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Ron Jeffries

@RonJeffries@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.6.0-nightly.2026-03-16

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

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RonJeffries
Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
Ron Jeffries
Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

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@RonJeffries@mastodon.social · 3d ago

These fuckers are psychotic.
They are both ignorant and stupid.
They are cruel.
They are greedy.
They are jailing innocent people.
They are killing innocent people.
They are destroying our nation, the world, our society.
There is no good in them.
They must be removed.

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Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
Ron Jeffries
Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

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@RonJeffries@mastodon.social · 3d ago
If your company actually became vastly more productive, because of "AI" or whatever, you wouldn't lay off people: you would take on new efforts, make higher profits, have more things going on. Layoffs are always - always - a sign of bad decisions, misallocation of priorities. Gross mismanagement. Always.
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Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
Ron Jeffries
Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

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@RonJeffries@mastodon.social · Feb 14, 2026

RE: @atari@social.bau-ha.us

Yay!

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Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
Ron Jeffries
Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social · Feb 14, 2026

RE: @jeneralist@med-mastodon.com

Outrageous!

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Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
Ron Jeffries
Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social · Feb 13, 2026

Next Steps on Paths
I feel sure that I know just what to do next with paths, but I'm not sure how to test it in a reasonable fashion. Results: Happy!
https://ronjeffries.com/articles/-v026/z/i/

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Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
Ron Jeffries
Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

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@RonJeffries@mastodon.social · Feb 12, 2026

RE: @infoq@techhub.social

I'll definitely check this out.

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Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
Ron Jeffries
Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social · Jan 31, 2026
You cannot "train" a bully not to be a bully. You cannot "train" a gang of bullies not to be a gang of bullies. This is particularly true when they were hired to be a gang of bullies and their bosses want them to be a gang of bullies. Just a random thought, I don't know why it came to mind.
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This Quiz was motivated because I'm thinking of using the term "instar" in an SF novel set in a culture that practices serial reincarnation (using technology): is it reasonable to use "instar" to deno
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RonJeffries
Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

mastodon.social
Ron Jeffries
Ron Jeffries
@RonJeffries@mastodon.social

XP guy. ronjeffries.com/articles/bio
Old, programmer for more than six decades. Early XP learner / proponent. Manifesto author.
I try to be helpful, and funny. Sometimes succeed. If something I say troubles you, I probably meant to be amusing. Call me on it. I want to learn. 
Pronouns he/him go best with the beard. I'll try to honor yours, and am fallible.

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@RonJeffries@mastodon.social · Dec 19, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop ok, but why not instance?
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