Chris

@offby1

I build the tools that build the internet, mostly replacing Perl scripts. The internet is made out of Perl. I work for AWS, but my thoughts are my own. He/Him

Seattle
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    19 hours ago

    📊 Mathematician 💻 Human computer 📚 Author of scientific papers Today, we celebrate the 100th birthday of Katherine Johnson, a trailblazer who calculated trajectories BY HAND that launched into orbit 🚀.

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    Aug 25

    Number of articles about the largest peaceful prison strike in US history: 0 Number of Times articles about Allen fucking Dershowitz not being invited to parties on Martha’s Vineyard: 4

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    22 hours ago

    If you really want people to not drive, you have to make not driving safer, cheaper and more convenient than driving. That’s it. If your policies aren’t aiming squarely at that, then you’re not serious about getting folks to not drive.

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    Aug 25

    John McCain's last few public acts were to protect the healthcare of millions, vote a grotesque tax cut for the wealthy which benefited his family, and refuse to retire, ensuring his constituents would be served by someone they didn't vote for for 2 years.

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  5. Aug 25

    Well, that got more expensive that I expected. I have not yet committed, but I really really liked the Gunnar Hyper-X I looked at today.

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    Aug 24

    Anyway. It's shit like this that reminds me why my original blog was called "Brutal Women." We have to be TWENTY TIMES BETTER than those guys were just to compete, but yeah, we're the ones nominated on "identity politics." Fuck you, white patriarchy. We are better than you. Deal.

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    Aug 24

    In 2018, Congress is: 81% white (vs. 62% of Amerians). 79.3% male (vs. 49% of Americans). 90.7% Christian (vs. 72% of Americans). Time for our politics to look more like our people.

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    Aug 25

    I’ve experienced this so many times. Police blame “black crime” for wildly discriminatory policing. Analyze the data and it shows police are being wildly discriminatory(🙄). Show them the data, they briefly malfunction, then pivot to “gangs.” Interacting with racist institutions.

    The Fresno Police Department says that "black-on-black crime" is behind the city's racial disparities in policing. But when and Alexandria Fuller from analyzed police department data, they found something different.
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    Aug 25

    Why dogwhistle when you can just propose to go back to the troubles outright. — brexit is shaping up even more ridiculous than projected before the vote.

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    Aug 25

    The biggest crazy WTF about the whole Trump thing is not that the Kremlin might have an agent in the Oval Office — it’s been a staple of spy thrillers for decades — but that the GOP are all like “LOL whatevs” about it. ALL the GOP. The Manchurian Candidate has a Pod People Posse.

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  11. Aug 25

    Your salary should not be a secret. We are culturally conditioned — I am, too! — to be cagey about it. That’s not good for anybody except the companies that pay us. If anybody wants to talk to me about salary in software engineering, my DMs are open. I’ll share what I know.

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  12. Aug 25

    I’mma just sit over here while my brain melts.

    i might be going mad but are the two e's in bee actually silent ??
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    Aug 25

    Wow, the Guardian ain't playin:

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  14. Aug 25

    On belief and critical thinking, a thread:

    So, Russian trolls amplified divisive content and helped spread vaccine misinformation. 😱 Look, the challenge before us is to redefine *critical thinking* to include figuring out what to believe, not just how to be skeptical. Personal and institutional.
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    Aug 25

    Recipe for Seattle August cold-smoked salmon: 1. Go to Pike Place. 2. Buy some salmon like a fucking tourist. 3. Fillet it up like a boss. 4. Set it outside for a few hours. 5. Top with salty tears of climate change sadness and enjoy!

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    Aug 25

    A plain clothes cop tried to force a woman into an unmarked car without identifying himself. She resisted. He shot her to death. He says he accosted her because he thought she was a sex worker. But criminalizing prostitution protects women, right?

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    Aug 23

    Men--Take it from a labor historian: this is one of the best things you can do to promote equality at your workplace, tech or otherwise👇🏽

    men in tech, my dms are always open if you’re willing to share your salary anonymously to help your female peers!
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  18. Aug 24

    "I need a drink"

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  19. Aug 24

    I believe -- HOPE -- that none of the men who'll see this on my feed are those kind of people. That's not enough, though. We men have to be better than this, and collectively we're demonstrably not.

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  20. Aug 24

    Misogyny is alive and well in all political parties. No matter what their beliefs are, it seems that "being a woman" and "being in politics" is still treated as an invitation for threats and abuse.

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