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Please spell it right: in Italian pine nuts are called pinoli (not pignoli)

a man with a beard is wearing a red and gold iron man costume ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a red and gold iron man costume

Just got caught up in the latest round of terminations from Microsoft.

If anyone needs a "batteries included" advocate who really knows code, AI, and real production concerns + solutions, ping me! Ready to make great things happen for you.

Onward and upward!

Periodic reminder that if you are the senior IC in a meeting about a late project, it's your job to be the one who tells management "The reason we haven't finished this yet is that it's hard, and sometimes things take longer than expected.”

Richard Scarry Avatars donation link: https://tinyurl.com/mscure2025 From now until March 8th, 2025 donate $50 to the MS society! I'll make you a caricature avatar in the style of Richard Scarry! 1. Go to https://tinyurl.com/mscure2025 2. Donate! $50 or more for an avatar. Want a group/family/couple/pet? Easy! Donate $50 per face! 3. Email your donation confirmation to lar@lartist.com along with a current selfie(s) and maybe a busy occupation. 4. I will email you a high res jpeg to print and a low res jpeg for social media. All avatars will be delivered on or before March 15th, 2025

Current: $1560 Goal$10k! February fundraising theme for MS Society of Canada is Richard Scarry Caricatures! To get yours, just donate at least $50 tinyurl.com/mscure2025. Donations are tax deductible! See jpg for more info!

I mean, c’mon. How amazing is this?? He even got the silver/white facial hair. Everyone go help cure MS.

And thank you @lartist.bsky.social, I almost cried. It’s perfect.

Lar is the progenitor of my current avatar, for which I constantly get compliments. He also did my puppy, Watson.

Which is to say, you aren’t *just* helping people with MS, you get *excellent* pictures.

Go do the thing.

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Swift on Server job opportunities at @Apple . If you're eager to join this amazing ecosystem, apply!
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Probably it does not make you feel any better, but you are “statistically safer”

One important factor in the quality of life is not being dead.

— Paul Krugman

This swift feed by @czechboy0.dev is great. Some non #SwiftLang stuff does sneak in, but mostly just a cool way to discover people.

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Here's a glossary for Swift concurrency.

I've been asked about this a few times, and I finally sat down to do it.

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#Severance

Severance MDR Terminal & Dasher Keyboard

Pixelfed is also a possible federated nascent alternative

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Sound on -

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Today is my regular reminder that when I talk about something I am passionate about, people come away with the impression that I am angry. I assure you, if I am angry, YOU WILL KNOW. THERE WILL BE SIGNS.

YOU GUYS!!! On day 1, we met almost 40% of our goal! 💜We are so close. Donations of *any* size help, even 5-10 dollars. I will be keeping up the hot takes - DM me your receipt and a topic and I will post an embarrassing story or opinion! Reposts appreciated.

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💜 Hey! I need some help. A child who evacuated Gaza needs life-saving brain tumor surgery. He’s got to raise $4000 by Dec 8. I am matching up to $500 total *AND* if you DM me a screenshot of your receipt I will publicly post a hot take on a topic of your choice! tiny.cc/HelpBakr

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Our team is looking for an Intern to work on our team for 3-6 months in London - you'll get a chance to contribute to Swift Server libraries across the ecosystem 🚀🏎️ Apply now!

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This also applies directly to life in general. Step one is “you gotta keep existing”. Making it good can come later.

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It's almost 2025, and we are still so bad at estimating and predicting things.

As long as you're turning off your extended family's TV's motion smoothing setting, make sure to take a peek at their power strips. Very, very common to see $2000 worth of electronics plugged into a $10 surge protector that wore out a decade ago.

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It’s #WishlistWednesday, so please Wishlist my upcoming hand-animated #indiegame, Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends, based on the original 1905 Little Nemo comics. If you like large explorable worlds and surreal characters, may be the game of your dreams! store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/...

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