zonak

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” - Mark Twain

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

The term "patch", meaning a software update, originates from the days when computer code was written on physical cards with holes punched in them. If there was a change in the code, you would "patch" that section of the card with a piece of tape, covering it, and changing it.

[zonak @zonak]

@jplock https://t.co/t4pu3d0qjB

[zonak @zonak]

@chrismunns

[zonak @zonak]

@chrismunns Next: find a KVM / USB-C dock solution to switch between this and a work laptop with the same set of monitor(s) / keyboard / etc

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

The first 6 stages of debugging:

1. That can’t happen
2. That doesn’t happen on my machine
3. That shouldn’t happen
4. Why does that happen?
5. Oh I see
6. How did that ever work?

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for." - Tom Bodett

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

NEWS 🚨: Scientists will reveal a new major discovery on May 12 at 10:00 am PT. Announced by the same team that revealed the first image of a black hole in 2019.

[Space @redditSpaceView]

The disrespect

[Bill Gates @BillGates]

Seven years ago, I gave a TED Talk about how the world wasn’t ready for the next epidemic. A lot has changed since then: https://t.co/3oT8MJIYrO

[Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom]

“A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable.” - Leslie Lamport

[Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom]

"Every great developer you know got there by solving problems they were unqualified to solve until they actually did it." - Patrick McKenzie

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A domino can knock over another domino about 1.5x larger than itself. An awesome mechanical chain reaction https://t.co/T0rCujQP74

[Farbod Saraf @farbodsaraf]

"You likely have to get management approval for a $500 expense... but you can call a 1 hour meeting with 20 people and no one notices."

[JavaScript Daily @JavaScriptDaily]

Facebook's open source projects, including React, are being relicensed following patent concerns: https://t.co/1Rdc4WCD7r

[rachel binx @rachelbinx]

2012 me: it's too bad that I, as a web developer, will never get to use this excuse
2017 npm: I gotchu

[knewter 🇺🇲/acc @knewter]

company keeps emailing me about my outstanding balance.

I mean, I'm pretty good about not falling over, but outstanding seems a bit much.

[Node.js @nodejs]

What's the QEWD.js framework and how does it help with heavy CPU processing? @rtweed explains in this post https://t.co/H88nL7v1ar

[isaacs @izs]

re: Optimistic Nihilism, by Ryan Dahl, inventor of @nodejs https://t.co/gXIzUqin62