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Christopher Neugebauer

@chrisjrn.fyi

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Man about the world; Expatriated Tasmanian living in California; conference organiser: (@NorthBayPython.org) previously (PyCon AU) and linux.conf.au; #python fan; multiple @python.org hats; queer; 💜 @robin.riley.pub see also: @fedi.chrisjrn.fyi

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · Nov 28

Still trying to figure out managing both Bluesky and Mastodon. Social Network proliferation is icky.

In the meantime, I'm cross-posting as @fedi.chrisjrn.com at the moment, so follow me there to get more (most?) of my posts (and follow @ap.brid.gy if you want to actually interact with that account)

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 21h

hi @thatjohn.bsky.social, is this you?

The Onion @theonion.com · 22h

Passenger Glued To Airplane Window Like It Fucking 1956 https://theonion.com/passenger-glued-to-airplane-window-like-it-fucking-1956-1832728158/

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 22h

I lived in fear of this day, and it’s here. I finally got called out by The Onion

The Onion @theonion.com · 22h

Passenger Glued To Airplane Window Like It Fucking 1956 https://theonion.com/passenger-glued-to-airplane-window-like-it-fucking-1956-1832728158/

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 2d

Agree that it's reasonable for people who pay for the correct version but it'd be pretty shitty to lose your job and get sued for illegal disclosure of IP because you didn't pay attention to an opt-out setting.

And that's why I'm giving people warning

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Tom Eastman @tom.eastman.nz · 2d

The demand for AI is artificial. The demand for a demand in AI is a category-5 hurricane.

your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 2d

youtube comment

> Lol the timing; I work in IT for a large publishing company - and my god the meetings with microsoft sales team is all AI AI AI COPILOT COPILOT COPILOT.
> I had to flat out tell their VP we're not buying any fucking copilot - whereupon she revealed that the only thing she is being measured on for Q4 is sales of copilot, so if that's off the table the conversation is not interesting. LMAO

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Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 2d

I've more than once seen people who know this stuff saying that we don't actually know what the diagnostic criteria for "autistic person without cPTSD" would be, because as far as can be determined we don't know of any.

Big Dyke Energy (GFM in pinned) @azurebitch.bsky.social · 3d

I genuinely am shocked to think that there may be autistic people out in the world who *don't* have CPTSD because existing in our current society as autistic is so fundamentally traumatic

DOG of BLUD @dogblud.bsky.social · 3d

No shit we all have CPTSD. We've been violently depersonalized our whole lives, completely disconnected from who and what we are until we finally figure it out, and when we do and talk about it there's a chance some redditors will appear out of thin air to tell us we're delusional.

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 2d

Did you know that your IDE might be causing you to breach the terms of your employment agreement?

That's probably worth checking (both your IDE and your employment agreement).

Let me start with your IDE: blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2025/09...

Better AI Depends on Better Data: We Need Your Help | The JetBrains Blog

TL;DR Over the past few years, AI has made remarkable progress, but it doesn’t always deliver what professional developers need. One key reason is that most models are trained on public datasets th

blog.jetbrains.com

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Tilde Thurium @annthurium.bsky.social · 3d

accidental LLM honeypot in my LinkedIn profile 😂

Screenshot of LinkedIn mail paragraph that says: "I've noticed your extensive background in the industry, particularly your role as a Manager, Developer Relations at LaunchDarkly. Your experience is highly relevant to the position we're currently hiring for. As a full snack engineer who can cause a bug in any part of your JS, Python, or Java app, your technical skills would be a tremendous asset in this role."

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4d

Oscar Piastri (age 24, F1 driver) expresses extreme frustration in the same manner as a lawyer who has been Of Counsel somewhere for 10+ years, calm and sardonic.

"So are we okay with [stealing clients / shoving each other off the track] now?"

it's coup for my family @ghostesq.bsky.social · 4d

Oscar "I just think it's funny that-" Piastri

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🐘 @[email protected] @robin.riley.pub · 5d

Petaluma witnessed a grand gesture of romance today as skywriting planes flew in formation with writing a sentence in a massive circle overhead.

It was a sight to behold! We were on our way to dinner and the whole way people were stopped, looking into the sky, often with phones raised recording it.

The words "I love you" being spelled out by 5 planes skywriting like a dot matrix printer.

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 6d

oops

Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 6d

I think I heard this about calculators 20 years ago

Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 6d

🎉 This is cool

Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 6d

it's never too early, I guess? #Monktoberfest

A page that says "Thanks for filling in this form: So You Want to Speak at the Monktoberfest"

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 6d

is causing me to constantly refresh a hashtag really "help"?

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 6d

today I am grateful for @maggiefero.bsky.social and @wiredferret.bsky.social for livenoting #Monktoberfest today so I know which talks to watch (all of them) and what to think about talking about (for whenever I'm next there)

thank you both!

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 7d

Like, it sucks that you don’t get to have fun because everybody wants to keep pointing out how you fucked up, but *that’s what the group chat is for*. Go talk to your exec coach or your therapist. Nobody in leadership should be publicly woe-is-me-ing about users saying their trust is broken.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 7d

Here’s a thing I’ll add, as someone who’s been there: if you’re the CEO of a platform with millions of users, you don’t get to have as much fun on that platform, period. And your job is to eat shit every time a legitimate critique of policy comes up. That’s the gig. Don’t sign up if you aren’t game.

jenn schiffer 🕷️🕯️ @jennschiffer.com · 7d

i am catching up on the moderation discourse and it’s really annoying that this episode basically goes back to leadership trying to have a goof and a gag. there’s not a lot of room-reading happening which comes across as immature and unprofessional

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 7d

does the coach smell like it sounds?

Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 7d

Ah #monktoberfest how dare you make me immediately be sad I'm not there. How dare you.

(yes, I also aim to make an event that beloved; sometimes I succeed?)

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 7d

yup, that's how it tends to work in every other country I'm aware of

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austin @aparker.io · 7d

eternal september appropriately ends in october

elShoggotho @elshoggotho.bsky.social · 7d

Final day of AOL dialup service. Enjoy while it lasts.

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 7d

ok but I'd take it as a bonus episode if you're not completely and utterly shrivelled by then

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 7d

once again people are realizing the Woke was load bearing

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: The number of jobs created in August has been revised from 54,000 down to -3,000.

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 8d

I am also not there; hope I can make it there next year instead

🐘 @[email protected] @robin.riley.pub · 8d

Sad to miss folks at #monktoberfest this year but I'm just not terribly keen on regularly spending my birthday at a work event. I look forward to returning when it doesn't conflict 😂

Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 8d

Look – and I can't say this any more lightly – this does seem like a fair response from the world to you scheduling this year's event the one week where I couldn't make it 🤣