@JennyList ooooooh that brings back happy memories of Elite.
that and hacking a database program to be able to track stats of my Dark Angels squads :)
@anon_opin ...right before a quick driving theory test and quick licence refresher around a carpark
The last photo I took of him; he was having a rest while playing with a cardboard box he'd had his eye on for days
@Wildheart_Baby I remember his bike having Citizen and Shoei logos, not sure about the green bmw one, though it's been a few years (decades :'( ) since I watched it last
@Wildheart_Baby Kanedaaaaaaa?
@mattround big hugs
@lowqualityfacts last 15 seconds half-wrapped in foil to ensure a nice smoked flavour...
Hahaha, this was meant to be a reply to @loren but I am apparently not paying sufficient attention to things today.
I will leave it as a standalone post of positivity 😆
the marketing team is taking a break from huffing the LLM glue to snort some QC dust just in case their glue supply runs out
the latest QC marketing hype from Microsoft is very funny
> we're going to make quantum happen within years not decades
Microsoft: well known experts on how long things take, that's why the file copy dialog box is so accurate
> we made a chip use Morjana particles
bro you had to retract the research paper from the journal last time you claimed this
> it has 8 gates
that's less compute power than my shirt
> we have a path to million gate scale
uh huh. with low error rate, right? right???
After almost two years in the role, I recently received the unfortunate news that my job as Head of Editorial for [well-known cybersecurity] company is being eliminated because of corporate realignment.
I'm really sad and still in shock tbh. And I also need to find another job now in order to pay to keep a roof over my head, I guess?
Not really sure what the future holds but before I was in the job I'm now no longer have, I was a cybersecurity journalist for many, many years at ZDNet ( a role which was also taken out from under me when the whole senior editorial team was eliminated by new owners... who went onto sell the site at a big loss) so hopefully I'm still remembered from that.
(Google doesn't remember me though, my knowledge panel isn't a thing anymore)
I know I'm rambling now, but yeah - editorial, content, writing, journalism, that's my thing. Hopefully someone out there in the tech/cyber space needs that? Please. 🥺
Additional: something that's already proving tricky is that I'm in the UK, when it feels like the job market in this space is not great at all.
A little moment of tickle joy in the hope it serves as a timeline cleanse for those that need it.
Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.