie, onsite in Amsterdam/Randstad or remote to anywhere.

Drop me a private mention or mail [email protected] if you have or know of something.

@pndc3d ago

RE: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116218694377864974

I propose a new slogan for Fediverse: "Where you go to meet people who voluntarily read history books. Even those techs who you thought would be allergic to the humanities."

@pndc3d ago
David Cantrell 🏏3d ago
Today is #PiDay only if you are a proper wally. 14/3 is a truly awful approximation.
@pndcDec 23, 2024
𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢 "not yet begun to fight"Dec 6, 2024

Treating the murder of the United Healthcare CEO the same way society treats violence against trans people:

- He was shot just walking into work? I mean what did he expect with his risky lifestyle choices.

- You know CEOs have a really high rate of suicide. If he just had a normal job he would probably still be alive today.

- Extra security? I just don't think we should pander to the whims of a group that's less than 1% of the population.

- I don't hate CEOs I just hate how the right keeps pushing their agenda down my throat.

- OMG stop talking about CEOs, what am I going to tell my children?

- The shooter probably just panicked when he found out he was really a CEO in disguise. It's his fault he was murdered really.