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software development, engineering management, information security, basketball shitposting. he/him.

pronouns: he/him
web: https://jacobian.org/
github: https://github.com/jacobian
signal: jacobian.01

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2024-09-07 20:12:22

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TIL copier. Is there a compelling reason to use it vs cookiecutter?

2024-09-01 17:00:43

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I’ve always had LGs and they’ve always been super solid.
If you’re looking to save energy heat pump dryers are a thing now. They also have a big advantage of not having to be vented which is cool. But they’re super slow (2 hour dry cycles) and more expansive, and my power is cheap and green, so I after consideration I didn’t get one.

2024-06-21 03:43:33

Me for one. I haven’t been able to participate in the discussion because I’m just too fucking angry. I’m seriously considering resigning my PSF membership over this, I’m just so fucking tired of having this same fucking argument over and over and over again.
I’m still a bit hopeful there’s a quiet majority who’ll proove these views are in the minority but that hope dwindles day to day. https://wandering.shop/@offby1/112651813649144849

2024-06-12 21:21:52

Now that Kenji has shown us the best way to cut an onion, we need to answer the important remaining question: what is the WORST way to cut an onion?

2024-06-10 00:29:57

What an amazingly thoughtful gift for Pride! https://apnews.com/article/pat-robertson-dead-christian-broadcasting-700-club-91299d0953c014ca6860fe545cac793e

2024-06-09 04:52:50

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have you written anywhere about how you implemented this? I want to do something similar for a thing I’m working on. I have a few ideas and one or two things bookmarked but I’m very unsure how to actually pull it off.

2024-06-06 23:06:54

Hey here's a thing not everyone knows:
Cetirizine (Zyrtec) has been shown to be as effective as diphenhydramine (Benedryl), without the drowsy side-effects. So now that cetirizine is available OTC and as a generic, there's basically no reason to take diphenhydramine (except as a sleep aid, I guess.)
Just a few sources, there are more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10250918/, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17883909/, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205335/.
[IANAD, just someone with an unhealthy obsession with first aid kits.]

2024-06-06 17:50:32

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see, I don't like the Lakers, but I like the NBA more when the Lakers are pretty good. Seeing the Lakers lose is only fun when they don't do it all _that_ much.

2024-06-06 17:32:21

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you like the Lakers being bad eh?

2024-06-06 16:35:52

🏀 ok, better choice than JJ. College coaches moving to the NBA don’t have the best track record, and the LA seems to be a pretty touch place to coach unless you’re Phil Jackson, but still I think this is probably a pretty good move overall. https://x.com/wojespn/status/1798668676016836889?s=46

2024-06-04 16:20:52

Anyone have experience with online courseware tools that they like?
Features I'm looking for:
- flexible course content (text, video, slides)
- both at-your-own-pace and scheduled synchronous video sessions
- cohort-based (e.g. session runs 7/1-7/15)
- assignments and "turning in" documents
- forums or discussion threads for peer-to-peer and student-instructor convo
- nice simple clean student experience
Not Google Classroom - I've used it and dislike it

2024-06-04 01:13:11

I'm profoundly dissapointed to discover that there isn't a brand of climbing nuts called DEEZ

2024-05-30 20:22:03

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if you’re really good at lambda functions would that make you an Edge Lord?

2024-05-24 04:07:11

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well, you’re the first person I’ve heard from with a legitimate reason not to mask — every single other person, and there have been many, who’s pushed back on the mask mandate has done so out of bullshit “free country” crap or deeply unscientific “vaccines are the real threat” kind of thinking.
So to you: I’m sorry.
Also, I suspect if you reached out to the confernce, they’d find a way to accommodate you and I encourage you to do so.

2024-05-23 15:48:31

If for no other reason*, I support a mask requirement at #PyConUS because the kind of person who doesn’t attend because they’re required to mask is the kind of person who I don’t want to hang out with anyway.
(* and there are lots of other good reasons too)

2024-05-19 15:07:42

$11,000 raised for @npub1srm…clda at #PyConUS!
And we’ve still got a day left — let’s keep it going: http://blackpythondevs.com