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March 2019

219 tweets

Replying to @mediafinger

@mediafinger No, this is exactly what that
article is about. THAT discussion. "The ingenuity of American technology
companies should not be perverted to violate the human rights of Saudi women.
Twenty first century innovations should not perpetuate sixteenth century
tyranny."

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 12:31:14 UTC
Replying to @mediafinger

@mediafinger Google and Apple chose to help
in the commodification and digitization of human trafficking. They help to keep
this system in place and make it even more efficient. There is no upside in it,
for nobody.

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 13:07:17 UTC
Replying to @mediafinger

@mediafinger Tech is the problem, because now
with it you can fix glitches easily. Unauthorized access? Use finger print,
facial recognition. With smartphones in the picture you could even implement a
short lived push notification based system to "approve" travel on border
controls.

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 13:23:05 UTC

Habe gerade dem Finanzamt geschrieben und die Anrede "Sehr geehrtes Team"
verwendet statt "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren". Etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig, aber
eigentlich doch sehr nett.

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 17:58:29 UTC♥ 13
Replying to @AnnaMelitta

@AnnaMelitta Ja, bei deinem Goldlöckchen ist
gefühlt das halbe Jahr Fasching ;-)

Für Kinder ist es aber auch nicht immer cool. Mein Schwager hat sich verkleidet
und sein Sohn hat zwei Stunden gebraucht ihn zu erkennen. 😒

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 08:35:42 UTC

Why Germans always know where the next fax is:

We have this ruling in Germany where the signature on a document is not valid if
you send it as an email attachment.

But if you fax it it's perfectly fine.

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 08:43:31 UTC♥ 7
Replying to @netzvagabund

@netzvagabund
@emsuiko You could time-box it: make a list of
all the topics you want to learn and distill that down to ~10 if there too many.
Then spent a short time (1-2 hours) per topic to learn about the basics (watch
an Intro video on YT or do the Getting Started guide if it's software).

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 11:32:35 UTC♥ 4
Replying to @emsuiko

@emsuiko No, oftentimes not, because we get told
in school&uni: learn this and you are ready for to job marked. That can lead
to the false assumption that you have learned everything necessary once you
start working.

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:56:55 UTC♥ 1
Replying to @einarwh

@einarwh You make a very good point: the value is
created through collaboration, not by producing code.

But, a lot of the issues you point out with Softwarecraft"men" are in my
experience no longer valid. As a community we moved beyond those years ago.

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 21:51:46 UTC♥ 5↻ 2
Replying to @vicbergquist

@vicbergquist I don't care much about swag,
but if conferences would put more money into reducing the amount of trash
created that would be A+.

Otherwise: Re-usable coffee cups. Credits/Voucher to test sponsor services.

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:30:38 UTC♥ 16
Replying to @Idento_one

@Idento_one
@berntco And don't get me started on @idento_one
claims to give users control about their data. A blockchain will never solve the
main problem: an actor who once had access to the data can make their own copy
(and sometimes have to). You cannot add self-destruct to copied data.

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:19:41 UTC
Replying to @mirjam_diala

@mirjam_diala
@berlinjs This is the typical understanding of
Germans about their ability to speak English: it's binary, either you speak a
native speaker or you just don't.

Don't worry! So many people on this planet have learned to speak English only
later in their life, so you are not alone!

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:35:09 UTC♥ 3

HA!

I know use objects as arguments forever in #TypeScript to functions, because
this is always annoying:

const f1 = (arg1: string, arg2: boolean) => { // validate args, but must use
new name const _arg1 = v1(arg1); const _arg2 = v2(arg2); }

but this is cool:

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:39:16 UTC
Replying to @coderbyheart

const f2 = (args: {arg1: string, arg2: boolean}) => { // can re-use name
const [arg1, arg2] = [v1(args.arg1), v2(args.arg2)]; }

TS Playground:
https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/index.html#src=const%20f1%20%3D%20(arg1%3A%20string%2C%20arg2%3A%20boolean)%20%3D%3E%20%7B%0D%0A%20%20%2F%2F%20validate%20args%2C%20but%20must%20use%20new%20name%0D%0A%20%20const%20_arg1%20%3D%20v1(arg1)%3B%0D%0A%20%20const%20_arg2%20%3D%20v2(arg2)%3B%0D%0A%7D%0D%0A%0D%0Aconst%20f2%20%3D%20(args%3A%20%7Barg1%3A%20string%2C%20arg2%3A%20boolean%7D)%20%3D%3E%20%7B%0D%0A%20%20%20%20%2F%2F%20can%20re-use%20name%0D%0A%20%20%20%20const%20%5Barg1%2C%20arg2%5D%20%3D%20%5Bv1(args.arg1)%2C%20v2(args.arg2)%5D%3B%0D%0A%7D%0D%0A%0D%0Aconst%20v1%20%3D%20(s%3A%20string)%20%3D%3E%20s%3B%0D%0Aconst%20v2%20%3D%20(b%3A%20boolean)%20%3D%3E%20b%3B

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:39:16 UTC
Replying to @coderbyheart

Bonus: when using many scalars in arguments it can be easy to mix them up.

const f1 = (file: string, folder: string) => { } f1('/tmp', 'foo.txt'); //
spot the error?

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:39:17 UTC
Replying to @coderbyheart

const f2 = (args: {file: string, folder: string}) => { } f2({ file: '/tmp',
folder: 'foo.txt' }); // easier to see the error

TS Playground:
https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/index.html#src=const%20f1%20%3D%20(file%3A%20string%2C%20folder%3A%20string)%20%3D%3E%20%7B%20%7D%0D%0Af1('%2Ftmp'%2C%20'foo.txt')%3B%20%2F%2F%20spot%20the%20error%3F%0D%0A%0D%0Aconst%20f2%20%3D%20(args%3A%20%7Bfile%3A%20string%2C%20folder%3A%20string%7D)%20%3D%3E%20%7B%20%7D%0D%0Af2(%7B%0D%0A%20%20%20%20file%3A%20'%2Ftmp'%2C%0D%0A%20%20%20%20folder%3A%20'foo.txt'%0D%0A%7D)%3B%20%2F%2F%20easier%20to%20see%20the%20error

This is especially true when the function is defined elsewhere.

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:39:17 UTC♥ 1
Replying to @h4m4t0

@ToH_82 Danke für diesen ehrlichen Text. Ich kann es als kinderfreier nicht
vergleichen, aber merke immer wieder wie oft ich mich freue nicht fremdbestimmt
zu sein.

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 21:13:40 UTC♥ 1
Replying to @coderbyheart

Hacking products is fun and easy but, when flaws are exposed the real world
consequences can be a mess: bankruptcies, services taken down. It's good that
Scott has the BBC backing him and his work.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2019 17:14:25 UTC♥ 2
Replying to @coderbyheart

If a security researcher contacts you, they don't have an agenda, they want to
help you. If they had bad intentions they would not disclose a security issue
but exploit it without you knowing.

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 17:55:54 UTC♥ 3↻ 2

My kind of task: Working on a new helper to end-to-end #test email delivery from
our app: a generic SMTP to GraphQL subscription gateway.

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 14:59:41 UTC

Was sind das für seltsame Kennzeichen? Alle Fahrzeuge in #HannaTV @primevideo
sind so. Offensichtlich falsches Format für DE-Kennzeichen. Bei #Counterpart ist
mir das auch schon aufgefallen.
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Sun, 31 Mar 2019 17:06:53 UTC♥ 3