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You don’t know what you don’t know
You know what you don’t know
You know what could be
You know what is – at St Louis, MO
If your recruiters are using “COL” to abbreviate “cost of living” (because they say it so much) then you might consider opening an office outside the Bay Area. – at St Louis, MO
When sending a sales email to a tech person, don't start it like "Morning, Andy" or "Appreciate your past interest in"— I know seems casual and familiar, but it's just crap grammar and makes me want to avoid doing business with you. Yes, I know this is a grumpy-old-man attitude.
I had a strange compulsion to bum rush an old guy at the gym this morning and hold him down while I shaved off his mustache. I have no explanation for this. – at St Louis, MO
Here's the strategy some people suggest we engage against with civility.
I just laid down a ton of ant poison in the back yard. At times like this I remember the words of the Ant Queen, who said “you can’t possibly kill more than zero!” books.google.com/books?id=aA… – at St Louis, MO
Waiting for a meeting in a coffee house, eavesdropping on old men gleefully talking about how dismal the future (they won't be around for) is going to be. I want to ask them if they're proud of what they accomplished through their generation's greed, ignorance, and apathy.
Can somebody explain to me why people would love CentOS or the Red Hat ecosystem in general? Everything is a pain in the ass in here. Seriously, is it that much more performant or secure than a Debian-based linux that you're willing to punish yourself with all this pickiness?
I just realized I was cultivating a grumpy-old-man grudge against a stranger for nothing more than poor grammar. Somebody starts an email with "Morning Andy" instead of "Good Morning, Andy"—Slightly annoying, yeah—But not worth the cold shoulder. Get it together, gramps!
It's about time the neo-fascists owned up to the fact that they *want* the healthcare system to kill people who can't pay. Refreshing, even! Plus, we can use this guy's election outcome to learn how prevalent the Enemy actually is in Oklahoma: rawstory.com/2018/05/oklahom…
This is extremely dangerous to our democracy. youtube.com/watch?time_conti…
Andy Waschick retweeted
"Manifesto for a new data world", by @giorgialupi. Some nice challenges to data scientists and social scientists alike. Should probably re-post weekly. #WhartonPAC
Here is a great explanation of how capitalism gets it wrong, and the delusions we have to maintain in order to live our lives ruled by its tenets. soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-ho…
Today my colleagues and I uncovered evidence that musical theater represents the lightless chasm of nihilism that exists at the black heart of our civilization.



