taldennz

Email addresses are easy to come by. Compartmentalise things so that you private and public lives can't collide.

I'm watching for the Zeekr 7X arrival in the South Pacific with interest. Now I'll also be watching to see how they respond to tests like this.

Firstly, check for crocs.

Then I recommend, while spreading a line of pyrethrym powder to keep away Hercules, that you make a quick call to snake control (keeping a clear line of sight for any circling dingoes and charging 'roos of course).

At this point you should be in a reasonable position (I would say safe, but when are you ever safe) to call in the professionals (do be sure to watch the trees for drop-bears).

At least that's what I know of the SOP for such matters in Aussie.

Battlefield Earth.

Terrible, terrible, terrible movie...

...but it was shorter than the book - so there's that.

I have no current interest in Bluesky but I'm very tempted to sign up just to be able to block this horrible individual.

We should look into that. Sounds like an important distinction. Luckily 'Wageningen' doesn't sound American so they might still have funding.

But not whales right? Because we have have loud, orange and completely trustworthy advice that 'windmills' drive whales crazy.

If you start a 'permanent role' with them, having already secured a next role, then it is unethical. That means you know, going in, that this is not effectively 'permanent'.

However. Having already started with them, if you find a better role, there is nothing unethical about taking that unless it contradicts an enforceable employment agreement. Maybe the role wasn't what you thought, or someone else has valued you more highly (in remuneration, working conditions or other benefits). It goes both ways and incentivising retention is up to the business - it's the flipside of lay-offs.

Yes, unfortunately so. And it's been going on a long time...

• October 2023
• December 2023
• January 2025
• May 2025

Drivers didn't want to share the road with cyclists. But they also don't want to lose road-space to cycle-lanes.

Sabotaging the lanes has been going on a long time, is quite regular, and seems to span a wide area - I expect there are several culprits. I hope someone gets caught... given the levels of frustration I also hope things don't get ugly when they are caught.

Especially in Wellington NZ where we currently have an ongoing problem with people dropping tacks in the cycle-lanes.

Java can only eat RAM up to a limit. So while it is memory hungry, it won't be randomly "eating all your RAM". Rather, more predictably it'll eat a lot more of your RAM than you'd like.

The scary one is where you complete your code and give the test suite it's first full run.

...and it passes...

[Cue scary dramatic music]

Damn. Must have missed a test case, there's no way that was correct first time...