Waltteri

@waltteri

Finished a MSc in CS at University of Helsinki 🎉 Senior SWE at Cactos, battery energy storage systems. Previously Senior SWE at Garden, SRE at Webflow. Recreational computer graphics, Rust, photography, cycling. He/him. Mastodon (Twitter) @anotherwalther

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Waltteri@waltteri· Jul 4

nightclub time! time for this unc to get some untz

poster of Post Bar in Helsinki
a drawing of a tired looking person lighting a tiny campfire on a green background, with large stylized lettering of "post bar" in red running down the right edge

Waltteri@waltteri· Jun 9

borrowing a slightly older book from the library: opticks by sir isaac newton foreword? albert einstein (the original is from 1704, this print is from 1952. libraries are cool 🧡)

$Opticks - or a treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections & colours of light Sir Isaac Newton based on the fourth edition London, 1730 with a foreword by Albert Einstein an introduction by Sir Edmund Whittaker a preface by I. Bernard Cohen and an analytical table of contents prepared by Duane H. D. Roller$

Waltteri@waltteri· May 29

club time! 🎶

candlelit pic of a club mate bottle with a shot of dark rum in it

Waltteri@waltteri· May 27

Maistuisiko älykäs kalifornian valikko?

kuva kaupan valmiiksi pakatusta sushilajitelmasta, tekstikentässä lukee nimenä "älykäs kalifornian valikko"

Waltteri@waltteri· May 21

I keep coming back to this passage in Robert Nystrom's book Crafting Interpreters. We need more of this 🧡

Ever since I learned to program as a kid, I felt there was something magical about languages. When I first tapped out BASIC programs one key at a time I couldn't conceive how BASIC itself was made. Later, the mixture of awe and terror on my college friends' faces when talking about their compilers class was enough to convince me language hackers were a different breed of human-some sort of wizards granted privileged access to arcane arts. It's a charming image, but it has a darker side. I didn't feel like a wizard, so I was left thinking I lacked some inborn quality necessary to join the cabal. Though I've been fascinated by languages ever since I doodled made-up keywords in my school notebook, it took me decades to muster the courage to try to really learn them. That "magical" quality, that sense of exclusivity, excluded me. When I did finally start cobbling together my own little interpreters, I quickly learned that, of course, there is no magic at all. It's just code, and the people who hack on languages are just people. There are a few techniques you don't often encounter outside of languages, and some parts are a little difficult. But not more difficult than other obstacles you've overcome. My hope is that if you've felt intimidated by languages and this book helps you overcome that fear, maybe I'll leave you just a tiny bit braver than you were before. And, who knows, maybe you will make the next great language. Someone has to.

Waltteri@waltteri· May 7

hype!

"to preserve the dawn's light, the heroes journeyed north"

"their hearts filled with hope and eyes fixed heavensward"

Waltteri@waltteri· Mar 17

call and raise www.reddit.com/r/BadMtgComb...

Magic: The Gathering card "Zimone, All-Questioning". The rules text on the card requires knowing whether numbers are prime

Waltteri@waltteri· Jan 24

terrible no-good hasty sketches, playing around the idea of "you need to decide if you want this to be square or long, and commit to it" the right bottom is getting closer to my vision of a long variant, and the left square could experiment with nested r's or optional decoration for the empty spot

Waltteri@waltteri· Jan 16

Magic the Gathering: Lorwyn Eclipsed prerelease pack, on top of a Miirym playmat

Waltteri@waltteri· Jan 5

Good morning from Helsinki! A bit chilly here ❄️

Waltteri@waltteri· Dec 6

techno club time!

black and white photo of a curved mirror reflecting the door of the club, with a black poster with the rules written in white text. club kaiku, finland

Waltteri@waltteri· Nov 3

Tietoinen tyylivalinta, samaan henkeen kuin puheenvuoron voi aloittaa "arvoisat kuulijat" tai "moikka" riippuen yleisöstä ja kontekstista. Pikatiivistys kuvankaappauksessa muualta. Kyseinen kirja odottaa omassakin hyllyssä sopivaa lukuhetkeä!

A comment from Reddit user
GaiusOctavianAlerae

It’s about indicating tone and register. Texting someone “hello” vs “Hello” vs “Hello.” can have different impacts.

It’s not about laziness, by the way. Since people’s phones automatically capitalize the first letters of sentences they’re often going to extra effort to decapitalize things.

I highly recommend Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch for more on the evolution of language on the Internet.

Waltteri@waltteri· Oct 28

Python Software Foundation showing how it's done - let's give them some positive feedback 🧡 psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...

