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Nerd and dad living in Washington, late of Austin, Grinnell, and Indy.
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It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.

submitted 14 days ago • 182 comments

Sorry, but I really hope people who love THE WILD ROBOT movie know it was inspired by my book. It's mentioned in the credits but most people don't read that stuff. If you love the movie you should check out the book! There's more to the story and it's a quick read.

submitted 91 days ago • 190 comments

I've completed "Code Chronicle" - Day 25 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/25 My completionist side is happy, 500 stars! This was a fun year. Days 17, 21, and 24 were all especially nice challenges

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I've completed "Crossed Wires" - Day 24 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/24 It's been a while (decades) since I did a bitslice architecture, but I managed to make it work. Also my most manual answer in a long time. github.com/lvaughn/adve...

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

That last bullet point takes some real work, but it sounds like he managed it.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

I'm doing a lot of technical analysis these days and nothing raises red flags higher than the overuse of buzzwords to explain commodity technologies. Boring technologies that just work are exciting. It means your customers can buy your product and move on to something else. Focus on that.

submitted 79 days ago • 24 comments

I just completed "Restroom Redoubt" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/14 Oh I see, we're going to have one of *those* puzzles today

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I've completed "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11 What happens when you over-engineer part 1 of your solution: part 2 goes really quickly and your rank improves a lot.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Frost on the spider web this morning

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

I just completed "Disk Fragmenter" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/9 Top 1000 for the first time this year. Part 2 was running slow, so I got up to get a drink and think about how to make it faster, and when I got back it was done. Still, I should improve it.

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

I just completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Got my editor fired up, I'm logged in, and I'm ready to start #adventOfCode 2024. Let the nerdery begin!!!

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Love y'all and please just be yourself and do what feels right, but just in case: Y'don't have to say "unalive" on here. Or any other shadowban-evading euphemisms. You can say "dead/died." It's OK.

submitted 115 days ago • 137 comments

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,490!

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

Got to see the aurora tonight

submitted 305 days ago • 0 comments

To be fair I don’t think I could handle working in the Trump White House unless I was completely fucked up on benzos

submitted 409 days ago • 36 comments

Some lawyers would argue that you should get started BEFORE the $83.3 million verdict and possibly even before trial.

submitted 411 days ago • 123 comments

I had resolved last New Year's Day to build my bunker for riding out the Apocalypse, but after shopping around in 2023 for a bunker plan that fit my budget, I've decided that in 2024 I will generously cast my lot with the rest of humanity.

submitted 438 days ago • 7 comments

Listen, my only position on Gay Nutcracker and Black Disabled Santa is that I don’t want to hear shit about them until Friday at the earliest

submitted 477 days ago • 31 comments

starting to think some of these courtroom sketch artists lost money on FTX

submitted 519 days ago • 58 comments

- Highway maintenance - Security guard - Apartment maintenance - Toy store stocker

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They probably should teach you about mug shots at Wharton tbh

submitted 566 days ago • 34 comments

It seems a reasonable counterpoint to any sales pitch from a tech company selling remote work or collaboration software is to simply email them the headlines about their return to office policy.

submitted 641 days ago • 0 comments