Pimpin Aint Easy.

The lovely city of Saint Louis
Joined April 2007
You can find me on Mastodon at @randywaterhouse@social.stlouist.com.
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Henceforth my new band shall be named “Arugula Juice” – at St Louis, MO
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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
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We are all stupid, useless, selfish little children.
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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
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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.
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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
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Here's the strategy some people suggest we engage against with civility.
Fox's Stirewalt unintentionally sums up the Fox News business model: 'Culture Wars work better when it comes to frightening/enraging people to get to the polls. Saying everything is great .. is not the same as affecting the lizard brain of the voter that responds to hatred/fear'
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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.
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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?
Today I learned that the video game character Mario has a last name. His last name is Mario.
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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!
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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…
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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
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.
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A country where property = life, A country where police with steal without recourse, A country where the bad boss never quits, A country where self destruction is encouraged, A country where truth is a variable, A country where suffering is a profit center. Is this your country?