Posts by olafurw@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #Ar3D2maUopjmNzh7Nw by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-02-12T15:18:49Z
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Today I learned that you can put emoji reactions on emails in GMail.I'm going to become insufferable.
(DIR) Post #ArhZOxGHEJmWfZCBCy by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-03-03T20:53:30Z
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"You should learn art" - says the art person"You should learn science" - says the science person"I would never wish this on my worst enemy" - says the programming person
(DIR) Post #ArpAufrMWPHsNMFWhE by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-03-05T15:12:51Z
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Programming tutorialsMost languages: "Here's feature, here's how it's used, here are some caveats, ok bye"C++: "Here's a feature, here's how it's used, here's the ISO paper for it, here are meeting minutes of people arguing, and now lets implement the feature from scratch to really learn it"
(DIR) Post #ArpAujyxC7jjA3pe5I by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-03-05T15:21:01Z
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And maybe my brain is just used to this. Because I wanted to know how goroutines work in Go. But if you google "goroutine implementation" you'll get blog posts that cover surface level stuff. Some do it ok.But I want the ugly truth, I want the implementation caveats and all Monkey Paws involved.
(DIR) Post #At6uvd59BaTv4bKxk0 by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-04-15T08:21:10Z
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Someone told me that Gaslighting came from a movie called Gaslight, and I just told them "no, you're wrong, that's such a dumb thing to say, why would you lie like that?"
(DIR) Post #At9PXdso2fsVVDWi6i by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-04-16T08:10:25Z
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If you're not a programmer, just know that people arguing about programming languages are arguing what is the best way to type on the keyboard so that the computer puts numbers into boxes.And it's all the same boxes in those languages because they're all talking to the same computer.
(DIR) Post #Au3sOIi8GqbHVSpZlA by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-05-13T17:56:03Z
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To my lovely people on the spectrum.If you post a list of something (fun 90s comedy movies, examples of cat memes, list of strange soda flavors) and people comment "you forgot to mention [insert thing]", they don't mean that you actually forgot it.It's just a way of saying "hey, I really liked [insert thing] and I wanted to mention it"
(DIR) Post #AuObbLsC529SpD8PWi by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-05-22T21:43:26Z
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(DIR) Post #AvF2R8rcWIVUTDhxTs by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-06-08T00:03:45Z
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If you have a podcast and you have a guest on, please, for the love of everything, let them speak more than 3 words before you interrupt them.
(DIR) Post #AvroONWFsX0a007NWS by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-07-06T18:38:23Z
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Nordic Place Nameshttps://youtube.com/shorts/c93-GNuhCIw?feature=share
(DIR) Post #AwC0RAFL2h6mFcbYjw by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-07-16T08:39:38Z
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DOOM scrolling? That's old news, we're Quake scrolling now.
(DIR) Post #AwhBNzN8Kc233KW21Q by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-07-31T00:41:52Z
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People who make map direction algorithms need to start to realize that I often prefer simple over quick."This vet is only 15 minutes away"Yeah, if I take 3 buses and walk for 5 minutes.Or... I take this 1 train for 30 minutes and that vet is in the building next to the train stop.
(DIR) Post #AwjV2snvwS5c09BUcS by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-08-01T16:17:18Z
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Then: "Save a tree, don't print this email"Now: "Burn the trees, AI the email"
(DIR) Post #AyISAannRlFlBh4T8i by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-09-17T00:22:42Z
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"Cells die and new cells replace them, you can become a completely new human some years down the line"My dumb ass: "Ahh, so that's why IDs expire"
(DIR) Post #AzOn0BJBUjgyQNX2Bc by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T10:04:42Z
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That feeling when a post of mine leaves the circle of people that know that my posts are mostly silly.I know the state of the world isn't the best etc etc but some of you are way too serious. Please accept whimsy into your life.
(DIR) Post #AzOn0DckswXFbehgy8 by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-10-20T10:50:23Z
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@alda oh don't get me fucking started.
(DIR) Post #AzbPRnShsPtsjI6GEC by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-10-26T13:14:38Z
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Press 1 to let out your frustrations.Press 2 if you are hungry.Press 3 to know that help is on the way.
(DIR) Post #B1GCgJcnyWrOIW3WUK by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-01-31T08:51:12Z
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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?"
(DIR) Post #B1GCgOfTE2xlwELDpw by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-01-31T21:52:45Z
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There are two kinds of reactions to this post:1. Hah yeah, fun post, anyway, let's move on.2. HE SAID 5. I NEED TO KNOW WHICH 5 HE EXACTLY MEANT. IT CAN'T BE A RANDOM NUMBER FOR COMEDIC EFFECT, THE POST ISN'T VALID UNTIL THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED WITH A 16 PAGE PAPER.
(DIR) Post #B2gKRHkmvrcgGhm5DM by olafurw@mastodon.social
2025-07-03T16:09:27Z
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I'm in my 40s and I still think about this when someone mentions red blood cells.