Jon Yoder @JonYoder@mastodon.technology
Linux/privacy advocate, musician, child of God, lover of kittehs, former #Haiku dev, day job in IT, replacing e-mail: https://mensago.org
Joined Jun 2018
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functional programming, eh? well, here's the thing: it's much harder to make harmful mistakes in a programming language that doesn't function
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They say AI is going to revolutionize the world, and yet Google still needs my help identifying fire hydrants on a daily basis.
I was reminded tonight how refreshing it is to write code for a project you want to do just because it's fun and interesting. No pressure, just enjoyment.
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I am a K-12 creative arts teacher who would like to follow more K-12 teachers.
Boosts requested, please and thank you. 
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A close friend of one of my favorite bands, #MercyMe, was admitted to a hospital in late 2019 and came out more than three months later, having lost all of his limbs. The song "Say I Won't" tells his story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhTHgaCjTJs
He also has a $1 million GoFundMe to help cover his expenses. https://gofund.me/3741b44a
Personally, if I had that much in medical debt, I'd never be able to pay off such an astronomical amount. Anything you can give would be a blessing for him.
Just came across Vieb, a Chromium-based web browser with a Vim-like interface. Not a vim (or emacs) kind of guy, but if you're a heavy keyboard user, this is nothing short of amazing. Mouse not required! #vim
Medium often features prominently in search engine content. For example, if I search for stuff related to elementary OS, top results are their stuff on their main blog followed by their older stuff on Medium. May be it's just me, IDK
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Brought home a SonicWall TZ210 and discovered that messing with this thing isn't going to just be a project, it's going to be a misadventure. Yay?
Tried Coke with Coffee today, the vanilla variant. Coke is meh. Coffee is awesome. The combination? Less than meh. 😞
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If you somehow still use Google services and Google chrome, read this and plan an exit.
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A switch has silently been flipped in millions of instances of Google Chrome: those browsers will begin sorting their users into groups based on behavior, then sharing group labels with third-party trackers and advertisers around the web. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/google-testing-its-controversial-new-ad-targeting-tech-millions-browsers-heres
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Happy Easter! He has risen!
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The “Satan shoes” reminded me of this strip
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#lessons for #resurrection #Sunday:
- If you don't talk about #death you will not die, right? You wish!
- So, let's talk about death (and what may come next).
- This man, Jesus, claims that he #resurrected from the dead and, more, that you may also be resurrected.
- Now you choose. As C. S. Lewis wrote, he is either a #liar, a #lunatic or #God.
- Can you honestly say that Jesus was incoherent or false? Then he probably is saying the #truth. Then, death is not the end.
https://youtu.be/0h_GBJqtZVM
People don't believe me that sometimes computers don't involve magic voodoo. I beg to differ. Example? This is from my recently-started config management tool port:
#.*|name:.*|description:.*|author:.*|tags:[\w\d]*|directives:|\"(?:\%\"|[^\"])*\"|\"[^\"]*\"|[^\s\"]+|[\S]+
Regular expressions even make functional programming look friendly to regular people. And, yes, I wrote and understand this. #WIN #computers #smh
Linux/privacy advocate, musician, child of God, lover of kittehs, former #Haiku dev, day job in IT, replacing e-mail: https://mensago.org
Joined Jun 2018
