I will post this every time this ship comes up.

Little Achievements is a fanfic acted out by Alexander Siddig and Andrew Robinson. It’s great.

Also, Matt Baum’s Culture Cruise on them is really good.

So it’s the best bits of Kotlin in normal Java? Looks nice. Will give it a play.

I use swag, which is a pre-configured nginx with hundreds of sample configs for a lot of docker apps. It also has certproxy installed for letsencrypt and some added security. Worth looking at, imho.

Yeah, it should be “fig 1”, “also fig 1, but the other half”.

She’s a perfect Rio Morales, just saying.

I’m over 20 years into my career, so I think I’m technically (and literally) a grey beard now. I always make time for junior devs if they need it or request it. Often I try to softly inspire them to a good solution, or challenge their thinking when I think they’re going down the wrong path or are creating too much work for themselves through over-engineering.

Pair programming is an invaluable learning tool for any team. It produces great results as you are both challenging each other while also quickly spotting those silly mistakes we all make.

Rubber Duck Debugging is also a fantastic way to solve issues quickly, as just talking through how you think the code works while reviewing it, you often spot the issue with almost no input from the person acting as the duck.

I’d also recommend doing code katas like codewars for any skill level, as solving problems that you wouldn’t usually come across in day to day work can lead to ways of thinking that you wouldn’t get otherwise. If you can, get more people on your team to do the same katas and then all talk through your solutions as a group. We would often use languages we were less familiar with to solve the kata in order to pick up new skills as well.

You never stop learning in this industry. There’s always new tech, new languages, and new ways to solve a problem that will make you a better programmer.

Look it’s simple, commission a Japanese band with a rudimentary understanding of English to write an album in English with no regard to time signature and release Vib Ribbon 2, god dammit!

“And with God as my witness, I am that fool!”

Worf’s son Alexander was born in 2366 and was fighting in the Dominion war by 2374, at 8 years old, so I think he has her beat on precociousness.

It’s one of the tactics of fascism, to get heavily involved in sex. Regulating it, controlling it, and using the overlap with shame to control people. There’s tonnes written on the subject and it’s fascinating, but also terrifying.

Me on a Saturday night.

So Wolfenstein is fair game because that’s clearly satire, with roided up, mecha Nazis, but this is bad because… robot Thatcher? Sure, that makes sense.

But then wouldn’t you also need to look at the temperature of the hospital/building they are in? Or the air pressure? Wouldn’t that have a bigger effect on them seeing as the building would protect the baby from the weather outside?

Soul Reaver seriously needs a reboot. Soul Reaver kept getting mentioned a while back when Square Enix sold off Cristal Dynamics to pay for NFT scams, but no mutterings of a reboot/remake.

Unicron has entered the chat.

Oh freddled gruntbuggly, thy micturations are to me

Like furgled grableblotchets on a lurgid bee.

Apparently it is a Ubisoft published game and is in the Prince of Persia series, so no lawsuit needed.

Do the X-Wing/TIE Fighter games next!

His name is Colm Meaney and his name stalks me in credits.

Bard gave me this, and it’s not terrible:

(Verse 1) Worf: I’m a Klingon warrior, born to fight Data: I’m an android, made of metal and light Worf: I’ve got a heart full of rage Data: I’ve got a mind full of sage

(Chorus) But we’re both part of the Star Trek crew And we’re both here to see it through We’ve got our differences, it’s true But we’re both here to fight for what we believe in, me and you

(Verse 2) Worf: I’ve fought in battles, I’ve seen the best and the worst Data: I’ve studied the human condition, I’ve put it to the test Worf: I believe in honor and duty Data: I believe in logic and beauty

(Chorus) But we’re both part of the Star Trek crew And we’re both here to see it through We’ve got our differences, it’s true But we’re both here to fight for what we believe in, me and you

(Bridge) We’re two very different beings, that’s for sure But we’re both part of the Star Trek crew, that’s pure We’ve got our differences, but we also have our strengths And together, we can overcome any length

(Chorus) We’re both part of the Star Trek crew And we’re both here to see it through We’ve got our differences, it’s true But we’re both here to fight for what we believe in, me and you