James Birnie

Father of two, Technology consultant, long distance runner and commentator on anything that annoys me.

[James Birnie @RunningChairJB]

@AldiUK how is it that if I chop this Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni into 4 equal pieces to eat, I consume more calories than eating it in one go?

[James Birnie @RunningChairJB]

Does anybody still use Twitter / X?

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@royvanrijn How do you feel about Mississippi?

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What is it about the little boy who lives down the lane that entitles him to same level of service as the Master and the Dame from respected local wool merchants?

[James Birnie @RunningChairJB]

Just listened to another physical pentest story on Darknet Diaries (ep 59). Is my perception skewed by listening to the podcast or is it much more common in US than UK?

[James Birnie @RunningChairJB]

Great to be at #CodemotionMadrid23 - looking forward to talking about post-quantum cryptography later this morning.

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@sallylait Try the Stainless Steel Rat books by Harry Harrison, Deathworld trilogy by the same author is also great.

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@aahoogendoorn I've argued for years that code reviews are waste.

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Why are people on #bbcqt using phrases such as "...Brexit that was imposed on us..." when this was a UK wide poll? According to that logic, is it acceptable for any sub-unit of any given polity to reject the democratic whole on the basis that "We / I didn't vote for it"?

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Brilliant to see @SkySport showing the Women's Test match from Taunton on Main Event while it rains in Leeds. I'm sure in previous years we'd have been watching men talking about what might happen when the sun comes out. Fantastic work.

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@garybernhardt One failure in a million test runs makes that a flaky test. I say fix it, it's broken.

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Fibonacci playing fir New Zealand at Lord's today.

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@venkat_s But only if all parties see it that way. It only takes one participant willing to carve the estimate in stone for any trust benefit to evaporate.

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@ctford I think that is (valuable but) not the first class lesson from such things. I think the first class lesson should be that the rarer you deploy, the harder it is to deploy, and the harder it is to fix things. Your point naturally follows. :)

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Given that Raymond Van Barneveld, Michael Van Gerwen and Robin Van Persie all got their requisite 3 letter abbreviations, I'm surprised that I haven't heard anybody call Dirk Van Duijvenbode DVD? #WorldDartsChampionship #PDCWorldDartsChampionship

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Stunning maths skills by Autotrader.

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Best ever group dance at the start of #Strictly2021 tonight.

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@ipapast I was looking for a photograph of something for work and I came across this. I couldn't help thinking of you :)

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When a weather forecast says, say, 90% rain, does this mean there is a 90% chance we'll see some rain or does it mean that it is likely to be raining for 90% of the (unclearly defined) time interval?

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@evanchooly I think I'd have been tempted by "Why? Is it escaping?"