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xsspup :blobhaj_hearttrans:

> Build failed because PR title started with a capital.

What problem is this trying to solve and why should i even care.

xsspup :blobhaj_hearttrans:

Who's out there with a machine missing the uppercase font rom

xsspup :blobhaj_hearttrans:

I managed to get forth code written in the 90s for a powerstation to compile and run natively on my macbook today. I'm incredibly surprised both that i got that to work and that I'm in this situation....

xsspup :blobhaj_hearttrans:

Put � in random text fields so that developers are always wondering if they screwed up parsing somewhere.

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Kyle Brown

@xssfox I just assume you copied something from word and your smart quotes got messed up

Alix

@xssfox That's straight up evil. I love it.

xsspup :blobhaj_hearttrans:

Programmers fallacies about postcodes:
- A postcode covers a small geographic area
- A postcode is good enough to locate an end user for generating location suggestions
- A postcode will be in a single timezone
- A postcode only has a single state
- A postcode has no exclaves/enclaves

I would like you to meet 0872. Australia's largest postcode (I think), covers 3 states, has two cut outs (Warbuton and Alice Springs), and even still some mail outside of this area is routed via 0872

Map of Australia showing the 0872 postcode covering half of NT, a portion of WA and a section of SA.
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René Hoffmann :fckafd:

@xssfox in Germany there are streets where postcodes differ on the same street.

Adam ♿

@xssfox you should put this on your blog and also shout it from the rooftops

Phil Thane ✅

@xssfox
Also, too many web forms ask for 'city'. I know every two-bit settlement in the US likes to call itself a city but in the real world cities are large. They have population in thousands if not millions. Outside of cities millions of us live in towns, villages, hamlets or just in the country. Stop demanding to know my 'city'.
@Janeishly

xsspup :blobhaj_hearttrans:

A lot of Mastodon instance admins are either getting their first hosting bill or getting a very increased bill from extreme growth and usage. Some may be experiencing bill shock.

Please make sure your paying/supporting them!

Twitter was free because you were the product. Mastodon doesn't work this way.

Many instances list a patreon or donation links on their about page.

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Mindnet

@xssfox VPS isn't expensive. Used to colocate bare metal in a datacenter but with the cost of electricity it had to go.

Nelly Jane

@xssfox I’m slowly learning how to pay & who to pay ..

xsspup :blobhaj_hearttrans:

You might not like it but this is the most optimum layout for programming

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