Notices by Ólafur Waage (olafurw@mastodon.social)

Databases are still using tables? Don't they know we've switched to <div> years ago?

"I connect, therefore I am." - René DeSCART

"The 2000s didn't have like a defining thing, for me"
-"What about listening to System of a Down while playing World of Warcraft?"
"I retract my statement."

[starts destroying the government]
"Hey, can you please stop that?"
[dismantles all safeguards]
"This is not a nice way to behave mister"
[starts siphoning out all money and power]
"You are not following the correct checklists!"

@jedi I like detail :D

How do I make sure my library function is correct?

Well I create the entire valid-input set and the entire invalid-input set and run those against other libraries that do the same.

Then I file bug reports on the libraries that don't behave like mine... right?

Wait, there are other libraries that do the same as mine? Why am I writing one? Don't worry, such minor detail hasn't stopped people in the past.

Checks & Balances? Nah.
Nothing is being checked and everything is off balance.

"They've started to say the quiet part out loud"
Look, I'm happy you've joined us but it's been deafening for years.

Programming languages: "We are just a way to operate computers in a way that makes sense to humans."

Programming languages [takes a big joint hit]: "What if there were 5 kinds of nothingness?"

"Can you explain the gaps in your resume."
-"I saved the file with Windows based line endings and you're opening it in an editor that treats them differently."

"Meta is reportedly scrambling multiple ‘war rooms’ of engineers to figure out how DeepSeek’s AI is beating everyone else at a fraction of the price"

Zuck, I thought you had AI to do that for you.

Finally, in C++26 you can debug C++.

Hey Journalists. That was not an "Odd looking salute". Jesus fucking christ.

They've lowered the price? That's a point of no return.

If you change your profile picture and/or name, then I will forget who you are and you'll have to explain everything to me again.

I just did Duolingo for 2000 days. Now the question is, can I speak German?

No, because I didn't pick German.

Can a group of set theory fans contain themselves?

I love the phrase "Not my circus, not my monkeys", because it implies that even though this situation isn't your problem, there is a circus out there where the monkeys are yours.

"You can try our nightly build"
-"Great, when was your last commit?"
"Yesterday"
-"And when was your last nightly build?"
"2 weeks ago"
-"And the one before that?"
"Month ago"

Chefs kiss.

MatLab is short for Matthew Labradoodle.