Wes Hinsley

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

@AXS_UK @radiohead @AVX_UK The problem is not demand, but poor software choices. (1) Don't offer me tickets I can't buy. (2) Don't log me out and block me after 5 "click and fail" on those tickets - what else can I do? (3) Don't block by IP when IPs from home broadband are dynamic/shared.

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

@AXS_UK - You block my IP, say I'm a bot/using a VPN (I'm not), and then when I finally click on a seat, you say "Oops, it's been booked already". For all seats. Utter frustration - no @radiohead tickets for us.

I see viagogo have some for £500+

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

@coldplay Account all ready and verified Weds eve. Signed in for the presale at 8:30 on the dot Thurs; ~100,000th in the waiting room. Today, 8:30 on the dot, @ticketmaster took over 2 hours to send a verification code for me to even enter the queue. "Code expired". Sad family.

[MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @MRC_Outbreak]

Another correction of untrue claims about our #COVID19 science published by @Telegraph today, 16 times misleading and false reporting has had to be corrected or clarified.

Our research is shared here: https://t.co/dS84sVdnjv

@imperialcollege thread 👇

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

@MicrosoftTeams Writing or pasting code using three backticks ``` in a teams message has become much harder recently, with teams not letting you get into/out of the code section very easily. It also removes all left-indentation in the code section if you do manage to paste it.

[Eric Wastl @ericwastl]

Need a vacation from 2020? Why not go on an adventure and learn programming at the same time?

#AdventOfCode 2020 starts December 1st!!

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

@podehaye Your FOI has been answered - you may want to update previous assumptions...

[Society of Research Software Engineering @ResearchSoftEng]

The COVID-19 pandemic has led more people to understand the importance of software in research. Here's how the work of RSEs and the Society is tackling this issue (in general and during the current situation) https://t.co/qi6OwGQY2o

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

https://t.co/80Ds1i5kec

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

It is disappointing, but not really unexpected, to see this take on the epidemic simulation code release: https://t.co/qJsaYpvcjW If we accept it at face value, we have a retired software engineer making the case that non-determinism in a simulation shows incompetence. I am all \

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

The Imperial College epidemic simulation code that I helped a little on is now public: https://t.co/LBVAgsE4AY I am a strong proponent of public code for models that may influence policy, and while this is a "release" rather than a "live" depot, it is a Good Thing.

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

Trying out @theTunnelBear so I can browse privately from my ISP https://t.co/fl8KQAqQM1

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

@theTunnelBear Can I have 1Gb of free data please?

[Rich FitzJohn @rgfitzjohn]

On some #rstats gotchas involving "$" (and bonus pie barm content)
https://t.co/mbR95h12AK

[Eric Wastl @ericwastl]

#AdventOfCode is back for 2019 with programming puzzles released every day from December 1st through Christmas!

We're a community of over 250,000 people improving programming skills, learning new languages, and rescuing Santa (again).

See you soon! https://t.co/bDIPRWZupr 🌟

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

Please have a look at this petition, it means a lot to me: https://t.co/o5aOZCutNC via @38_degrees

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

My zombie sim in action! https://t.co/fiDbyOEZvU

[Imperial College London @imperialcollege]

What if a new epidemic hit the UK? How fast would it spread in 100 days? What could you do to stop it? #impfest

[Institute of Global Health Innovation @Imperial_IGHI]

Learn how #disease spreads and fight your own epidemic at #ImpFest this weekend! https://t.co/otuY9h4APP

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

@mattforbescello Depends a bit how you use it; perhaps not. But perhaps old RAM could be transplanted. How deep did the squash go?

[Wes Hinsley @WesHinsley]

@mattforbescello I'm still a Lenovo fan - although they are a little more plastic than in the old days. Apple annoy me at least daily...