2026-10-03T17:06:19Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz Chris Hartjes https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/npub187z9ud32upz5yk8rsahuy544u05tdfx83wappqg8dq8nrwejmrjqtugytk https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01KPP4J8G9B3PHP6DCHR8N6VHS.jpeg https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01KPP4J8G9B3PHP6DCHR8N6VHS.jpeg https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfz9r5dryl7qspssxw2acsztpmtk87zlnp64zvgqpw4tc72ufrldczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgnyhwyr Along with that anger too many of you are way too comfortable talking shit anonymously from behind a keyboard. Death threats? Multi-thread unhinged rants about software? Bigotry? Mysogeny?<br/><br/>It’s like we’re all back on Twitter now. 2026-10-14T19:32:17Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2pfmgywtujtsjw5e0hnht9kd0nccnmf83ghtr3wv5e2zz6rckj8czyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgrwrea3 I have lots of empathy for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqtp2hy53hya8zlw07qs5p3sd6fgzcnml5558z9ye4wln0wuttqm8qppck4f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqtp2hy53hya8zlw07qs5p3sd6fgzcnml5558z9ye4wln0wuttqm8qppck4f</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…ck4f</span>)</a></span> and others  ( <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0t7n0dwuqvfcrdjl0q7shjxrl27hqv74wegxuz5rm0ys46z6frpqdyqp6c" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0t7n0dwuqvfcrdjl0q7shjxrl27hqv74wegxuz5rm0ys46z6frpqdyqp6c</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…qp6c</span>)</a></span> I think) who deal with time zones in general because watching a bunch of people who likely work in tech asking why hasn’t their preferred calendar app seamlessly built in adjustments for new time zone changes happening in November makes me wonder how many of them ever built anything the public uses 2026-10-13T17:32:57Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfmpsnvr4ke8mnk0l9en594r8079ccsjvjxg70fl8tlhqq5de2tqszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgxmm4wa Looking for software engineering jobs? My current employer is hiring for a variety of roles (some of them in NYC and some remote). Requirements and salary ranges in each post. For the remote roles it doesn’t hurt to apply even if you are not in the US (there are a handful of Canadians working here)<br/><br/>#getfedhired<br/><br/><a href="https://ats.rippling.com/en-CA/theguarantors-open-positions/jobs/cdb6349f-91f9-47f9-984b-fd19a329a563">https://ats.rippling.com/en-CA/theguarantors-open-positions/jobs/cdb6349f-91f9-47f9-984b-fd19a329a563</a> 2026-10-12T21:38:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsx5aeleuqqmfnrl9h0a6303yns34845gjg3yslla2ep0wtnnjh6jszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgfg8zz0 Please forgive me but I have started down the path of becoming an EMacs Org Mode person today 2026-10-09T19:05:24Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsw7d9mgr4vrgwu7n4aqp0nm84jfgmu7m7dtjlakzml0c7zc2d5ugszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg9eca4s One of my favourite things when my kids were little was to read to them. Whatever they wanted me to read. I read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, a chapter at a time, to mini-me. It took a year off and on. She STILL REMEMBERS at 21.<br/><br/>“I’ll use AI to read a book in my voice to my kid.”<br/><br/>You are a fucking idiot and are treating your kids like a possession instead of something to be loved and nurtured. They’re not a pet, you soulless ghoul. 2026-10-09T15:01:55Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8ytkaq8qv6w96z3ux5cu8s886wz7x6d3yt9sdrz667kg5dxxpy0czyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgtdf9l3 My former unified workplace proximity associate <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqmqrkeatyy324rdwc5dmqmt3p097en45pnglel7fcsnl068xdxtvqdux8t7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqmqrkeatyy324rdwc5dmqmt3p097en45pnglel7fcsnl068xdxtvqdux8t7</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…x8t7</span>)</a></span> has written a banger here <a href="https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2026/10/07/dark-patterns-in-a-dark-forest/">https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2026/10/07/dark-patterns-in-a-dark-forest/</a> 2026-10-08T11:07:57Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsd9vxcynees8sgs9es4wegth07zg57904dprfsm7cp794q9vt8ngszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg7k7q8g Given how many of my peers used to brag about finishing their slides just before giving their talks, I am not surprised how many of them are getting even lazier and using LLM image generators.<br/><br/><a href="https://phpc.social/@preinheimer/117395251423632570">https://phpc.social/@preinheimer/117395251423632570</a> 2026-10-06T18:13:01Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqjyteym0j4sa4vxvwx93kkmfvv7nxr9pdadph4mrxqa56dt56yfczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg9mwjrt Opposition to this is always the same — “how are you going to pay for this?”<br/><br/>Nobody ever asks where more money for cops is going to come from. Free school lunches is one of the best things our tax dollars could EVER be spent on.<br/><br/><a href="https://beige.party/@mayintoronto/117388608176154166">https://beige.party/@mayintoronto/117388608176154166</a> 2026-10-05T21:21:15Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0vg70vjdknnxdcn7m3znwguvk2jwhuavzhrx4jwp286z599vqd6czyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg5ulumn Watching some AI folks do a version of the “some of you may die but that’s a risk I’m willing to take” speech from the movie Shrek is wild.<br/><br/>I’d like to think being rich won’t protect them but watching how easily wealthy people openly dodge accountability for everything they do I am no longer sure that I am living in anything other than a cyberpunk dystopia. 2026-10-05T15:02:56Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszx8efmwchmw9n39jw8hdnghtg0uh9mcy3efgw5ygtyqjlxem7t7szyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgh9ry4f I helped run a PHP conference for five years (2012-2016) and a smaller event once (2018) and cancelled another one (2019).<br/><br/>These events do not work without generous sponsorship. Most companies have decided that their employees are responsible for their own training, with predictable results.