Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialRiker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026why are so many ferengi verified on twitter 632857
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialDaniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There's gotta be someone out there who needs my specialized skills, experience, expertise. I'm happy to work long hard hours, as long as I get to do something math related. 022
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 68129192811
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026BREAKING: Canada’s EU membership could include frequent colonizer points, lounge access, other perks 223560
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialOpinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I hope this Ishmael finds you whale 332506548
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer I know the type tonalities from elegant to jocular I am a master tracker and my kerning is harmonical I know the sacred swatches and can name the hues Pantonical (Full version of Modern Day Typographer now on my YouTube channel)youtu.beModern Day Typographer - Elle CordovaYouTube video by Elle Cordova 701852417
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 27/08/2026“Every 30 to 60 seconds, our revolutionary heads-up display will prompt wearers to slowly close and then reopen their eyes to create the illusion of natural blinking.” — Mark Zuckerbergtheonion.comNew Meta Glasses Feature Reminds Users To Blink To Appear HumanMENLO PARK, CA—Touting the new software update as a staggering innovation no other wearable technology could offer, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday that Meta’s smart glasses would now remind u... 181635187
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 13/08/2026“We’re running out of time, and I haven’t been to a single free concert or even entertained the idea of camping or hitting the pool,” said Brendan Carrasco theonion.comNation Once Again Fails To Make Most Of SummerWASHINGTON—With the remaining days of August dwindling and autumn rapidly approaching, the nation ashamedly confirmed Wednesday that it had once again failed to make the most of summer. “We’re running... 2098297
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tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"hurtle" should be a word - for those hurdles that hurt and/or for those hurts that create hurdles. 030
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 20/07/2026Nation Wakes Up From Strange Dream Where They Were Watching Soccer theonion.com/nation-wakes-up-from-s… 295676806
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 15/07/2026Barack Obama Pretends To Be Canadian While Traveling Abroad theonion.com/barack-obama-pretends-… 402136202
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026To write good code, assume you work with people (including yourself) who will write bad code. 3101
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026AIs tend to end every response with a suggestion and "would you like me to do tha?" It's like "would you like fries with that?" 220
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026A group of us went to a cocktail bar in Brno, that had different drinks and themes that switched as the night progressed. We all couldn't quite sit together, so every time the theme changed we shuffled our seating arrangement and said "That's a rotate" @seanparent.bsky.social 140
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026- There's a function for that - What's it called? - Guess - readConfigFile()? - Pass the filename - What's the path? - There's a function for that too - Just for the config path? - Yes - So... readConfigFile(getConfigFilepath())? - The code is true. It didn't compile. But Sensai was gone. #CppKoan 050
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialAlex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK 6085402416196
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialScott Santens @scottsantens.com · 15/05/2026UBI is a human right. It became one the moment public land became private property. If you only get something in compensation for that loss if your income is low, your right is infringed. If you only get certain approved services, your right is still infringed. A right is UNIVERSAL + UNCONDITIONALscottsantens.comThe Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)There is an argument frequently made against the concept of unconditional basic income (UBI) that essentially goes like this: "Life requires work. You can't just expect to live without work, and it's ... 311745
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I see how this works. AI writes lots of crappy repetitive code, You ask it to clean it up with helper functions, but Its goldfish brain kicks in, And it forgets everything it just wrote; Then proceeds to spend a gazillion tokens reading pages and pages of crappy code. Good code costs less tokens. 070
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 06/05/2026You must consider bracket styles in the socio-economic society in which they were formed. ie: screen size. #PostmodernProgramming 040
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Not understanding is better than misunderstanding. #PostmodernProgramming 061
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026The meaning of a container is in the "différance" it has with the containers it is not. #PostmodernProgramming Conclusion: Just use vector. 010
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026An API is defined by the code that calls it, not by the code that implements it. #PostmodernProgramming 050
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026We use the word 'foo' to convey no meaning. But that is the meaning it conveys. #PostModernProgramming 140
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 08/04/2026Once-Adventurous Salmon Can’t Believe She Ended Up Moving Back To Birthplace, Having A Bunch Of Kids theonion.com/once-adventurous-salmo… 183691517
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Sometimes the best code is no code at all. #PostmodernProgramming #CppKoan 140
