Darkpaw
I test software. It's more fun than it sounds.

I don't understand how Joe Rogan has the/one of the most viewed/listened to podcasts in the world?
Each time I see a clip of it he just comes across as really dumb, and sycophantic to his awful guests.
Then there's some guy with a moustche (don't know his name), and some other guy who sits there with sunglasses on and a baseball cap.
What's the draw with these 'manosphere' wazzocks?
If I want to hear fuckwits talking bollocks I'll go to a pub at 9pm on a Tuesday.
eBay users: "Can you lower your price? I'm buying this for my [daughter|niece]'s birthday."
Me: "Sorry, no. The price is set at the amount needed to pay for medical treatment for my [daughter|niece]."
No, Rachel, you carry on.
Take that £2 a month from people trying their best to save a bit of money.
Don't bother attempting to tax companies like Amazon who game the system.
Or Apple.
Or Meta.
Or Starbucks.
Or any of the other massive twatty companies fleecing the UK public.
You go after the little guy.
They can't fight back.
That's precisely why you do it.
Cannot wait for you to be sacked, you rubbish Chancellor.
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Could do with one tonight.
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Oh well, not bad.
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Woohoo! Another three!
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Not a word I use daily.
@stux@mstdn.social I'm writing tests for an API, and have to use AI to investigate whether it's useful going forward.
It can generate 1,000s of tests in a few minutes.
I have to then review the tests, and I find:
- Duplicates
- Incorrect assertions (the test will pass when it shouldn't, and vice versa)
Imagine if I had zero knowledge already, and I wasn't capable of reviewing the tests it generates. This is precisely what'll happen if no one learns anything, and passes it all off to AI.
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Ahhhh, back to the threes.
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The streak continues.
Your daily reminder - should you fucking need it - that, after Donald Trump was inaugurated for an inexplicable second time, Mark Zuckerberg said it was okay to call gay people "mentally ill" on his platforms (WhatsApp, Facebook, Threads, Instagram).
If you know any LGBTQIA+ people, or follow people like Stephen Fry, George Takei on here, watch Ru Paul's Drag Race, Smoggie Queens, or anything of a queer nature, and still use any of Zuckerfuck's platforms, you are feeding his hatred.
Stop it.
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Couldn't have been any other word, though it's a word that shouldn't be spelled like that.
Everyone is praising Andy Burnham as some sort of saviour, but I'm yet to see any concrete policies from this Johnny-come-lately.
He won 24,937 votes in one by-election. He didn't stand as the leader of Labour and put in any of the hard work to win a general election.
At the risk of creating a phrase:
He's not the messiah, he's a very northern boy.