<br/><br/>Some events run their course, having served different needs. Political changes in the US both domestically (anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ policies making them not feel welcome at hotels and public spaces) and internationally (outright hostility towards former allies) will wreck your events.<br/><br/><a href="https://phpc.social/@ian/117327830242875725">https://phpc.social/@ian/117327830242875725</a> 2026-10-03T16:48:29Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswea0ajm6hu06haf4mr52xwsm08uk00lu4u5pctxh7unt34dkvzkqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgnz5tn6 The Grumpy Print Farm is up and running now.<br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01M3TBZV0KVXM7QF497VAM9EBT.mp4"></video> 2026-09-30T23:56:58Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdgxqw4spcax447qdcg2p7kewncfsr4t9tyk40wkhwe2wzhzj73cszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgkp0ycu The lesson that won’t be learned by others is that there are limits as to what your customers are willing to accept.<br/><br/>The people who make the decisions are so far removed from their customers that as they chase higher and higher profits these spectacular failures will become more and more common.<br/><br/><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/117334248698229176">https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/117334248698229176</a> 2026-09-29T14:13:48Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxjf4faaxn2ezp4627wrccx2l3vwzgmtnsgpjkfu65m9vft4k88sczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgz2vw3p Whenever I watch a TV series and I hate certain characters I always wonder if they are written to be disliked or if it’s just me. 2026-09-25T17:43:03Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstcdhlmgg6dgp7u7s40d8xr973u6zvlunrmtzgawaxlsy3284q0tszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg50j376 Corporate entities have been allowed to lie without consequences for years as long as they turn a profit for shareholders.<br/><br/>The whole AI thing is no different.<br/><br/><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/117326770217607377">https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/117326770217607377</a> 2026-09-24T15:50:50Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs00sjrdvhnfw63kt7ea0wv7j6pq73a75lqc6gcj7um6p0tgz7ckaczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgv3g4y7 I am expecting my MNT Reform Next laptop to show up some time in October or November. For reasons it has to run Debian (mostly hardware + driver support reasons).<br/><br/>I am wondering what I will be left to run for a windowing environment if Gnome and KDE both end up as projects I do not want to support.<br/><br/>(I do have experience with Linux so I don’t necessarily need something beginner-friendly) 2026-09-24T01:23:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgvqej5fl0x67t5h5jhnkvh3dxrpe80wkcf6sjk927yygqrzfeqngzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg8cgvra So if I understand things correctly with the two major Linux high-level windowing frameworks:<br/><br/>GNOME is fighting over whether or not to ban LLM-generated contributions to the project.<br/><br/>KDE is fighting over whether or not people expressing Nazi ideologies should be part of the project. 2026-09-24T00:38:39Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsvyeghnn4yfvz2qnz4tf4ca4hgurnt6zcxt8wcmsulmkv54ap2tfczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg0m9rx0 This is what bootlicking looks like.<br/><br/> <img src="https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01M2ZF4B88VGTEBM7BB4SJ86P3.png"> 2026-09-20T13:12:20Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2swsced4pcc3yy67y3hhga8vgxqcgrxtgpvfh5rz6q7p2eglwv4gzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgyyvura There are fewer lies in tech bigger than “your request to unsubscribe from this mailing list will take a week”<br/><br/>Shoutout to Carmen Hartjes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area who keeps using my Gmail account for political mailing lists. 2026-09-11T15:27:02Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsvjanrvd25ltvskyln2xc6q6agteyuev0t3gr0ls95d754yd0mc2qzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg0vzpeu This is why so many Canadians are upset in 2026. We helped a neighbour during a time of crisis and the reward has been complaints that we never do enough and are taking advantage of them.<br/><br/><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mconley/117252924595412371">https://fosstodon.org/@mconley/117252924595412371</a> 2026-09-11T14:55:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswvyh4lqn4gxmlxrr0jew4937gk5tt5wc6ppnsen0p3crsuscpsmqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg0nk72h Once again, the only crime a rich person can be held accountable for is ripping off other rich people<br/><br/><a href="https://defector.com/steve-ballmer-betrayed-his-fellow-billionaires-and-they-are-not-pleased">https://defector.com/steve-ballmer-betrayed-his-fellow-billionaires-and-they-are-not-pleased</a> 2026-09-03T20:20:04Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsretqxgpf3fn4urjm7q389yprd9augwlwggq7qk83hqss5rl6sgvqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgv5ctm8 Today one of the rubber ear tips for my hearing aids SLIPPED OFF INSIDE MY GODDAMN EAR and I cannot do anything about it until Monday at the earliest. 2026-08-30T02:27:30Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgejn59d2sk2z8zal5w6nzjqpcpq3srsh04jkg4udcynx4mqs84rszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwger4hl8 “I’m terrible at writing emails, so I use it like that at work. Write how I think it should go, feed it in and it tells me that I insulted the boss.”<br/><br/>Has this person ever considered that maybe they are actually an asshole and that is why the emails they write insult people?<br/><br/>I am neurotypical and have written both nice emails and emails that insult people. Learning how to professionally insult people is a skill like any other.<br/><br/>Are they neurodivergent? Maybe? It strikes me that an unpopular position to take is that using an LLM to make yourself less of an asshole stops you from developing the skills to not be an asshole. 2026-08-29T15:50:43Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqst5ajhyscp65wcwnq43cy06dw6lyphgx5r0tw03xaqgc0rs99ws3gzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgccpkfx &#34;You can never lick the boot well enough that they will let you wear it.