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Last Notes npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev I’m volunteering today at the California native plants garden, which is mostly weeding, and realizing how much fun it must be to be a goat npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev A walk npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev So many decades of site reliability engineering yet not one reliable site npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev I’ve been added to a mailing list called “silicon users”. npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev In today’s SCANDAL, NorCal DB Day is being hosted in Santa Cruz. npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev There’s a spider monkey named mila kunis npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Protip: you can just message your friends to ask them to pet their cats/dogs and instantly create 3 happy parties npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev There’s just random jewelry boxes full of papers at this conference? npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev More importantly, I made everyone laugh! npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Beautiful day to be a Godwit npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev I love taking taxis to the airport because they can use the bus lanes npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss you should get this npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev ALBERTA HAS BEEN BREACHED npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Cat sitting! npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Ominous npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev I dunno how electronics engineers manage to work with the difficult nature of their field. npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev After reviewing papers and reading around to review them; I’m a little shook to learn that when HPC folks say caching, they do not mean “fast space kept around for (largely) side-effect free reads and writes to go brrrr”. npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Happy international vulture awareness day!! Here are some vultures, and now you’re aware of these magnificent beasts npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Hey yall didn’t tell me you were visiting npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev American Buffalo, an animal so good they named it twice (bison bison) npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev What if we had fireworks but they were uncool npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev The light is insane right now npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss he’s so cute npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss omg npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss I appreciate pixel every day npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss omg npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev How your email finds me npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev I love how all cats seem to love me. It must be my bubbly personality and some inherent quality npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev https://fd.discuss.systems/media_attachments/files/117/035/124/378/007/034/original/25347c60b957ef72.png npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev https://fd.discuss.systems/media_attachments/files/117/021/358/955/789/012/original/bd383907637aa4f9.jpeg npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev “you come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married…” npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss i love him sm npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Miso is such a genius npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev You know this is a poser library bar because the books are color sorted not dewey decimal npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Buddy,,, it has been a 10 year streak at this point npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev My “less likely to swat at treats” description seems to be raising a lot of questions already answered by my description npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Yall npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss omg, coming over npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss omg feed the poor starving kitty npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss delegation intern npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss @nprofile…qa6s sorry D: npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Reiterating the advice from my washer to anyone burnt out/exhausted from the daily tumble npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Oh my goodness npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss they’re opening up a fisherman’s wharf location? npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss jealous npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss Oh my gosh npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Pressure cooking is such a hack, ideally this would be a dinner menu due to cook times. npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Took a bit off my finger but I made Punjabi Chole! (Aka chana masala) for lunch npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Happy B’day to the man, the myth, the Legend, Minion! npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Oh I guess I should plug something now that this has become popular! npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev He might be the greatest poster in the world npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Oh my god, these are real, actual slides from a SoftBank presentation. Pulitzer-worthy npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Long shot but anyone outside US on here who is an established academic or industry person in systems willing to vouch for my systems credentials for visa purposes? npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss not even a cowboy hat or a fake mustache? npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev I ground 15g of coffee beans and after grinding they came out to 16.9g?? npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Lool, on r/LegalAdviceUK someone is fighting with tesco to get the berry offer on bananas npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Zoo day in SF with the discuss dot systems admin team! npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Very good plate npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Cats are so good at helping you with tasks that require precisely zero cats npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev They’re demanding treats which are in the box they’re sitting on :| npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Sneak peek from my talk on Tuesday! 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The whole discuss team was there npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss oh no…. npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss appropriate image npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss he didn’t quite climb on my lap but did sleep with his head on it* npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss i love miso so much? npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Extremely suspicious about putting something called “florida crystals” in my coffee npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…s8es fifteen tablespoons of sugar npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev I met Loki and instantly became friends! npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Puget Sound area is so beautiful npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Happy Caturday! npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev X-Acto knife implies a A-proximato knife npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev Billboards and bus wraps in San Francisco feel constantly like a joke you’re not in on. npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev I was at the biggest Bay Area Indian store yesterday and “can’t innovate anymore my ass” npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev @nprofile…snss npub1t9vydv6c5d4d4kwanwx50wdwye5n4f2h23y8080pn640ys2ht29sv9gx9z Dev This system is so bizarre?? 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