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I've lived in #Toronto for over 15 years, taking the #TTC subway daily for most of that, and I still don't know whether I'm...

I've lived in #Toronto for over 15 years, taking the #TTC subway daily for most of that, and I still don't know whether I'm going towards Kennedy or Kipling without looking for different signage to confirm east or west.

Content warning:#silo spoilersSo, the big reveal of the final episode of #silo on #AppleTvPlus is that it's all a backdoor commercial...

Content warning:#silo spoilers

So, the big reveal of the final episode of #silo on #AppleTvPlus is that it's all a backdoor commercial for the #Apple #VisionPro, right?

de-amalgamate #Toronto and introduce ranked choice ballots

de-amalgamate #Toronto and introduce ranked choice ballots

I find it hilarious that #linkedin started counting each job as a single countable experience towards any skills on your profile, e.g.:...

I find it hilarious that #linkedin started counting each job as a single countable experience towards any skills on your profile, e.g.: "Greg has 3 experiences with JavaScript". Kinda undersells it, imho.

Blanking is boring. One end I get... What if, if a team blanks a 2nd end in a row, they're forced to take a point and lose the hammer?...

Blanking is boring. One end I get... What if, if a team blanks a 2nd end in a row, they're forced to take a point and lose the hammer? #curling

I don't think I've ever printed something on my home printer and *not* been out of ink.

I don't think I've ever printed something on my home printer and *not* been out of ink.

Can I uninstall just the #Shorts part of #Youtube? It's not healthy

Can I uninstall just the #Shorts part of #Youtube? It's not healthy

Trying to do some deep dives on slow clunky legacy tests, asking questions like: What are we #testing here? Why does this one test exist?...

Trying to do some deep dives on slow clunky legacy tests, asking questions like: What are we #testing here? Why does this one test exist? What does this test tell us about the app?

"To make sure it all works" is not the kind of answer I'm looking for, but that kind of answer probably explains why the rest is slow and clunky in the first place.

#SoftwareTesting #TestAutomation

Anyone else in #Toronto see that #meteor? Bright Orange tail, green nuclei, lasted several seconds, in the Northeast sky from downtown....

Anyone else in #Toronto see that #meteor? Bright Orange tail, green nuclei, lasted several seconds, in the Northeast sky from downtown. Really curious what burns green like that

Is there a #font that looks like regular text without actually being readable? Kind of a #typography equivalent of the "sounds like...

Is there a #font that looks like regular text without actually being readable? Kind of a #typography equivalent of the "sounds like English but isn't English" video https://youtu.be/Vt4Dfa4fOEY . I've seen it sometimes done in cartoons that will be translated to other languages (e.g. Netflix's Carmen Sandiego)

Hot take: #TestAutomation is #infrastructure

Hot take: #TestAutomation is #infrastructure

It is possible to overdo #testing, and one way to check that is to just do less testing and see if anybody notices. Turn stuff off and see...

It is possible to overdo #testing, and one way to check that is to just do less testing and see if anybody notices. Turn stuff off and see what breaks. Just not usually in a production system with 250M daily users.

Them: "we can't start to #eslint the #TestAutomation code now, the tests are all flakey or unstable"Me: "perfect, if the...

Them: "we can't start to #eslint the #TestAutomation code now, the tests are all flakey or unstable"

Me: "perfect, if the tests are already broken we don't need to worry about breaking them even more"

Very productive day today. Deleted about 2000 lines of code. Much satisfying.

Very productive day today. Deleted about 2000 lines of code. Much satisfying.

I see this misconception too often from my fellow #TestAutomation people: #ContinuousIntegration / #CICD does *not* just mean scheduling...

I see this misconception too often from my fellow #TestAutomation people: #ContinuousIntegration / #CICD does *not* just mean scheduling your tests to run overnight.
#Jenkins #DevOps

I miss the ability to quote-boost, but it's also kinda fun how in the open source world I can read up on why it doesn't exist:...

I miss the ability to quote-boost, but it's also kinda fun how in the open source world I can read up on why it doesn't exist: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/309
I wonder if it'll be reconsidered with the new influx

Calling out to my fellow #TwitterTestingPeople #MinistryOfTesting #SoftwareTesting #TestAutomation people! Hellloooooo out there

Calling out to my fellow #TwitterTestingPeople #MinistryOfTesting #SoftwareTesting #TestAutomation people! Hellloooooo out there

The hard part here is re-creating the testing community from twitter... but if I just look for everybody followed by/following @lisacrispin...

The hard part here is re-creating the testing community from twitter... but if I just look for everybody followed by/following @lisacrispin I should do pretty well I think :)

Hello tech.lgbt! Still learning the ropes, but is it possible to use the Mastodon app here? Nothing shows up when I type in the server

Hello tech.lgbt! Still learning the ropes, but is it possible to use the Mastodon app here? Nothing shows up when I type in the server