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packrat.bsky.social
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There's a funny story behind the -a flag on ping on a modern mac. ping doesn't have an -a flag in any of the native *nix streams, despite the obvious way that would be both useful and apt for name analogy. That flag dates back to a very long weekend I spend back in the 90s fixing a computer lab. 1/

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

Eldest is finally doing some slightly interesting maths homework, but we are both entirely unconvinced made up mnemonics like "simpify like a butterfly before you multiply like an iguana or something" are helpful, when we have the handy-dandy hammer of prime factorisation. Yay. Hammer :)

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

I'm continuing to see people claiming that various AI tools have already replaced software engineers. I think this has been vastly overstated, and as far as I can see the people saying this are a mix of out and out grifters, and people who don't interact with technical people. (1/2)

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

How are people feeling about the tech job market right now? How about students currently doing a computer science degree?

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Are people genuinely frightened of tech interviews? I see lots of people complaining about them being terrible, but not very many folks suggesting how people can make them better.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments