I work on open source data analysis and visualization tools, I stream occasionally at twitch.tv/powersoffour , and I have some ties to the astrophysics and HPC communities. I'm an assistant professor at a midwestern university in Information Sciences.
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Last Notes npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour "Catchpenny" by Charlie Huston was really good. It has its share of content warnings, so be mindful, but I found it utterly enrapturing. And it really had more than a few things to say. h/t @npub13vv…0sze npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1pfe…e2dm "All these memories will disappear, like tears in rain... Time to die. Goodbye, person with the name 'Bladerunner.'" npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1f8g…2sa0 I think ... I think that's what I blame it on. This has given me the opportunity to reflect on whether or not I'm just making excuses. :) npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1zdp…vqv8 gotta love perpendicular coordinate axes! npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1fkl…7udr it's not precisely the same, but the spreadsheet-style play of Overlord (or Supremacy) certainly has a fair bit in common. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1zle…38k8 they finally cancelled my second flight of the day! woooo npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour I have been at O'Hare since 9AM this morning. I finally beat my record (set on Sunday at 6 hours) for longest time at O'Hare waiting for a flight. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1pfe…e2dm thank you for writing this. I've recently been listening to a book about "Hope" by Jane Goodall and it really helped me rethink my perspective. Your post is similarly thought provoking. Thanks. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1pfe…e2dm the grim tedium of Threepio and Artoo stacking up Jawa corpses to burn has really stuck with me since the last time I saw Episode IV and I think it's not disconnected from this point. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1fkl…7udr this is *incredible*. Oh my gosh, just absolutely mind-bogglingly good! npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1zdp…vqv8 as a kid I always thought the villains on Captain Planet were over the top. As an adult, however... npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1sys…ckr3 Battle for Endor or Caravan of Courage? npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1vvz…jry3 This is a good question. I just pulled out my copy of Champion's I-IV book and re-read that section and I'd be curious of an assessment there, too. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1su4…a0dw good npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1ept…jcl3 I listened to The Downloaded and *really* enjoyed it. Definitely worth a read! npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1uw8…88kr [woo-hoo gesture] Very cool! npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1uw8…88kr That looks amazing. Did you do any reformatting of images/animation/etc for fulldome projection? npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1uw8…88kr holy crap this is so much worse than I'd even feared npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1sg4…xslc did you notice if it was for everything, or specific sets of tasks/combos of tabs/rendering contexts? npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1uw8…88kr I really loved that book - and found "To Be Taught, If Fortunate" to be genuinely moving as well. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1fkl…7udr Ah, the same Herbert Schildt who was in the Champaign-Urbana area progressive rock band "Starcastle"! I had their eponymous album. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1sys…ckr3 at what level? I think the answer might be yes, but then I wonder if I'm just thinking at the wrong abstraction level for the question. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1zdp…vqv8 "We have to do this really slowly and deliberately or they'll *definitely* accuse us of being crooked!" npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub14ux…jx88 This interview was full of statements and reflections I absolutely would not have expected from Penn Jillette. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1zdp…vqv8 oh, gosh, I wish that had been on purpose. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1zdp…vqv8 guilty as charged npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1hyk…3p33 I remember listening to an interview with Kamala Harris years ago where she talked about this and cited the movie Logan. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub13vv…0sze I absolutely loved that at ALA this (most recent) year they were giving them out at the NSF and NASA booths! npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1y4h…t26u one time on the birbsite he replied to me apologizing for one of the adverb-based puzzles in the text adventure Supernova npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub13le…6saf I loved doing this on my SE/30 every year. Nice setup! npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1p9k…865w I enjoyed the heck out of it (and the first one) when it was on Stadia. npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1p9k…865w I love that game so much and it really does show the effect you're pointing out! npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1sys…ckr3 I had the same problem when I plugged in that Heinlein story "—All You Zombies—". npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub16gl…syzj can I ask, did coverage of a specific incident inspire this? (Did something break the camel's back, as it were.) npub1fuwt3f9ddxxa4jpcs463h5g6rcd88u6vn3fkr5r5m35jm2z9mr8sjlvjqq powersoffour @npub1u6c…uwj7 This is stunning -- and it seems unusually direct. At face value, it makes yesterday's resignation much clearer.
