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Dylan Beattie

dylanbeattie@hachyderm.io

<p>I do interesting things with computers, code, video, music, and comedy, then travel around the world telling people about it. Microsoft MVP, creator of @RockstarLang, organiser @LondonDotNet. Слава Україні. He/him.</p>

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    The man who keeps pushing software updates to block people he doesn&amp;#39;t like from the platform he spent forty four billion dollars on? Imagine if somebody like that could push software updates to your car. No opt-out. Just decides he doesn&amp;#39;t like you and pushes out an update to make your stereo play Eiffel 65 on repeat. Or y&amp;#39;know, make your autopilot drive you into a concrete wall at 150mph. I&amp;#39;m glad we have so many rigorous legal safeguards and vetting procedures...

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    @rem hello! what&amp;#39;s the best way to enquire about a talk I submitted back in May for ffconf, please? I have somebody else asking if I&amp;#39;m available on those dates and I&amp;#39;m not sure what to tell them, and can&amp;#39;t find a contact email on the ffconf site anywhere. Thanks!

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    In hindsight, the most unrealistic bit of 2001: A Space Odyssey is the bit where HAL9000 says &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m sorry, Dave, I&amp;#39;m afraid I can&amp;#39;t do that&amp;quot; - &amp;#39;cos the kind of AIs we&amp;#39;re actually building would be &amp;quot;Sure, I&amp;#39;m opening the pod bay doors for you right away!&amp;quot; - and then deliberately kill Dave in the face.

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    &amp;quot;Benny!&amp;quot; &amp;quot;What?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Benny, Amazon wants me to fill out this product description form.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;So?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;...it&amp;#39;s a gallon of fox urine&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Well, put that in the form&amp;quot; &amp;quot;OK. Benny... what should I put under &amp;#39;included components&amp;#39;?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;it does have any bloody components. It&amp;#39;s a gallon of fox urine.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;...the website says it&amp;#39;s a...

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    Rockstar 2 will be live in November, in time for all the folks who want to use it to do Advent of Code this year. Want a preview? Check out https://beta.codewithrockstar.com/ - tutorials, examples, online interpreter, and binaries for Windows, Linux and macOS.