Payment confirmation to Python Software Foundation, 25 USD + processing fees

Waltteri@waltteri· Oct 20

If you: 1) visit Oulu, Finland 2) enjoy occasionally eating meat 3) enjoy spicy food I highly recommend visiting Kauppuri5 for a burger and some of their hot sauces!

It's a beast of a feast! This burger has blown up, the buns are gone and the salad is all over the plate. With the title "butcher's salad", it's the wheatless version of their perhaps most famous burger (the butcher).

Ingredients in their own words: "Bacon, Beef patty, Over night braised pulled pork and roast beef, Cheddar cheese, salad bed with mustard vinaigrette, Red Onion, Kauppuri 5 BBQ Sauce".

In the background, there's a small bowl of fries and an unassuming-looking but terrifyingly terrific dip sauce based on Naga Morich, a chili pepper that once held the world championship title on spiciness. Incredible and incredibly hot, even for a chili enthusiast! Served with a tasteful glass of IPA.

The place looks a bit grungy, with hand-drawn art and signatures from people famous and ordinary scribbled all over the walls, and their outdoor sign has the motto "curing and getting hangovers since 2010".

If that sounds like an experience you'd like to try, maybe visit Oulu?

Waltteri@waltteri· Jul 7

Degree Certificate: Master of Science
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science
Master's Programme in Computer Science

Waltteri@waltteri· Jul 6

www.asofterworld.com/clean/duo.jpg

the strip "pretty and pointless" from the webcomic a softer world.

"Maybe the Earth would be better off without us. Safe and clean and perfect like a toy nobody ever played with"

Waltteri@waltteri· Jun 7

the 40-card deck i built for this limited event. green and black with some ramp, +1/+1 counters, and some job select artifacts

Waltteri@waltteri· Jun 7

the list of cards opened from the set. big value item: "summon bahamut" in alternate art

Waltteri@waltteri· Jun 7

final fantasy prerelease event for magic the gathering

Waltteri@waltteri· May 22

SUBMITTED MY MASTER'S THESIS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE! 🎉

Screenshot from the thesis submission system at University of Helsinki, with a large text DONE! surrounded by virtual confetti flying around

Waltteri@waltteri· Apr 30

Hauskaa Vappua! 🍾

Vappu celebrations in Helsinki - lots of people with their student caps in the air, as the Havis Amanda statue is getting her student cap placed

Celebrations continue at the stairs of the nearby church building - time to open the champagne!

Waltteri@waltteri· Apr 27

Time to re-read a wonderful classic 🧡

Screenshot from the webcomic Digger by Ursula Vernon. A slightly confused wombat is asking: "A pervert? Me? Uh-- Err-- Umm-- Yes! Absolutely!"

Waltteri@waltteri· Apr 15

Starting the cycling commute season!

Bright orange bike with a pannier bag, and my shadow silhouette in the background

Waltteri@waltteri· Apr 15

Behind the scenes

Two lighting stands, one with a softbox and one with an umbrella, and a tripod with the camera between them. On top of a stool is a flowerpot turned upside down, with a bunch of carnations sitting in the metal container that came with my immersion blender. Photography is all about creatively making things work 😄

Waltteri@waltteri· Apr 15

Tulip #bloomscrolling

A single white tulip against a gray background. The stem is curved, bending clockwise. The petals are starting to open.

Waltteri@waltteri· Apr 15

Carnation #bloomscrolling

A single white carnation against a gray background. The petals are wide open, creating a fluffy appearance.

Waltteri@waltteri· Apr 11

I am now 100000 years old! 🎉 (or 32 in decimal) If you want to join in on the festivities, please share some of your favorite flowers and plants 🧡 Tulips are one of my favorites, especially in simple colors - minimalist design look 🌷

A single white tulip between four green leaves. The arrangement almost looks like a hand with fingers, with the flower as the pointer

Waltteri@waltteri· Apr 3

Geared up for an after work photoshoot - coworkers get new profile pictures, I get subjects, win-win!

Photography gear leaning against a wall. Godox QR-P90 softbox, Manfrotto lighting stand carrying bag, and Peak Design everyday backpack. There's also a hidden canvas bag with more stuff outside the frame!

Waltteri@waltteri· Apr 1

hi, computer expert here! this is not funny, networks only do this in extreme distress.

Finnish Communication and Internet Exchange statistics page showing the traffic graph for Telia, one of the large ISPs in Finland, with a sharp cliff from roughly 5Gbps to zero

Waltteri@waltteri· Mar 30

Yet another example of flawed understanding of consent in apps