Colin Winslow

@colinpwinslow

Software Dev @ Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. My tweets are my own.

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    Mar 2

    Before Facebook: "I don't really know her, but she's a friend of a friend." Now: "I don't really know her, but I know she's not vaccinating her kids."

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    Apr 4

    I think the clearest sign our societal bonds are broken is the barely restrained glee partisans show when mass shooters are revealed to be part of the other political tribe.

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    Apr 1

    Not sure why you think Siri is so behind. Neither Google nor Alexa figured out that I wanted to divide the maximum lifetime of lobsters by the total water in then world when I asked “How long can a lobster survive out of water?”

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    Mar 31

    please come back yesterday

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    Mar 30

    But if we're going to talk about "who's underrepresented on television," "people whose politics is primarily driven by a bunch of bonkers theories" is one of the most underrepresented groups, because that is a LOT of the public.

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    Mar 28

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    Mar 28

    This is pretty amazing, especially the PITA part. Science fiction authors are great.

    In 1999, I asked David Gerrold to write a "future of computing" prediction for the magazine where I was Technology Editor. Here's what he wrote.
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  8. Retweeted
    Mar 19

    Glorifax Customer Service, My honor rating in your system is much lower than in the other two honor reporting agencies. Obviously there has been an error. I demand a correction. Worf, son of Mogh

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  9. Retweeted
    Mar 27

    [To the tune of Eleanor Rigby]

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  10. Mar 28

    😭

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  11. Mar 27

    Apparently the App Store has a failure mode in which every iPhone user gets popups every 30 seconds about iTunes being unable to process purchases. Glad I'm not answering phones for AppleCare right now!

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  12. Retweeted
    Mar 20

    Marvel: "Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history." Us:

    Marvel: "Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history."Us:
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  13. Retweeted
    Mar 24

    There are some people whose hearts will skip a beat upon learning that the showerhead in this video is 7’3” from the bathtub floor. These are my people.

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  14. Retweeted
    Mar 23

    Might still be 400 pounds though

    EXCLUSIVE: 'Lone DNC Hacker' Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Intelligence Officer
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  15. Mar 21

    Still hard to believe I get to work on the code that's going to decide where to point this thing.

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  16. Mar 20

    In addition to being part of this beach rental’s security system, “surge chem slob riker boar” was also my diceware password. What are the odds?!

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    Mar 20

    I see quitting Facebook as an act of leadership and as a statement of values and I hope we all find ways to use it (+ related properties) less and less. Beyond the company, there are bigger questions/concerns about how to deal with unprecedented internet ad & surveillance tools.

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    Mar 19

    Events on the twitters over the last few days indicate that we need to remind the internet about the silliness of making isolated demands for rigor from your opponents, while lauding any random garbage data your side comes up with:

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  19. Retweeted
    Mar 14

    This is why I have to battle some of my relatives about chemtrails, fluoridation, and the scientific efficacy naturopathic supplements. I'm okay with not being popular all of the time, but I could use some air cover from an organization that people canonically look to for truth.

    Wojcicki then engages on flat earth truthers. Me paraphrasing what she said: Most people think the earth is round, some people think it's flat. That's the way it is. Why should we decide what people think?
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    Mar 13

    Hello darkness my old friend I've come to talk with you again

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  21. Mar 12

    I did and I am 83% loyal, 71% caring, and 44% ambitious. They also correctly guessed my sign, Pisces!

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