Nat Torkington

Banjo, host of Kiwi Foo, CTO of a 35-person software company, built the first website in New Zealand last millennium. @[email protected]

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

I've been compiling a set of mental models, approaches, schema, hacks, whatever you call them, as I figure out how the world works. So much of the anguish and torment of my youth was unnecessary and self-inflicted. Changing how I thought about the world let me get to happy.

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@elpie I’m still primarily on the other platform I’m afraid. And even then mostly trying to live a first life instead of curating a second one. Has been a rough couple of years for us (dead son etc.) so I’m out of the spoons that Internet toxicity consumes. Good to see you again!

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

Friends we’ve been on the Aotearoa music charts since we launched the album! This is the first week we’re not touring and selling merch. If you’re interested and able, consider buying a copy from Bandcamp: https://t.co/G2OgSMUYIj Every one counts! Thank you!

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@mjasay @yegordb @AlonzoWins @deedydas Nope. I feel like they were filling the funnel:

lurid press release and tweets > news stories > website > enrol to participate in order to get current research

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@yegordb @AlonzoWins @deedydas Where can I read your paper? If I visit https://t.co/qPeXUV1Qom and hit "Read our Paper" then I just see the paper "Predicting Expert Evaluations in Software Code Reviews". Nothing about productivity, ghosts, etc. Thanks!

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

Hey Auckland, we're playing a gig this weekend!
https://t.co/X9Q0JprOxQ

It's bluegrass, folk music's death metal. Vocals are much easier on the ear, though. We're raising $ for our new album by playing these gigs, and there'll be a sneak preview of some of the new songs ...

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@genmon Eventual consistency would be nice.

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@ryancrawcour "Let me create a ticket on our backlog to create your ticket."
"Did you just tell me to go fuck myself?"
"I believe I did, Bob."

[Richard Easther @REasther]

So, ChatGPT is not a dirty minded teenager, but it is a nerd... Here are the results of asking it to choose a random number between 1 and 100.

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@radionz re the VUWSA tank https://t.co/oi853I5dBv

The Internet Archive shows the $2000 tank story has been there since the page was created in 2016.
https://t.co/ztMXQSSExX

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@IanTLS You were on the right track but fell off the path of righteousness at "and starting again" ...

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@IanTLS My solution to Outlook problems is to sell up here, buy a dilapidated villa in Italy for $1, move into it, spend the rest of my money, and grow old drinking wine and eating prosciutto and never ever thinking about Microsoft software ever again.

Let me know if it works for you.

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@IanTLS When you double-click on it, if you look at the bottom of the window it says which folder that event is stored in. Does that give you a clue as to where it is?

[oakleigh 🫡 @oaklleiigh]

every time courtney love is making the news again i am reminded of the fact she was expelled from my high school in nelson new zealand

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@conways_law I've slowly found some interesting people on bluesky, it's where NZ's political lefties went and some of the interesting accounts from here. I've fallen off using Mastodon but that's where a lot of the tech people went from here. Nowhere is like what Twitter was.

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@simonyoung @oharris69 Nope. Extended hiatus, so never say never.

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@simonyoung @oharris69 Lurking!

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@eloise_gibson Courteous, gentle, soft-spoken, but clear-eyed and relentless. I paid my respects on BlueSky.
https://t.co/tJoFZ90yEk

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@tamineilson @Meatstockfest Fired your band or fried your band?

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@kimmmyparsons Jelly Tip

[Nat Torkington @gnat]

@cassieroma Welcome home!