Stephan @TheTraveller@sw-development-is.social

Guten Morgen, Ihr Frösche! 🐸

The ever-present danger of global variables.

Had to have an awkward conversation with a client this week about "free", as in "this app is free".

I did a TOS analysis and showed them just how they'd be paying for the app- their employees attention, data, and privacy. They were *stunned*.

"I thought it was just free like Instagram is free?"

This is why I want to pivot into education. I don't accept that we can't inform folks about this.

Planet Earth or Planet Ocean?

Take a look at this fascinating data visualization of countries by their share of Earth’s surface.

There are over 510M square kilometers of area, but <30% is covered by land. Over 70% is the ocean.

Image by Nicholas LePan for Visual Capitalist. Details at https://www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-by-share-of-earths-surface/ #nature #science

Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks

The High Seas Treaty places 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, aiming to safeguard and recuperate marine nature.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64815782

Just over a week ago I was laid off by SmartBear, who acquired Cucumber in the summer of 2019.

I've written more here: https://mattwynne.net/new-beginning

I'm still getting used to the news, and figuring out what I want to do next. In the mean-time I am available for hire as a remote freelance technical agile coach.

I'm based in the Pacific (West coast US) timezone, but I don't mind getting up (reasonably) early.

#Cucumber #Agile #Testing #TDD #BDD

Hi, all rubyists. End of March, 2023 is EOL day of Ruby 2.7(also Ruby 2 series). Please upgrade your Ruby 2 to Ruby 3 or switch to use LTS OS like Ubuntu or RHEL. see https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/branches/ #ruby

@rubycentral https://rubycentral.org/news/mastodon-development-now-supported-by-ruby-central/

Das #EERIE-Projekt unter Leitung des #AWI will mit Hilfe von Supercomputern Erdsystemmodelle verbessern. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Simulation von Ozeanwirbeln. Von der EU wird das Projekt mit 7,8 Mio. Euro gefördert.

https://www.awi.de/ueber-uns/service/presse/presse-detailansicht/wie-ozeanwirbel-unser-klima-beeinflussen.html

📸 Nathan Beech

@CoralineAda
I am guessing not. Not cuz they're not friends and not cuz they're not at Microsoft.

Because neither they nor anyone else actually understands how their wonderful "AI" -- gives me the creeps just saying it -- actually works.

They have lined up a statistical mechanics markov chain rig and declared it to be intelligent.

Advanced-Eliza is as uselessly unintelligent as Original-Eliza.

But Weizenbaum, to his credit, understood how it worked.

Meta proudly announces it has invented... cubicles. https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-metas-push-to-solve-the-noisy-office-ba43042?mod=djemalertNEWS

Next #FediPoll for you guys...

What is your primary operating system?

(boosts appreciated to get as much engagement as possible, thanks!)