gemma lynn @ellotheth@mastodon.technology
programmer, (former) moonkin, nasty woman, geek
Joined Apr 2017
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I don't think I ever did one of these and there's 🍍 all these new people 🍍 so: #introductions
I'm mostly a software engineer and #videogamer, with tangents to #cycling, failing to learn #Norwegian, and otherwise wasting a perfectly good B.Mus in #violin performance. I was a #moonkin (SERVER FIRST ALGALON 10), and now I'm a #Guardian.
#gaming #gameing
#linux #vim #bash #git
#c #golang #php #mobx
#destiny2 #wehappyfew #farlonesails
#expat #norway #norsk #skiing
#dogs #coffee #yoga #bujo
#feminism #christian
I don't always try to upgrade the Firefox sync server I set up five years ago and haven't touched since, but when I do it's 11:45 on a Friday night.
filing my taxes at the end of july like an adult
i'm not so much shaving the yak as deciding which brand of clippers to use
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It was never about the movies we quoted at each other, it was about the shared experience of building a private language of references for your in group
This is why it's cute to, say, quote Monty Python with your buddy but crappy to build your professional-level reference documentation around the same jokes.
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Programmers PSA - Learn to justify your effort
https://www.mrlacey.com/2020/07/youve-only-added-two-lines-why-did-that.html
You've only added two lines - why did that take two days!
Because:
* The issue was reported with a vague description of how to recreate it.
* The reported issue was related to functionality, I'm not familiar with.
* I took the time to investigate the real cause of the issue, not just looking at the symptoms.
* I investigated if there were other ways of getting to the same problem, not just the reported reproduction steps.
* I took the time to verify if there were other parts of the code that might be affected in similar ways.
* When I found the cause of the issue, I looked to find the simplest way of fixing it that would have minimal risk of introducing side-effects.
* I tested the change thoroughly and verified that it addressed the problem for all the different code paths that were affected.
Public educators on my podcasts: "2-3 hours of schooling per day is not the path to academic success, we need a better plan."
Me, homeschooled and holding a postgraduate degree:
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broke: camelCase
woke: capitalizeEveryotherWordinIdentifiers
Yes, this post comes from personal experience. Yes, the personal experience was ten seconds ago. No, I do not wish to repeat the personal experience.
(And yes, it was Wikipedia. CSS class mw-changeslist-line-inner-separatorAftercharacterDiff in the watchlist.)
*In Murderbot head-voice* I'm having an emotion. /me gets up and stares at a wall
Today in Things Gemma Learned:
$ [ctrl + z]
$ bg
$ disown
https://www.shell-tips.com/linux/disown-a-running-shell-process-and-reattach-it-to-a-new-screen/
Ello's Law: You won't always find all the bugs, but when you do, it'll be half an hour before you're supposed to go on vacation.
I have a very strict policy about Strava challenges: I join literally every single one I can find except the ones from companies that supply police departments with bikes to use as weapons. #TrekBikes #DefundBikePolice #TrekCenturyChallenge
tfw you spend the last hour of your day on merge conflicts and then lose your nerve and discard the whole thing
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@ellotheth allow me to suggest a superior alternative
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Did you hear Apple is transitioning Mac to ARM and #BreonnaTaylor's killers still haven't been arrested?
My day so far:
$ git config --global alias.brnach branch
Today in That One Tree in Gemma's Backyard: Flower explosion!
programmer, (former) moonkin, nasty woman, geek
Joined Apr 2017
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