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itodd··on I Fired Google
> Then I went directly to Amazon and ordered an Alexa.

Dear lord.

itodd··on STFU
i would hope you're not the minority. i'm in your camp.
itodd··on MinIO is now in maintenance-mode
seaweedfs
itodd··on Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies
There's already an outbreak in Texas.
itodd··on Trickle-down economics were always bullshit
How's the bridge's structure?
itodd··on Thomas Midgley Jr.: The man who almost destroyed the planet (twice)
Whenever I have a brain fart, my 12 year old daughter loudly and sarcastically thanks Thomas. Words can't express how much I appreciate her sense of humor.
itodd··on If gravity isn't a force, then why does it "need" a boson?
ScienceClic on Youtube has amazing videos on this topic as does Veritasium. Einstein's happiest thought helps with understanding this. He thought that there would be no discernible difference between what a man felt while falling off a ladder (let's not factor in air resistance) and what a person in 0g space felt.

We are actually "accelerating" upwards at a constant rate that is equal to what we feel and many think of as gravity. This is because spacetime is curved by the mass of the earth.

Think of a grid being distorted or squeezed / pinched. The distortion pinching is "gravity". Everything in the grid still travels in a straight path relative tot he lines on the grid but since the [spacetime] grid is pinched, it looks as if it is not on a straight path.

itodd··on Shift Happens Cover Stories: guess the Shift keys of retro keyboards
I dislike this new trend of trying to make your site's text look like LLM output. It's incredibly annoying to read at a fixed slow pace.
itodd··on Bluegrass Archive
If anyone likes bluegrass, check out billy strings. Those guys have figured out how to release chemicals in my brain. A joy to listen to.
itodd··on Bref 2.0 Is Released
Since there is no description in the link: "Simple and scalable PHP applications with serverless"
itodd··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)
Adimab, LLC | Software Engineer in Computational Biology | Hanover, NH | Full time

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with experience using Django and Vue.js for modern web application development. This role is within the Computational Biology team, closely interfacing with the Product Engineering team, and the rest of the scientific organization.

- Software Engineer https://adimab.applytojob.com/apply/MaZZQVJefF/Software-Engi...

itodd··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2021)
Adimab, LLC | Software Engineer in Computational Biology | Hanover, NH | Full time

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with experience using Django and Vue.js for modern web application development. This role is within the Computational Biology team, closely interfacing with the Product Engineering team, and the rest of the scientific organization.

- Software Engineer https://adimab.applytojob.com/apply/MaZZQVJefF/Software-Engi...

itodd··on Bitcoin breaks above $20k for the first time ever
> It doesn't take much effort to verify these claims.

Please verify your first claim and I'll admit I was wrong.

itodd··on Bitcoin breaks above $20k for the first time ever
[Citation needed]
itodd··on Bitcoin breaks above $20k for the first time ever
USDT is another "cryptocurrency". I put that in quotes as they can print it at their leisure. They claim to be backed by USD but have never been audited. The market cap grows by billions a month.

BTC and USDT is a common trading pair on crypto exchanges.

As a result, those behind USDT can print it and buy BTC to manipulate the price.

Don't get me started on exchanges allowing you to trade with yourself. This field is tainted with shady practices.

itodd··on Bitcoin breaks above $20k for the first time ever
Plot tether market cap against BTC price. They appear to print USDT with no oversight. I fail to see how this is sustainable.
itodd··on S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch cryptocurrency indexes in 2021
How can this be with Tether existing? Does anyone really honestly think that USDT is legit?
itodd··on No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed severe Covid-19
Hence my last sentence.
itodd··on No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed severe Covid-19
It can't fundamentally change your own DNA. The mRNA codes for a stabilized version of the sars-cov2 spike protein. Your cells then use the mRNA to build that protein. Your immune system will then build up a response. It is a terrible idea to wait for a version 2 of this vaccine. Get vaccinated or this will not go away.
itodd··on How io_uring and eBPF Will Revolutionize Programming in Linux
respectfully disagree.
itodd··on Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A
I have a Pixel 2XL and it is still supported. I am participating in the latest android beta without any known-to-me model-specific issues.
itodd··on Show HN: Unsure Calculator – back-of-a-napkin probabilistic calculator
I haven't bookmarked something in ages. I bookmarked this. The value added with a single new operator is amazing. Feel good about this work. Not many people can create something so unique and valuable by adding so little.
itodd··on Actix Web – Project Future
Humans gonna human. Glad to see this is working itself out.
itodd··on DJI Mavic Mini
I hear you and feel the same way. I am also a drone enthusiast. I dread flying within earshot of anyone.
itodd··on New federal rules limit police searches of family tree DNA databases
I second this. One of my favorite podcasts.
itodd··on Popcount CPU instruction
I've used this in an effort to calculate hamming distances of encoded equal length strings of dna.
itodd··on New Hampshire installs historical marker to honor the creation of BASIC
I work at a unicorn in NH. I hope I never have to work anywhere else. I love it here and I don't understand the "right wing" comment.
itodd··on Luna – A WYSIWYG language for data processing
This looks interesting and I tried to play with it but the colors are so dark and everything is hard to see.
itodd··on Ebola cases pass 2k as crisis escalates
Add the fact that this breakout faces different challenges than previous ones (increased frequency of aid worker casualties due to civil unrest).
itodd··on Minard / Morse / Tufte and Authenticity on the Web (2018)
I went to one of his seminars and walked out. There was very little substance. At one point he told everyone they should bring a technical document when bringing their pet to the vet.

edit: Some other things he suggested: don't use powerpoint. Write a technical document and have everyone read it before the meeting. He also showed how he himself could have saved the space shuttle discovery.

Sorry if I'm coming off as a bit negative. I like the books, they have some good insights but the seminar itself was terrible.

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