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Software plummer, husband and father

Boulder, CO
Joined September 2011
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Replying to @chamath
@chamath in the latest episode of the pod, you equated "being in the arena" to "doing something that mattered". You offered examples of the things you do like investing in companies. While I think these things really do matter to society...
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Now obviously, my assumptions could be wildly wrong. Maybe you do have 99% of your net worth on the line. Maybe you've collateralized your debt with your primary residence. Maybe there's more at stake than I realize for you, and I'd love to learn that...
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Or perhaps we just see the arena very differently? I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the point of view I've offered. Finally, thanks for the thought provoking ideas, striving to find what matters, and engaging in debate!
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Replying to @elonmusk
@elonmusk idea for Forrest fires. Tesla is in a unique position to use AI and IF Satelite to find fires before they start, then build autonomous swarming firefighting drones. Capable of storing fire retardant and can pick up water en route. Positive spin for drones, not just war
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Replying to @cscalfani
@cscalfani I'm enjoying your book Functional Programming Made Easier. Thank you for all your work to make the mathematical underpinnings of functional programming accessible to those without formal mathematics experience! leanpub.com/fp-made-easier
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Don’t forget that Y and Z are Sets, e.g. Y could be the set of Real Numbers. What Mathematicians call Domain and Codomain, we programmers call Input and Output respectively.
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<end excerpt> In my mind, I'm starting to think of these mathematical Sets as mapping to static typing in programming. So fun to learn!
It looks like my extra paths in LDFLAGS were added to rbconfig.rb when I compiled Ruby on my machine. I happened to have had a few LDFLAGS set in my .bash_profile when I compiled. Those extra flags got permanently written and applied every time MakefileMake was used.
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I'm trying to think of ways that we could help future travelers avoid this problem. It's not obvious that LDFLAGS set at Ruby compile-time will be applied to every C extension you ever build.
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Brian Buchalter retweeted
Here are snowfall totals along some of the main travel corridors for the upcoming snowstorm. The mountains and foothills have the highest chance of seeing hazardous travel conditions while lower elevations may see a lot of the snow melt on the roadways. Plan ahead! #COwx
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Join @shageman, myself and the crew from @GustoHQ to learn about Laying the cultural and technical foundation for Big Rails. 10:40am in BR 255. #RailsConf2022
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Learn how teams can continue to have high velocity, manage complexity, and claim ownership over their own business subdomains.
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