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I currently work as a Director of Engineering at Apple in Cupertino, CA. Prior to that, I spent 11 years as a Senior Software Engineer at Meta (Facebook), 8 years as a Software Engineer at Kodak, and 3 years as a Professor of Mathematics at MIT.
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I think my IQ dropped by 30 points after writing a web app in React.

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Japan says there is no easy concession on US tariffs, seeks more talks in June reut.rs/4dPUbQo

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That's enough for one day. Time to leave the smartphone and social media behind. Now I'm going to go home, sit on the porch, and drink beer while avoiding computers like the plague.

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Global warming?

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I don't have a plush office job. Instead, this job reminds me of when I worked as an overnight grocery stocker in undergrad school. In both cases, the job is about how quickly I can get things done.

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What a moron.

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Ugghh.. I really can't do anything at work until the engineers fix the software bug.

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Hooray. It's not even 5:30 pm, and I got all my work done. Time to leave the smartphone behind. I'm going to enjoy this three day weekend by making a road trip from Berkeley to Santa Cruz.

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This is kind of new and exciting... www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...

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The declarative gui framework for Android sucks, and not that well either.

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Jim Irsay, the longtime owner of the Indianapolis Colts who took over the business from his father, has died at 65. nyti.ms/44Pm0pw

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I don’t think it’s too much to ask to bar convicted felons from running for President.

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The president of the United States has spent more time attacking Bruce Springsteen than addressing the fact that 771,480 men, women, and children were counted as homeless last year.

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How does a graduate engineering student make over $300,000 a year by peddling computer parts and then say that business isn't his thing?

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And the excitement for the day when I get home is sitting on the porch and drinking beer. Minus the smartphone and social media.

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It's over 70 degrees outside and I'm stuck at work -(.

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Oh wow.... www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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It's almost 11:30 pm and I can hear my neighbor having sex.

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BING BONG 🔔 The New York Knicks have knocked out the defending champion Boston Celtics to advance to its first Eastern Conference Finals in 25 years.

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Anyone who has worked on intelligence matters understands the importance of apolitical analysis and speaking truth to power. In firing intel officials who did just that, Gabbard proved once again that she is unfit for her position.

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Amgen owes $406 million for monopolizing cholesterol drug market, US jury says reut.rs/4kfu7Qw

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Official says Iran would forego highly enriched uranium for deal, NBC reports reut.rs/4mznZor

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I apparently reached a different conclusion about computers than the university Computer Science professors. A lot of the professors say the central idea in Computer Science is logic. I say the central idea is learning how a computer works. Who's right?

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The 90-day truce in the U.S.-China trade war reduces the risk of product shortages and makes a recession less likely in the short-term. But it does little to lift the cloud of uncertainty that has hung over the U.S. economy since Trump took office. My story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/b... #EconSky

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The Knicks are one win away from their first conference finals appearance in 25 years‼️

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Gold languishes near more than 1-week low after US-China tariff truce reut.rs/4iXaoUR

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This site is still buggy, and the guy in charge of these bug fixes is still a no talent moron.

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"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...

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It feels good that I only did a half day at work. Now I'm going to relax, drink some beer, and just forget about computers and technology.

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I can't do it. I just can't do it. I can't do the tech thing outside of work like what other techies do. Instead, I get drunk and watch conspiracy theories on Netflix.

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So I ended up sleeping 13 hours after being up for 68 hours. I swear one day I'm going to quit working as a Software Engineer and do something a bit saner like being a door greeter at Walmart.

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I wasted 65 hours of my life racking my brain, to come up with an algorithm to an obscure computer science problem. But after a few failed attempts, I came up with a solution. The last time I thought this hard was when I took Point Set Topology in college.

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UPDATE: Police say they arrested two people involved. The target was a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, which drew more than 2 million people to Copacabana Beach on Saturday night.

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The Avalanche are the first team in MLB/NBA/NHL history to lose seven straight Game 7s. H/T @optastats.optajoe.com

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Brazil police foil bomb plot targeting packed Lady Gaga concert in Rio reut.rs/3GTBJJW

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Holy good lord do I feel old. It's been almost 32 years since I've done Computational Fluid Dynamics at Princeton.

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