Jeremy Nickurak 🇨🇦
@gehrehmee.bsky.social
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YEG techie and ukulele enthusiast. Mostly on Mastodon @
https://toot.cafe/@atrus
pinned post!
#introduction
: I try to get computers to do things, and try to help people at getting better at making computers do things! Lately my go-to programming language of choice is
#python
, and I love telling compelling stories with
#git
I play (and sometimes teach)
#ukulele
in
#yeg
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12 months ago
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Paul and Storm
about 8 hours ago
[P] WE'RE ALL-IN ON TULIPS, GANG
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Charles Johnson
about 23 hours ago
i’m not crying you’re crying xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Fifteen Years
https://xkcd.com/3172/
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦
2 days ago
At the Alberta Legislature this morning to bear witness.
#ableg
#abpoli
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#ProtectTransKids
#yeg
#Edmonton
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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️⚧️
3 days ago
Yes. This. Please. You don't need to use the industry's marketing terms when informing your readers, because those terms are actively misinforming them.
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Katie Mack
4 days ago
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick. Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Robb
7 days ago
This is government in the doctor's office, government in locker rooms, government in kids' private lives
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Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-government-notwithstanding-clause-bills-9.6983786
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Alberta Medical Association
7 days ago
Today, government introduced Bill 9 legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to override a court ruling that protects youth access to gender-affirming care. This places government between a patient and their physician, undermining clinical autonomy.
www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
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This fucking government. 😑
#abpoli
7 days ago
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I've been increasingly of the mindset that if you can't at least occasionally make small changes in your code with nano, it's a bad signal about the complexity of your codebase/tooling/etc.
7 days ago
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Cool Bike Art
7 days ago
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995. And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
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Alex Wenzel
8 days ago
After MTS adopted free fares for minors, the average age of riders on my usual bus (serves two high schools and both weekend terminals are shopping malls) dropped substantially. They get freedom without driving (inherently dangerous at their age) or their families needing to afford the extra car.
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Lucas Brown Eyes
9 days ago
“I’d never fall for MTG’s rebrand!” …Did you fall for Newsom’s?
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The Beaverton
10 days ago
Hospitals to fight critical staffing shortage by declaring that all PhDs are “that kind of doctor” now
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Hospitals to fight critical staffing shortage by declaring that all PhDs are “that kind of doctor" now
OTTAWA - In an effort to combat the national doctor shortage crippling many provincial healthcare systems, hospitals across Canada have declared that all PhD holders, regardless of field, are in fact ...
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/02/hospitals-to-fight-critical-staffing-shortage-by-declaring-that-all-phds-are-that-kind-of-doctor-now/
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Jeff Nachtigall
11 days ago
I tried to be subtle, but I know that doesn't reach all of you. I co-authored a crossword that was published today!
Yegwords.com/p/too-soon
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Too Soon? - YEGwords No. 040
A themed midi (12x12) crossword puzzle by Jeff Nachtigall and Brandon Cathcart
https://Yegwords.com/p/too-soon
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Wil Wheaton
14 days ago
Yeah, but at least it's an environmental catastrophe with absolutely no regulation, so a handful of dirtbags can have even more money they'll never be able to spend.
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ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace
ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-deaths-panera-lemonade
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Lainey
15 days ago
What happened to Sarah Kendzior? Why is she suspended???
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Archai
21 days ago
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
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#maximumDerek
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21 days ago
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TheGoodParts.dev
23 days ago
(Quite) A few words about async
yoric.github.io/post/quite-a...
#programming
#concurrency
#python
#go
#rust
#javascript
#blog
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(Quite) A Few Words About Async
I’ve had a few conversations about async code recently (and not so recently) and seen some code that seems to make wrong assumptions about async, so I figured out it was time to have a serious chat ab...
https://yoric.github.io/post/quite-a-few-words-about-async/
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Popehat of Serious Proportion
24 days ago
You mean we gotta spend an extra hour in the middle of all this
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David William
26 days ago
Operation Total Recall is a website with information on how to start and track the recall process for every MLA that voted in favour of Bill 2.
