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Mike R @mroach

Developer, dive instructor, laser printer enthusiast, curmudgeon, snack lover. Boston to Malmö to Perth to Koh Tao to Hamburg to Aarhus. @mroach@mas.to

Joined March 2007
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Mike R@mroach
10 Feb 2023
Look what happens when developers actually put in effort to optimise for the hardware. Contrast to Pokémon Violet/Scarlet which runs like absolute garbage. Game Freak can’t even hide behind the “but it’s a multi-platform game” excuse. Kudos to Retro for doing it right.
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4n6lady
@4n6lady
9 Feb 2023
I'm tired of explaining this, but here it goes: Why do *I* think more women aren't pursuing CS degrees? Let me start with a story about how I developed a love for everything tech.
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Bay area nostalgia@professorbay
6 Feb 2023
when the government made DUIs illegal
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Mike R@mroach
7 Feb 2023
Here I was thinking Ruby's `URI.parse` would be a good URL validation. Nope. "http:/.lol" is considered valid, as is "lmao:" and "blerp:/.derp:12345789" As is often the case: regular expressions to the rescue.
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Mike R@mroach
6 Feb 2023
Digestive biscuits are underrated. They are so damn good.
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Mike R@mroach
6 Feb 2023
The answer is "no" and the answer is that the internet has turned into a heaping pile of garbage.
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Mike R@mroach
6 Feb 2023
I'm obviously not clicking on this trash and generating clicks/revenue for them, but I'm going to assume it's a 50 MB affair with paragraphs of SEO trash with the answer buried in there somewhere.
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Mike R@mroach
6 Feb 2023
Why do people buy tactical backpacks? I’m guessing it’s a similar thought process with buying pickup trucks.
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Mike R@mroach
5 Feb 2023
My favourite and most used gif.

ALT team america vomit GIF
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Mike R@mroach
5 Feb 2023
When Thailand legalised marijuana they basically just deleted all laws against it. Now you can do basically whatever you want, including growing it on your roof.
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Mike R@mroach
5 Feb 2023
lol JavaScript
Zach Tratar
@zachtratar
3 Feb 2023
Just got a new M2 Max Macbook Pro. My `yarn` command, that build my entire app and every single of the subservices used to take my old machine 12 minutes. It now takes 35 seconds. Wow.
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Voultar
@Voultar
3 Feb 2023
Replying to @yadspi
That in an effort to chase an algorithm, Youtubers are simply parroting each other in a rat race to manufacture drama. Not saying that their content is bad, but it's just redundant and is creatively bankrupt.
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Mike R@mroach
2 Feb 2023
I’m on this lovely island and thinking about how I miss my Super Nintendo.
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Mike R@mroach
2 Feb 2023
Americans love to use this excuse every time it’s pointed out when other countries do something better (which is, uh, rather often). It makes zero sense. Large population = we can’t do things? Really? Nice attitude.
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@Chris_1791
2 Feb 2023
Replying to @fasc1nate
Their total population is 18 million vs 350,000,000 in the US. Do you know how many trillions it would cost to implement that here? Just because of some stink.
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Mike R@mroach
2 Feb 2023
Last time I was in the US someone asked how I liked Denmark and I went on about how nice it is and his response was “yeah well what’s their population? A million? It’s easier for them there.”
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Mike R@mroach
1 Feb 2023
Current status on Koh Tao. #dji #drone
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Mike R@mroach
1 Feb 2023
“Is it possible to be astonished and, at the same time, not surprised”
Watermelon @CyberneticMelon
30 Jan 2023
Is this really happening? This seems totally unbelievable
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Terrible Maps
@TerribleMaps
30 Jan 2023
A comprehensive map of all countries that use the MMDDYYYY date format
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Mike R@mroach
30 Jan 2023
This was a good spot to work from, for a while. Then it was too distracting watching people enjoy the beach all day. Life is tough.
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Voultar
@Voultar
28 Jan 2023
Piracy is important. If distributors and license holders aren't going to give consumers a fair shake, they deserve to have their entire catalog pirated as far as I'm concerned. It's all going to hell in a hand basket and I really don't care if those companies survive.
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