Dr.Nick
#Neurodivergent, #ActuallyAutistic, #Autistic, #MastoDaoine #Irish #AuDHD
Irish, Tech, Linux, SRE, DevOps, K8s, HPC, Learning, Mentoring, Wine, Introspection
I hate myself enough to be a Systems Engineer / SRE but not enough to return to academia. I care about reliability in all walks of life.
In reality, plants are actually farming us by giving us oxygen daily until we eventually decompose so they can consume us.
Yesterday I learnt that Brazilian term for handyman is "marido de aluguel", which means "husband for rent".
Love learning about this culture
Saw a vending machine the other day and it had a huge screen on it, with the visual representation of its contents.
Instead of being shown what's inside, like a normal machine where you can assess its contents, you are shown an idealised concept of the perfect Twix. One that's not broken or smashed.
The iPadification of an impulse purchase.
I didn't get anything in the end. Not because I didn't want anything - because I didn't know what was real anymore.
Move over Barack Obama Plaza and JFK Industrial Park, there's a new random piece of Irish infrastructure named after a politician... Mary O'Rourke Bridge.
Naming a bridge after a woman people were once afraid to cross is a bold choice
Spent a few hours with a steam cleaner on the grout in my tiles and OMFG the amount of shite that came out is obscene
Iran is charging toll fees to ships wanting to travel through the Strait of Hormuz. Up to $2m each to pass.
There's no published rate card. Prices are based on vibes alone... Sounds like a McKinsey analyst's fever dream.
The media need to stop using the term "aborted takeoff" in the ongoing court case involving a passenger on a Ryanair flight from DUB to AMS.
An aborted or rejected takeoff means they were already barreling down the runway. And, for whatever reason in a split second, decided it was safer to *NOT* take off.
It's a specific term for a specific event.
This was a delayed departure.
I never thought I'd live to watch people being sent to the moon.
What a fucking time to be alive!
Down to my last pair of the, discontinued, Transitions contact lenses.
Gonna miss my eyes looking like I took a hape of ecstasy pellets
Relationships matter far more than grades or performance reviews.
Effort and output are only part of your success - how well you play with others is the rest.
Good thing I stocked up on toilet paper again.
I firmly believe that anyone wearing Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones is at least a little neurospicy
At the start of the year I assumed that the ECB would have done, at least, two rate cuts of 25 bips (0.25% to you and me) each by the end of the year.
Now? I'm gonna say three rate increases of 25 bips each.
What does this mean, in real world terms? An extra €160 per month on a €400k mortgage - €40 for every €100k borrowed.
Happy last day of Q1 to all who celebrate.
Q2 is in the air, and with it comes rebirth and a chance to REALLY hit our KPIs.