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bargle0··on A flawed paper in management science has been cited more than 6k times
If you’re the same Sean Luke I’m thinking of:

I was an undergraduate at the University of Maryland when you were a graduate student there in the mid nineties. A lot of what you had to say shaped the way I think about computer science. Thank you.

bargle0··on MinIO stops distributing free Docker images
What kind of hobby do you have where you’re spending $10k/month?
bargle0··on Medieval Africans had a unique process for purifying gold with glass (2019)
How impure was the gold dust from the chemical supply company?
bargle0··on A Formal Mathematical Investigation on the Validity of Kellogg's Glaze Claims
Spheres optimize for minimum sogginess. Kellogg could change the marketing angle without changing anything else to be correct.

Maybe. I haven’t done the math.

bargle0··on Lego says it wants to start to bring video game development in-house
I want a sequel to Lego City Undercover with the building and driving mechanics of Lego 2k Drive.
bargle0··on Oldest US firearm unearthed in Arizona, a bronze cannon linked to Coronado
This was made before 1899 (or whatever the cutoff date is), and it’s black powder. The ATF does not consider this a firearm.
bargle0··on Oldest US firearm unearthed in Arizona, a bronze cannon linked to Coronado
Is a cannon really a firearm? Was this for an individual, or is it a crew served weapon?
bargle0··on A washing machine for human beings, from 1970
I think the application for this is to return some dignity and independence to people who have physical trouble washing themselves. Of course the form factor of the 1970 prototype wouldn’t do that, but that can be fixed.
bargle0··on Llama 3.1 405B now runs at 969 tokens/s on Cerebras Inference
Their hardware is cool and bizarre. It has to be seen in person to be believed. It reminds me of the old days when supercomputers were weird.
bargle0··on Treating bullying as everyone's problem reduces incidence in primary schools
No one should be watching fifth graders go to the bathroom. “Legal stuff” is not adequate.
bargle0··on Treating bullying as everyone's problem reduces incidence in primary schools
Who gets to decide when the camera gets turned off in the restroom?
bargle0··on Treating bullying as everyone's problem reduces incidence in primary schools
In my experience, when schools are graded on bullying incidents, administrators avoid reporting at all costs. This program isn’t enough if there are disincentives to reporting at higher levels.
bargle0··on The almost-lost art of rosin potatoes
I wonder if similar results could be had by cooking the potato in clay or a salt crust.
bargle0··on Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe' gets approval
“He is an English Englishteacher” gives me a chuckle.
bargle0··on European govt air-gapped systems breached using custom malware
Or just passively key capture everything.
bargle0··on Reverse-engineering a three-axis attitude indicator from the F-4 fighter plane
I bet the engineers responsible for this would be so stoked that someone figured out how they solved all these problems.
bargle0··on I've built a city, now it needs residents
Client side webrings.

What is the plan for fighting bitrot and bad-faith actors?

bargle0··on End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images
Yeah, the scan line corrector broke. Landsat 7 images had these “whiskers” of missing data running perpendicular to the path. For a while there it was just old Landsat 5 and broken Landsat 7.
bargle0··on Poetry was an official Olympic event
Flag Football and 6-player Lacrosse are next up in 2028.
bargle0··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
CrowdStrike, ZScaler, and the rest of these people surely have lobbyists that ensure their software is compelled by regulators.
bargle0··on Intel announces the Aurora supercomputer has broken the exascale barrier
You can’t test idle weapons to make sure they still go boom in real life, so you have to simulate it.
bargle0··on The Great American Rail-Trail
On what part of that would you want to be during the winter?
bargle0··on Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home
What are you looking for? DOE national labs and similar institutions may fit the bill.
bargle0··on Remote work doesn't seem to affect productivity, Fed study finds
You shouldn’t depend on work for a social life, or even social interaction. Moreover, it’s not the responsibility of your coworkers to provide that to you.

If you need mentorship, your employer may offer that as a formal program. You also might be able to reach out directly to more senior people. Frankly, I find more and better opportunities to provide mentorship over Zoom than I did in the office.

Good luck with your career and mental health, my guy.

bargle0··on Remote work doesn't seem to affect productivity, Fed study finds
IMO, an hour spent commuting is an hour stolen from one’s children.
bargle0··on Formally modeled Dreidel for no good reason
If they’re legally called “chocolate”, that’s a step up from Palmer.
bargle0··on The dark side of social media on youth mental health
There’s no bright side. Just dark and darker.
bargle0··on A circular 3D-printed concrete bridge
I’m pretty sure that’s the joke.
bargle0··on The double representation of Goddess Nemesis
For a goddess of vengeance, would that be a quiet or a signaling NaN?
bargle0··on The free soloist who fell to earth
Try this climbing video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyya23MPoAI

One legendary climber pressures an experienced climber in to a high danger situation. It’ll make you about as uncomfortable as a SFW video can.

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