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Chris Schmidt is now @[email protected]

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Tilter at windmills. Alphabet Workers Union. Opinions stated here are my own, not Google's. He/him. Signal: 617.599.5778. #1181677 @[email protected]

Somerville, MA Beigetreten Haziran 2007

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Chris Schmidt is now @[email protected]@crschmidt·17 Nis

A reminder that I no longer post top-level content on Twitter, but do post on Mastodon. If you want to stay connected, make an account on a server like ohai.social or kind.social, and follow @crschmidt @better.boston . @crschmidt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">better.boston/@crschmidt

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Chris Schmidt is now @[email protected]@crschmidt·27 Nis

@rfilmyer @mucha_carlos to be fair, i only figured out who he was in a bunch of videos due to the identifying number on his helmet!

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Roger Filmyer@rfilmyer·27 Nis

@mucha_carlos In Boston we recognize "Pepper" Jack Danilecki on sight, but that's not a scalable solution twitter.com/crschmidt/stat…

Chris Schmidt is now @[email protected]@crschmidt

As always, my advice to anyone in Boston: When you see the Bike Unit, headed by Captain Jack "Pepperspray" Danilecki, run the other way. These two officers shot pepper spray into a crowd backing away with their hands up.

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Carlos Mucha@mucha_carlos·26 Nis

Most EU countries have a system that should be mandatory for any masked police officer— unique ID number on uniform. Police there know if they abuse a citizen they can be identified later from photos of ID number. For plainclothes, put the number on their checked cap, obvs.

Patrick Skinner@SkinnerPm

There are times, perhaps, where you’re not using your name or stating your intentions. Hell, I lived that for years. This ain’t that. Not even close. Not here. Show your face. Say your name. State your purpose and authority. If you can’t, you shouldn’t be doing what you’re doing.

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Chris Schmidt is now @[email protected]@crschmidt·20 Nis

@nicksdjohnson This definitely feels like where I would fix the bug. there's no reason to allow an OAuth app name that looks like this.

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nick.eth@nicksdjohnson·16 Nis

Next, they create a Google OAuth application. For the name of the application, they enter *the entire text of the Phishing message* - newlines and all - followed by a lot of whitespace, and "Google Legal Support".

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nick.eth@nicksdjohnson·16 Nis

Recently I was targeted by an extremely sophisticated phishing attack, and I want to highlight it here. It exploits a vulnerability in Google's infrastructure, and given their refusal to fix it, we're likely to see it a lot more. Here's the email I got:

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@TheChaseADavis @GrantSlatton @HSVSphere And it being a surface-simple problem that anyone can understand is critical to its utility as an interview problem, because you don't have to spend much time explaining the idea; everyone gets the idea, which lets you explore the specifics.

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@TheChaseADavis @GrantSlatton @HSVSphere Yes, it's a "Simple Matter of Programming" problem, nothing about it is inherently complex, but there's enough complexity that no one is going to memorize a full answer, so you can use it to explore candidate understanding of the design question.

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Grant Slatton@GrantSlatton·3 Oca

"design tinyurl" is still unparalleled as a systems design question despite being the most popular for all these years you simply can't fake it, there's too many rabbit-holes if you just memorize the answer, you'll always trip up and get caught by a good interviewer

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@LianaPatricia_ Most planes now have explicit policies against this, I would quietly chat with the flight attendant about it...

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@2thegreat166318 @maxdubler @ghostburps The MBTA communities act is, honestly, piddling; most communities complying with it will see little change in housing created as a result. It's bipartisan largely because it's extremely weak and does very little; esp. compared to e.g. California's extensive housing reform efforts

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2thegreat@2thegreat166318·1 Oca

@crschmidt @maxdubler @ghostburps All true on a municipal level. And zoning (which is also municipal) is outrageous. Westport, MA has min single family lot size of 1.3 acres. I'm thinking of the bipartisan MBTA Communities act which should be a if not the model for all States with extensive public transport.

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Chris Schmidt is now @[email protected]@crschmidt·1 Oca

@2thegreat166318 @maxdubler @ghostburps huh? On a municipal level, Cambridge-based lefty organizations held a rally opposing ending single family zoning. At a statewide level, Massachusetts is thought of as progressive, but has some of the most restrictive zoning regulations in the country. How is MA a counterexample?

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2thegreat@2thegreat166318·31 Ara

@maxdubler @ghostburps Massachusetts is a good counterexample.

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@RedPillReality_ @GoBrightline The truck drove around the stopped traffic and the arm, driving in the wrong lane in order to sneak around the gate, thinking that the freight train that had just passed was the only relevant rail user at the time.

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RedPillReality@RedPillReality_·29 Ara

@GoBrightline Arm was down behind the truck.

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Brightline@GoBrightline·29 Ara

From the Brightline Safety and Security Team: Railroad safety is a community wide effort. For everyone’s safety, never drive around crossing gates when they are down.

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@CoachBalto off-street cycletrack on Western Ave in Cambridge, MA @42.3649102,-71.1090357,3a,75y,271.87h,87.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-IZYorGMyJeKNGgTX-7r0Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.8185614115407134%26panoid%3D-IZYorGMyJeKNGgTX-7r0Q%26yaw%3D271.8676609829223!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTEyNC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">google.com/maps/@42.36491…

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Sam Balto@CoachBalto·1 Ara

Does anyone live in a town or city that has examples of good bike lanes in neighborhoods with homes/driveways? If so can you please share below? Thanks!

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@thebenpatterson @mnolangray If it's pedal assist only, then it is Class 1 or 3. (Class 2 includes a throttle; both Class 1 and Class 2 have a 20mph speed maximum.)

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Ben Patterson@thebenpatterson·29 Kas

@mnolangray I really like my Priority Current. It’s pedal assist only but is level 2 or 3 depending on local laws

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray·29 Kas

Which e-bike should I buy?

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Chris Schmidt is now @[email protected]@crschmidt·29 Kas

@mnolangray The answer across the board is "Something that you can try out in person first"; either at a shop or with a friend. So much of "What makes a good e-bike?" is personal preference; everyone loves the one they have, but most people haven't ridden 30 different ones like I have.

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Chris Schmidt is now @[email protected]@crschmidt·29 Kas

@mnolangray Oh, the RadKick belt drive bike is a single speed with a lovely assist system, and is also step-thru and lightweight; that would be another alternative to the Pace 500.3.

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@cathode_dreams @no_earthquake are you referring to the 84% of people who incorrectly believed this was AI art?

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no earthquake (ear flu victim)@no_earthquake·21 Kas

lol u dont say

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Liron Shapira@liron

Scott Alexander's simple "AI Art Turing Test" proves AI is creative.

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@Aella_Girl 2/7.

Aella@Aella_Girl·16 Kas

This is a twitter poll thread. The goal is to vote for the option that the FEWEST other people vote for IN THE POLL. For each "most unpopular" option you pick, you get a point. Post your total score at the end. 7/7 is perfect score. Poll 1:

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@NathanChio @clhubes "Cool couple Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen chose it for their daughter, reviving the name to stylishness, and now Drew Barrymore has a little Olive too, as has country singer Jake Owen." Looks like it definitely gained popularity after Sacha Baron Cohen used it.

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Nathan Chio 〽️@NathanChio·27 Eki

@clhubes We've got a 3-year-old Olive but haven't met another in the wild yet. Is it popular?

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Chris Schmidt is now @[email protected]@crschmidt·22 Eki

@johnhawkinson It's always been a performance; whether it's useless or not is a much harder question to answer. (My feeling is that most of politics is intended as a form of persuasive performance art, so it's not different than many other political things in this sense.)

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