Paul Gerrard @paul@tester.social
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An internationally recognized, award-winning software engineering consultant, author, coach and mentor.
Host of the Test Management Forum/Technology Leadership Forum, Programme Chair of the 2014 EuroSTAR Testing, Testing Festival, HUSTEF 2022 conferences. Host of the Tester Mastodon server https://tester.social
My Mastodon account is @paul
Principal of Gerrard Consulting, Director of Technology Unleashed.
Joined Nov 2022
Paul Gerrard
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What a result from Musk. What a performance! What a choice of target to attack; what a deservedly humiliting climbdown. And in between, such disregard for ordinary decency; such contempt for simple probity; such an utter want of tactical nous. Savor it all. The reek of desperation; the accent notes of spite and schoolyard bullying; the ground bass of self-important stupidity. And spare a thought for the supporting cast of hopeless sycophants, and highly-paid lawyers. Marvelous.
RT @iamharaldur
Hi again @elonmusk 👋
I hope you are well.
I’m fine too. I’m thankful for your interest in my health.
But since you mentioned it, I wanted to give you more info.
I have muscular dystrophy. It has many effects on my body.
Let me tell you what they are: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1633011448459964417
RT @cllrsamwebster
After you’ve watched the Gullis film describing his Tory Britain have a watch of this a reminder of the kind of stuff politicians are supposed to do
RT @sanditoksvig
There are only two countries in the world where representatives of the state religion automatically get seats in Parliament. They are the UK and Iran. #BishopsOut http://change.org/BishopsOut
Really enjoyed my time as Chair for 2022. Great show, well organised. Best of luck for 2023 @MikeJarred @HUSTEF2022 https://youtu.be/Qesv2yX26mU
Paul Gerrard
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I needed some stock images of people working together so I used https://open.ai/images to generate some pictures.
The spec: "group of three people working in an office"
Bearded ladies, weird, three armed, demon eyed, freaks. Ho-hum.
I guess I won't be using AI to generate images for a while yet.
RT @RhonddaBryant
I despair of the direction this country is travelling. We need a change
RT @MhairiBlack
Ultimately, Trade Unions work and that is exactly why the Tories are going after them.
RT @torydemolition
Braverman and Zahawi should both be sacked TODAY.
Retweet if you agree.
Paul Gerrard
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He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.
Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.
Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software and Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit anyone's ever said, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.
RT @secrettory12
The Papua New Guinea Courier's London correspondent observes the UK's relationship with refugees at Christmas.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/fediverse-could-be-awesome-if-we-dont-screw-it
The Fediverse Could Be Awesome (If We Don’t Screw It Up)
Interesting
Paul Gerrard
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The students in my upper-level electrodynamics course are taking their final exam right now, which always reminds me of the time I told my students they could bring a formula sheet to the final exam as long as it was on one side of a piece of paper.
Paul Gerrard
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This is going to end with “Twitter.com” redirecting to a mediocre Etsy store selling Tesla memorabilia.
RT @JuddLegum
IMPORTANT: @elonmusk's new policy preventing linking to competitors is in DIRECT VIOLATION of European Union rules.
Penalty can be a fine of up to 20% of Twitter's annual revenue
RT @DanRather
Apparently it’s “Free speech for me. Not for thee.”
Paul Gerrard
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Drink water. Eat vegetables. Be nice to animals. Exercise regularly. Explore nature. Find a small door under a tree. Open it. Take a look inside. Get pepper sprayed by a tiny elf. Learn a valuable lesson about knocking first.
Paul Gerrard
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Ever wondered what it looks like at night?
This had quite a large moon so in usual fashion you cant expose for it and the MW at once, so superimposed a bit more detail with a secondary shot.
This was a 7 shot vertical panoramic (cropped later) with a 14mm lens
#photography #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #longexposure #NewZealand #PhotoMonday #astro #astrophotography
Paul Gerrard
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Fauci in the 1980s, pressed the point that HIV wasn’t just “the gay disease”, pushed for greater epidemiological surveillance, and helped mobilise effective responses to Ebola, SARS, and other epidemics.
Frankly I’m not surprised that the tech man-child is intimidated by Fauci.
I'm finding this post https://softwaremill.com/the-architecture-of-mastodon/ on The Architecture of Mastodon by @adamwarski quite useful.
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An internationally recognized, award-winning software engineering consultant, author, coach and mentor.
Host of the Test Management Forum/Technology Leadership Forum, Programme Chair of the 2014 EuroSTAR Testing, Testing Festival, HUSTEF 2022 conferences. Host of the Tester Mastodon server https://tester.social
My Mastodon account is @paul
Principal of Gerrard Consulting, Director of Technology Unleashed.
Joined Nov 2022
