Kurt Gardiner

Programmer, Infracoder, causal exerciser, Polite Hedonist, existentialist, applies tact sparingly.

[Dr Karl @DoctorKarl]

In 2018, about 45 million people died on Planet Earth from various causes. About one fifth died from air pollution - overwhelmingly from Fossil Fuels

[Steph Smith @stephsmithio]

In 1994, Jeff Bezos famously spotted a stat that made him leave his high-paying PE job to start Amazon:

💡 The Internet was growing 2300% per year.

What are the generation-defining stats of today?

I'll post a few to kick things off...

[Kurt Gardiner @krutisfood]

@tcrawford @Werner This is great, also Data streams are APIs too, this is why replicating your database for reporting or integrations purposes is bad, see 06 Avoid leaking implementation details at all costs!

[Calvin and Hobbes Fan Account @Calvinn_Hobbes]

🙌🏻🙌🏻 #CalvinandHobbes

[Media Watch @ABCmediawatch]

“If it wasn’t so serious, this hypocrisy would be hilarious.

But in fact News Corp has helped delay real action on climate change for well over a decade.” #MediaWatch

[Peter Hanssens is tinkering! @petehanssens]

Can't wait for @dataengconfau next week... #DataEngBytes

[Dr Karl @DoctorKarl]

Fatality rate for COVID-19?
https://t.co/LeR1eM4h6o
About 2%
Would you buy coffee if it killed you after 50 coffees?

[Colm MacCárthaigh @colmmacc]

Vaccination definitely works.

[Jessica Laughlin @JLDLaughlin]

Excited to announce that I will be presenting "Gone Streaming: dbt + Materialize" at @dataengconfau in October! Sign up for a deep dive on how to use @getdbt + @MaterializeInc to transform your streaming data in real time.

[Kurt Gardiner @krutisfood]

@MarkATranter All of the hard issues, right here, this guy :D

[Travis McPeak @travismcpeak]

Grow your best employees or lose them, a 🧵 (1/10)

[Debtlifts @Debtlifts]

A week before he died, Musashi wrote the Dokkōdō, or The Way of Walking Alone.

It consisted of 21 rules and provided a roadmap to live life by.

The rules are strict and harsh, but honest and powerful.

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

”Once you realise you're not gonna be around forever, I think that's what makes life so magical.” https://t.co/EDmvXAr8CD

[Media Watch @ABCmediawatch]

“Kelly went back to spreading his falsehoods, tweeting that recent Israeli COVID numbers prove the Pfizer vaccine is worthless and doing nothing to prevent infections or deaths ...

So, is this right? Well, no, it’s not.” #MediaWatch

[Media Watch @ABCmediawatch]

“Kelly has spread his misinformation about COVID vaccines and treatments in full public view.

Yet he has still been warmly welcomed onto Sky News opinion shows, appearing at least once a week over the last three months.” #MediaWatch

[Kurt Gardiner @krutisfood]

@jtango18 Ahah! I remember why I enjoyed working with you 😅

[Latika M Bourke @latikambourke]

"The thing that terrifies me more than anything else is that the one vaccine that's not-for-profit is the one that has been dumped on over and over and over again."

Read and weep.

https://t.co/MFHrGCVimV

[Kurt Gardiner @krutisfood]

Paying for support is not the same as being supported.

[Kurt Gardiner @krutisfood]

@_neozenith I see you've moved into Dev Fiction writing 😂

[the Juice Media @thejuicemedia]

The Australien Government has made an ad about the new media legislation it just passed, and it's surprisingly honest and informative!