The Symposium, or Socrates the negging expert of the ancient manosphere.

This

Slack is a cancer, and the “cyber security training” systems that got built onto it are its opportunistic infections.

Fucking software

Sessions for the next tattoo booked! Two full days back to back – this is going to be fun.

I am now certain that shepherd dogs don’t reproduce like other dogs. Instead, when a mommy dog and a daddy dog love each other very much, they shed at the same time, and the shepherd knits a new litter.

Switzerland is such an important place for us, as a couple of #Rubyconians have been calling #Zurich home for many years. Therefore, we are happy having Helvetic Ruby among our community sponsor! Helvetic Ruby is a such cool conference, helding the next one in November 2026! helvetic-ruby.ch

New freebie video!!! Originally from ~2012 but still relevant and you still might learn something new about Struct and Ruby

I can see your face And I feel the pain And I feel the shame that I have let you down again People everywhere Not a drop to drink Not a dare to think about the damage I have done

This is going to be good

The existence of glaring SPOFs in your emotional life really shows how poorly architectured is the human heart.

Me visiting my 1980s self: And when your hair is this gray, sexbots will be everywhere. Past me: Just as predicted in Analog Magazine! Present me: Yep, a total nuisance. Past me: What?

Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):

I made a whole space suit costume for this, and the orange overalls came with a fireproof coating that absolutely stank. So I washed them, and now ALL my clothes stink. (And maybe are fireproof?) In conclusion, this level of commitment deserves a repost.

Psychological safety at work is stumbling on a colleague just as they come out of the bathroom, and them spontaneously warning you not to get in there.

Pro tips for company gatherings: 1. Avoid classroom exercises 2. Avoid having the exercices be presented by a boring person with old teacher low energy 3. Don’t this teacher shallowly parrot at length for the Principal

The masochistic satisfaction of delayed onset muscle soreness.

I was too harsh with GUNSHIP's “Unicorn” album. It may be their best so far. And if we're to judge by the number of dance moves I find myself doing while working, it definitely is.

I can't be killed with conventional weaponry Now you're trying with emotional surgery I hear you call with a sense of emergency Everyone dies but me, I'm sorry

Blood for the Blood God. Skulls for the Skull Throne.

The Fragile is such a masterpiece. An audio Lynch-meets-Villeneuve journey. I don't understand why it's not in my all-times top 5.

And I descend from grace In arms of undertow I will take my place In the great below.

Maybe we should Maybe we have

Because your shadow wants to hide But you can't escape my eyes Maybe we should just, maybe we should just

I wrote about some of my thoughts on the lessons we can learn from the RubyGems situation and how we can move forward. blog.peterzhu.ca/open-source-...

This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted. It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed. The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.

The Rubicon was not crossed; but its waters spilled over and now the lines are blurry.

I own my occasional hipsterity.

Ruby Gems and Bundler will be moved into the Ruby organization. * Ruby Core and Ruby Central will be managing it together * No changes to license, IP, or copyright * rubygems.org operated by Ruby Central www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025... rubycentral.org/news/ruby-ce...

Reviewing a candidate’s work, I noted the quality of some of their system tests. As it turns out, they were generated by one of @adrienpoly.com ‘s gems. I should have known.

Stockholm again. 🇸🇪

You call that airport security, I call that misanthropy workshop.

Danzig’s music is so good that I am considering wearing tight black jeans and chest hair from now on.

“It's time to prove to your friends that you're worth a damn. Sometimes that means dying. Sometimes that means killing a whole lot of people.”

Pro tip: while working out, listening to Danzig reduces the weights by half.

After all these years - and that's many! – the mental toll of rejecting candidates doesn't get lower. It's not that much, but it's constant.

Tickets for #Rubycon are finally available, grab yours before it's too late! ti.to/rubycon/ruby...

When did “communities” became “angry mobs self-licensed to lynch”?

Additionally to collecting stamps in your physical @therubypassport.com, you can now also collect and see these stamps on @rubyevents.org!

“It’s ironic, relating the movie in 3D, considering Jared Leto’s acting can barely make 1 dimension.” This episode of Half in the Bag is off to a great start. Love it.

High Parasite, “Forever We Burn”. Stainthorpe breaking up with My Dying Bride is a tragedy, and his death-pop new band makes catchy songs, but not that different from any of the B-tier bands that Century Media used to sign in the 90’s. That said, the Norvegian goth teenager in me still likes this.

Open to new adventures in code — :ruby: #ruby, #rails, or :crystal: #crystallang! 18+ years with Ruby, so my ducks are in a row and my 💎 #gems are polished. Let's build something great together. #rubyonrails #CrystalLang #devhire #opentowork #FediHire #devjobs #techjobs #jobsearch

Seriously considering acquiring a lava lamp. This is what a fourth midlife crisis looks like.

As a grown-up man with a slight rebel streak, my life is 50% Mother (by Danzig) and 50% Mother (by The Police).

Playing SILENT HILL 2 with my cat as the world outside is too creepy and dark.

A burned toast is so sad, it’s really the Universe’s way of telling you you’re not welcome here anymore.

I love it when my unfounded prejudices against someone turn out to have been misguided and I discover a new cool person at the cheap cost of being humbled down. But I also love it when my asshole detector works and my gut feeling is proven right. I am probably a bad person.