&#34; -- attributed to James Baldwin 2026-08-29T15:17:13Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8jghhcj6lztv47s5vmzcj0rddv0svxce5vsk0ymd47hedld30t8qzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgxnkff0 Here is a list of items the US reportedly wanted as part of trade negotiations:<br/><br/> <img src="https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01M0RSZXP8432XXX72924GA30P.jpeg"> 2026-08-24T02:36:05Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8j4nzrctgxutcus3tqk0ugesx6c7zmjf64kv3qp4kcz25tmag7yqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwga5fex0 For my American friends who might not know the details:<br/><br/>The US asked Canada for two things in trade negotiations that we would never agree to:<br/><br/>remove French language from packaging requirements<br/>any future trade agreements with some other as-yet unspecified countries need to be approved by the US 2026-08-23T22:44:30Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsy39wghru9adr5mgldqmvhyvxq8a6dxhg8uhj90yqnudq0f5cs8cszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgyck55t Those PHP tests you write using LLM’s are done using stolen content from my books. Tell me again how “beneficial” these tools are. 2026-08-22T11:39:57Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqk37ssc6vd4udg258u9p30yftj743t56r0ca0jrazzzuyk2qes4szyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg3m8rp0 My fellow Gen Xers:<br/><br/>The cartoons we watched as kids are as much garbage as what kids today get to watch<br/><br/>The online world does not to have to bend to make your defaults everyone else’s defaults<br/><br/>Complaining about everything is not a hobby, it just alerts everyone else to ignore you 2026-08-19T19:40:09Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszgrnp9q3c2lk8umqacgwnnsagpaaap2xsyu5kaqvnd9r8n2t4psgzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg4397dy The common thread of tech companies in the 2020’s is how much they lie about everything all the time and suffer no consequences for it. 2026-08-17T12:04:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0ml5m6v6dekcwhe8j89grn0uj5y5m85h8tw6xl4azlcm9dswkzkqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgv2uwxq It is starting to look like there will be no trade deal for Canada with the US any time soon and punitive tarrifs of 50% on $28 billion of yearly trade will be going into effect on Wednesday.<br/><br/>Every anonymous source is reporting the same thing: the US is insisting Canada force provinces to put US booze back on store shelves, allow the US to flood Canada with cheap dairy products, and remove the tarrifs Canada put into place after the US did it first once Trump was in office again.<br/><br/>The US is offering nothing in return. 2026-08-16T23:21:24Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsyrjs5tptlu39sx3ntykec5gjlwdurfw4rl3q3axg7gy5ym8tru9szyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgmp625n Every time I stumble across “every day carry” stuff or an “interesting bag” I get a momentary pang that I have worked from home so long.<br/><br/>I can only imagine how enraged I would get these days at commuting, especially with how much driving habits have gotten worse in the COVID era. 2026-08-12T15:07:27Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszx85mf80e9e02669as7l5gmwc08nzsq3tawvjd4vu0hghewhcnyczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg6qs5lu A very polite, very tall farm boy bought my project printer to free me from unlimited suffering. I have turned around and put the money towards a new printer that will work out of the box so I only have my Voron printer as one that needs love and modifications.<br/><br/>Will share when the new printer shows up. 2026-08-10T14:54:21Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs9wysn64ys9hfmckwahxzszakdh58qukfufga5yeehn9kf299scuczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgplfjpc I am probably not the only one making these connections but tell me what you think:<br/><br/>create an environment that is hostile towards foreigners<br/>insanely promote technology that you say will replace workers<br/>change the rules so that a foreign worker who loses their job has to leave the country immediately if they do not already have a job<br/><br/>This, in your eyes, allows you to get rid of workers you don’t want around for ideological reasons and still have your monopolistic profits 2026-08-08T15:36:35Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsf3qchauknpq8g7qdkenxjnyj574nhrdrry3gkg927hcf96qdnkvqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgdurktu Hot take: software development since I started my career in 1998 has always been “democratized” because there have always been free operating systems, free programming languages, and free editors. 2026-08-08T11:25:13Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqthynxptc545ghfp9fczd79suy0evzzpjm5pn385wefvd7zyqlrszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgkmnj29 This reminds me that my industry is now full of people who arrogantly believe they should be between you and your interactions with the entire world. They stand there with their hands out like the beggars they really are.<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@annaecook/117049925551021207">https://mastodon.social/@annaecook/117049925551021207</a> 2026-08-06T19:38:45Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsv0ttkud8u2ef523gfxqfn7lpk6fqjt7n5cqfpqmtr408287e33tqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgdtrl40 “In the long run, people tend to retreat to the comfort of structures that reward them.” 2026-08-05T14:48:59Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrk2l5tcu46xs667qc2l048ugvflun0f9gw62gzgqxrv83hemztwszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgktq9sm The worst person you know in tech continues to publicly express stupid and/or terrible comments and continues to have money thrown at them. 2026-08-04T12:35:09Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsf726yn02f5mzx344h7n3n6xpskqr8zxwas8azpzsrf7k0cgykwngzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgpw7wzg Today would’ve been my dad’s 90th birthday.<br/><br/>Dementia took his last ten years.<br/><br/> <img src="https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01KZ67493NEFGHSYCVNMRBXHXA.jpeg"> 2026-08-04T11:04:24Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsp88dzcx5jwvx73g507e245wujx6dn8w2xc7txnczv7fyqf5tv5vszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgax7pwx I am far from the only person mad that code review tools and documentation finally get some attention now that other programs have to interact with them. Fuck people needing clarity, only LLM’s are deserving. 