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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · 15h

That thread is a fever dream.

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · 15d

You might need to travel internationally. 😬

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · 15d

*confused 24-hour McDonald's breakfast noises*

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · 18d

This team is central to the Swift OSS experience. And it's in Canada!

Tracy Miranda @tracymiranda.bsky.social · 18d

Great opportunity for someone keen on software quality to join the team at Apple in Ottawa working on fun devtools!

jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...

Tools and Automation Engineer - Jobs - Careers at Apple

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Tracy Miranda @tracymiranda.bsky.social · 18d

Great opportunity for someone keen on software quality to join the team at Apple in Ottawa working on fun devtools!

jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...

Tools and Automation Engineer - Jobs - Careers at Apple

Apply for a Tools and Automation Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.

jobs.apple.com

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · 27d

The only correct use of generative AI is to make Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine sing Les Poissons from The Little Mermaid.

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · 28d

Altoona-style pizza is the most authentically Italian.

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Sep 9

Want to come help us build Swift Testing and XCTest? WELL NOW YOU CAN.

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Swift Testing Frameworks Engineer - Jobs at Apple

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Sep 1

As is tradition: youtu.be/KBXsx1ZHgg0

Labor Dabor

YouTube video by homestarrunnerdotcom

youtu.be

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Aug 25

Exams?

Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Aug 22

Correction: there have been several pages published since the one I was thinking of (goats.com/comic/2010/0...) and I was in university at the time.

The Omnicide

Visit the post for more.

goats.com

Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Aug 22

I think I read the previous page while I was still in high school.

jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · Aug 8

I finished a page of Goats! For real, no fooling, an actual complete page. I know. Crazy. Please join my patreon and read the new page and all the other pages and help support my work, thank you friends www.patreon.com/posts/goats-...

A redhead argues with her elderly mom in a fiery futuristic city. There are some blue monkeys and a grandpa.
farmella: so you didn’t just abandon me here.
you’ve been my jailer.
wheatina: there wasn’t any need to come before now.
you were fine.

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Aug 16

Ah, the landed gentry I see

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Aug 11

Oh okay!

Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Aug 11

Is that what that means? I thought it meant @hntdove.bsky.social blocked them and Bluesky was sparing me from their B.S. on his behalf.

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Aug 7

Nobody:
COM in Swift: `pointee.lpVtbl.pointee`

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Mishal @shahmishal.bsky.social · Jul 23

My team at Apple is currently hiring for a role that focuses on compiler tools and infrastructure. If you’re interested in this opportunity, please take a look at the job posting here: jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail... #llvm #swiftlang

Compiler Tools Engineer - Jobs - Careers at Apple

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Jul 22

Oh, and:

> Add swift-testing as an SPM dependency only for non‑Apple platforms.

You don't need to do this for any platforms! :)

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Jul 22

SWT_NO_EXIT_TESTS is only defined internally in Swift Testing, not in client code. :)

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · Jul 20

I think Ai chatbots passing the Turing test is impressive, in the same way that a magician passing a coin through a solid oak table is impressive. But the thing is, magicians can't actually pass coins through tables; their skill is in making it seem that they can.

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Jul 19

It was not, I completely forgot my wife worked in a courthouse.

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Jul 19

*me, telling my wife who works in a courthouse, about today's story*

Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Jul 19

*quietly* what does "pro se" mean

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Jul 19

*quietly* what does "pro se" mean

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Jul 15

ELLEN, I try to limit my reactions to your so-called "hot takes" but this will not stand!

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Jonathan Grynspan @grynspan.me · Jul 11

And charge you income tax on it!

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