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jaystephens

@jaystephens@mastodon.social

Banner: Black, Pirate Party flag on right Avi: 3 Arrows symbol, white on red

Social Media rant: https://is.gd/f4Py80

Writes fiction
Tries to be a good person
CSIRO technical writer, Scientific Compute team
Pirate Party Foreign Relations chair 2021-23
Dad to 2 kids
Personal account, personal views

Born Shetland. Live Bundjalung/Turrbal Country. Always was, always will be.

They/he | pragmatist | reader | atheist | left-ecomodern | recaf | vego | solar+nuclear | 324ppm | TTRPG |
#tfr

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evan, (edited ) to random
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Your train is delayed at the station. Another train that takes a longer route to the same destination is about to leave. What do you do?

#EvanPoll #poll

jaystephens,
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@evan this happened to me frequently on the fast train to Varsity Lakes from Brisbane.
I have always switched and almost always come off worse.

jonoabroad, to random
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Programming is one long disappointment of wondering why shit doesn't work, reading the documentation and going "oh I am using it wrong" then wondering why it doesn't work, reading the documentation and going "oh the documentation is wrong"

Then wondering why you gave up drinking and how much easier life would be with a hangover and a cigarette with your little roach friends in the place across the street from a pub.

jaystephens,
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@jonoabroad I got out after a decade and don't regret it. It was satisfying but honestly the frustration and annoyance outweighed the satisfaction.

jaystephens, to random
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Pro S, or anti S?
will a single one of my followers get this out is it too obscure?

jaystephens, to random
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I feel like this isn't an amazing reward.

evan, (edited ) to random
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What's the maximum number of boxes on a boxes-and-lines diagram?

jaystephens,
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@evan I voted "about 10" because IME as a tech writer/technical communicator, in most fields, barring the most technical folks, if it gets bigger than that there's an 80% chance you can abstract some of the boxes into sub processes, and those will be one person's problem while the parent diagram will be their boss's problem.

loke, to random
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@jaystephens Nice. Ping me if you want suggestions where to eat. 🙂

jaystephens,
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@loke dammit in all the holiday chaos I forgot about your offer.
And yes it was hard finding food, especially after the rest of the family decided "Indian is too spicy" 🫠

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