Peter Wilson

Archives: Notes

  • A government panel is to recommend schools be able to turn away gay students under the guise of religious freedom.

    It’s weird how it’s only the religious freedom of homophones is considered when these things come up.

  • Sometimes I’d quite like `andif` to be a thing to avoid stupidly deep nesting levels.

    if ( condition1 ) {
  $var1 = 'something';
} andif ( condition2 ) {
  $var2 = 'something';
}

  • OH: Was that a “kill me”?

    What?! I’m dealing with build tool conflicts, okay!

  • Bug-tracker terms for closing a ticket without needing a fix are really unfriendly, wontfix is too blunt, invalid sounds like a criticism.

  • This is some great news, it will be great to see Mike working full time on WordPress. Congratulations @GetSource and @GoDaddy.

  • A lambda function that uses the GitHub and Genius APIs to determine when someone is quoting lyrics in a code review.

    Reviewer: I’m searching and scanning for answers in every line
    Bot: 🎵

  • I’m listening to the Slow Burn series on Bill Clinton’s impeachment. I’m about the same age as Lewinsky so it’s interesting to reconsider now I understand a twenty-something does not know everything and does not have full agency.

    A big component of reconsidering this is to think about the people old enough to know better at the time but defended Clinton anyway. Where was their judgement, their morel character?

  • My friend @web_goddess is raising money this month for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. You, yes you, should donate a few dollars and help her exceed her target. It’s a good cause. https://www.mycause.com.au/page/185950/kris-howard

  • I’ve seen a “RT if you’ve crossed the road to avoid scaring a woman” tweet going around.

    This isn’t the height of gentlemanly behavior, it’s the world’s lowest hurdle. Crossing the road is literally the least you can do, guys.

  • Bash command of the day sudo echo "127.0.0.1 twitter.com" >> /etc/hosts