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bruisedthumb.bsky.social
A guy from NJ who is a dad, husband, and tinkers with code. I am also on mastodon: https://mas.to/@bruisedthumb Step up or get stepped up.
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As I wake up at 5am to take my kid to a swim meet where she will swim for about 4 to 8 minutes total over a 4 hour period, I wonder where I went wrong in life.

TIL: While using panes in tmux, you can make a pane full size by doing ctrl-b z. Then when you're done focusing on it you can press it again to restore the panes to what they were. #tmux #linux

conservatives are gathered today on Good Friday to celebrate that special day, 2000 years ago, when the state legally executed a leftist

This is a beginner typing mistake in Python: Setting the type of function arguments to `list` when all you need is to be able to iterate over that value. That's bad because it prevents you from using tuples, or generators, or other iterables. Instead, use `Iterable`.

I’ve never regretted writing documentation but I’ve regretted not writing it.

These headlines feel like obvious signs the economy is going to crash.

People with empathy are deeply impacted by harm being done to real people. We feel it in our gut-- our very souls. To feel this strongly puts a heavier requirement on us to create justice. It's called moral responsibility. Trump has called activists expressing moral responsibility terrorists.

Real tech geniuses, DOGE

It's clear that a significant portion of Americans were tricked into thinking that they knew better than the experts or that the experts couldn't be trusted. So instead of figuring things out through logic or sound reasoning, we are resorting to learning things the hard way, by trial and error.

Salesforce's CEO: www.itpro.com/software/dev... Annnnd now slack (owned by salesforce) is down for a significant amount of time.

So many questions. What does "to build 0-1" mean, and why am I a match if my resume is so bad, which i did not submit, btw 😬

He is a disgrace www.politico.eu/article/dona...

We can do better. We need to get in front of the average American and show them how Democrats are going to help THEM now. This is just lip service.

My daughter placed 12th in backstroke in the bronze meet out of at least 100 kids. I'm so proud, she worked her butt off.

“A dark day… today we all lose….” Shuttering U.S.A.I.D. is impacting the soybean industry — Tennessee’s #1 cash crop, contributing billions to our economy. More: arec.tennessee.edu/wp-content/u...

The Project 2025 architect was just confirmed to lead the WH budget office. Complaining does nothing. If you hate what is going on, then do more. Calling your reps is a start, but go to your town, county, or state democratic meetings. Step up to run for office. Everything else is just lip service.

I am on baby duty today, and here are the instructions I was given 😂 12:00pm Playtime She loves crawling around with Sunny. (Don't leave unattended they both want the stupid chicken ) The stupid chicken:

I am going to selfhost my website because I have a spare PC lying around and why not.

Hey @kagi.com, are your search results powered by Bing?

With everything that is going on, it is not enough to yell through your keyboard. People have to step up and do something. It doesn't have to be perfect. For example, the DNC has some shady parts to it, and that must change if it is meant to represent the working class.

COWARD! Either put up or shut up. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Finished up Service Model, by @aptshadow.bsky.social. It's about a robot valet that finds itself cast out into the world, but something has gone very wrong. As a result, it struggles to find a new a new normal while running into bizarre situations that force it to do unexpected things.

Yay! I broke @github.com. i have noticed it has been a little unstable since yesterday.

In my quest to figure things out, a few simple things are obvious: - keep reading. - avoid low effort content that seeks to fire off dopamine. - keep exercising. - keep a journal to reflect. - make improvements to myself no matter how small.