60 years ago today on the 27th October 1962, human life on Earth came the closest it has ever come to a terrible ending. Everyone alive today owes their life to this handsome devil, and most of us don't even know his name. Let's change that - a thread 🧵
@vvuk@Fugiman@antumbral When a bug gets bisected back to a specific commit, I am always happier when the change is smaller / simpler / of limited scope. Not always possible to keep changes small, but when an incremental path exists, I do usually prefer it.
@okonomiyonda@JoshuaBarczak I have never lost a commit that I couldn’t find with reflog. But I know people who manually back up just to be sure. Seems like a failing of git to help people find their changes easily.
@RadioFreeTom@reedgalen Similarly, the great success of vaccines in eliminating polio and measles are precisely what enables people a generation later to question their necessity. Some experience with the alternative may be necessary to convince people to appreciate what they have.
Iranian women — no Hijab — sing the Farsi version of Bella Ciao, the anti-fascist anthem of the Italian resistance during WW II https://t.co/FZXfszMRf1
A woman attempts to infiltrate the upper echelon of her Homeowners Association when their new gardening ordinance threatens to expose the body she hid in her backyard 20 years ago