How to become a professional software developer: ⤵️ 1. Code. A lot. 2. Embrace the bugs. 3. Google is your friend. 4. Learn from others' mistakes (and your own). 5. Never stop learning (new languages, frameworks, etc.). 6. Build cool stuff. 7. Share your knowledge (and learn from others). 8. Repeat steps 1-7.

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As always, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com has excellent advice.

Step to write software by human: 1. Decide what you want your software to do (medium) 2. Decide what you REALLY want your software to do in all the corner cases (very HARD) 3. Write the code (Easy to Medium) 4. Test the code (Medium) 5. Debug the code (hard to very HARD). Now, thanks to ChatGPT, you could improve this workflow by: - making step 3, the only easy step, somewhat easier (and thus hiring less competent engineers) - making step 5 nearly Impossible.

Attached: 1 image How to Identify that Light in the Sky Illustration Credit & Copyright: HK (The League of Lost Causes) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240609.html #APOD

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A few years ago, I came across this #Esquire #Philippines article about #Mars craters named after Philippine towns: https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/mars-craters-named-after-philippine-towns-a00289-20210223 I wondered if these craters are in #Wikidata and have the correct P138 (named after) property set so after writing the following #SPARQL query, I found out that all six craters are already in Wikidata as expected, but only two had their etymology indicated. Naturally, I completed them! https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcrater%20%3FcraterLabel%20%3FcraterDescription%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3FplaceDescription%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fcrater%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1475691%20.%20%20%23%20crater%20--%3E%20instance%20of%20--%3E%20Mars%20crater%20%0A%20%20%3Fcrater%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fplace%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20crater%20--%3E%20named%20after%20--%3E%20place%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ928%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20place%20--%3E%20country%20--%3E%20Philippines%0A%7D%0A #astronomy #etymology

Attached: 1 image I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that Sabah also has a bamboo pole dance similar to the Philippines' Tinikling or Singkil. This one is called Magunatip. #ESEAP #ESEAP2024 #ESEAPKK24 #TraditionalDances #Malaysia #Sabah #Magunatip #tootSEA #IntangibleHeritage #culture