Rob Petti

@rpetti
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Tech Geek, Gamer, #DevOps/Build #Engineer, #aromantic, #greyace
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Websitehttp://robpetti.com/
GitHubhttps://github.com/rpetti
LocationCalgary, Alberta, Canada

If you want to block a possible future Meta instance from your instance, here is the domain to block:

threads.net

(and you might as well block instagram.com and meta.com and facebook.com too, in case they use subdomains from them)

Details from reverse engineering available at https://haqueers.com/@Rairii/110645315091243151

(via @mods )

#Meta #Facebook #Fediverse #Instagram #FediBlock

Rairii (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image · Content warning: facebook meta, reversing threads apk

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The worst thing that ever happened in software engineering was when Kirk asked Scotty how long something would take and Scotty said thirty minutes and Kirk said you’ve got five and Scotty got it done in five and impressionable children watched this and grew up to become managers.
2022: what if you had to find an alternative to twitter
2023: what if you had to find an alternative to reddit, discord, youtube, every single search engine, and microsoft windows
OH: “it’s called a commit because my code is a crime”
I made a mess of things at work and am still trying to clean everything up. I swear, this week has just been one mistake after another... And that's on top of being pushed into a role that I'm not confident or comfortable in, at least not yet.
I've got 99 problems and they're all caused by a lack of type safety.

As usual, ADHD Alien is spot on.
Love how this one is a real explanation on why and how it really works (or not) and not just relatable stuff.

#ADHD Paralysis : why does it happen?

A vendor closed a ticket for a new feature but won't provide any details on how to use it, nor is there any evidence it was actually implemented. Their support team keeps pointing us to docs for something entirely different.

Guess I'm writing my own service to do what we need. Might be a good candidate for my first #rustlang project.

How Big Oil is manipulating the way you think about #ClimateChange: A logic professor explains how a persistent, subtle fallacy has infected public discussion of climate change via Salon

https://www.salon.com/2023/05/13/how-big-oil-is-manipulating-the-way-you-think-about-climate-change/

How Big Oil is manipulating the way you think about climate change

A logic professor explains how a persistent, subtle fallacy has infected public discussion of climate change

Salon.com

Election Day: Alberta decides between a traditional conservative government and whatever the hell the UCP is

#ableg #abelxn

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/05/election-day-alberta-decides-between-a-traditional-conservative-government-and-whatever-the-hell-the-ucp-is/

Election Day: Alberta decides between a traditional conservative government and whatever the hell the UCP is

"The NDP only look left-wing compared to the UCP, who have moved so far right that they’re in what we political scientists call the ‘batshit’ section of the political spectrum."

The Beaverton