2026-08-03T16:39:30Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfzqv75d08l95jelfcuk2ecpxdha75ezlck4jfrae93xgpaw0tquczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgh3hqmd Great look at how AI can ruin your business by highlighting dysfunction that was there but leadership was ignoring<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/z2fRYLaItyc?si=I72NgnqOrDQnlCNG">https://youtu.be/z2fRYLaItyc?si=I72NgnqOrDQnlCNG</a> 2026-07-30T14:10:25Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs94d24e98wrds9a6adq97rktj474lk8mjmfrr9y5y402txfumu22gzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgshjct9 I said this before and will say it again — as a professional computer-toucher it is vital to Find Your People, engage with them, and learn the power of networking and community. Help them out and good things will happen. 2026-07-29T20:38:07Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgd4e05dumn9gac5makd337rkfsd92kzts6fa4hzhncnfa66qr4zszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgezjnpm Final numbers from my job search:<br/><br/>28 days since I got let go from ZiffDavis<br/><br/>60 applications — 10 via Apply Now on LinkedIn, the rest all done with custom resume and cover letter (no AI involved)<br/><br/>10 rejections<br/><br/>1 job offer 2026-07-29T20:26:41Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0h56jpdkry57c4wtu20e8xxvf6nnfjdulam8ug2693gfgxj5c64szyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgkyq799 I made it through the gauntlet and have gotten a job offer that I will be accepting. Will reveal more once everything is signed. I got to interview for this position based on a recommendation from a PHP community member and friend.<br/><br/>For my fellow developers who are unemployed — it is brutal out there. This was the only interview I received during my job search although my ego says some will likely materialize now that I have received an offer. I hope your struggles end in success.<br/><br/>I have spent 20 years networking and trying to help folks in the PHP community. I don’t ever expect anything in return but I am grateful for the help I have gotten (and hopefully given out) over the years. 2026-07-29T20:23:12Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstxt3v8pavqs6u4x7tem5g8dquksgcywa0s24ke4ksjzhgn66zq2gzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgqjjmp0 Every developer conference that puts out what I call “youth pastor energy” ends up confirming that too many folks think shipping fast matters and everything else is a distraction from that end. Boosting people who are also humongous assholes is a red flag and shows how little you care about others. 2026-07-29T14:56:16Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrcwe734er48j7ranx4lxfd86xmdrvxdjvjajzjnsz8qhs2tsg5mgzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgu9u7en Telling a person who is struggling to not drown “don’t worry, the water levels are going to recede in 6-12 months” is not helpful 2026-07-26T15:01:11Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqspf2yj7jd2xqucvd2zgnpv2ywxer0pwsy07jhy3lwz4hs3y2yqf7gzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgmxku6v As a Gen X cyberpunk fan, I don’t care if the Neuromancer series coming out from Apple sucks. You can never do the books properly unless you did them animated.<br/><br/>I look forward to Wage, Molly, Armitage, the Turing Police, Dixie Flatline, and Wintermute making my 15yo self happy to finally see it on screens. 2026-07-26T01:38:27Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsykl0grj4x6pt6ym7d2zr6sychvsk2jhs667vsz5j4uw5t78mlw2szyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgzxucnw TIL about the “Forward Deployed Engineer” and I want to scream until my vocal cords burst 2026-07-24T19:45:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs24metrqw9w82vvhsq996ay3su0vdzdkgnxu54z75yprhx2fw8djqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg7ckesq My wife just got an email from a retailer telling her she can preorder an advent calendar now.<br/><br/>It’s July. 2026-07-23T10:45:56Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0hwz04ctvkuyupmtyeq0647ptsgk3yuppuatmnk96jh6xzlm4saczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgps0ekq Chrome or Mobile Safari. That’s gonna be it on all computing platforms soon enough.<br/><br/>Of course there are options but Google and Apple have to be working on ways to limit them to people with lots of free time on their hands and modifiable operating systems on their devices.<br/><br/>Your preferred browser that is not one of the two I mentioned is a rounding error. 2026-07-21T20:31:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswakzwv298v6e3md4urpw7zwy4dn34c4pslaavu9s8rerm0x3ev5szyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg7qfzkw The job application rejections have started tickling in…<br/><br/>So far only got one series of interviews and made it to the third one. Waiting to hear back from that one.<br/><br/>As a reminder — I am looking for full-time or contract work where my almost 30 years of backend programming experience with PHP and Python can help you. I can work remotely from Canada.<br/><br/>CV for the last 15 years can be found at <a href="https://grumpy-learning.com/cv">https://grumpy-learning.com/cv</a><br/><br/>#getfedihired #fedihired 2026-07-20T20:31:06Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0cvjrr9vjqw7w3ya73edhxg8szeuntmzxn0qxuftpal75pzf0a2czyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgyrt2vu This is not meant to start a nerd fight but I am wanting to know the case for writing “network accessible backend services” in Go/Rust/Zig/Python as opposed to what I would call “web native” in PHP or JavaScript/TypeScript? 2026-07-18T17:11:27Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2thtntczdgwv9nsm5sk0vuycnwkty4pd7nxutzdcsde7kjh6mgyczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgl0mx8l <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq6u7alxzkjugh6535altqqk5gx7g0a63x6m300l898nenys0rsjuqz43src" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq6u7alxzkjugh6535altqqk5gx7g0a63x6m300l898nenys0rsjuqz43src</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…3src</span>)</a></span> Thanks for the boost — I have been a fan of your writing for a while 2026-06-26T09:04:03Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsghl78gk669c40epsnjwmq5tlafl39q2g4stdrtx5dfxhu97m8pvszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgagx6nh Well, I just got let go from my job after 2.5years so it’s time to find the next thing.