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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21m

Hey, #rust folks - new Rust job just dropped.

"Rust Infrastructure Engineer" at the Rust Foundation.

I expect you'll need to be pretty handy with Rust.

RUST!

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4311203106/

Rust Foundation hiring Rust Infrastructure Engineer in United States | LinkedIn

Posted 7:20:35 AM. Salary: €85,000 (EUR)Benchmarked at €85K EUR, negotiable for the right candidate.The Rust…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Oh! This is interesting and slightly unexpected.

If you stick one of my blog's URls in your toot - like this -
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/getting-started-with-mastodons-quote-posts-technical-implementation-details-for-servers/

It will show up as an embedded quote post.

I *think* that is […]

Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

I got the Hacktoberfest 2025: Level 1 badge from #hacktoberfest! https://www.holopin.io/hacktoberfest2025/userbadge/cmgiep9w30007if048vyn8evg

I got the Hacktoberfest 2025: Level 1 badge from Hacktoberfest!

@edent has earned the Hacktoberfest 2025: Level 1 badge from Hacktoberfest.

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h

Oh good, an unsolicited voice message from Iran. Just what I always wanted!

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Terence Eden’s Blog @shkspr.mobi · 1d

## How to *actually* test your readme

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/how-to-actually-test-your-readme/

If you've spent any time using Linux, you'll be used to installing software like this:

> The README says to download from this link. Huh, I'm not sure how […]

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

🆕 blog! “How to *actually* test your readme”

If you've spent any time using Linux, you'll be used to installing software like this:

The README says to download from this link. Huh, I'm not sure how to unarchive .tar.xz files - guess I'll search for that. Right, it says run setup.sh hmm, that […]

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

🆕 blog! “How to *actually* test your readme”

If you've spent any time using Linux, you'll be used to installing software like this:

The README says to download from this link. Huh, I'm not sure how to unarchive .tar.xz files - guess I'll search for that. Right, it says run setup.sh hmm, that […]

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@mattblaze at the risk of "well akshually"ing you - I don't think it is the technical bit which is hard.

The problem is that the same image can be used to illustrate multiple things. One alt-text isn't always suitable.

I wrote a little more about the problem at […]

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Paul Chambers🚧 @paul.oldfriends.live.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Both MS Edge and Google/Android newsfeeds had stories with posting the fake #patriciaroutledge, "I'll be turning 95 this Monday," letter, as real.

I saw it posted on the Fediverse a couple times.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/i-have-no-facts-and-i-must-scream/

#factcheck #fakenews […]

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

My friends at Apolitical are hiring for a bunch of roles in the UK.
Some good technical and non-technical roles available.

Apply at https://apolitical.co/en/pages/careers
Or share with friends.

(Note - I don't work there, please don't ask me any questions […]

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Positions are London-based, unless stated, as we work in the office 3 days per week. We aren't currently hiring in the US. Applicants with an existing right to work strongly preferred, though not a deal breaker.

Bids and Frameworks Manager - closes 9th October

Product Design Lead - closes 12th October

Senior Partnerships Manager - closes 12th October

Product Design Lead - closes 12th October

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Hybrid) - rolling

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Remote UK) - rolling

Senior DevOps Engineer (Security Compliance specialist) (Hybrid) - rolling

Senior DevOps Engineer (Security Compliance specialist) (Remote UK) - rolling

Tech Lead - rolling

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Hey #php friends.
Is it possible to assign a value to an array key "backwards"?

At the moment, I have:

$a = [ "x" => 1234 ];

What I want to do (for silly reasons) is write them the other way round.

Obviously, this doesn't work:

$a = [ 1234 <= "x" ];

Is there another way to do it the wrong […]

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

My friends at Apolitical are hiring for a bunch of roles in the UK.
Some good technical and non-technical roles available.

Apply at https://apolitical.co/en/pages/careers
Or share with friends.

(Note - I don't work there, please don't ask me any questions […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

RE: https://colours.bots.edent.tel/posts/68e3a83a-2922-bd49-b1cb-4e9c3d6462bf.json

Boost if you agree.

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

RE: https://colours.bots.edent.tel/posts/68e3a83a-2922-bd49-b1cb-4e9c3d6462bf.json

Boost if you agree.

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Meme. A person is holding a dish covering which says "<div class=wrapper>".
When the cover is removed, there's a smaller cover under it which says "<div class=wrapper2>"

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Wooooo! Merged.
Thanks @frenck

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Terence Eden’s Blog @shkspr.mobi · 3d

## You did no fact checking, and I must scream

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/i-have-no-facts-and-i-must-scream/

I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a […]

[Original post on shkspr.mobi]

**“I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.”**

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

🆕 blog! “You did no fact checking, and I must scream”

I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a world of misinformation out there, but it doesn't take much effort to determine if something […]

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

🆕 blog! “You did no fact checking, and I must scream”

I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a world of misinformation out there, but it doesn't take much effort to determine if something […]

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

@jon that's really interesting.
Are there other London (ish) destinations which could be used?
I always thought it a shame that Waterloo wasn't still running. It would be great to have the option of two different options here.

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

We were told that nuclear power would be "too cheap to meter".

This turned out not to be true. It is renewables which are driving domestic energy prices down to zero.

Read more at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/12/electricity-thats-too-cheap-to-meter/

Data from https://grid.iamkate.com/

11.0% fossil fuels
Gas 3.51 11.0
79.1% renewables
Solar 5.56 17.4
Wind 19.19 60.1
Hydroelectric 0.52 1.6
8.8% other sources
Nuclear 2.51 7.9
Biomass 0.31 1.0

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

@andjsch I hear it also protects against woodworm and prevents rust

Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

The universal sign that something has gone terribly wrong somewhere!

Seriously - why can't these magic LLMs just solve this problem for me?!?!?!?

Screenshot of an error message on GitHub.
"These conflicts are too complex
to resolve in the web editor."

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Free electricity thanks to all the wind and solar!

Thought about mining some crypto but decided instead to bake a cake.

A lot more profitable and tasty!

Anyway, if you join Octopus with my link we both get £50.
https://share.octopus.energy/metal-dove-988

In home display showing a graph of electricity prices.

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Hey gang! Let's meet up tomorrow morning and chat about our websites 😃
https://events.indieweb.org/2025/10/homebrew-website-club-europe-london-weekend-edition--UBSw0zvp6DSl
Spread the word.
#indieweb #smollweb #webdev

Homebrew Website Club Europe/London [Weekend Edition]

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