"OK Bob. We're run into a problem and you're the only one who can solve it."

"What's the problem?"

"Our company will go bust soon if we don't solve this perplexing problem."

"Sounds serious"

"It is, Bob. This computer can only be programmed using a white board and a half-dead marker. It's programmed using whatever language you last used, and it requires three variations of the Fibbonacci sequence: one recursive, one iterative, and one using a linked list".

"My God"

"You have five minutes"

http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2019/08/19/end-of-project-review/

#webcomic

If you ever needed a reason to get off of Windows here's a nice little nugget at the bottom of the "Windows is no longer a cornerstone" 10K filing

"Our ambition for Windows 10 monetization opportunities includes gaming, services, subscriptions, and search advertising.”

This is probably reading too much into a 10K filing but it highlights to me that the horrible advertising and partnering in Windows 10 is only going to get more intrusive.

https://winbuzzer.com/2019/08/06/microsoft-says-windows-10-is-no-longer-a-cornerstone-product-as-focus-on-cloud-continues-xcxwbn/

#windows10 #microsoft

After Missing Cord Cutting Trend, Nielsen Falls Apart

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190805/08212442723/after-missing-cord-cutting-trend-nielsen-falls-apart.shtml

The Fate Accessibility Toolkit, or why it'll take me a while to really play GURPS again http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CraigMaloney/~3/2hcs-p21IeE/ #RolePlayingGames #Adayinthelife #GURPS #Fate

So now it's "Instagram by Facebook". What other things can be rebranded this way?

Tumblr, by Verizon
Flickr by SmugMug
Yahoo by "I literally can't believe Yahoo is still a company"

Just in case you needed a reminder who is in control of Instagram:

https://petapixel.com/2019/08/03/instagram-to-be-renamed-to-instagram-from-facebook/

#deleteyourfacebook

Going to make a consulting firm called "Urgent Recruiting, Informatics, Networking And Logistics"

When it's urgent you'll know where to go.

(Please let this joke stand as it is. Thanks!)

I mean, I'm sure you'll be fine because you're a corporation and what-not, but my prospects are a lot less bright.

Pretty sure I should worry more about how to cook irradiated mushrooms than worry about taxes.

Financial Firm: "Plan now to reduce your taxes in retirement"

Me: "It's adorable that you think I'll be able to retire and that social security isn't going to be completely collapsed and my 401K crashed into oblivion by the impending financial collapses that we're certain to have".

At #pyohio and feeling like I'm getting a big "meh" when asking folks to join on Mastodon. Really wish the developer community didn't get all of their biggest adrenaline rushes from the big sites.

Who decided to call it Amazon Web Services and not Prime Computer?

SDL 2.0.10 has an interesting nugget in their release notes:

* Removed the Mir video driver in favor of Wayland

http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php

#mir #wayland #sdl #ubuntu

True mutuals allow you to telnet to their server and use "talk".

Is this a poll?

[ ] True
[ ] Yes

Report: Detroit is most stressed city in US

https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/07/15/report-detroit-is-most-stressed-city-in-the-us

"we're number one! we're number one!"

#detroit #stress

Me: (does a presentation about something that interested me at the time)

Users group: (Uploads the video so others can enjoy the presentation).

Random Internet guy: "Cringeworthy presentation. I expect that from a kid, not from a supposed adult."

Cool cool, dude. Thanks for taking all of three seconds to take the gift I gave to everyone and smash it in my face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq-4nhIktes&lc=UgxWhrmXSD6MtXwpVSR4AaABAg

"Don't have to care about Twitter going down if you don't have a Twitter Account"

https://i.imgflip.com/35flbn.jpg