Allowing known domestic abusers and mentally ill people to buy handguns puts communities at risk. - RC 2/2
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I don’t usually respond to sales folks on LinkedIn, but I made an exception for this one.
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My TED talk crossed 500,000 views the other day after going up a little over a week ago.
Best part so far, though, is people writing me talking about things they’re doing after having seen it.
Check it out if you haven’t seen it
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I don’t know which is worse: the possibility that this line was approved in earnest, or the possibility it was included in the story to generate hate clicks.
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From the Wall Street Journal's explanation of why Silicon Valley Bank failed:
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"How Happened" -- an airhacks.fm podcast episode with about Java, early J2EE and Apache Roller is ready to listen 👉
adambien.blog/roller/abien/e #java #podcast
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Spring in downtown Raleigh this afternoon. Breezy and a record high 85 degrees in February. #ncwx
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As a former North Carolina public school teacher, I'm saddened, disappointed, and angry to see just how poorly our public school teachers are paid today.
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Hottest take: Otherwise intelligent people spend way too much time arguing about programming languages. This is doubly true for proponents of languages that never achieved mainstream popularity (e.g., Lisp, Smalltalk).
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A blacked-out train secretly crossing Eastern Europe while carrying the US President evokes a powerful image.
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I thought I was pissed about the layoff yesterday, but then I read the earnings call from this morning. Here's the highlights.
* Revenue grew 34% YOY last year🤔
* Approval to buy back 500 million stock
* Already bought back 600 million worth of stock last year
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My former team at got let go.
If you liked the content on DigitalOcean community, and you’re in the market for top notch technical writers and editors, contact me. I know fantastic people looking for work.
If I had open roles you wouldn’t see this message.
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‘Inside’ feat. out now on Spotify! (apple music coming soon) ☁️✌🏻much love to skiz for resonating with this song & being down to collab, i’ve been a fan of his music for years.. go stream that! hope y’all enjoy
listen here: open.spotify.com/track/5IuAGEZ2
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No need to worry about that balloon picking up any intelligence
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Gov. Cooper statement on NC Supreme Court decision to re-hear cases:
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Not me no never
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If a developer ever says, "I'm just building a simple blog."
It means that they're going to spend 500 hours creating a custom CMS to write two blog posts.
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Eng leaders: how many of you use some type of tool for understanding engineering productivity/velocity? Are you looking at cycle times / PRs in progress / other metrics in a dashboard? See so many companies trying to solve this prob, but haven't found many buying it.
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ChatGPT is much better than I am at writing cat haikus. Lorem ipsum is dead to me now
Purr in my ear
Soft fur under my hand, peace
Feline friend so dear
I am so glad that Equifax was finally held to account and I got my well deserved $5.21 settlement. So fecking worth it!
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ChatGPT is amazing and can write code, but it's disconcerting how confidently it lies to you or gives you code that will not work. Seems like every response should include a confidence rating and and maybe even some references for the facts being presented.
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I'm back at my desk after a nice and restful Winter break, but today I'm working on something a bit different than I was in December. I'm working on finding a new gig. If you've got leads, please send them my way:
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My two GraphQL books are available on GitHub in PDF, ePUB, and HTML formats and are 100% free now. Enjoy! (direct links in thread)
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It's here!! My new zine "The Pocket Guide to Debugging" is out now!! It has 47 pages of my favourite strategies for solving your sneakiest bugs. 🔎🐛
Get it here for $12: wizardzines.com/zines/debuggin
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Important announcement: We're designating the northern cardinal as the best holiday season bird. It just makes sense and we won't be taking any questions at this time. Thank you.
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Ready to do a deep dive into Mastodon?
Learn the ins and outs in less than 60 minutes.
Check out this talk from Newmark J-School Professor . ↓
youtube.com/watch?v=Xnbct4
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This blog-post from is an impressive piece of work: "GraphQL federation example with Apollo Federation and Apollo GraphOS" cube.dev/blog/graphql-f
...and it includes a nice and up-to-date overview of 's products, Federation and GraphOS.
4 Hours. 4 Photoshoots on FILM 🎞️ with 4 INCREDIBLE North Carolina artists…GOOD EXPOSURE: EPISODE TWO is out now! I think y’all are gonna love this one. 🔗 in bio
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