Christian Packard

Just having fun

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Starting to think 20-min pipenv builds are a devops conspiracy to make you ask:

do I *really* need this dependency

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Did not realize I was performing a summoning ritual

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Gave ipython a try.

Discovered auto-complete on filenames.

Never going back to vanilla 🐍

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@visakanv Do you like role playing when gaming? Could be fun to play for an hour or two then write a short story about their adventure.

Fill in the blanks that the game leaves out.

Favorite example from Dark Souls: https://t.co/1EOhKnbqaa

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Ear plugs advised for both

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1. “be sure to follow best security practices”

2. “this is not security advice, but here’s *actual example config*”

A heart felt thank-you to all blogs on team 2 🙏🙌

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@pragueyerrr @DanielCJonas A labor of love on par with the original 🤯🛰💯

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@DanielCJonas @pragueyerrr Was thinking the same thing! Legos does it every time.

It can be a brand new set too - just the act of building them activates the same excitement

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Discover Weekly is either 30 smash-hits or a miss across the board, no in-between

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I had the code and would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t for that meddling button 😤

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MFA pages: can pressing enter please submit the code

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I know time zones are a thing but there has to be a better UI for this

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Is there an equally iconic lofi-guy? Gif preferred but pics are great too

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Takeaways:

- Cheat meal is so on the menu tonight.

- You can use Watch + MFP data to reach fitness goals with confidence. When the scale fluctuates or get stuck for days having that peace of mind is key.

- Keep going.

[VV @visualizevalue]

Keep going.

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One of my projects this year is “have abs again”. New project = new gear so I got the Apple Watch.

I was skeptical about calories-burned info but after two weeks of data it’s 98.8% accurate 🤯

Full nerdy details:

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The results:

Actual lbs lost: 148.5 - 145.8 = 2.7 lbs

2.668 predicted / 2.7 actual x 100 = 98.8% accurate 🎉

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I wonder if Magic Leap would’ve been different if it focused on giving users a single superpower at launch.

What do you do on a computer that you’d pay $2300 to be an extension of yourself?

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What happened to consumer AR headsets? Most are niche or enterprise-focused. Rumors of FAMGA working on them but no release dates or details.

What’s the magic balance everyone’s waiting to get right 🤔