<br/><br/>I have almost 30 years experience with #PHP and for many years was one of the community’s loudest voices about testing and code quality.<br/><br/>I am looking for 100% remote roles where I can use my PHP (with a bit of Python ) skills to help your project get better.<br/><br/>I am in the North American Eastern time zone and have dealt with jobs where folks were both in EU time zones and North American Pacific time zone.<br/><br/>I am eligible to work in Canada and I also have a consulting business so non-Canadian companies could use me.<br/><br/>#getfedihired 2026-06-26T09:04:03Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsztur04w73e74dxmyfg0ystd40c7328talw2vetljjtqnr56p8gvgzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg59pgqx New blog post — I used LLM’s and all I got was this lousy layoff <a href="https://grumpy-learning.com/blog/2026/07/02/job-search/">https://grumpy-learning.com/blog/2026/07/02/job-search/</a> 2026-06-26T09:04:03Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgdm34lrlpwxnzguddlzddxyyaa4pn4guge0vu8r2tnm4ujdvz3hgzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgtc2rn5 Programmers will be the last to embrace “tech is actually political” because our salaries and perks allowed us to not really be impacted by politics unless we (or a loved one) belong to a minority group being oppressed by their governments.<br/><br/>Now it’s coming for programmers via LLM’s and their boosters.<br/><br/>Don’t say nobody ever warned you of the likely outcomes of pretending tech is not political. 2026-06-02T21:59:01Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs9aum7ey0xef33r66mpzp5krf90m9r863jj4xk65s809jd2yp48uqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgseqpt2 Seeing your kid in a hospital bed with electrodes and wires attached to their head is always good for reminding you how little a lot of bullshit in life matters. 2026-05-14T16:43:43Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsq6j0syhkzdk2n058swl9ekpyym2qzagsrfxt46j7zfs8q6th5qhszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg3sckw8 “Leave the politics at home” is what people who are not impacted by politics tell people who are impacted by poltics.<br/><br/>If the price of growing #PHP is to interact with people in environments that encourage xenophobia, bigotry, transphobia, homophobia, and misogyny, then that price is too high. 2026-05-05T00:14:54Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszr5elths70fwafcm6ez2zj9fpjprsjmlxf07c0zflalp8l9lw8cczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgy2zsf2 An anonymous coder using LLM tools submitted a huge patch to the PHP project to implement a new feature. I am not going to link to it because that part is not important. I am not a core language contributor but know people who are. You need to set aside your feelings on LLM’s to understand the issue I am going to talk about.<br/><br/>Despite what people think, I have done community organizing for over a decade. The reason to put in rules and procedures is so that you do not have chaos and overwhelm the organizers.<br/><br/>The PHP project supposedly has a rule that new language features require a Request For Comments (RFC). This submission did not have it.<br/><br/>The absolute, 100% correct thing to do from a community perspective would’ve been to reject the PR and tell them to come back with an RFC. It has nothing to do with the source or the tools used.<br/><br/>Instead, people continue to engage with the PR with a bunch of excuses that, from the perspective of a community organizer, are very unserious.<br/><br/>To be blunt: if you do not insist on RFC’s being the precursor to a discussion of a new language feature then you should not bother having an RFC process. 2026-03-01T14:10:46Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgl0wqvevjag5k5xy5egs00p4tjdkf0khh98lvh9a839e2836xxqszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwggs0t4s I am not the first person to point out that a “Luddite” isn’t someone who hates tech — they hated the EXPLOITATION OF PEOPLE by capital through the use of tech. Too many of my peers are on the wrong side of that and a lot of us are watching and making notes and will remember. 2026-02-19T06:16:22Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsygsnw5tq5tnceh6gcz9vq67gexfatwp7tzrlwl39wy4srtwly5ygzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg2sllps In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgay0h47vl605hk64enxan93fftkf9lgernlftx8jv02xl37dhyfgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43q9rn6ur'>nevent1q…n6ur</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqyrlmnr0y2ch5ycn38j2navyduf5q6tqyd0led3p7xhwmzwcrlsaq7a2p3w" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqyrlmnr0y2ch5ycn38j2navyduf5q6tqyd0led3p7xhwmzwcrlsaq7a2p3w</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…2p3w</span>)</a></span> Something like these maybe? <a href="https://www.printables.com/model/665955-creality-k1-max-riser-improved-filament-path-k1-ad">https://www.printables.com/model/665955-creality-k1-max-riser-improved-filament-path-k1-ad</a> or<br/><br/><a href="https://www.printables.com/model/1266795-creality-k1-max-riser-filament-sensor-relocation">https://www.printables.com/model/1266795-creality-k1-max-riser-filament-sensor-relocation</a> 2026-02-02T12:53:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsw6rnsnxc9tnu5qg9gterxmtvyegmet7zu50tlcsnxlf08gcmqpuszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg62nur8 <br/><br/>If you&#39;re American, you don&#39;t need a summarized briefing from<br/>ChatGPT to get it about American collapse. Just watch the romantic blockbuster movie, &#34;Gone With the Wind.&#34; That movie is hugely popular in the former-Yugoslavia. I had to look at it with Belgrade eyes on to figure out what the film was about. Of course it&#39;s all about state-failure. &#34;Everything Jefferson Davis Touches Dies.&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s not &#34;the wind&#34; that destroys Scarlett O&#39;Hara&#39;s stately and<br/>privileged white-chick life. It&#39;s her unjust social order<br/>underwritten by slavery, first of all. But it&#39;s also about ethnonationalism, and the obscurantist grip of a hick religion, and a stark, denialist unwillingness to realize that the skeptics are quite right about the infrastructural advantrages of all those enemy railroads and cannon-factories. They&#39;re owned by the people who shouldn&#39;t even by your enemies, but you&#39;re eaten up with blindresentment and you can&#39;t adapt.