Greg Donald 🦋
@gregdonald.com
Author. Software maker. Provocateur. RC flyer. Bibliophile. Runner. Gamer. String bender. Metalhead🤘.
Born at 327ppm.
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Greg Donald 🦋
@gregdonald.com
· Dec 17
Hands-on Test-Driven Development - Using Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and RSpec
A book for learning hands-on test-driven development using Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and RSpec.
hands-on-tdd.com
My new book "Hands-on Test-Driven Development" has been published: hands-on-tdd.com 😎
No Kings Protest - 2025-10-18
YouTube video by Greg Donald
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October 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"And make my safe word 'stochastic gradient descent' ..." 😂
#AI #ChatGPT
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/e...
#AI #ChatGPT
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/e...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT will soon allow 'erotica' for adults in major policy shift
Adult ChatGPT users can soon access a less censored version of the artificial intelligence chatbot, which will include erotic materials, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
www.cnbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"And make my safe word 'stochastic gradient descent' ..." 😂
#AI #ChatGPT
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/e...
#AI #ChatGPT
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/e...
October 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Reposted by Greg Donald 🦋
Periodic reminder: @rubycentral is smearing Andre in public so they can justify their hostile takeover of the rubygems/rubygems repo after the fact.
An actual community-focused organization would have followed the RFC process which was already in progress.
An actual community-focused organization would have followed the RFC process which was already in progress.
October 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Periodic reminder: @rubycentral is smearing Andre in public so they can justify their hostile takeover of the rubygems/rubygems repo after the fact.
An actual community-focused organization would have followed the RFC process which was already in progress.
An actual community-focused organization would have followed the RFC process which was already in progress.
Reposted by Greg Donald 🦋
Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
October 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
Reposted by Greg Donald 🦋
Reposted by Greg Donald 🦋
I love that we live in a world where we're all supposed to now praise Trump for his peace-making and ignore the fact that at least 20,000 Palestinians have been killed on his watch, with bombs & bullets - & rhetorical support! - that he supplied to Israel.
That's all erased now.
That's all erased now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I love that we live in a world where we're all supposed to now praise Trump for his peace-making and ignore the fact that at least 20,000 Palestinians have been killed on his watch, with bombs & bullets - & rhetorical support! - that he supplied to Israel.
That's all erased now.
That's all erased now.
October 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
29.4% ARC-AGI-2 🤯 (TOP SCORE!) - Jeremy Berman
YouTube video by Machine Learning Street Talk
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The Apple Music changes are so dumb. No one asked for auto-transition. No one. This ruins songs that have great beginnings and endings.
And why are the controls now locked to the bottom of the app, making the list harder to read? So dumb.
Change, for the sake of change, is dumb.
#apple #macOS
And why are the controls now locked to the bottom of the app, making the list harder to read? So dumb.
Change, for the sake of change, is dumb.
#apple #macOS
October 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Me: Ok, great... now remove the watermark.
Gemini: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Me: Pfft. You realize I have Gimp, and can do it myself, right?
Gemini: Then do it!
😂
#Gemini #GenerativeAI
Gemini: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Me: Pfft. You realize I have Gimp, and can do it myself, right?
Gemini: Then do it!
😂
#Gemini #GenerativeAI
September 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Me: Ok, great... now remove the watermark.
Gemini: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Me: Pfft. You realize I have Gimp, and can do it myself, right?
Gemini: Then do it!
😂
#Gemini #GenerativeAI
Gemini: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Me: Pfft. You realize I have Gimp, and can do it myself, right?
Gemini: Then do it!
😂
#Gemini #GenerativeAI
The macOS 26 rounded corners are a complete ugly mess. Apparently, apps can set their own corner radius, and so I'm now getting app updates where the radius is indeed very different than others. Meanwhile, as a user, I have no option to unify or disable this insanity.
#macOS #apple
#macOS #apple
September 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Reposted by Greg Donald 🦋
“With the recent increase of supply chain attacks we decided to do one of our own”
September 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“With the recent increase of supply chain attacks we decided to do one of our own”
Reposted by Greg Donald 🦋
Igor strikes again 😂
Seriously though, he makes good points about #linux
"Recreating old problems with new tools"
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-old-problems-new-solutions.html
Seriously though, he makes good points about #linux
"Recreating old problems with new tools"
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-old-problems-new-solutions.html
Linux - Recreating old problems with new tools
Here's a piece that's totally not gonna stir any emotions, at all. I offer thee an article perhaps a mild rant discussing the phenomenon of atomic distributions and numerous associated risks and perils for the Linux desktop, including lack of productizatiom, market share, problems with package management, software distribution and would-be software stores, commercial versus community model, trust and security, Google model, major usability regressions over the past decade, fresh fragmentation, monetary factors, bad timing and missing bigger picture, repetition of effort, battle of egos, and still more. Should be interesting. Or not.
