Menno Finlay-Smits

Dad and software geek. Ex-Canoncial. Ex-Cacophony. Maintainer of IMAPClient for Python.

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[Menno Finlay-Smits @mjs0]

@ShivSivakumaran No way. I either end up focussing on one at the expense of the other. Music is generally fine for me though, especially without much vocals.

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@martinodimarco Not really. We abandoned our camping trip a week early due to heavy rain. It was mostly great up until then though.

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@Tom_M67 @jacktodd46 https://t.co/VKpDLpQRcG

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@ExpressTechie He’s not a CEO, there is no such thing for Mastodon. I’m sure Eugen thinks it’s a little funny that journos are getting this wrong.

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I love this old email from Mike Haertel about why GNU grep is fast. A lot of lessons here about how to think about performance.

https://t.co/IV5dEGlGl4

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@fr_brennan To give credit where it’s due, multiple people have improved the IMAPClient implementation of UTF-7 encoding over the project’s life. Yay Open Source!

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@orestis @IrradiatedMouse Hey Orestis! Yeah, it would definitely be easier with older kids or with other families that your kid(s) know well and are comfortable with. My kids are 11 and 9 and they largely entertain themselves when they have friends over.

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@LinusTech Apple are good at many things but they suck at anything to do with with distributed systems. iCloud, Apple Music, Photo sync etc are riddled with consistency bugs.

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@timClicks I can’t un-see it now

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The PyOxidizer docs have some of the best explanations of the mechanics Apple code signing out there (also some great tooling to help make signing binaries easier). Thanks @indygreg !

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@newsmanual as a former marching band geek, I’m keen to see the inspiring video you mentioned in the last Reply All. Got a link?

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@DrCuriosity Sounds unpleasant. It’s fine to have opinions - just try keeping them to yourself for a change.

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@rbtcollins Based on my (somewhat limited) experience of you, this doesn’t seem right to me.

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@KibyDesign_ In NEw Zealand, a gallon of gas is around US$7.05 right now

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In Poland, there is a LARP group that roleplays as contemporary Americans. Here they are doing “Ohio.”

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