looking for people to join Team QAC: https://jobs.lever.co/perforce/348b86b8-71e8-4f27-baf8-b607c94bc6c8

eheheh i sneaky #caturday #dreamies

vicarious warm and fuzzies ☺️ when you go to check a colleague's profile 'cos you're not 100% sure, and _oh neat!_ it turns out they _have_ changed pronouns 🤗

im not touching you! im not touching you! #bridges #london

idk why but the thought of opening an email client now inspires an almost panic-tier response ... ok i opened the work email for the first time in a week and appear to have survived, let's try the personal one

squishy shonk #shonk #kneadingcat

first snow of the year eeeeeeeee❄️🌨️

only the very best trains have surprise puppers #pupperday

[whining] https://mastodon.social/@whitequark/115481544464327144 well obviously, if i had* a skill that wasn't computers, there wouldn't _be_ an issue * without implying having that skill

[mh-] i don't think my spoons are ever coming back 😓

oh no, i accidentally reinvented `__block`

I am _very_ entertained by this article in the new "Engineering & Technology" which implies that, without tea, the notion of a manned lunar base is unrealistic. #tea #Space

"you are not worse than the -" let me stop you _right there_

i am not a Republic Serial villain #pushonfriday

cool boat i saw earlier #coolboat

you have to be fricking kidding, updating _the controller_ is a thing now?

> This experiment burned outrageous amounts of resources doing it with an LLM, when it's a well-known problem with far better existing solutions. 100% of the things LLMs do are like this! they have no practical use except for increasing the amount of slop in the world […]

sleepy trains

anyway a delightful thing that happened earlier, while i was on the train (standing against one of those "leaners" at the end of the carriage), someone walking by suddenly squealed out "OMG such cool shoes!" and like pointed at them for her mildly-embarrassed friends was very ☺️

finally, an ad that speaks to me on a personal level

cool finds for £3.50! i left the second one, mostly because it's heavy (though also a sense that i "shouldn't" need it... even if i probably do lol), so - still there for now! #letsgothrifting

meanwhile CC and i are stuck with boring mom #caturday #catsofmastodon

mom is catsitting for whoever this is #caturday #catsofmastodon

maybe i should save effort pressing backspace and just start intentionally signing everything as "A;ex" i mean, it's visually distinctive and still basically readable

anyway we were passing that area for some Social Responsibility and this time it was clear enough to see Kingston from the windows which was super neat other side also has a great view north over much of London but is unfortunately not as accessible for taking photos

well this pharmacy reckons C is Goode, actually

ayyy finally, was in time to get a 65Roses Pro when they were on sale

my lot aren't currently registered to go to HISC but i kinda want to now, _just_ to see that dragon statue holy shit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Convention_Centre_Wales

".. actually no, you're clingier than the cats" - @SheButch, 2025

Following Rishi Sunak and Nick Cleggs' move to advising tech companies, let's all wish Liz Truss well on her first day at Amazon Web Services.

_but what if_ instead of a proper solution, we did this barely-related other thing that also doesn't address the underlying problem? that way, we can say a proper solution is unnecessary _and_ continue being broken, win-win!

zzz #caturday

weird experience earlier cracking headache all morning and afternoon, felt like my eyes were going to pop, blurry vision in one eye, really started to worry id got sick... ... discovered id mistakenly been drinking _decaffeinated coffee_ , ptui one cup of normal coffee later, right as rain

celestial being meets fragment of heaven

alien 1979, but on a big screen!! interesting combination of signs there though

alright alright there's _always_ room for one more pin

ran into my MP in the wild earlier today! not at an event, just commuting he was friendly and willing to say hi, which... idk just improves my faith in Things Generally (i didn't ask any questions or anything, mind was blank)

at the point of actively hating computers

(two weeks ago, on a train) me: uhh can you smell metal? Rayne: no it's just you me: blech this is gross i can't breathe properly - _removes face cover_ you have to be fucking kidding (pics are a reconstruction)

someone recently was like "ok but C++ names don't _really_ get that big, right?" meanwhile _single type name in a GCC error casually exceeds entire vertical scroll of the console_

unsure what message is being sent here

"oh hey i bet this is interesting -" _looks inside_ _it's Lex and fucking Yacc_

special delivery!

two particularly pretty spideys out front of the house today! i wonder if they're roommates #spider

interesting encounter near Reading never seen one of these before very sharply-dressed and friendly crew too

proofread before cnc

pretty spidey #spider

"never trust anyone with two first names" - @SheButch a.k.a Rayne Celeste

wikipedia has a table of _specific trains_ wearing rainbow livery, including their individual names (including the very pretty green train _Alan Turing_ i saw recently) : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainbow#Trainbow_units amazing

"for example, one of these three fine fellows"