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M Collins

@watercityflame

Software developer learning about cyber security. My cat thinks I'm a pillow of some sort. New Brunswick, Canada

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Just donated!

01.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks I hate it

12.02.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Done!

04.02.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you need any more folks with 3D printers? Am happy to help any way I can, and I have a printer and some filament. (Unfortunately, I am based in Canada. Shipping from here is slower but it does work)

16.01.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rocco is correct

25.12.2025 19:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont Β· Pull Request #14369 Β· ocaml/ocaml DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB. What's Impleme...

I am so torn between wanting to share this with no context so that the reader can have the full experience of developing a relationship with each of the parties in the discussion to this PR, and with knowing that the full impact of what is happening here might evade many without more explanation

27.11.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 202 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 13

3D printers are good now! They've been getting steadily better since their initial hype cycle, and are pretty user-friendly (especially the FDM ones) these days

11.09.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

SVGs can have straight-up JavaScript in them, it's wild

28.08.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Applescript one genuinely reads like a little lightning bolt, not a scroll. It looks like a battery utility. How did this get published?

27.08.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

where did you get the parrot model? It looks extremely cool

24.08.2025 00:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why does Trump love Imperial Russian titles so damn much? First all of the Czars, now this? He has ties to Putin, not the Romanovs

07.08.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, this is a bribe, right? The republican administration is demanding that Harvard pay them to keep operating, with no legal basis for that payment. NYT can call that a bribe, right?

And if the administration sues for libel, they have to try and prove it's not a bribe. Which would be great

05.08.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Applies to raising the minimum wage also

31.07.2025 15:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's not an end. This is really good, but it's still a shot every six months which means a majority of people won't take it and we won't get herd immunity or an actual end

It's still really good! Better than existing meds & cheap, and pharmaceutical company actually being ethical for once

31.07.2025 01:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's like hiring a software developer but worse for both parties in every way

29.07.2025 16:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello. I am a human person in real life. If you shoot me with a silenced gun, I will be screaming. Loudly. Also, I will most likely survive.

28.07.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Iceland just playing "the floor is lava" and failing

28.07.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why would I transform? I am already an old-world primate that's good at picking and digesting fruits.

28.07.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No, but these euphemisms become popular on tiktok. That definitely has an algorithm, and a restrictive one at that

26.07.2025 18:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Working based on vibes isn't bad btw. You're just working on intuition and taste, not facts and logic. Programming is not an area where you should be doing that

26.07.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Continually surprised that "vibe coding" is the actual term for it. Vibes are the aesthetics & emotions of something. Fashion, interior design, branding even. If I'm talking about "vibes based engineering," I'm insulting the engineering

26.07.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's possible a lot of people do think that way. You just. Wouldn't see them on social media. That's all. Popular accounts all paid the price of popularity.

26.07.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That looks like a dog named Uggi. I don't know how but that name fits so well

23.06.2025 18:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's getting harder and harder to parody this stuff

10.04.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Y'know what, I'll take the pure hope. It's something

08.04.2025 05:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes, did not know about that.

(That said, I don't think I can avoid Shopify and Amazon both, and I hate Amazon more)

11.02.2025 04:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cropped screenshot of an android phone (my phone) (1:41pm Feb 4) (67% battery). One notification is visible, from Shopify's Shop app:

Filter search by country πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Easily find your favorite Canadian brands

Cropped screenshot of an android phone (my phone) (1:41pm Feb 4) (67% battery). One notification is visible, from Shopify's Shop app: Filter search by country πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Easily find your favorite Canadian brands

Not Shopify telling me I can filter by country to "easily shop my favorite Canadian brands." The tariffs may be paused but the memory is not

04.02.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

After a few months taking a break from work, I'm looking for a job again.Β Β Anyone hiring a software engineer with a penchant for low-level stuff?Β Β I'm looking for something remote in the US (or, at the very least, something in the Seattle area).

(Reskeet for reach? Thanks!)

09.01.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Jasper, a short-haired tuxedo cat. He is staring up, past the camera, big round green eyes just fixated on ... Something. His paws are nicely tucked under him. He looks like he has seen an angel and also like his head is too large for his body

Photo of Jasper, a short-haired tuxedo cat. He is staring up, past the camera, big round green eyes just fixated on ... Something. His paws are nicely tucked under him. He looks like he has seen an angel and also like his head is too large for his body

Find someone who looks at you like Jasper looks at random spots on the wall

09.01.2025 02:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got my flu shot today! It included antigens for H5N1 (& 3 other influenzas), was quick and free. Please be proud of me, I hate needles

08.01.2025 23:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0