Thomas Mayfield

Software mechanic, fitness nerd, SFF reader. Shaving yaks at @Bookbub. He/him.

Not here anymore, but sometimes at @[email protected]

[Thomas Mayfield @thegreatape]

On a good day: Software Gardener
On a normal day: Software Mechanic
On a bad day: Software Janitor

[Thomas Mayfield @thegreatape]

@agundy_ Oh hah, I didn't take that as criticism! I've spent a lot of cycles thinking about that line of system vs will. "A meaningful amount of friction" seems to be the right balance for me.

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Another HOWTO from the saga of rebuilding my attention span

https://t.co/BDWjVXfomi

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@agundy_ This breaks the thoughtless-opening-of-distractions habit loop, but yes, of course I can turn it off if I choose. No system works without a bit of willpower.

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@mdenomy I've used neither professionally, but Rust is pretty neat. I found myself nodding a lot while reading https://t.co/VbZTJXkNEf

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@ktaloipa maybe? honesty can't tell if it's allergies or if I've somehow picked up a mild cold

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@doctorzaius

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@ktaloipa Yup. Went from "huh, mild winter" to "buried under pro basketball player height drifts" in weeks. Hope I don't have to turn the back yard into a snow farm this year.

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@ktaloipa best of luck - we put three (3) layers of curtains up in the bedroom to get it pitch black.

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@wpeterson Daaaaaaaad

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@billsabram @doctorzaius What's a network partition?

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@the_databae It's done a lot to make me much more comfortable with uncertainty, in and outside the weightroom.

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@the_databae They're particularly wonderful because rather than just presenting findings + takeaways, they run you through how they're breaking down and thinking about how a study was done, and how it fits into the broader body of knowledge in the field.

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@mdenomy Yer welcome to come up here and shovel my driveway

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@mdenomy @semanticart

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@ktaloipa From my chicken meal prep seasoning this week: paprika + cumin + salt + pepper.

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