#ableg
#abpoli
#cdnpoli
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Operation Total Recall — Organize Local Recall Campaigns
Grassroots hub to organize riding-by-riding recall efforts for the 44 Alberta MLAs who supported using the Notwithstanding Clause against not just teachers, but all Alberta workers. Find your MLA, joi...
https://operationtotalrecall.ca/
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Litui 🇨🇦
28 days ago
Hopefully some Canadian legal and polisci folks can weigh in on my hot take but my sense is that union action and the right to strike are items of previously settled case law as much as or even moreso than Charter matters subject to Section 33. Does the charter even apply directly to worker rights?
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Katie Mack
5 months ago
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Liz Shannon Miller
29 days ago
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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Popeworldbuild
30 days ago
Dragon sickness is right there if we need a name. There are too many dragon in this world. They are terrorizing the people with their destructive greed.
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Abigail Larson
30 days ago
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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Opcode_
about 1 month ago
Help me my friend! I have been imprisoned in this elevator! You must bring me the red pages so I can be free!
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I stared at this one for a long time, without any clue how to start. I was shocked when I ended up playing perfect.
#bracketCity
[Bracket City] October 25, 2025
www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master) 🎹 Total Keystrokes: 63 🎯 Minimum Required: 63 Total Score: 100.0 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Bracket City - The Atlantic
Solve nested clues to reveal a satisfying fact about this day in history. Climb the ranks from tourist to kingmaker (or beyond?).
https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
I LOVE THIS! Timeline cleanse! Ron Sexsmith with music students, featuring Toronto the good 💕
youtu.be/ljPz0Z7M7BU?...
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"Sunny" featuring Ron Sexsmith with Melanie Doane and the students of Doane Music School
YouTube video by Doane Music School
https://youtu.be/ljPz0Z7M7BU?si=_2VhSTzsDSkI-ODv
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cm 🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
Bow valley ranche on FB
www.facebook.com/share/16F2an...
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Mary Gillis
about 1 month ago
Funny how "sacrifices" always means fewer social programs and not, say, bringing back the capital gains tax Carney himself trashed when he came into power. This would be the absolutely perfect time to raise taxes in the interests of nation building, but the Liberals are conservatives, so they won't.
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‘Generational investments’ and ‘sacrifices’ highlighted by PM Carney in national address
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged 'generational investments' in a pre-budget address, while also telling Canadians that transforming the economy will 'take some sacrifices.'
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/generational-investments-and-sacrifices-highlighted-by-pm-carney-in-national-address/?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvnews%3Atwittermanualpost&taid=68f98846f8f54000019dd548&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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Dave Jorgenson
about 1 month ago
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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Faine Greenwood
about 1 month ago
people gotta treat this behavior the same as we treat shitting on the floor
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Robson Fletcher
about 1 month ago
Smith in 2014: The plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate is a politically motivated distraction. Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.
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Isa / EvilCleverDog
3 months ago
Using ChatGPT
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Spent a few minutes looking around to see where I dropped my coat on the floor when I got home last night. Turns out I hung it up? In the closet? Like a human? gross.
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Dan Johnson (hire me)
about 2 months ago
Follow-up reminder: if you want to use alt text but keep forgetting, there's a setting for that!
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Gail Simone
about 2 months ago
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Katie Mack
about 2 months ago
The fundamental physics of the universe are tired of being blamed for the screw-ups of human people 😑
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froggleston
about 2 months ago
Can we just take a minute to coin the term "slopbro"?
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Mary Gillis
about 2 months ago
In conclusion, SENSE8 is a land of contrasts.
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Clara Jeffery
about 2 months ago
This by
@katmabu.bsky.social
is the best speech I've heard yet by any politician about what ICE/Trump/Noem is doing and it's not close.
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Ken Chia, some guy online
about 2 months ago
All capital I's should have serifs to distinguish them from lowercase l's
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Timothy Snyder
about 2 months ago
Putin not Musk is probably the richest man on earth but that only makes the point stronger — control of media by oligarchs leads to folly, fascism, and war
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2 months ago
Why does everything have to be about profit? Mail service is infrastructure. How much profit do roads make?
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I know it's far from the worst thing going on in the world, but I'm still constantly dismayed that TFG doesn't Know How Capital Letters Work.
2 months ago
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jon rosenberg
2 months ago
Reposting this, no reason
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Josh Fruhlinger
2 months ago
i often think this about cops who kill unarmed people in the line of duty in ways that cause reasonably anger. most of them probably don't meet the high standard for conviction for murder. most of them also fucked up real bad and should be fired!
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