Ryan Parsley

A family man who likes making good things.

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I'm enjoying working with astro, but have complicated feelings when it makes me think about the nice parts of when I used to work with php.

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@t3dotgg Green!

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@johnroderick /me double checks when I signed up to confirm the arbitrary date is satisfactory.

Math checks out

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The Matrix was a bit extreme suggesting our robot overlords would only keep us around to serve as a moist power supply.

We can also recognize which images have buses, bicycles *and* crosswalks.

#jobSecurity #dontCellYourselfShort

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I've always thought of my blog as sort of a rich resume. As such, putting up hobbies on it feels weird like: we were looking for a dev with typescript experience, an interest in rust and is terrible at piano!

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So, I have this blog that I never post to because I want to keep it scoped to my career and my career is not my hobby at this time.

Should hobbies creep in or should I spin up a "second channel" and let the resume stay stagnant?

Both seem problematic in their own way.

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@hotdogsladies If it was that important to them, they should have watched the episode before you did.

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@walkingriver I found it helpful to consistently use the variable names acc (accumulator) and cur (current) as a mnemonic device to help remember the order of the arguments.

You tend to be thinking about how the "current" value affects the accumulator.

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@mortendk Pico8 is a cool game environment that uses lua as the language so pretty accessible. There's a web based version so low barrier to kick the tires. My kids love opening games they like and customizing the sprites.

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Streak of 2!
https://t.co/pGOLTVJS1x

#jamuary

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Do you ever take out the garbage as an excuse to get to re-enter your house to smell dinner more vividly?

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Streak of 1!

https://t.co/Ie5Qy0AyBq

#jamuary

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@drunkenwood That log had a child

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@nightshiftc I accept that I am both of these things.

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The acronym YAGNI helps me make better code, but I feel like devs tend to interpret it as a less helpful message.

This doesn't flow quite as well but the words tend to be more semantically on point...

YAPSIP: You ain't precognitive so it's presumptuous.

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Me: [demonstrates a python repl]
9yo: Can I just do that when my teacher asks a math question?

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@stephenfluin @StefanieFluin Oooh, but ask it again taking the photo from the other side of the table! I want to see how many people change their answer.

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@stephenfluin @KateSky8 @StefanieFluin I don't think the bowl needs to have direction of it's own.

If you're in your back yard, and can't see something in your front yard, you'd attribute that to it's being "behind the house" right?

"I can't see my car. It's in front of the house from here."
—no one ever

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@stephenfluin @StefanieFluin Assuming the food's destination is your mouth then 'A' is closer, so in front.

Also, that's a bowl.

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@nightshiftc Some people do crossfit... some people use vim.