A London-based polyglot developer (currently at @bumble) with a pilot's license. Made some humans, so no need for the license. He/him 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Jon Bates retweeted
It’s not hard. Vote Conservative if you think you’re being deprived of the life you think you deserve by people who have even less than you do. Don’t vote Conservative if you think you’re being deprived of the life you deserve by people who already have way, way more than you do.
Jon Bates retweeted
BBC @BBCCareers is offering free 14 week software engineering training course for women. No tech experience required. Limited places. 👩🏿💻👩💻👩🏽💻
🗓️ Closing date 26 June.
#WomenInSTEM
#INWED19
Apply today: Step into Tech - BBC Tech Training Course for Women bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06sz50…
Jon Bates retweeted
How to get a good night's sleep with kids:
1) Create a routine and write it down
2) Throw it in the trash
3) It's not going to happen
Jon Bates retweeted
You can’t not watch this at least 17 times xitter.cf/lizardrumsfeld/status/…
Jon Bates retweeted
💡 Here’s one trick that made me a much better programmer:
Review your own code the same way as you review other people’s code.
Sounds simple but this was actually super hard: I used to think that my code already meets my review standards... But it did not.
Jon Bates retweeted
Stupid joke time:
- Do you know a good GDPR consultant?
- Yes.
- Can you give me his e-mail address?
- No.
/me curtsies
Jon Bates retweeted
David David:
2016 “Britain will be much better off outside the EU”
2017 “There is no downside to Brexit”
2018 “Brexit will not leave Britain a Mad Max style wasteland”
2019 “The Thunderdome remains the fairest way to control the allocation of precious petrol rations”
Jon Bates retweeted
If ever there was a perfect metaphor for Brexit .... This guy nails it!!
Lord Lisvane is a boss!
xitter.cf/Open_Britain/status/95…
Jon Bates retweeted
I don't know who first referred to Bitcoins as "Dunning-Krugerrands" but I love it
Jon Bates retweeted
I just published “I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how.” medium.com/p/im-harvesting-c…
Jon Bates retweeted
Finally! .NET Core has a nice and fast way to implement GetHashCode:
public override int GetHashCode() =>
HashCode.Combine(field1, field2, field3);
github.com/dotnet/coreclr/pu…
Jon Bates retweeted
BBC News is available in Pidgin. It's fucking sensational.
bbc.com/pidgin/world-4107710…
