C might be a pain to write, but holy cow does it run circles around python from a performance perspective. Easy to forget in fields like data science, where python is the default

So if Verizon agreed to not SIM lock phones in order to get the the 700MHz Block C license aka LTE Band 13, and now they're SIM Locking phones, does that mean they're going to lose their LTE license?
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Just kidding, that'd require an FCC with a spine. But it fucking should.

What dark, heathen God do I have to sacrifice to in order to get CUDA 9.2 installed on a machine? For the love of Christ Nvidia, just make a functional fucking installer for once in your God forsaken life, you're a Fortune 500 company. Why does everything have to be so incredibly janky with you?

I love everything about the Nvidia Tx2 board...except the ARM64 architecture. Catch me constantly building shit from source :(

Seriously though, I wish there was just one, universal open source processor architecture standard to rule them all.

I've always considered myself a stalwart proponent of strong, effective security. But I'll be damned if my company's security policy isn't choking it's developers out.

It's like whenever a developer requirement and potential security vulnerability meet, the company doubles down on the security side, ignores their dev's needs entirely, and then takes a privilege away just to punish us for having the audacity to try and do our God damn jobs.

More tales from University Tech Support:

Haven't been able to get ahold of this staff member for weeks to do required maintenance. Emails, VMs, surprise office visits, she's never anywhere to be found.

Finally my boss emails her with the subject line "Free Money", and gives her some sass in the email about calling IT back.

Yeah, she responded in minutes...

Tales from University Tech Support:

Me: please send us 2 or 3 times you're available for us to troubleshoot that issue
Them: I'm available at 3:30

Obviously not a Math Major...

Working at an IT help desk for a public University. I get to see exactly the kind of shit software that I want to avoid creating, every day.

Hey guys and gals, question for y'all. What's your opinion on Mastodon? Torch of the spirit of open source and decentralization? Good idea, flawed implementation? Wretched hive of scum and villany? Let me know!

Ya know, automated testing was supposed to save me time and trouble... Seems like it's just a different place for bugs to crop up

The most interesting part of learning Jekyll is trying to remember how to type 'Jekyll' correctly...