@leoncowle @kaasbaas @GrahamDowns in this case I was choosing between the Chery Tiggo, the BYD Sealion 6, the Haval H6 and the Jaecoo J7, so it was at least the more pronounceable of the available brands. Jetour, Omada and BAIC didn't have vehicles in the range we were looking at, for a not-even-complete list of the brands that were not available here when you lived here (and possibly didn't exist yet).
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","url":"https://fosstodon.org/users/kimvanwyk/statuses/116317050386084602","date_published":"2026-03-30T07:55:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Kim van Wyk","url":"https://fosstodon.org/@kimvanwyk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.fosstodon.org%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F286%2F409%2F396%2F018%2F006%2Foriginal%2F623b64aff46b739e.png","_microblog":{"username":"kimvanwyk@fosstodon.org"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 07:55","date_timestamp":1774857336,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86983407","content_html":"@GrahamDowns I've gone with \"Engineer\" but that's mainly because my degree is in electronic engineering and I worked in embedded systems writing C for years. It's all desktop and server Python code these days but I still think of myself as an engineer before any other term.
","url":"https://fosstodon.org/users/kimvanwyk/statuses/116294061221252089","date_published":"2026-03-26T06:29:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Kim van Wyk","url":"https://fosstodon.org/@kimvanwyk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.fosstodon.org%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F286%2F409%2F396%2F018%2F006%2Foriginal%2F623b64aff46b739e.png","_microblog":{"username":"kimvanwyk@fosstodon.org"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 06:29","date_timestamp":1774506549,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86885720","content_html":"@neil this is of course exactly what one would say to convince us they don't have a secret alt account.
","url":"https://fosstodon.org/users/kimvanwyk/statuses/116286179063068933","date_published":"2026-03-24T21:04:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Kim van Wyk","url":"https://fosstodon.org/@kimvanwyk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.fosstodon.org%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F286%2F409%2F396%2F018%2F006%2Foriginal%2F623b64aff46b739e.png","_microblog":{"username":"kimvanwyk@fosstodon.org"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-24 21:04","date_timestamp":1774386277,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86234374","content_html":"@neil such blatant Emacs denialism, for shame :-)
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On a lighter vein, allow me to suggest this great tribute: https://m.youtube.com/@LaszloBuring
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More seriously, some regex knowledge has been massively useful throughout my career - it's often surprised me that few colleagues are comfortable with them.
\"My career\" is however in reference to software engineering, possibly somewhat less useful day to day to a law practitioner.
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","url":"https://fosstodon.org/users/kimvanwyk/statuses/115747170400072183","date_published":"2025-12-19T16:27:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Kim van Wyk","url":"https://fosstodon.org/@kimvanwyk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.fosstodon.org%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F286%2F409%2F396%2F018%2F006%2Foriginal%2F623b64aff46b739e.png","_microblog":{"username":"kimvanwyk@fosstodon.org"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-19 16:27","date_timestamp":1766161657,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80082270","content_html":"@neil #atrociouspun or #magnificentpun delete as per opinion of puns.
(I'm definitely in the magnificent camp).
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\"engineers will soon be able to visually log issues in Jira\" - who has *ever* asked for this, and what is wrong with them?
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