Isaac Freeman

#Ōtautahi, #Aotearoa / #Christchurch, #NewZealand.

He/him. Web developer at #Banqer. #NZGreens. Funtime Comics. #Cyclist.

Middle-aged cis-het abled Pākehā man.

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2024-08-26 09:48:12

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@npub1afz…wdvg I have not seen Frozen, so will have to take your eord for it.
I appreciate that the number of times a person has watched Frozen is either zero or eleven thousand, with nothing in between.

2024-08-26 09:37:04

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@npub1afz…wdvg I like icing.

2024-08-11 04:43:22

They made an electric car with a speaker to generate petrol car noises. I have two thoughts:
1. They could have achieved the same effect by sticking a card in the spokes.
2. Did they consider having it make clip-clop horse noises instead?
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112932980193430848

2024-07-27 04:06:26

Busted out my antique 1990s “The Greens” t-shirt at lunchtime. Immediately found by official photographer for fashion shoot.
Someone pointed out the shirt wasn't legally compliant because it lacked the authorisation statement you need on all campaign material. But he happened to have an antique badge handy with exactly the right text.
#NZGreens
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/856/005/447/503/353/original/662d7d2020162aa4.jpeg

2024-07-16 02:28:06

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@npub16uk…pv7k I can't savour something this uncanny. I'm not Jan Šcankmajer.

2024-07-16 02:21:47

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@npub16uk…pv7k This is a further concern. It seems like I have written a query that another developer might be able to read and understand, with test coverage. It's all very unlikely.

2024-07-16 02:18:49

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Understand that that one of the tables I am querying is named `websockethack_events`.
That is an obvious warning sign. Why is nothing going wrong?

2024-07-16 01:39:02

I wrote a complicated SQL query and it seems to work. I don't know what's going on and I am scared.

2024-06-29 23:05:56

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Oddly, I have more trust in Biden's own ability to pick a successor. If they went with Harris, fine. But I fear they'd decide it was a galaxy brain genius strategy to run, like, Clinton/Romney or something. #USPol

2024-06-29 23:05:07

My main concern about replacing Biden is that I don't trust the Democratic Party that picked Biden to pick a replacement for Biden.
#USPol

2024-06-28 07:19:01

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@npub1mmf…eknq I hear you, but she's a party insider with less baggage than Clinton, and abortion wasn't as immediate an issue in 2016.

2024-06-28 06:38:55

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@npub1mmf…eknq I appreciate that “It has to be Harris” sounds a bit like “Only Biden can beat Trump”, but I can't see another option at this stage.

2024-06-21 01:54:26

The Radio New Zealand notifications system is delivering a flurry of random old news items. Prince Philip has died. Cardinal Pell has been sentenced. UK prime minister Theresa May has lost a crucial vote on how to do Brexit. What a news day.

2024-05-22 21:56:14

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@npub1mmf…eknq Keep telling Biden to get electable.

2024-05-22 21:53:51

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@npub1trd…ussx This seems like… a poor choice for a bus driver who doesn't want any costly delays.

2024-05-09 01:19:47

Having signed the contractor, I can now report that I have a job. I'll be working at https://www.ovrcome.io, building software to support VR exposure therapy for phobias and anxiety.

2024-05-06 03:22:29

Here is a petition for the University of Canterbury to divest from the state Israel, with particular attention to military collaborations. It's open to alumni and prospective students as well as current students and faculty.
https://otautahiaction.com/submission/uc-divest-petition/

2024-04-29 07:27:15

With Biden working for Netanyahu, and Trump for Putin, it's clearly time for the US to have a strong third party challenger who'll do New Zealand's bidding.

2024-04-23 22:32:42

I haven't been paying any attention to the Labour Party recently. Looks like they've conpleted their regular flip back to Opposition Mode. They have principles again, now that they're safe from having to put them into practice.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-04-2024/labour-has-forgotten-it-was-in-government
#NZPol

2024-04-10 02:00:47

Alone we are born
and die alone;
Yet see the red-gold cirrus
over snow-mountain shine.
Upon the upland road
Ride easy, stranger:
Surrender to the sky
Your heart of anger.
- James K. Baxter, _High Country Weather_
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/243/981/882/406/279/original/16ec4bdb77c8e079.jpeg

2024-04-05 02:15:17

School Strike for Climate.
#SchoolStrike4ClimateNZ #SS4C #Ōtautahi #Christchurch
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/215/719/500/223/760/original/f6e89e640fc61e39.jpeg

2024-03-24 08:10:19

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@npub16u7…uend Thank you. That made me feel less alone.

