This sheet of metal seems like it could fly off here when the wind shifts.
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Kirk Martinez
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Kirk Martinez
@KirkMartinez
Software and CI systems architect. Fan of CogSci, AI/ML, FP, origami, music, mathematics, and the game of go
California Katılım Mart 2009
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Ok, these are stunning!
If Wes Anderson made the Harry Potter series. 🪄✨
(made by PanoramaChannel on IG using AI)
1. Harry Potter:
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damnit, @iamjohnoliver now my wife is singing, “tots are us” incessantly. thanks.
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I live how my Roborock S5 Max shows me exactly where it has been — and let’s me tell it to avoid the Xmas tree!
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From this morning: 2/6 are now true.
Matt Viser@mviser
Biden campaign expectations: MICH: Win, results today WISC: Win, results today NEVADA: Win, results tomorrow PENNSYLVANIA: 1.4m outstanding ballots that will overcome 600k ballot deficit. Results tomorrow GEORGIA: Tossup; results today NC: Leaning Trump; results in few days
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“Distributed systems are different because they fail often. What sets distributed systems engineering apart from other fields of software engineering is the probability of failure and, worse, the probability of partial failure.” buff.ly/2uBDrac
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The 7/8 majority clause in prop 22 is reason alone to vote No. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has come to regret a prior proposition vote. If this passes it is effectively permanent. That’s not how democracy should be structured. Please vote No.
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I just signed a @commoncause petition to the U.S. Senate: Don’t let COVID-19 upend our democracy! Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell…
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Jerry Seinfeld on his life's work:
The show was successful because I micromanaged it —every word, every line, every take, every edit, every casting.
I think about this a lot when teams hire consultants, outsource product design & hand performance to agencies.
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.
Corey Quinn@QuinnyPig
All right, Cloud Twitter. Tell me something that fails in the cloud differently / more surprisingly than it does in the data center. I've learned a lot about outages; teach me more!
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This two minutes of Fiona Hill is everything. It’s the whole game. On the one hand the nation’s foreign policy; on the other, a domestic political errand.
How wonderful to have extraordinary person like this, quietly serving our nation, and how terrible to waste her abilities.
Vox@voxdotcom
At first glance, this moment in Fiona Hill's testimony seems like she's immunizing Trump. She's actually damning him.
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My therapist: talk to me about how you reward yourself for your accomplishments?
Me: reward? *stares blankly* why would I do that? I’m not gonna celebrate for doing what I’m supposed to do
Her, takes off glasses: oh boy
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@jgstew An HDMI bus terminator. We found simulator times were significantly improved by these. Apparently Apple expects a monitor to be attached.
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It was assumed that 40% of the costs Quebec’s subsidized childcare program would come from the income taxes generated from parents who can now work. Instead, it generated more income for the province than it costs.
“The program is paying for itself.”
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