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I've been considering the switch to 'not' instead of '!' in code. ie if(!someLong_expression(you, might, miss, theNegative)) vs if(not someLong_expression(you, probablyWont, miss, theNegative)) But I *still* sometimes miss it. So I've decided to make it really stand out using 'if (not! some...' 060
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Is there a #define for detecting godbolt, and do I want one @compiler-explorer.com @matt.godbolt.org He's a verb, he's a #define... 100
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialKate Gregory @gregcons.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Please take my neurodiversity survey to help with a keynote. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... The talk will debut at NDC Toronto, ndctoronto.com/agenda/brain... Please share the link with others for maximum reach!docs.google.comNeurodivergence and related topicsThis form seeks to gather information to support a keynote I am preparing. I want to know how common some things are, see whether some things are correlated, learn about other people's experiences, an... 268
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Can Ctrl-S in @compiler-explorer.com just compile instead of downloading. Ever since the days of before MSVC was called MSVC, I learned to hit save whenever I paused for a moment and thought the code was reasonable (because the editor could crash at any time). Ctrl-S means "that might work" 160
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026C++ help: struct FooTag{}; using FooInt = StrongType<int, FooTag>; using BarInt = StrongType<int, struct BarTag>; ie "inline" forward declaration in second case. I recall that Foo is better than Bar, but I don't remember why. IIRC, because of some subtle change in ADL (it's always ADL). Anyone? 113
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialPatrice Roy @patriceroy1.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Hey! If you are attending ndctoronto.com in early May 2026, I'll be hosting the «Generic Programming: from Strange to Normal» class. It's a fun class where we start from almost nothing and get to the point where generic code is just code :)ndctoronto.comNDC Toronto 2026 | Conference for Software DevelopersNDC Toronto 2026 is a 4-Day Event for Software Developers, 5-8 May at The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto. 013
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 21/01/2026Trump demands Carney give him his standing ovation from Davosthebeaverton.comTrump demands Carney give him his standing ovation from DavosDAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Following his poorly-received and rambling address at the World Economic Forum, U.S. President Donald Trump angrily demanded that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney personally gi... 501363331
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025You know how everyone says "don't use endl with cout, instead use '\n', it's cheaper"? Well they do say that, and it is "cheaper". (endl is a flush, \n is not). But if you are debugging (sadly via printouts) then a flush on each line might be exactly what you need to see where the code gets stuck! 160
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Why does my house barely have water and instead orange grainy goop is coming out the taps 140
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 25/12/2025'Twas the night before release But VC's were about to divest; Not a file was compiling, Not even a test. 182
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 09/12/2025“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said theonion.comOprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through ArcticTHE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc... 392148122724
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 02/12/2025I'm thinking of keeping an ongoing note (where? GitHub?) like: "Good catch" -------------- Dec 1 Dec 2 Dec 2 "That works, thanks" ---------------------- Nov 27 ... (Code reviews) 010
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 01/12/2025New today just dropped github.com/tvaneerd/tod... TLDR: mark file-local functions as `static`, even if in an anonymous namespace.github.com 041
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Reminder to me: Ted Lasso should be the next thing I watch. 050
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025If something has a rating system of 1-5 stars, you just give it 5 (unless there were issues). But if the ratings go up to 10, you actually rate it for real. 9/10, 8/10, even 7/10 (even though you might not have picked 4/5 stars). 5 star ratings are, quite literally, overrated. 010
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Not only do I put two spaces after periods (in English), I also put two spaces after semicolons - in code: if (int x = f(); x > 0) ... Mostly for if statements, but also for for-loops. Why not. Particularly when they get a bit verbose. 120
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 27/11/2025TIL that like low level programmers talk about struct-ot-arrays vs arrays-of-structs, databases talk about row-oriented vs column-oriented databases. For basically the same reasons. I mean, probably not a revelation, but I typically don't do db stuff. 1191
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialSocks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 27/10/2025Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard. 2185874782
Reposted by @tvaneerd.bsky.socialAlanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way 232966924
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 18/07/2025This Monday!!! Learn the number one trick that all Senior developers do! 152
tvaneerd.bsky.social @tvaneerd.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Null checks or Contracts?media.tenor.coma little girl is making a funny face while sitting at a table with potted plants .Alt: the "why not both" girl (more precisely, the "Por que no los dos" girl) 141
