James Byatt @grumpyjames

I was a mathematician, and then I sold out. digihippo.net Brooklyn Joined August 2008

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Mihai Simion @faustocoppi60

2 weeks ago

Ah I enjoyed this victory more than whatever those people in the background of this screenshot do. GRANDE LOULOU! #GPCQM

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

2 months ago

Thunder rolled...it rolled a six

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

2 months ago

I was told the the US coverage of the Tour was rubbish and still my expectations were too high.

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

2 months ago

First ride post chute. Bike fine. Arm not convinced, heavy braking and bumps most unwelcome. GPS mysteriously non-functional on head unit. Good data points all.

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Victoria Coren Mitchell @VictoriaCoren

3 months ago

How do they get AWAY with this? I mean, however American your accent might be, PRUSSIAN?!

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The correct take: - “stochastic parrot” is a top notch turn of phrase that does accurately convey something about what LLMs do - stochastic parrots can be smarter than most of the people who like that phrase think - but not as smart as the people who don’t like that phrase think

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

4 months ago

What a drama factory the Colle delle Finestre is; two epic stages, seven years apart, a redemption arc par excellence - I feel privileged to have seen it. Simon Yates, take a bow.

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Alex Vzorov @0rca

4 months ago

What's the big deal about writing unit tests? I mean, how many tests can there be? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Jonathan Blow @Jonathan_Blow

4 months ago

Some people might read this and think, that's just not my world, I am stuck in this world where software breaks all the time and everything I build is disposable. Even if that is kind of the case for you, there is still good news, because this isn't an all-or-nothing problem.…

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

5 months ago

Bloody hell how is Windows still this bad?

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

5 months ago

London dev friends: you might fancy this

Yaron (Ron) Minsky @yminsky

5 months ago

London dev friends: you might fancy this

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

5 months ago

Increasingly leaning towards the Tracer Tong ending

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Lotto Cycling Team @lottocycling_

6 months ago

40 stories, 1 legacy, worn by the next generation. Pictures: Brecht Steenhouwer

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

6 months ago

One Eastern Phoebe does not a Spring make, but it's a fine start, and the big storm rolling in this evening won't hurt either.

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Adam Sharp @AdamCSharp

6 months ago

A Lithuanian equivalent to “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” is nemokamas sūris tik pelėkautuose. It means “the only free cheese is in a mousetrap.” * read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it’ll be gouda ‘nuff)…

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

6 months ago

There's _always_ a trade off in deciding what species of test to write (or sometimes, whether to write one at all). If you haven't worked out what it is for your test species ... do have a think.

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

6 months ago

Dentist appointment reminder e-mail: "we have reserved this time especially for you". I mean...that's what an appointment is? Do they want a prize?

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Tikhon Jelvis @tikhonjelvis

6 months ago

One of the best simple program tricks I've learned: organize as much of your logic as possible *as if you're writing a library*—even when it only gets used once This naturally gets your code aligned around core concepts, and also makes modules/classes/et self-contained

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Bryan’s Gunn @bryansgunn

6 months ago

Mordor. Tough place to go

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James Byatt @grumpyjames

6 months ago

YouTube recommending I check out the latest video from The 1975 when I'm half an hour into a nostalgic trip through Opeth's back catalogue. Yeah, nah.