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mastodon 4.7.3Husband, father. CS PhD student at the U of Utah, making programming languages better. I usually write about macros, type systems, Racket, Elixir, Emacs, and hiking.
RT ≠ endorsement, etc. Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I don't respect you.
I am indebted to my forebears who immigrated to America seeking a better future. I am the product of their decisions and sacrifices. Immigration is good.
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Proud daddy moment: I was bouncing my baby on my knee and I hummed a bit of the William Tell Overture. We’ve done this before while actually listening to a recording. This time, my baby turned around and pointed at our sound system. Obligingly, I turned it on. His smile widened as we listened to the song and I bounced him. As soon as the song ended, his face fell a little bit. I turned it back on, and the smile returned. :)
Empty Set, n.: A mathematical entity defined as the collection of all foods not improved by the addition of bacon or maple syrup.
Using an AI to do your homework so you don’t fail your class is like sending someone to the dentist in your stead so you don’t have to get any cavities filled.
I’m glad I took up running in time to appreciate how ridiculously amazing a sub-2-hour marathon is. Sheesh.
I follow the “Calvin’s dad” philosophy in so many ways
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@ricci@discuss.systems @bremner@mathstodon.xyz The Greek word for “privacy” is spelled $\epsilon$
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@molly0xfff Are the people submitting these DMCA requests connected with the people you’re writing about? Or just some dumb randos looking to make trouble?
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@regehr@mastodon.social Time stops existing in my shower. Things have improved by mounting a clock where I can see it but it’s no silver bullet
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@ricci@discuss.systems so this is where I’d go to delete my Facebook account permanently, huh?
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@lindsey@recurse.social If you have access to a 3D printer, this is a great model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5923307
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@sanityinc @deech isn’t it a fruit tea because you steep it?
Hey so, chocolate is also a fruit too, ja? Brb im gonna go eat this entire fruit bar sounds so much less irresponsible.
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@lindsey@recurse.social I hate this so much but I bet I could do a lot of good with all the grant money that that would bring in so…
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@malwaretech I mean, there’s that one time when Berlin’s air traffic was managed with Emacs…
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@wagesj45@mastodon.jordanwages.com @ricci@discuss.systems @greatquux@mastodon.social probably just like an old cup and some stone slabs with funny writing on them.
Got some marketing spam for a class on SCRUM.
Let it be noted in the public record that I consider SCRUM to be a *blight* on the software engineering industry.
I wrote up my experience here: https://lambdaland.org/posts/2023-02-21_metric_worship/
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@lindsey@recurse.social ooo three more; don’t have time to check what’s been mentioned already:
- sqlite with 100% branch coverage 🤩
- tinycc
- the BEAM
I need a Sesame Street segment where Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci pick out the letter/number of the day and Anne Hathaway looks on in befuddlement.
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@thalia@discuss.systems I’ve tried one and I actually didn’t like it. Hence, foods improved by bacon OR maple.
I understand that this is something that reasonable people might disagree on, which is why it’s OR and not XOR. ;)
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@thalia@discuss.systems @regehr@mastodon.social oof. Hopefully that didn’t spoil your taste for Döner too bad.
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@evacide@hachyderm.io I suspect this is easier with languages/countries that exhibit a high degree of regional dialect variation. Most Germans when I talk to them just assume I’m from a different part of Germany.
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@mitchellh@hachyderm.io I don't know if you've read Neal Stephenson's Anathem—this reminds me of the reputation system the ITA (technologists in the society) have to access certain parts of their version of the internet.