mattp (part of the 5x💉 club)

Greying, limping Esperantist. Topics include: languages, bellringing, maths, software, and cats. (Links occasionally NSFW)

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[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

On December 1st I launched a blog. How very retro! So far I've written an article every day. I wonder how long I'll keep this up. Today's article is on the challenge of debugging without useful logs. https://t.co/HZU8l1RKsY

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@LeShuttle_Help @flowerlf Are you genuinely trying to proclaim you have no system problem today? Having everyone send you a private message and then you having to respond wastes both our time and yours. How about a public post explaining what's going on?

[Josh Barrie @joshbythesea]

confused as to why this man isn’t on every morning news segment going

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@jonty A few years late but: Did this get you responses you needed? I will be passing a traditional sweet shop later today.

[ellie middleton 🌻 @elliemidds]

being autistic means spending a lifetime being misunderstood.

our direct communication is misinterpreted as rudeness, our inquisitive nature is misinterpreted as being judging, and our need for quiet time is misinterpreted as being anti-social.

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@TBashscripts @amaldorai @meaning_enjoyer There's a fun (and free) web game which goes through more or less these steps: https://t.co/LOy4dBhOSH

Better yet, no ads or tracking. A rare find these days.

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

Do I know anyone who works at @Deliveroo , ideally in the systems or platform side of things?

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@dougclow Thank you for raisin awareness of this issue

[Neil Spellings @neilspellings]

At what point can you invoice companies for wasting your time? I've now asked @ExpediaUK for help on the SAME issue ten times since August '22, exchanging nearly 100 messages and have been promised someone from escalations will contact me no less that 8 times (nobody ever does)

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

A student just told Mom’s for Liberty cofounder Bridget Ziegler that she deserves to be fired from her job on his school board because she’s terrible at it, not because she had a threesome with another woman. Someone please buy this guy a drink or a coffee for me. He’s a hero.

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@UPS_UK I am still trying to get this issue solved and have heard nothing other than platitudes. What specifically is the reason for delay please. Note that this request originated over 3 months ago.

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@UPS_UK I am now on > 5 phonecalls and 20 email threads and 9 online chats with support to try to resolve a difficult issue. On the most recent call, the call-taker hung up on me mid-explanation. Please can someone help me resolve this.

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@DeathBoy It's not the wurst idea.

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@UPS_UK I am now on >20 phonecalls and 20 email threads and 11 online chats and with support to try to resolve a difficult issue from August. I've clearly fallen through gaps in the process. What would you recommend?

[Paul Lucas @paul_winginit]

Heathrow, City, Luton, Stansted

[Martin @martinrue]

Today I learned: the opposite of a boycott (avoiding someone's products/services due to their behaviour/beliefs) is a buycott, which means to buy them in support of.

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@martinrue I have recently started doing more with Golang in personal time. Currently working on a comment API/js insert. Last year I did a few AdventOfCode puzzles in it, maybe I'll do the same this year. (I also did a couple in ansible, that was tough!)

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

David Cameron has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary.

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@dougclow Is it accompanied by eyebrow raises and ears folding back? (My cat Freddie does this)

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@lunasorcery My feed showed post dates of 1970, empty post bodies, but still had the like/share counts. But ads were shown sans problem.

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

@weirdlilguys I interrupted Freddie whilst he was washing himself

[mattp (part of the 5x💉 club) @mattpep]

In a world so full of fail, it's good to see an #accessibility win. Congratulations to Café Local at Peterborough Station.