Alan Gates

@_a__w_ I don't know how many times someone writing down my name misspells Alan and then asks 'Gates, is that g-a-t-e-s?' Now days when people ask, I just spell them both.

Recounting the story of how it became that @alanfgates first name is misspelled. 🙃

A special bonus! Be sure to stick around after the credits for 'The Making of The Most Reluctant Convert'! Theatres are selling out! Check for new showtimes at CSLewisMovie.com!

@rjurney What I really love is the way which episode it picks to play next is, as far as I can tell, random. Not always from the same feed. Might be one you've heard before or one you've downloaded but not listened to.

Apple’s Podcast app is the worst user experience I’ve ever had with an audio player. No matter what I do it replays old episodes each and every time I finish a newer one. It is remarkably awful. I can’t find any way to avoid this happening or to mark an old episode as played.

Scaling @LinkedIn’s @hadoop clusters beyond 10,000 nodes. @LinkedInEng engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2021/scal…

@spyced Clearly it stands for Esc Meta Alt Control Shift. As a colleague once observed, it would be ok if your computer had foot petals like a piano.

Middle-aged engineer memory: Emacs-haters used to sneer that EMACS stood for Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping.

Most amusing headline I've seen in a while: Danville Sets Date For Annual July 4 Parade patch.com/california/dan…

The Doublethinkers tabletmag.com/sections/arts-…

@mikeolson One of my favorites was when Spotify served me ads for a Smart Car and a large model pick-up back-to-back and then a few minutes later threw in an ad in Spanish. Not clear what demographic all three of those are aimed at.

This is not about politics. This is about our country, about the rule of law, and about the sanctity of human life. russellmoore.com/2021/01/11/the…

@HoushangLivian In most movie sequels the action and threat is ramped way up compared to the original. Perhaps we're in the sequel.

Just admit it. 2020 is still happening.

@rjurney I read both Theogony and Works and Days and remember enjoying them, but it was 25+ years ago so I don’t remember much.

@alanfgates Yeah, I don’t hate it. The pre Olympians are an interest of mine, just learned about Hekate, for example, so Theogony is interesting.

Hesiod is readable! Hesiod is readable! See, I’m cultured. See! Homer just sucks!

@rjurney I agree The Iliad is a hard read. I like the Odyssey though. Largely for the topic. Travel is more interesting than endless combat.

@alanfgates Sorry, I meant in English. Iliad in particular is like watching Barney. I’m sure he’s impenetrable to yours truly. Though you’ve just inspired me to buy a Loeb copy to find out.

If you're looking for a fuller treatment of why Christians need wisdom in how to apply the Bible to public policy, I talk about it here. nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opi…

Amazing recognition for my team (Cloudera Machine Learning): Forrester has released it’s Notebook Based Predictive Analytics & Machine Learning Q3 2020 report with Cloudera named as a Leader in the industry bit.ly/2Fri0BD

@mikeolson Assuming best intentions, my guess is a strong belief in supply side economics while rejecting Keynesian economics. Based on my limited reading in economics, most economists feel there is a time and place for both supply side and Keynes.

@t3rmin4t0r @tlipcon Congratulations!

@tlipcon Yup, Monday dawn

It feels really odd to see "Birth/adoption" and "New Gym Membership" in the same drop-down for Workday life-events.

@rbowen Someone told me once that one of the marks of a good public speaker is the ability convert that fear into energy that empowers you in the speech. So perhaps those who are always nervous are better speakers.

I have been doing public speaking for almost 25 years. I have given presentations on five continents. I still get tied in knots every single time I'm about to go on stage.

Your quarantine coping mechanisms as #StarTrek characters: A thread Picard: ⭐️Wearing work clothes despite working from home ⭐️Thrilled to not have children around ⭐️Reading Shakespeare for the epic quotes

@jaymce @CockroachDB Congratulations my friend!

Big day here @CockroachDB with the announcement of a substantial series D. Here is an insider photo of our team call last week for our internal announcement of the round.. cheers!! #proud #fortunate