FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

to be clear, I don't mean "explode" as in "explode in popularity", but "explode" as in "fireball that kills everyone involved in it"

“why don't languages like c++ and java have multiple constructors? they're so useful! i love that rust has multiple constructors!”

the finger curls on the monkey's paw

and i find out about the hell of objective-c designated initialisers

Even if CO₂ emissions decreased annually as much as during the pandemic lockdown, we wouldn't achieve our climate targets.

While individuals made huge sacrifices, the system remained. This shows that individual action will not solve climate change. We need the system to change.

looking into history accuracy of AoE2 is, a trip

suppose I am writing some code that will take a god object containing all the state of an emulator, move out several key components of it, reset their states, and then place them into a new god object that's meant to be almost indistinguishable from a completely fresh one. what's a nice, horrifying metaphor for this. i want a word that conveys the idea of like, organ harvesting from a perfectly healthy subject or something. or some kind of spiritual thing.

Bureaucracy becomes significantly easier to navigate once you realize bureaucrats are human beings and if you send them an overwhelming amount of documentation they'll often decide they don't get paid enough to go through all your bullshit and it's easier to just give you what you need

Good morning!

i made a meme about web revival / yesterweb / diy

"This Discord server could have been a forum."

Every #NYT story lately.

I have no idea where this image originated and take no credit.

@futurebird

Lawn darts, bb-guns, kids these days miss out on all the fun toys because of ...

*very sappy mocking voice*

"sAfEtY"

🙄 🙄 😈

My debut novel Atoms Never Touch, a #trans #latina #scifi novel about multiple quantum realities, is being released by AK Press on October 10th! Pre-order and get these awesome #t4t stickers!!! Please preorder, repost and pass it on! For media inquiries and advance copies email publicity@akpress.org https://www.akpress.org/atoms-preorder

The effects of air pollution on peoples' health are so stark that it only took one week after the closure of a coal coking plant in Pittsburgh for nearby cardiovascular ER visits to drop by 42%. #climate #climatechange #ClimateCrisis https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13082023/when-a-steel-plant-closed-in-pittsburgh-cardiovascular-er-visits-plunged/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=e3c5e4789c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_19_01_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-e3c5e4789c-329642993

For others, if you need to change your name with the developer site, this is how I got mine started:

https://developer.apple.com/contact/#!/topic/SC1101/subtopic/30003/solution/CONTACT.EML.GEN/details

"""
Hi there!

I have recently changed my name and have updated my apple ID to reflect that, however I've noticed that developer.apple.com/account still lists my old name.

Would it be possible to please change your records to include my updated name (and gender, if listed), as follows:

Name: ${NAME}
Gender: ${GENDER}

Best regards
${NAME}
"""