2024-03-19 08:31:13

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@npub17nc…9dam @npub1c5q…90ux It’s better than Wellington’s ridiculous fountain. At least the water goes where it’s supposed to.

2024-03-09 23:04:22

Congratulations Chlöe.
#NZGreens #NZPol
Chlöe Swarbrick will replace outgoing Green Party co-leader James Shaw https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/511314/chloe-swarbrick-will-replace-outgoing-green-party-co-leader-james-shaw

2024-03-07 23:55:12

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@npub16uk…pv7k Brown women MPs in this country are subjected to vicious campaigns of rape and death threats, but the big news is that some white men were mildly criticised by a sports team.

2024-03-07 01:30:56

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I have had this conversation many times, and without fail at some point I meet the eye of some other woman on the bus and get a little nod to say she’s hearing this and knows what I’m doing.

2024-03-07 01:27:14

Interrupted an old guy on the bus who was trying to talk to a teenage girl he didn’t know. I kind of know the beats of this conversation now.
1. She doesn’t want to talk to you, mate.
2. She’s not stuck up, she just doesn’t want to talk to a stranger on a bus.
3. I don’t think I’m better than you, I don’t know you either.
4. That piece of information about your hard life is really interesting. Positive feedback, talk more about that with me.
5. We are two guys having a friendly chat about life.

2024-03-04 08:12:58

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@npub14jj…pcmt I don’t think he needs to beg forgiveness, he just needs to be clear that he’s not on Netanyahu’s side and he’s doing everything he can to end the genocide. It’s not guaranteed that he’ll succeed: the US President doesn’t control Israel, but nor is he powerless. It just needs to be clear where he stands.
The election message ought to be that Democrats are against genocide. More Democrats in Congress, more power to end genocide. That shouldn’t be hard.
@npub1de3…nyh0 @npub1mmf…eknq

2024-03-04 07:27:08

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@npub1de3…nyh0 Biden had better deliver quickly then. He’s the one who has agency here.
US voters can choose between Trump, Biden or not voting at all. Biden is obviously better than Trump, so he only has to clear the bar of not making it morally repugnant to turn up and vote for him. That shouldn’t be as difficult as he’s making it.
@npub1mmf…eknq

2024-02-13 23:35:39

Submitted my application for a job I’d really love, if they’d have me. Now is the time for stoical expectation management. I must visualise a world where I don’t get the job and I cope with that and move on.
If I get an interview, I must immediately switch to visualising a world where I am the perfect candidate who was born to do this job. But then instantly back again if they go with someone else.
I can be either person, it’s just hard to switch quickly.

2024-02-05 21:10:15

People sometimes wonder why short versions of names are often oddly formed. Why is ‘Bob’ short for ‘Robert’? ‘Peggy’ for ‘Margaret’? ‘Hal’ for ‘Henry’?
I believe that the answer in all cases is that at some point in history a three-year-old sibling tried to pronounce the name,and everyone in the family thought it was fun and started using it too.
I reckon this sort of thing may explain vast swathes of human culture.

2024-02-01 06:43:17

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@npub1d24…fjgh Why can’t the Greens be an environment party with no social justice? Because that’s not what ‘green’ means. Never has.
They may be confusing ‘green’ with ‘incoherent corporate bullshit’, but that’s not our problem.
@npub1trd…ussx

2023-06-22 02:29:32

I believe that good moderation is a very important part of managing any instance. So when my admin is deciding whether to federate with another instance, I’d like them to consider carefully whether that instance’s past moderation decisions have served to protect its community of users.
For example, have there been any genocides?
I can’t stress this enough: even one genocide is a really bad sign.

2023-04-24 22:27:20

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#[0] This stealing-from-councils argument really cemented my support for Three Waters. Normally I’d say that governance should be decentralised as much as possible, but if this attitude is as widespread as it seems then it’s probably a net benefit to remove control of common resources from people who think they own them.

2023-04-22 03:51:04

The worst thing that ever happened in software engineering was when Kirk asked Scotty how long something would take and Scotty said thirty minutes and Kirk said you’ve got five and Scotty got it done in five and impressionable children watched this and grew up to become managers.