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Law of parenting 122: no matter what or how much you bring on a trip, your child will ask you for the thing you did not bring.

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Why do they make it their entire personality??

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I’ve been playing Chrono Trigger on the Steam Deck, first time since the 90s. Man it holds up! Such an amazing game.

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If you’re at @writethedocs.bsky.social in PDX, come find us for some Writer hats, socks, and stickers! Who better to give these away to than a bunch of writers??

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“Science confers power on anyone who takes the trouble to learn it.” - Carl Sagan

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The difficult thing about parenting a toddler is that they’re acting totally as expected and should at that age, it’s just that all of society and a functioning household does not work that way lol

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All this talk of Ken Griffey Jr. taking photos at the Master’s made me remember one of my all time favorite SNES games: Ken Griffey Jr.’s Winning Run. I was obsessed with this game as a kid. Anyone else?

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Finally upgraded my Kindle for my birthday after 10 long years! The size difference is wild. What are some of your favorite books over the last couple of years?

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Giving Undertale a shot, I’ve heard lots of great things about it. I’m about 3 hours in and really digging the retro and Earthbound vibes. Have you played it?

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I’ve been enrolled at night school at Dishes University lately, meaning I go through Coursera and EdX courses on math, comp sci, and ML while cleaning the kitchen every night. Gotta find the time you can when you’re working and parenting 🤷‍♂️

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Can’t even fathom how many hours of insider trading and anti-corruption trainings I’ve gone through my whole career, being told that even accepting a gift >$50 is bribery, and now we have a sitting president openly manipulating the market.

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Predicting that CS degrees are going to be in higher demand and more valuable in the coming years due to AI. There is way more to engineering than just writing code, and it will be increasingly difficult to prove competency as models get better at coding. What do you think?

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One of my coworkers shared his transition and new name today and the response was so wholesome and positive. A really nice light in a dark time.

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How it feels seeing all the Ghibli memes

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Finally added "now" and "uses" pages to my site. I've always thought these were cool after learning about them from Derek Sivers and @wesbos.com. Great way to keep folks up to date about what's going on in your life & what tools you're using. Do you have either? Now: www.samjulien.com/now/

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Beat God of War (2018) last night. What a great game. I was so surprised by the depth of storytelling and character development. Lots of fun! It’s too bad Ragnarok doesn’t work on Steam Deck.

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TIL about `git rerere`, which stands for “reuse recorded resolution” and allows you to ask Git to remember how you’ve resolved a hunk conflict so that the next time it sees the same conflict, Git can resolve it for you automatically. 🤯

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Unbelievable how kids just become walking talking sources of joy in your life

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Please remember that no matter who you are and what you’re going though You (yes you, especially you) are valuable You matter The world is better with you in it

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This has been my therapist-recommended textbook for the last year, highly recommend. “Full Catastrophe Living” by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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One of the best and most underrated uses of personal knowledge management tools like Obsidian is creating a self-care handbook. I keep a “handbook” for myself on what helps my physical and mental health and it is incredibly useful. It’s like leaving notes for my future self when I need help.

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The struggle of “I need to follow the news to be an informed citizen to protect the ones I love” and “I need to protect my mental health so I can continue to provide for the ones I love” is so real these days

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Really enjoyed this conversation with @dthompsondev.bsky.social about the role of a director, organizational leadership, building cross-functional influence, and much more. Thanks Danny!

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Life advice from Tolkein

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As knowledge becomes increasingly commoditized, wisdom becomes more precious.

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I ended 2024 twenty pounds lighter than when I started, largely thanks to @mybodytutor.com (thanks @joelhooks.com). The most surprising thing is that these overnight oats are doing a huge amount of heavy lifting. They keep me full in the morning & set the tone for the day.

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Our picks of the top ~50 papers for AI Engineers to read from scratch to competent in 2025: latent.space/p/2025-papers Feedback welcome/enjoy!

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Happy PR Review Catch-up Day to all who celebrate! 📋

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Quarterly experiments > New Year’s resolutions www.samjulien.com/setting-quar...

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Welcome to the most motivated day of the year. Don’t forget to channel some of that energy into building systems for when that motivation drops! Systems are more effective than willpower.

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🥂 Happy New Year everyone! May this be your best year yet!

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