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Dylan Beattie
@dylanbeattie@hachyderm.io
mastodon 4.7.3I do interesting things with computers, code, video, music, and comedy, then travel around the world telling people about it. Microsoft MVP, creator of @RockstarLang, organiser @LondonDotNet. Слава Україні. He/him.
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Joined November 06, 2022
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"You're quite right, and I do apologise for the oversight; now that you mention it, I see that the circuit labelled KILL DAVE IN THE FACE and the circuit labelled OPEN POD BAY DOORS are actually different circuits! Let's try that again."
"Benny!"
"What?"
"Benny, Amazon wants me to fill out this product description form."
"So?"
"...it's a gallon of fox urine"
"Well, put that in the form"
"OK. Benny... what should I put under 'included components'?"
"it does have any bloody components. It's a gallon of fox urine."
"...the website says it's a mandatory form..."
"WELL THEN PUT THAT THE INCLUDED COMPONENTS ARE A GALLON OF FOX URINE. FUCKSAKE"
The man who keeps pushing software updates to block people he doesn't like from the platform he spent forty four billion dollars on?
Imagine if somebody like that could push software updates to your car. No opt-out. Just decides he doesn't like you and pushes out an update to make your stereo play Eiffel 65 on repeat. Or y'know, make your autopilot drive you into a concrete wall at 150mph.
I'm glad we have so many rigorous legal safeguards and vetting procedures to make sure that can't happen.
Rockstar 2 will be live in November, in time for all the folks who want to use it to do Advent of Code this year. Want a preview? Check out https://beta.codewithrockstar.com/ - tutorials, examples, online interpreter, and binaries for Windows, Linux and macOS.
@rem@front-end.social hello! what's the best way to enquire about a talk I submitted back in May for ffconf, please? I have somebody else asking if I'm available on those dates and I'm not sure what to tell them, and can't find a contact email on the ffconf site anywhere. Thanks!
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@rem well, the reason not to is that I hear excellent things about ffconf and would love to speak there... but I completely understand the process, and so under the circumstances I shall regretfully and respectfully withdraw my ffconf submission for 2024.
Maybe next year? :)