Shared today on Twitter

@KathyReid Hahaha, it’s fine, I was mostly being facetious. Based on what else I’ve seen, they’re going to have an uphill struggle to establish themselves here.


@mattstratton Given that I don’t think they’re paying travel, rockstars like you are right out!


Very happy and excited to host @rorosyd at AWS Sydney tonight. Great crowd! https://t.co/CyDyebZw3f


RT @rorosyd: Thanks for coming everyone! https://t.co/3QgwkR9bkF


TIL that the Dreamcast hacking scene still exists, 20 years after I was introduced to it… 😲 @rorosyd @yujiyokoo https://t.co/8avFf9HEz7


HOLY CRAP I just realised @yujiyokoo is actually PRESENTING FROM A DREAMCAST. He’s using the controller as a clicker! This is already my favourite tech talk of 2020. @rorosyd https://t.co/6FHjLLDtiW


One of the disadvantages of developing for Dreamcast: they’re not making any more of them. 😢 “Every time a Dreamcast breaks, we’re one step closer to a world without Dreamcast.” @rorosyd @yujiyokoo https://t.co/iI40YD3tTx


“Currently the userbase for this is 1. So if you get a Dreamcast, you could double it!” 😂❤️ @rorosyd @yujiyokoo https://t.co/zSvWHRGvK1


@mobywhale @rorosyd I literally just scraped the rest out of the pan and INHALED IT.


Next up is my old @yow_conf buddy @joshprice talking about pattern matching in Ruby and Elixir… @rorosyd https://t.co/0QKZzQOPxU


@mobywhale @rorosyd So good that I’m regretting not fighting my way in earlier…


I messaged this to @the_snook who promptly challenged me to present a talk from a Game Boy. DON’T TEMPT ME BUDDY. https://t.co/aQiD6R2idR


Final speaker is new @rorosyd speaker @geerop254 walking us through an @exercism_io challenge! https://t.co/sPgtrJJROJ


@mmastertheone @the_snook 😍


@jytc_ @rorosyd They know people. 😉


@justasitsounds @the_snook We were talking at the meetup tonight about games that required you to type a specific word from the manual to prove you owned the game!


Here’s me, @unlikelylibrary, and @knitterjp making our debut on the @KnitGuildNSW magazine cover! Jody’s 🌈 blanket is amazing. (Can’t spot me and Amy? Those are our hands holding the blanket up! 😂) https://t.co/DOpuNFN0v7


@knitterjp @unlikelylibrary @KnitGuildNSW Oh right! I couldn’t remember who the third one was. 😂 Should’ve remembered it was the other giant!


@gilmae Is it actually any good? I still have scars from reading Gibson in high school.


Was brainstorming this morning with a colleague on the Aussie slang equivalent of “the 4-1-1”. In the US it means “the basic info,” as 411 was the old phone information line. Any ideas, Aussies? Would “the skinny” work?


RT @gabsmashh: LinkedIn is NOT A DATING SITE.

thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.



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