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Jim Flanagan

@jimfl.bsky.social

This one time, a real engineer called me a “software guy.” These days, I do my best work from the cockpit of a kayak I am 700 years old Mastodon: @jimfl@hachyderm.io Blog: jimfl.github.io/everything-burns/po…

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

From “Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt’s Journey to His Musical Language”

A cartoon man, wearing a suit, arms akimbo, says “You see, it is the goal of power to destroy everything that has a soul!”

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Here is a wonderful write up of the sheer power of the list comprehension special form in #Elixir www.mitchellhanberg.com/the-comprehe...

mitchellhanberg.com

The Comprehensive Guide to Elixir's List Comprehension

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Good news everyone!

Public safety alert

Skagit county department of emergency management: PSE siren is sounding. This is a siren failure. The dams are not failing. Do not evacuate

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 18/07/2023

Hearing disturbing rumors that some of these protestors on the picket line are professional actors

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 11/06/2023

Wait. Why is the favicon for Bluesky the American Broadcasting Company logo?

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 10/06/2023

Boy, the web experience for BlueSky needs work on mobile. After scrolling a while, it gets super jittery. Please don’t tell me about the app.

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 10/06/2023

Let’s see if I understand this correctly: both Stack Overflow and Reddit are blaming “LLMs are being trained on our precious content!!!” for their sudden insular postures regarding access to content that isn’t really theirs anyway. The Bullshit Machine is eating itself.

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 20/05/2023

Macroeconomics: A rising tide floats all boats Microeconomics: A hole below the waterline tends to stay below the waterline

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 20/05/2023

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 17/05/2023

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202… Huh. I guess Americans are reading all those Bloomberg articles about layoffs.

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 17/05/2023

Go home, Bing. You're high.

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 17/05/2023

When you're asked to ELI5 and you use words like "context" you're not quite there. 5-year-olds don't know a lot of words with 'x' in them.

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 17/05/2023

Well, shit. I guess it’s time to put the AQI complication back on my watch.

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 16/05/2023

“It is time to return to the office.” “Cool cool cool. Did you get the bidets like we talked about, or do we still have to use the sink?”

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 15/05/2023

It’s 8am on a Monday, on a day that’s going to get into the 80s and I’m already wearing a wetsuit. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 15/05/2023

I dreamt that I was in college, taking a course on early history of the British Isles, but I only attended lectures, and didn’t do any reading. My final paper was regarding Linda’s Farm, for which I got a big, fat F.

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Jim Flanagan @jimfl.bsky.social · 15/05/2023

Social media sure has a case of the McLuhan Flu right now. There’s far more handwringing about the nature and future of the platform than there is fat-chewing about everyday human business.

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