www.dedoimedo.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Igor strikes again 😂
Seriously though, he makes good points about #linux
"Recreating old problems with new tools"
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-old-problems-new-solutions.html
Seriously though, he makes good points about #linux
"Recreating old problems with new tools"
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-old-problems-new-solutions.html
Reposted by Greg Donald 🦋
Comcast executives said in an email their "hearts are heavy" and call Kirk an "advocate for open debate, whose faith was important to him," before reminding its journalists that saying the wrong thing about Kirk can get you shitcanned with a swiftness www.404media.co/comcast-nbcu...
Comcast Executives Warn Workers To Not Say The Wrong Thing About Charlie Kirk
An email sent to NBCUniversal employees, including journalists at NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo and more, eulogizes Charlie Kirk as an "advocate for open debate" and reminds staff that even milquetoast statements about Kirk's death can result in their firing.
www.404media.co
September 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Comcast executives said in an email their "hearts are heavy" and call Kirk an "advocate for open debate, whose faith was important to him," before reminding its journalists that saying the wrong thing about Kirk can get you shitcanned with a swiftness www.404media.co/comcast-nbcu...
My conservative estimate says the email signature updates alone will cost $5M.
Employees: 2,845,386
3 minutes each
$35/hour
2,845,386 * 3 / 60 * 35 = $4,979,426
#DoW #1984
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Employees: 2,845,386
3 minutes each
$35/hour
2,845,386 * 3 / 60 * 35 = $4,979,426
#DoW #1984
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump signs executive order rebranding Defense Department as Department of War
The order permits the use of titles like "secretary of war" but it does not formally rename the department. That would require congressional approval.
www.nbcnews.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My conservative estimate says the email signature updates alone will cost $5M.
Employees: 2,845,386
3 minutes each
$35/hour
2,845,386 * 3 / 60 * 35 = $4,979,426
#DoW #1984
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Employees: 2,845,386
3 minutes each
$35/hour
2,845,386 * 3 / 60 * 35 = $4,979,426
#DoW #1984
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Reposted by Greg Donald 🦋
If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency needs to end.
September 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency needs to end.
Factorio and other simulation games should allow instances to connect with one another.
Advances like this are what I want to see in my lifetime, so that all the hours spent reading wackadoodle social media posts touting simulation theory won’t be for nothing!
#factorio #simulation
Advances like this are what I want to see in my lifetime, so that all the hours spent reading wackadoodle social media posts touting simulation theory won’t be for nothing!
#factorio #simulation
August 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Factorio and other simulation games should allow instances to connect with one another.
Advances like this are what I want to see in my lifetime, so that all the hours spent reading wackadoodle social media posts touting simulation theory won’t be for nothing!
#factorio #simulation
Advances like this are what I want to see in my lifetime, so that all the hours spent reading wackadoodle social media posts touting simulation theory won’t be for nothing!
#factorio #simulation
We adopted Danni, a feral cat. She lived under the bed for the first month. Six months in, she's calmer but still has attitude. She's small but will push our other two male cats out of the way when it's time to eat. Fearless. Still hisses, but she's come a long way. It's gonna be OK. #caturday
August 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We adopted Danni, a feral cat. She lived under the bed for the first month. Six months in, she's calmer but still has attitude. She's small but will push our other two male cats out of the way when it's time to eat. Fearless. Still hisses, but she's come a long way. It's gonna be OK. #caturday
Reposted by Greg Donald 🦋
I think this shows how @linuxfoundation is not necessarily on our side.
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/114993371594902597
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/114993371594902597
August 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I think this shows how @linuxfoundation is not necessarily on our side.
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/114993371594902597
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/114993371594902597
Reposted by Greg Donald 🦋
I was so angry at the code that I went for a run.
August 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I was so angry at the code that I went for a run.
July 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I don't play the lottery, but if I did I'd use a Linux Kernel module written in Rust to pick my winning numbers.
github.com/gdonald/linu...
😂
#rust #linux
github.com/gdonald/linu...
😂
#rust #linux
linux-kernel-powerball-module/rust-powerball-module.patch at master · gdonald/linux-kernel-powerball-module
Linux Kernel Powerball Module. Contribute to gdonald/linux-kernel-powerball-module development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I don't play the lottery, but if I did I'd use a Linux Kernel module written in Rust to pick my winning numbers.
github.com/gdonald/linu...
😂
#rust #linux
github.com/gdonald/linu...
😂
#rust #linux