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A London-based polyglot developer (currently at @bumble) with a pilot's license. Made some humans, so no need for the license. He/him 🇬🇧🇪🇺

London
Joined August 2010
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“you don’t understand the world” buddy we’re in a global chip shortage and you think they somehow managed to spare enough to inject into EVERYONE
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You've got to be kidding me. After all these years...
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It’s not hard. Vote Conservative if you think you’re being deprived of the life you think you deserve by people who have even less than you do. Don’t vote Conservative if you think you’re being deprived of the life you deserve by people who already have way, way more than you do.
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BBC @BBCCareers is offering free 14 week software engineering training course for women. No tech experience required. Limited places. 👩🏿‍💻👩‍💻👩🏽‍💻 🗓️ Closing date 26 June. #WomenInSTEM #INWED19 Apply today: Step into Tech - BBC Tech Training Course for Women bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06sz50…
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Jon Bates retweeted
This...
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How to get a good night's sleep with kids: 1) Create a routine and write it down 2) Throw it in the trash 3) It's not going to happen
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You can’t not watch this at least 17 times teapaw.org/lizardrumsfeld/status/…
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“Could be worse” A few seconds later... “See, told you so”
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💡 Here’s one trick that made me a much better programmer: Review your own code the same way as you review other people’s code. Sounds simple but this was actually super hard: I used to think that my code already meets my review standards... But it did not.
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Jon Bates retweeted
Stupid joke time: - Do you know a good GDPR consultant? - Yes. - Can you give me his e-mail address? - No. /me curtsies
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David David: 2016 “Britain will be much better off outside the EU” 2017 “There is no downside to Brexit” 2018 “Brexit will not leave Britain a Mad Max style wasteland” 2019 “The Thunderdome remains the fairest way to control the allocation of precious petrol rations”
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Jon Bates retweeted
If ever there was a perfect metaphor for Brexit .... This guy nails it!! Lord Lisvane is a boss! teapaw.org/Open_Britain/status/95…
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I don't know who first referred to Bitcoins as "Dunning-Krugerrands" but I love it
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This is an accurate representation of bug fixing... #Dev #DevHumor (Via @Imgur)
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Finally! .NET Core has a nice and fast way to implement GetHashCode: public override int GetHashCode() => HashCode.Combine(field1, field2, field3); github.com/dotnet/coreclr/pu…
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Australia, where people know how to get shit done
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Jon Bates retweeted
Theresa May to a nurse who hasn't had a pay rise in 8yrs: "there's no magic money tree" May to DUP: Here's £1.5 billion so I can keep my job
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Vicente Fox snatched Donald Trump’s soul on the internet yesterday and none of you told me.
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