<br/><br/>It&#39;s actually &#34;Gone With the Ignorance, the Aggression and the Administrative Incompetence.&#34; That doesn&#39;t fit on the marquee banner.<br/><br/>From <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpql4052f5la6267hqsxx3jnk7sm2q6ptufuhx7e2k3vw3lccyv7upqkm7j9y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpql4052f5la6267hqsxx3jnk7sm2q6ptufuhx7e2k3vw3lccyv7upqkm7j9y</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…7j9y</span>)</a></span> 2026-01-14T22:11:19Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdcd5xrfj778uc0v2qsa8jx0hj8x4msrru5kfz5v97ytsday3r4gczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgpwcj0w Fuck cancer.<br/><br/><a href="https://phpc.social/@matthewtrask/115107720146720490">https://phpc.social/@matthewtrask/115107720146720490</a> 2025-08-28T17:53:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2zfjm6smp4cp3eqwhvrz0t69j0jfs49vhh0v4aym3xpsp340kt2qzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg9hawdp From my mother<br/><br/> <img src="https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01K3Q3B1HNKV6SR7MX2J70X00J.png"> 2025-08-28T17:53:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqspa2uf3m9any4w88gakv0k5txw8ws6xjxt6cf4ht22w3gystpss7szyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg0rc9a4 I feel like this image sums up why the tech industry is pushing LLM’s so hard. Look at all these companies attempting to become rent-seeking middlemen!<br/><br/> <img src="https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01K3RM7HJ0CHXNEV345VJKYVVJ.png"> 2025-08-28T17:53:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsq5smazks4ruz98yxuv4zuxknx2yjjt6hp9jrlnrgcg3apddxxrrgzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg3ayyyc “Trust us, bro, there was a terrorist camera in that hospital so we had to bomb it and kill 20 people.”<br/><br/>The world is increasingly run by cruel, unserious people, who are openly mocking their opposition secure in the fact that thanks to propaganda and manipulation of voting they will not ever face any consequences. 2025-08-28T17:53:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdkgdr09y7gec2j9kxvqa9a2ztkwfs45h470d903xxg24els06chqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg3lx8yp Even grimmer times ahead as authoritarian politicians try to finish off the job neoliberalism started.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/before-the-far-right-threatened-democracy-neoliberalism-stripped-it-down/">https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/before-the-far-right-threatened-democracy-neoliberalism-stripped-it-down/</a><br/><br/>I know there is the trite “the power of kings seemed to be unchangeable too” idea but when you realize that this all started in the early 1980’s, it means I will not live to see things swing back to a state where citizens get treated better by those in power. 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsd0894rnj9f434wu6zgj3cz9wf4n3nh96853prmvw9vhu0gj8gq9szyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgqts47z Finished migrating from Pocket (I had gotten a free premium account while working for Mozilla) to a self-hosted <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqjkx4rf0e9xmzl6tr9n8tk2dfku6gz3keegqd4m7mtecf79m4fzaslwkxk2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqjkx4rf0e9xmzl6tr9n8tk2dfku6gz3keegqd4m7mtecf79m4fzaslwkxk2</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…kxk2</span>)</a></span> instance. 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsv3s2gqupclygsd0tvpxxnpa8ufhnptjpp4y5rpy5qpquutrluhpgzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgjwrhls With each passing day, describing US politics as “death cult vs fundraising org” feels more and more accurate. It’s gonna get a lot worse before it gets better 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstd0uh0p356u2p2fscfxg0e99ad2hegsmferj95ng4s752qnkzseszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwghf0tyz OH: “Lotteries exist for one reason — to catch time travellers.” 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfsr8gvv9y8946sguqdp8dc5lt4fqpfr703svrtleytne6xuee9yszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg2u4qg5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxa4f6y7pc88w4mejhqzlkejdw5ut3uugwqs6xhrr9ndvsfrsll6qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qzg952m'>nevent1q…952m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq5tepx7lk826fa82s683nqw85lte8mn8e2ujg2gvxavkvxl9asx9qsxmmpy" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq5tepx7lk826fa82s683nqw85lte8mn8e2ujg2gvxavkvxl9asx9qsxmmpy</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…mmpy</span>)</a></span> Meh, I am less mad at those people than you would expect. If none of the options appeal to them, why vote? “If you don’t vote for us, things will be bad!” is the laziest politics possible. 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgnfwx5ezuw2k5agvep6ej7c6femu4a4q6ts5ux5eljxgcqp7u5yszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgj0jkru I have reached the “puts in long comment in code to explain the code change” stage in my bug fixing efforts at work 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgtd68y7tkfqhrjtdhn4hyeje0jpu4sg04kvqdk43sanfpkvz6z7gzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgccfmzd EVERY. HALF. INNING. THE. SAME. FUCKING. COMMERCIAL.<br/><br/>I will never buy Beautitone Paint 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8uusylgvk5vn9pt7tqykj03t5fsmvttz3ptzmj9m0g3nta96w9cczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg2uve20 The same people who expect OSS maintainers to work for free are the same people who don’t care their favourite AI tool was built with stolen training data. Thieves as far as the eye can see. 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsyj5tn7jwp6f25lkhxm7hlf590rgu0nfpehehpcru8axhx5zm7cjgzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg59367n It can be hard to accept that half the people who voted wanted the current outcomes. One party was very clear about what they were going to do. Anyone who says “I voted for them but not for this” should not be allowed to deny what they did. 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszn2mg9et26npkmr2ksaa620ly00lpepqdhykz9x04d8g90qzah3qzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg4gv5gw Today is a day where I am not handling looking like my father very well. Every mirror and video call is a reminder. 