Robin Howard ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭

Five anxious raccoons in a trench coat. Buzzy-brained. (they/them)

[Robin Howard ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ @damncabbage]

I'm just gonna leave this one hanging around abandoned, and possibly eventually lock it depending how I feel. My life has changed in a bunch of ways, and I don't feel connected to this one and its history anymore; it's a little difficult to explain, #JustTransThings, etc. 🙂

[Robin Howard ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ @damncabbage]

Hello friends. It's been a while. I go by 'Robin' these days, and @buzzyrobin is functionally my main twitter account now.

obligatory: new name/pronouns who dis

[Robin Howard ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ @damncabbage]

Do I know anyone looking for an IT service technician? Server provisioning+repair, O365, AD, Win+Linux, Python+JS, hardware repair, helpdesk support.

I know someone with 6-7 years experience looking for work right now; Sydney-based.

(Expanding with more detail than before.)

[Robin Howard ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ @damncabbage]

@Caimekaze Appreciated all the same. (Do you mind my asking the company, in case it comes around again sometime?)

[Robin Howard ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ @damncabbage]

Do I know anyone looking for IT help-desk staff?

(I know someone with 6-7 years experience looking for work right now. Sydney-based, but remote is fine too.)

[Rick @rickasaurus]

… trained its own model using a data set that contained a mix of scans taken when patients were lying down and standing up. patients scanned while lying down were more likely to be seriously ill, the AI learned wrongly to predict serious covid risk from a person’s position.

[Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski]

Occasional reminder that 'short-term' measures have a habit of lingering. COVID-19 will continue to circulate globally for foreseeable future, so countries need to consider what they want coming years to look like.

[Prof Gemma Carey, PhD MMedSci @gemcarey]

OR you need to ask him why he felt he had to go to work? Was it that he couldnt pay his rent or eat if he didn't?
The answer to the pandemic is not to fine the crap out of everyone. We've seen over and over internationally - economic precarity is the main driver

[Jennifer Scheurle @Gaohmee]

When we say it's systemic, we mean it.

This is one of the most damning report I've read. Woof.

[Robin Howard ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ @damncabbage]

@Zemmiph0bia 💜

[Robin Howard ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ @damncabbage]

feeling this in my bones

[🔪 @leaacta]

@_metallurgist @__justplaying full table scan sounds good, wouldn't want to miss anything

[Robin Howard ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ @damncabbage]

Ryde folks:
Maxim St Medical Centre has AZ jabs for <40s available as earlier as Tuesday. Ignore what the hotdoc website tells you; you need to call them directly.
Was able to book without, but will need a 'health summary' and 'letter of concern' from your GP before attending.

[Robin Howard ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ @damncabbage]

@Mandy_Kerr It's a building block of FP languages, and you can build the other easier stuff (like map, filter, etc) *with* it...

… but it's frankly a bit shit to actually use and read.

(particularly when you're not actually using an FP language that would, y'know, justify its use)