Happy All-Saints Day. Globally celebrated as the day you try to clean up the mess from Halloween, but are too sick from eating way too much candy to do anything, so you just say, "I'll do it tomorrow."
Dan Jones shared a month ago
All of these dummies are playing checkers while I’m playing Connect4.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Parents, please check your kids' candy this Hallowe'en. I just found a Lisp interpreter pretending to be a text-editor inside one of their chocolates.
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A nougaty chocolate-bar has been sliced over to reveal a poorly 'shopped Emacs logo "inside" the chocolate-bar.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
I recently learned that I will likely lose my job in the next 3-12 months for refusing to use the planet-destroying plagiarism and lies box that is "AI" technology.
If anyone is hiring for a fully remote US-based logistician at a company that will not require me to use AI tools, please reach out! I'm educated and experienced in the field, and I'm passionate about what I do.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Opinions on LLM tooling use seems like driving, at least as it's seen in the US.
Anyone going faster than me is too fast and dangerous, anyone going slower than me is too slow and hazardous.
Anyone using AI for more than what I'm using it for is an idiot, and anyone using it less than what I'm using it for is hampering themselves and the team.
The US government shutdown has made my job a little less certain.
I work as a civilian contractor for the US Department of Defense. I'm employed by a company called Oteemo and they have the DOD contract that I'm on.
My contract was supposed to be until next May, but apparently, they can decide to just cancel the contract in the middle, and that's what they decided to do, because I'm a programmer and not a soldier.
I'm not out of a job. I'm still employed by Oteemo, and they'll put me on deck until they renew the contract. So I'm not currently in any financial trouble or anything.
But, if this drags on, Oteemo could decide they don't want me for a different contract and let me go. So, I'm looking for something new. I want to get ahead of this and not be out of work right now.
I'm a full-stack or back-end web developer with over twenty years of professional experience. I've mostly worked in go and PHP, but I'm also good in Python, and can learn anything else. I've also done some basic DevOps.
I've worked as a Team Lead and Senior Architect. In the last few years, my work has focused on microservices.
I'm looking for something based in the US, but remote. I'd be open to in office on the Southwest side of Houston, TX (Sugar Land would be better).
I might consider relocation to another country, but it would have to be a warm climate and a safe place for kids with access to an international school.
I have a résumé and a LinkedIn, and will update them both soon.
Please feel free to DM me, email, IM on Jabber, or just call/text if you have any leads. And I'd appreciate it if you'd boost this for visibility.
#FediHire #GetFediHired #LookingForWork #Programming #GovernmentShutdown #golang #PHP #WebDev
Dan Jones shared a month ago
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Meme with two pictures. On the top picture someone is holding a mushroom in his hand and asks AI if it's edible. AI answers 'yes'. On the bottom picture we see a man in a hospital bed with his eyes closed. AI is standing next to him and tells him: "you're right, it's a poisonous mushroom. Would you like to learn more about poisonous mushrooms?"
Dan Jones shared a month ago
IF ONE MORE PERSON ASKS ME, A CLASSICALLY TRAINED CONCERT PIANIST WITH OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE, TO PLAY "PIANO MAN" BY BILLY JOEL I AM GOING TO ABSOLUTELY PLAY THAT SHIT AGAIN BECAUSE HE WROTE A GODDAMN BANGER AND THAT IS MY FUCKING JAM
Why is there a CAPTCHA on the form on my state's vehicle registration website where I send them my payment?
Why do you care if robots are paying for people's vehicle registration? What could possibly be the problem with that?
The three genders
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Partial screenshot from /etc/selinux/config showing "SELinux can take one of ... # enforcing # permissive # disabled"
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Maybe she’s born with it. Maybe it’s been extracted from an enchanted amulet at some terrible cost.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
How To Join ICE
https://theonion.com/how-to-join-ice/
Dan Jones shared a month ago
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From on board, a boat or a dock, I can’t remember which, the golden age Superman lifts open a hatch. A padlock snaps and hangs in mid air. With water below him and another dock, our hero scene from the right side of the panel says, “I’VE HEARD ENOUGH! Now to teach them a little respect for the country they’re seeking to destroy!“
Dan Jones shared a month ago
In Matthew 25 Jesus told his disciples that people would know his true followers by the way that they fed the hungry, the hospitality they had for foreigners, the way they cared for the sick, and the way they treated those in prison.
He was very specific in this list.
I just realized that it's been so long (like, more than a decade) that I've played a musical instrument with sheet music that I'm having trouble reading sheet music now.
I can still do ok playing by ear, but not so great with music.
In high school, I was a section leader in my high school band, and now I can barely read sheet music.
This is really upsetting to me.
Dan Jones shared 2 months agoPlease, call me monster. “Dr. Frankenstein” is my father!
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Food stamps are set to run out of funding in early November and I’m just here to remind you that if you catch someone stealing food at the grocery store then you should immediately call the ghostbusters because you clearly saw a ghost and they clearly vanished into thin air and you didn’t see nothin.
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
"JD Vance's motorcade hit with shrapnel after artillery 'mishap' during celebration: report"
ME, yesterday, before this LMAO:
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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social I know this is terrible, "show of strength" meant to terrorize (also legit dangerous) BUT... The SYMBOLISM of "strength" being literally bombing your own military base is like... that time JD Vance punched himself in the nuts with a skateboard. youtu.be/Cp35KtzXcWQ Just pure 🤡show. Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h NYT confirms our reporting from days ago - which the WH said was fake news - that Trump and Hegseth are pulling a stunt to fire artillery rounds over I-5 between SD and LA onto Camp Pendleton as a stunt, one of the busiest highways in America. Not linking the post because FUCK NYT not giving them any clicks ALT October 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Seven million 'No Kings' protesters.
Zero police officers attacked.
Zero police officers killed.
Zero police officers hospitalized.
Dan Jones shared 2 months ago
Please boost. You're going to the store and someone asks you to pick something specific up for them. They have something sort of like what the person wants, but not quite. Do you: #Poll #polls
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don't get anything 1% (7 votes)
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get the similar item 6% (30 votes)
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call the person, describe the item, and ask if the you voted for this answer 88% (417 votes)
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other 3% (18 votes)