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsplml7qw5cmhmxsg5mcty286gke5dfpxp383k3094pksgp6xd6cuczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg3tv7jc It’s Friday and again I ask you to ask me almost anything 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqhs0c9rflvg2fxhe8r05tjejx5kcs5t3hz67s5u5xtluxzvqy8fqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgkmg8em “Wow, I can’t even tell you’re wearing hearing aids!” is not the compliment you think it is 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqgagquexm0qrg8xdu0nqleucjkd673n72v7g70kyx8jrd0j7uatszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgwmu6mu PHP, the language that helped me build an entirely successful career, turns 30 today. I’m 54 years old. It’s never over. Don’t let anyone ever tell you to feel bad about your tools. 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsv634nsngs6dcevcx6gt6afk6y6hmdwp26rjqt7xanmhjmdayh7mqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwggc8rrj This is what I hear whenever some CEO who has insulated themselves from consequences announces their plans for “AI”<br/><br/> <img src="https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01JWZYYDVTF3YYQWCZ7003VRKR.jpeg"> 2025-06-04T12:30:44Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsyeye02jhgxnlvqfsntuh5kn8qs2k7gaw9g5yxtuz40e273es5uqgzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg8alv7y “These are sometimes referred to as ‘10x’ programmers, because they make everyone around them 10x slower.”<br/><br/>Thank you <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqpfe56vzppw077dd04ycr8mx72dqdk0m95ccdfu2j9ak3n7m89nrs4ygffv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqpfe56vzppw077dd04ycr8mx72dqdk0m95ccdfu2j9ak3n7m89nrs4ygffv</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…gffv</span>)</a></span> for a great quote that made me laugh out loud 2025-06-04T12:30:44Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs02ffh9mr25xk9srt4z427q3972uf2uc58wphg5kznjye7kn257pszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg94krf2 In 🤡 Ford’s Ontario, property developers get everything they want. Notice how everyone involved is succesfully avoiding responsibility.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/riding-business-washed-out-from-water-dumping-1.7547428">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/riding-business-washed-out-from-water-dumping-1.7547428</a> 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsw8dvxsdlg4vy7al8k4qmrslv0htc3j2v95ccdw3ghq9g8k79fcygzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg6ghpa6 In today’s political climate I think about my maternal grandmother, an ethnic German who grew up near the Austria-Vienna border pre WW2. Fully bought into class heirarchies. Mrs Doctor this and and Mrs. Lawyer that. She only trusted one source of information — the radio in her kitchen. Even then, only if she agreed with what it said.<br/><br/>There are millions of folks like that. The struggle is real. 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstu68asd353wzxfkfuu4ftyzcdfuzemw9nhgpwklwv6hrnyrrukeszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgcskc5q I have my own VPS that needs to send some emails as part of an auth flow. My email is hosted elsewhere. I do not want to run my own email server. Suggestions on a setup that allows my VPS to send those emails and have them be from me? #lazyweb 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqst69wqt0emgunz76uwphu2czfc7ceaumps8m9uly0h580ac0z264czyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgqej93f Today I think of my friend who survived kidney failure, years of dialysis and then a life-saving organ transplant, got long COVID, forced back into coding from management to pay the bills, got a job doing software development for a small dysfunctional company that sold physical products, struggled and leaned heavily on LLM’s to help keep up, and just got fired after a year.<br/><br/>Nobody is exempt from life’s struggles but JFC can the world give this person a break. 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstnzxhfeyllpkdf7vgkzaarz2903xr2wgemmwmmj7mrt4drw0ydlczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgfwq0ry In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3yplptcshdaqhzcnrwmedt0tpe6te9tzjpg57u55stzm0gwcqqgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q7vt436'>nevent1q…t436</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqa67vs09e7ypyjx3sdpy0lm79a0a726gw7xne99jgfjqnc8t92xqsqlgw4z" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqa67vs09e7ypyjx3sdpy0lm79a0a726gw7xne99jgfjqnc8t92xqsqlgw4z</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…gw4z</span>)</a></span> Meh, I am going to buy one because it includes installation and customer service. DIY hot tub that is insulated to survive Canadian winters sounds like a nightmare. YMMV 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgcjuqq2v7scx5alt3w8hh8u8k3vdp5vzalxz2vp06wg9r0av2v7szyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgkhwplz “If you’re using coding assistants, you’re doing it wrong. You need to be using agents.”<br/><br/>The key part of any good grift is always telling people the thing that happens tomorrow will fix the problem. 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8aqw24delv8s79k46ndfgptw9xeteky37t7rw0nd9jkcnzms9qnszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgn4khyq “If the LLM hallucinates when helping you code, that means you picked the wrong coding language.”<br/><br/>I am glad some of the most unserious people around are showing how ignorant they really are. 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8m408wxkgzmnewu4g9wgz8lj987as4vhuma0kkw988e62ml02nfczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg6k28ez I went hot tub shopping for the Fortress today and was Not Amused at the prices being almost double my initial budget. 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8wa2sj2ju9dag5krl8t3rywcfuy8yyprvfkrsn9cek38zl6e2jkqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgyjsd3w (Misread the graphic) — True Neutral<br/><br/>/ht <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4ux2hjvvp3e8xekxajz4vy7js8dg3tzp48md0tr4m7wmwmy0ye5sl3r9rs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4ux2hjvvp3e8xekxajz4vy7js8dg3tzp48md0tr4m7wmwmy0ye5sl3r9rs</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…r9rs</span>)</a></span><br/><br/> <img src="https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01JVYTET6WDA4TY8563KDCPMNX.png"> 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxwlmrp39r2nan9s23u92sp2lg9pypguppm34dmaqp4zuc2m4h79czyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgkgv29e Clearly unpopular opinion: the developers enthusiastically embracing LLM’s operate under the delusion that it will replace other people but not them. 