Johnicholas

@johnicholas.bsky.social

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Long-haired programmer; loves cats and dogs but doesn't have any. http://pronoun.is/he Black Lives Matter My mandate also includes weird bugs.

Bryant Park with begonias
White roses in a beam of sunlight with a bridge in the background
Arriving at Stonewall
Manhattan West and Hudson Yards from Moynihan Train Hall
Red roses in a sunbeam
red roses
Google trends search for Facebook down showing a recent spike
red roses and a bridge
Yellow roses
A peach rose with raindrops, in front of a bridge
White roses with a white bridge in the background
A closed yellow rose with a rose garden including a fountain in the background
@AlexBlechman Programming is chaotic magic. There are no rules. You ask a game dev “Can the player summon a giant demon that bursts from the ground in an explosion of lava?” and they'll say “sure, that's easy" and then you'll ask "can the player wear a scarf?" and they'll go “oof” 8:28 PM Nov 24, 2022
A croissant, a little monstera, and Carrie Jenkins's Sad Love, on a cafe table
Looking west from the Rail Park in Philadelphia, you can see "The Stamp.of Incarceration", a mural by Shepard Fairey about James Anderson, a human rights activist.
Mechanical arms manipulate 2d "components" to move them past "riveters" and "welders" to "assemble" a "remote controlled car". An animated gif of a solution to an automation puzzle.
Mechanical arms manipulate 2d "components" to move them past "riveters" and "welders" to "assemble" a "color television". An animated gif of a solution to an automation puzzle.
A plate with mango cheesecake on it. A bottle of beer labeled breakfast stout is nearby.
Giant Robo, a giant robot, and pilot (right)
A cranberry scone on a plate, drizzled with sugar
Photograph of sky, blooming magnolia tree, and some power lines.
Bruce Banner, about to turn into the Hulk, turns to the camera. "That's my secret... always be carboloading"
Diagram showing fine structure of energy levels
POV doodling and drinking a latte at Scout Cafe
I just have to know what happened to the ui/ux designers at firaxis between civ6 and civ7
Brandywine Creek when it was mirror smooth and reflecting a blue sky
Pots and pans and a box of panty liners on a table
Screenshot of article, saying that The Daily Dot received thousands of files, including police training manuals, leaked from a group calling itself the puppygirl hacker polycule.
A cut stalk of a rose with thorns and small leaves growing. A blue sky with clouds is in the background.
Screenshot of the WIRED article
Selfie of Johnicholas in front of a fireplace.
Klingon bloodwine cocktail
Screenshot of Niki Tonsky saying "I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning".
Screenshot of Goodreads page for Miss Manners's Guide to Excruciating Correct Behavior, with "864 pages" highlighted.
Screenshot of Hades video game, Theseus saying "Oh, I am perfectly alert right now, Asterius! And were I still alive, I would be positively salivating at the thought of running through this pustule with my spear, or whichever means I had available! Now, let's go!"
Top down view of a reddish cocktail
Aubrey Beardley's "The Climax", a black and white drawing of a figure gazing into the eyes of a severed head, depicting the climax of Oscar Wilde's play, Salome.
Johnicholas sitting by a fireplace, holding a large latte.
A park with trees and a little river, autumn leaves
Shelley Duvall, playing Wendy Torrance, discovers to her dismay that her husband has been typing the lyrics to Lou Bega's "Mambo Number 5".
A latte with foam art depiction of Jake the Dog from Adventure Time
A moderately complicated, lattice-like graph rendered by Graphviz