Ben Coombs @ben30

Wow. Really overwhelmed with the response to my story about the real 'Lord of the Flies'. So so happy that this extraordinary tale is finally - after 50 years! - becoming famous. Here's a thread (with pictures!) on how I found the 'boys' three years ago /1 theguardian.com/books/2020/may…

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Ben Coombs @ben30

4 years ago

@guspower I think you’re overreacting

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Ben Coombs @ben30

4 years ago

@guspower You really need to learn Jira inside out to make it behave like a whiteboard, cards and magnets.

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Ben Coombs @ben30

4 years ago

@guspower And the ticketing system would use shared services obviously. Services all the way down.

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@_fletchr ...well, in “principle” you're an engineer

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@thirstybear I had 13, was limited. I got 14” max /64gb/2tb to support multi docker services. J Lewis good extended warranty, but only sell up to 32gb. Reviews show you can’t see improvement 64 over 32, so perhaps my choice overkill. Also look at external apple keyboard with Touch ID.

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@thirstybear …if hypothetically, it’s going to used primarily as a Citrix client, then I’d suggest base MacBook Pro 14 inch, the display compared to 13 inch is amazing.

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@guspower the irony is hopefully not lost that Im using a meme from 2012

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@reneritchie i can’t find answer, is MagSafe 3 also thunderbolt 4? If not does it support any data?

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@RobElliot266 @_fletchr I’d imagine 64gb would allow one to spin up all/multiple services that make up a fairly complex distributed architecture, all locally. I’ve the earlier m1 MacBook, biggest envy for me is higher pixel count & pro-promotion, which they all have as standard.

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@RobElliot266 @_fletchr both support up to 32gb, but 64GB memory option only available with M1 Max chip.

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@guspower Reminded of Phantom Tollbooths' Terrible Trivium: looks to be a pleasant man, but with a blank face, giving out tasks that seem urgent but are really just meaningless & tedious.

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@RobElliot266 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-gram if you want to deep dive into how it might have been coded...

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@SmithRamparts @sarahdal_gulls reminds me of - i'm just here for the buffet lunch. businessinsider.com/tom-cruise-ind…

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Ben Coombs @ben30

5 years ago

@guspower reminded of this article I read the other day: teach yourself programming in 10 years norvig.com/21-days.html

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Justin Searls @searls

6 years ago

So if you ask: are Pull Request Reviews better than Projector Reviews? Absolutely. Almost anything would be. Not doing anything at all is often better, on-net. Are PRs better than Pair Programming? It depends. What do you value more? Comfort & autonomy or empathy & cohesion?