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Philip Norton @phinor

Programmer, teacher, farmer, and wine drinker. Order may vary.

Joined March 2009
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This one's for you, @TrellidorSA ... This morot was replaced three months ago. Waking up trapped behind your security shutter is not a fun way to start the day. Split pins. What are they good for?
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Philip Norton@phinor
22 Jan 2024
Where has @rosescordial1 ginger gone? Not even a goodbye.
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I hate the @webafrica WhatsApp service so much. Entirely impossible to report service outage after hours. Really poor.
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Johann Biermann 🇿🇦
@JohannBiermann1
21 Aug 2023
Replying to @Eskom_SA
We should have the BRICS conference every day.
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Philip Norton@phinor
26 Jul 2023
Having a bit of a geeky morning. Fiddled with @EskomSePush's API and discovered @wernerhp's HACs integration to @home_assistant... I now have an automation to check my inverter battery levels and give them a quick 60 min grid charge if they're below 40%. Othwerise, use solar.
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Philip Norton@phinor
11 Jul 2023
How is it that @MTNza allows for phishing messages to be sent from "no number"? Can't block, can't report... The link leads to a fake post office website that asks for personal info and, I assume, payment for customs fees or something.
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For the record, I don't agree that marking the paper out of 143 is the solution, but I will concede that a mark adjustment will sort out the issues. thesouthafrican.com/news/bre…

'Unsolvable' Maths Paper 2 question excluded from marking process

A number of learners and teachers had complained that there was no right way of answering Question 5.1 in Maths Paper 2 exam.

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Philip Norton@phinor
20 Nov 2022
WTF @webafrica ??? SPAM much?
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Philip Norton@phinor
17 Nov 2022
That's still about seventeen Des Van Rooyens.
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Philip Norton@phinor
16 Nov 2022
I'm stupefied. Please let this be fake.
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In this code, @phpstan reports a conflicting return type. Any ideas on how to solve? Or just don't use array_walk to change types? phpstan.org/r/2151873a-b534-…

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Philip Norton@phinor
20 Oct 2022
These things have to be factored in to her decision.
David KC@DavidMuttering
17 Oct 2022
Be fair to Liz Truss. A Prime Minister cannot resign after 42 days. It has to be 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67 etc
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Philip Norton@phinor
13 Oct 2022
Hey @MTNza - wtf is this? Stop!
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Philip Norton@phinor
13 Oct 2022
I miss my days in the IT department, but also, I don't.
SwiftOnSecurity
@SwiftOnSecurity
10 Oct 2022
I'm sorry to report that working in Security is less "bleeding-edge malware research" and more "project manager for people who don't report to you."
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Philip Norton@phinor
12 Oct 2022
Just sensible. Love this.
Times Radio
@TimesRadio
12 Oct 2022
"In what world are you cancelled? I think the word is the wrong word. I think the word should be accountability." Graham Norton criticises John Cleese and tells #TimesRadio that cancel culture isn't real. @mariellaf1
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I'm no design expert, but if it weren't for the colours, I'd be lost. "Tree" is just not the first thing that comes to mind. And at least it's a touch more interesting than @Absa's circle.
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Nostalgia for the days of @art2gee's "rabbit in the thorn tree"...
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Shem...
Reuters
@Reuters
6 Oct 2022
Britain could face three-hour power cuts this winter, National Grid warns reut.rs/3SGDk72
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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
29 Jan 2016
In software, the first 90% of the work takes 90% of the time, the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time.
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