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CJ Black

@charleseblack

I write software at @OscillasTech

 Chicago, IL
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Joined October 2011
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In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund    alzresearch.org/giving/ Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources     alzfdn.org/donate/ Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
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Forward-Deployed Engineer is such a stupid larping ass term You're a consultant building dashboards, just like the rest of us dude
Chad Wahlquist (@chadwahl) profile pictureChad Wahlquist
@chadwahlOct 29
Since my whole feed is now day in the life of FAANG employees, makes me laugh at what a day in the life video of a FDE at Palantir would like: A plane, a remote part of the world, at an ungodly hour of the day in seat 52f………then building in the back of the Uber, on a ship, or in a wood panel room on the shop floor…..and eating what ever food you can get out of a vending machine and pounding Celsius after Celsius because you slept for 2 hours after building all night…..then you dream about seeing your own bed weeks from now. All the real FDEs I work with wouldn’t have it any other way, the problems we have earned the right to work on are too important to be taking more snack breaks than a kindergartner.
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elmo doing a pretty decent lorne michaels impression is making me lose my mind
Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) profile pictureSesame Street
@sesamestreetOct 26
We’re not sure the new Saturday Night Live writers will be able to make it to showtime! 😴
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fuck off, self-righteous prick (anthropic’s security guy)
Jason D. Clinton 🔸 (@JasonDClinton) profile pictureJason D. Clinton 🔸
@JasonDClintonOct 22
Replying to @hinapansari
yes. it was always going to be this way. we tried to warn the world.
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“just airdrop 5% on the public” lmao
gabriel shapiro (@lex_node) profile picturegabriel shapiro
@lex_nodeOct 19
notice how they always have to stay in control god forbid you fucking just airdrop 5% on the public, no, they have to be able to monetize their own stock while determining how to spend it on things deemed by them as "benefits"
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these people are calling for humanitarian intervention on the behalf of an LLM????
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This all feels like it’s getting a bit out of hand
Coinbase 🛡️ (@coinbase) profile pictureCoinbase 🛡️
@coinbaseSep 28
Your binder is about to get a major upgrade. Rip packs on your phone. Every pull backed by a real, physical card. Vault it or ship it. Soon on Coinbase.
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Recession Indicator
Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) profile pictureJoe Weisenthal
@TheStalwartSep 28
Add the Fed Funds Rate to this chart, and it all becomes clear
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In what capacity do you “work closely with the IRS” ??
Austen Allred (@Austen) profile pictureAusten Allred@AustenSep 27
Replying to @ArmandDoma
As someone who works closely with the IRS, this isn’t true. They’re just actually investing in the tech (in a sane way) to automate audits
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the government understander has logged on:
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Austen Allred (@Austen) profile pictureAusten Allred@AustenSep 27
Replying to @ArmandDoma
As someone who works closely with the IRS, this isn’t true. They’re just actually investing in the tech (in a sane way) to automate audits
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The things I have accomplished on these kinds of days
potato marie (@anielizarmly) profile picturepotato marie@anielizarmlySep 26
took my adderall this morning before remembering that i already took my adderall this morning, ask me luck wish me anything
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“clocking in at an eye-watering $2,200 per controller” That seems like a pretty fair price for something that’s purpose-built to control a massive directed energy weapon in harsh environments Surprised it’s not $22,000 honestly
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George Roush (@GeorgeRoush) profile pictureGeorge Roush
@GeorgeRoushSep 25
When journalists say "Xbox-Style controllers", they're talking about these: The Freedom of Movement Control Unit (FMCU), which is a universal, clunky, expensive... did I say EXPENSIVE handheld, clocking in at an eye-watering $2,200 per controller Can you build a better one for cheaper? Our nation needs you to.
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moon milf@loremachinaSep 22
If I’m asking you to jump on a call, it’s because you’re not reading my fucking emails
😕 (@judoodles) profile picture😕@judoodlesSep 20
i dont understand why milennials and boomers want to Jump Into A Call over everything . like why cant this just be a fucking email!!!!
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you don’t usually get to use the “you supported slavery” card in rivalry talk so I appreciate the Jayhawks for making the most of it
Kansas Football (@KU_Football) profile pictureKansas Football
@KU_FootballSep 10
It is that deep.
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The poor guy that had to buy this from Keyence. his inbox will never be the same
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can't find this shit on bluesky
Douglas Yao (@DouglasYaoDY) profile pictureDouglas Yao
@DouglasYaoDYSep 8
This vial contains a new drug called PAC-3310. It was designed by ChatGPT, and I synthesized it in a chemistry lab I built in my garage. PAC-3310 is a new selective M4 muscarinic receptor agonist for treating schizophrenia - similar to the recent breakthrough drug Cobenfry, but improved. (1/7)
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As someone who has worked with Walmart's team for e-commerce, perhaps it would be better if more of you knew more of the codebase firsthand
dhruv (@dhruvmakes) profile picturedhruv
@dhruvmakesSep 7
I work on a large platform team at Walmart, with roughly 3 main codebases and 10 microservices, and I kind of get what he’s saying. AI has become too powerfull to help make sense of how these repos fit together without me having to dig through everything manually (old school way) The codebase is huge, and honestly, I don’t need to understand every part of it to get my work done. I need to understand the area I’m changing, how it connects to the rest of the system, and what my changes might affect. AI makes getting that context 1000x easier .
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That the Flock CEO didn’t understand the Internet enough to have the forethought to blur his house ahead of time is a huge indicator of how little he understands the world and what he’s doing
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It seems like @ChicagoDOT makes this same mistake every year somehow
Mike Pries (@MikePTraffic) profile pictureMike Pries@MikePTrafficSep 2
You know, there's a reason the City of Chicago typically does not perform bridge lifts when it's over 90 degrees outside. A lot of folks on DuSable Lake Shore Drive are getting an extremely inconvenient lesson in thermal expansion right now.
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