Sam Wilson

A Programmer. I like distributed things.

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@johncamelon I set up a home server for it, and so far no complaints. No problems federating, but who knows, I could be banned somewhere 🤣

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@Mustack_ I think you deactivate, and after a set period, your account is deleted.

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

The Monty Hall problem. https://t.co/PUnAbdlTOM

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

What's a core memory you have of math class?

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@ThereExistsX Who do we know with a fully developed brain?

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

The whole season had an arc about using the transporter to keep someone in stasis, and it didn't even get a mention at the one point where it could've been used... Just a simple "can we use the transporters like I did with my daughter? No, they're still broken." would've done it.

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@nrr stunnel

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@nrr I think they're mostly for language bindings, so aren't checked.

See https://t.co/BnrG4zTi4Z

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@ThereExistsX First bird watching, and now David's tea?!

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@admhlt Only if the schedules stop fibbing.

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@XylaFoxlin @ponderhack What does USPS know? 🛸

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@nilo Why is power included? Seems like a low pollution and lightweight car should be incentivized from an environmental and road maintenance perspective.

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@nrr In a similar vein, I hate asking someone how they're doing, and just getting a "hey" in response!

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@admhlt Name your constants after the value, so if you change the value, you change the name of the constant.

Leave a gap between checking if a file exists before writing to it. Atomicity is overrated.

Use process identifiers on Linux, for any purpose.

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@admhlt @solacedotcom Damn, that's a good one. Pretty sure this one story alone outstrips the sum of my contributions while I was there 🤣

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@jfbastien @njdoyle also note that this is one of only two proper uses of the phrase "man up", the other being an exclamation of a man who is unexpectedly above you.

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@jfbastien @njdoyle do not tell coworkers to read the documentation
rather, tell them to man up

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@VexxedRage I'm glad it isn't just me. Working normally feels like the least effective thing I could be doing right now.

[Sam Wilson @tecywiz121]

@ponderhack Alternatively:

The superscientists started it! They're replicating the results of a previous fire.