Some guy 10 years ago moving our data platform to cloud with massively parallel processing: this will be awesome, cheaper, faster, no drawbacks! Me 10 years later: I have to explain the stack of reasons, including massively parallel non-deterministic-sequencing processing, to someone without a […]

What should a person do when they are typing up a Mastodon thread, and it's already almost 400 words before you've started to wrap it up? I estimate this will be over 5 posts. I need a blog. I doubt I will get any readers or subscribers, but at least I can use it as a journal. Hopefully my […]

A shoutout to the systems engineers that made Microsoft Windows so fragile, that a single file browser (explorer.exe) freezing causes my Edge downloads to pause, and closing the frozen file browser closes all my file browsers. My ADHD brain needed those open file browsers so I could keep track […]

One thing I routinely deal with is, someone will ask a question, I start to speak, and just 5 seconds in, I'm already 3 meta questions deep into topics that need to be established before I can get around to talking about why we can't actually answer the original question, but we can put […]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@scottmiller42/116501715905656441 Remember the dotcom boom pricing model? Sell it at a loss, expand the user base, for years with expectation that economy of scale will lead to profit. The fact that they are converting to a usage-based pricing model so quickly tells […]

Github Copilot is changing their pricing. Currently, you are given a fixed number of free tokens per month (with a fallback when you run out). The new scheme gives you your base fee as monthly credits to buy tokens, with you paying for every token after that […]

A lot of the analytical work I do really adapts well to #jupyter Notebooks. It's very helpful to organize the code into logical chunks, one chunk per cell. However, now I want to re-run the entire workbook, changing only one parameter. Is there an easy way to do that without merging all the […]

RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116499592532338291 "What happened next was not publicly explained. After [initial sales to ordinary investors], the project sold an additional 5.9 billion tokens to accredited private investors, transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars, with much […]

Good morning, Mastodon friends! Yesterday's news items from the Supreme Court and the Department of "Justice" were punches to the gut. I'll do what little I can -- mail another batch of postcards, avoid shopping tomorrow, call or write my legislators. Today is overcast and chillier than normal […]

I've been taking the next round of mandatory annual training at work and... good news, I'm only a few years away from qualifying for elder abuse. So, I've got that to look forward to. Hopefully it will keep me warm when Skynet cuts off my paycheck. #officeworkergripes #scotthumor

When a caller says they have info but first demand proof of identity, that's completely backwards. The caller dialed the number the person provided, so high chance the call connected to the correct recipient, but recipient has absolutely zero knowledge of caller's identity. It's the caller's […]

RE: https://spacey.space/@isaackuo/116485421069264930 About 20 years ago, I made a quip to a pollster that I'd vote for a wet, dripping, paper sack full of dog feces before I'd vote for Candidate X. At some later point, I became aware of the David Sedaris quote that sums up the same sentiment […]

It's been said that most people's taste in music gels by the time they are 25, and they stop liking new music. Mmm. I did not discover LCD Soundsystem until my 40s. Don't stop liking new music. https://song.link/y/V7QaGc2fmmE #scottmusic

RE: https://mastodon.social/@HighlandLawyer/116482024136725222 LOL #linguisticshumor #linguistichumor #linguisticsmemes #linguisticmemes

Overheard at the office: "I'm overwhelmed. They want ETA to completion to share with stakeholders on my next project, when I haven't even started it, and my current project has taken longer than expected. Meanwhile I'm being asked to sign off on something that I don't' think was done correctly […]

The #dominos Pizza website and app are not working in the USA right now. Downdetector website shows the outage started about 2 hours ago. I’ve been trying the last hour with no luck. I’m guessing their current online-only sale is at least partially to blame. #dominospizza

#NWS #tornado Tornado Warning for Appanoose, IA; Lucas, IA; Monroe, IA; Wayne, IA #IAwx TORDMX The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Southern Lucas County in south central Iowa... Southwestern Monroe County in south […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

#NWS #tornado Tornado Warning for Decatur, IA; Ringgold, IA #IAwx TORDMX The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Southwestern Decatur County in south central Iowa... Southeastern Ringgold County in south central Iowa... * […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

#NWS #tornado Tornado Warning for Polk, IA #IAwx At 816 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Pleasant Hill, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

#NWS #tornado Tornado Warning for Marshall, IA; Story, IA #IAwx At 801 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Collins, or 8 miles southeast of Nevada, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Weather spotters […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

#NWS #tornado Tornado Warning for Polk, IA; Warren, IA #IAwx At 757 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Iowa Events Center, or over Des Moines, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail. SOURCE […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]

There are two tornado warnings in central Iowa right now. Warning #1: ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN POLK...SOUTHWESTERN STORY AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES... At 734 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Slater, or 9 miles south of Ames, moving […]

My music suggestion today is "Waterfall" by Vök. I'd describe it as a leisurely-paced stroll, with ambient-oriented retro-synths and low-fi drum synth layered with beautiful glassy female vocals. I can't get enough of this tune today. #scottmusic #Vök #ambientmusic#Vök https://song.link/y/pSfR0rSIhI4

Bill Cassidy, whose fault it is that the U.S. is being subjected to RFK Jr’s lies, just fact checked him on vaccines: “There were about 3.5 million cases of measles per year before the vaccine came along and about 550 deaths and then the vaccines took those to less than 100 cases and zero deaths”.