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxg50s6v4rjte5n6jdfqj5k2xufewzw8mudmfpe6vyjfplc8539wgzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgpyvn2c I encourage other Canadians to ask themselves why so many people are working so hard to dismantle systems that benefit the non-wealthy and why they keep voting for them. 2025-05-23T22:49:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsw6kw2hxyp723wu0k5yd54s0sz8c3qh6fcp8es42p68j0t2hfxusqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgwqyw7g To #php folks enthusiastically using LLM’s and “AI” tooling — are you okay knowing I am being ripped off for book sales because these companies are stealing my content for “training”? Especially now that it appears tech bro lobbying has worked and the US government is going to allow wholesale theft to go unpunished? 2025-05-06T01:52:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsvz4as7fl8jghk44hkt262w0q2ttx5pzygese2gv490mnrh9x43wqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgxelgk7 Funny how right-wingers are so quiet when redrawing of boundaries benefits their candidates.<br/><br/>Pollievre lost because they ran a US-style campaign focusing on culture war issues and namecalling. Constantly telling the world that government employees are useless when your riding consists of a lot of government employees and openly supporting the protestors who blocked the streets of Ottawa (where people in his riding work and play) is how you lose a safe seat.<br/><br/>Next time they should pay attention to what voters were actually saying to them.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/poilievre-election-loss-fact-check-1.7531263">https://www.cbc.ca/news/poilievre-election-loss-fact-check-1.7531263</a> 2025-05-06T01:52:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2ca2jlylxkkd4cup6lg28gcw6ehngc3e3ahdq80qnvdenkl5gh5czyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgn2my4u To add to my LLM woes, looks like they have bribed their way to having no regulations applied to them for at least 10 years.<br/><br/>For now they have won. 2025-05-06T01:52:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfcxsxc2jup0fkhfevta2hcatxjjqhsmcajnqr5a93m9kvgehqg5gzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgp5chka It’s Friday — ask me anything 2025-05-06T01:52:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsf46n6cmu2ack3g0df202ur4plgxj452nu2ww5nqrxymzd36arhrgzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgank84f As a baseball fan, this is complete bullshit. They broke the one rule posted in every single clubhouse across the major leagues.<br/><br/>This is literally to appease the current federal government.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/sport/pete-rose-shoeless-joe-jackson-mlb-decision-spt">https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/sport/pete-rose-shoeless-joe-jackson-mlb-decision-spt</a> 2025-05-06T01:52:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfp7wm5f3sl0a4f4xamsqe6g5q0aqt5aya66jq5k5vm4vpuzgrx2qzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgg26sll Famous comic book writer and artist Frank Miller is a facist piece of garbage but he was absolutely right when he wrote in one of his comics that other space-travelling civilizations avoid Earth not because it’s super-powered entities are so powerful but because instead of pointing weapons outwards at threats they are always pointing then inwards at themselves.<br/><br/><a href="https://theprint.in/defence/all-about-golden-dome-trumps-175-billion-plan-to-shield-america/2632958/">https://theprint.in/defence/all-about-golden-dome-trumps-175-billion-plan-to-shield-america/2632958/</a> 2025-05-06T01:52:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgjhm85dhp627tnnsdrd48uucs40du9kk65z9ddwgewm935epu9rczyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg8e2dcn From Ed Zitron:<br/><br/>ChatGPT&#39;s popularity is the ultimate Business Idiot success story — the &#34;fastest growing product in Silicon Valley history&#34; that didn&#39;t grow because it was useful, or good, or able to do anything in particular, but because a media controlled by Business Idiots decided it was &#34;the next big thing&#34; and started talking about it nonstop since November 2022, guaranteeing that everybody would try it, even if even to this day the company can&#39;t really explain what it is you&#39;re meant to use it for. 2025-05-06T01:52:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrmlsmdyfq7xjzrhgf62xneurupg3824x4jh484xegdhk5v46leyszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwgu95gjh Looking at my 1/3 finished #php testing patterns book and wondering, in the era of “theft is okay if it helps the bottom line of corporations”, why bother finishing it.<br/><br/>Every post from my friends in the PHP community talking about how these tools help them makes their previous comments supporting my books and conference talks ring very very hollow. 2025-05-06T01:52:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsz0y6uuvx9x805k2pey8tkpatqzzhm5zefspm7kgxuyya09y9wqaqzyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg788485 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstkelqatj4ynkkzc5vex5dvmv3qkdmh0w74qewy9kks6tsyq79h0cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qagrzlf'>nevent1q…rzlf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqa67vs09e7ypyjx3sdpy0lm79a0a726gw7xne99jgfjqnc8t92xqsqlgw4z" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqa67vs09e7ypyjx3sdpy0lm79a0a726gw7xne99jgfjqnc8t92xqsqlgw4z</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…gw4z</span>)</a></span><br/><br/> <img src="https://yac.grumpy-learning.com/fileserver/01KQ574KSYP8T71B7XJDG8FKT1/attachment/original/01JV2P1H5MSQ4HMHK4H5W6ZGJG.gif"> 2025-05-06T01:52:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszf9p7ftmw7jrjy8luqp2ed2ywx3x9sgdt5xxdjpd7p0cm2d4cvyszyqlcgh3k9tsy2sjcuwrklsjjkh373d4yc79m5yypqa5q7vdmxtvwg85qply ZiffDavis currently has 19 Engineering positions open across a wide range of divisions. Most of them are remote. Check them out and if you do apply for any of them tell them I sent you.<br/><br/>#getfedihired<br/><br/><a href="https://jobs.jobvite.com/ziffdavis/search?c=Engineering&amp;p=0">https://jobs.jobvite.com/ziffdavis/search?c=Engineering&amp;p=0</a> 2025-05-06T01:52:00Z