[US Pol: Why won't SC justices resign] Sometimes I feel angry at Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was a more centrist justice appointed by a democrat. Towards the end of Obama's last term everyone thought Hillary Clinton would win in 2016. Those who suggested she should resign to ensure her replacement […]

[US Pol: Why won't SC justices resign] Maybe I was too politically cut-throat and cynical in my view of the Supreme Court. But, it seems transparent to me that this is a very powerful set of people and pretending they aren't partisan is silly. If the right people had pressured RBG she might […]

Yayyy, my employer celebrated my 15-year anniversary with a line in the team PowerPoint. I will be sharing this award with my family tonight. #officeworkergripes #scotthumor

Most of #Iowa is covered in a tornado watch tonight with three tornado warnings currently open in Northeast and Southeast Iowa. Make sure you have access to weather alerts. #iawx #iowaweather

I know beef is expensive these days, but comon CNN, there's no need to casually normalize cannibalism just yet. 😏 "Ultraprocessed foods are turning human thighs into well-marbled steaks"

I'm listening to Science Friday talking about how GLP-1 medications may affect addition. One of the guests made the point that many people have used alcohol to not feel things that may be troubling their life, and that while GLP-1 may take away the desire to drink, it doesn't treat the […]

On the one hand, LLMs are planet-destroying bullshit machines, gaslighting our sense of reality by spewing an endless supply of hallucinations. On the other hand, they can provide a brief yet overwhelmingly mild sense of satisfaction when you convince them to […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Why those gorgeous shots from Artemis are courtesy of a 10-year-old Nikon camera, rather than anything shipped since then: https://petapixel.com/2026/04/06/the-10-year-old-nikon-d5-dslr-really-is-the-best-camera-for-artemis-ii/ #photography #nikon

On the one hand, LLMs are planet-destroying bullshit machines, gaslighting our sense of reality by spewing an endless supply of hallucinations. On the other hand, they can provide a brief yet overwhelmingly mild sense of satisfaction when you convince them to […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

“Worse than Nixon”

😂😂😂 Have a great weekend, everyone, whether there is sudden and unexpected news you want to celebrate or not.

Yo momma’s ass is so fat, it collapsed into a neutron star. #scotthumor #PhysicsJokes #astrophysicsjokes

[US Pol: "Why can't Trump get his story straight?"] I think the shame and that can be induced by learning new things it tied to an essentialist view of what it means to be intelligent and wise. "Intelligence" isn't something that you do, for these people it's something that you are. But this […]

I welcome anyone to wear whatever clothing they want and to wear prosthetic breasts if they find that fulfilling or affirming. I hope this is true of anyone who considers themselves progressive or liberal. Please take a moment to be mindful of your values before commenting on today’s headlines.

I welcome anyone to wear whatever clothing they want and to wear prosthetic breasts if they find that fulfilling or affirming. I hope this is true of anyone who considers themselves progressive or liberal. Please take a moment to be mindful of your values before commenting on today’s headlines.

RE: https://mstdn.social/@scottmiller42/115880071275459284 There’s a lot of reasons to be opposed to USA war in Iran, but my conviction that any action we take will only leave the world in a worse place is at the top of my list. This administration is laughably incompetent compared to the one […]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@mcnado/116299209479247787 I was #bullied a lot as a kid, and for the most part, the adults in my life knew about it and did nothing. From my lived experience, those who were bullied go one of two paths. Either they become #bullies themselves, or they refuse to let it […]

I should check to make sure this Turnip executive order has been archived in the Wayback Machine... "Saved 641 times between February 5, 2025 and March 25, 2026." *nods* Good job, Internet Archive. #InternetArchive #waybackmachine

The Jetsons lied to us.

It looks like the Internet Archive @internetarchive is down at the moment. #InternetArchive

RE: https://alpaca.gold/@seldo/116286099611905851 Heads-up for anyone who doesn't want their posts scraped and handed over to an LLM.

RE: https://alpaca.gold/@seldo/116286295716964968 “Tedious bastards” is a hell of a way to describe people that don’t want their content stolen for use in training LLMs.

I’d like to welcome the Adams County, Ohio Sheriff’s Office to the Wikipedia Streisand Effect page. Congratulations on your well-deserved infamy! https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Streisand_effect&diff=prev&oldid=1344455735 #afroman #lemonpoundcake #streisandeffect #Ohio

Without intending to do so, the orange shit bag gave us a gift today. Worried about how you might be criticized for your post about a certain special person’s death? Save this message as the template you can use. If you follow this wording exactly, not a single […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@inkican/116251597574641425 This reminds me of conversation with my know-it-all nephew circa 2010. I said #Facebook shows complete disregard for user #Privacy. He disagreed. I cited example that when Facebook added share articles you read, it was turned on by […]