Friday, I uninstalled twitter from my phone & blocked it on my work laptop.
I had to unblock it, ‘cause I got no where else to brag about it.
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Can you put a paid template into a public source code repository? Probably not?
On the other hand, an HTML template you use on a public site shows the source code same as a git repo.
Chevy selling corvette: "You are better than everyone and this car screams it"
Chevy/Buick selling hybrids: "Hybrid owners are arrogant & our hybrid cars must keep being hybrid secret"
Does Chevy want to fight a culture war or sell cars?
I can spot a Volt, Bolt, Prius instantly. I can't ID a hybrid Malibu, Cadillac, or Buick, not even if I double check badging.
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Converting IHG points to AGR points costs 50%. As a store of value, this is as bad as buying consumer jewelry & converting it back to cash at a later date.
IDEA: Hotels give you jewelry you can use to buy hotel rooms, train tickets or just give it to the wife.
This is my build script. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My build script is my best friend. It is my career. I must master it as I must master my career
W/o me, my build is abandon-ware. Without my build script, I am a talentless hack. I must compile my script true
All these libraries with failing http://setup.py and conflicting libraries are NOT my friend.
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True story: Test failing because if it can't tell the difference between Norwegian and Danish, it just flips a coin.
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By IIHS data, cars have gotten much safer in the last 5 years. Too bad I couldn't find a way to bulk download all the data & see if my small sample intuition is right.
My take away is that there is a need and demand for a python library that generates plausible fraudulent data and the world is waiting for someone to write it. https://x.com/gravity_levity/status/1027717419400392705
["Don't talk about Algo Club" for _ in range(0,2)]
If the runtime executes "say stop", exits with a negative code, runs out of memory, or is in an infinite loop, or can be proven in advance that it will never stop, the fight is over.
Only two threads to a fight. https://twitter.com/corsoa/status/1029428299091652608
Worst cyber-neural attacks:
- Photosensitive epilepsy attacks
- Mixed connector attack e.g.
pip install guess_language-spirit
#python
My son says Chevy should make a camping Malibu for camping on the beach. It should turn into a submarine & be able to fly when the submarine is leaking. It should be very hard so when tuna fish bite it, it would crack its teeth. & it should have a café like Amtrak.
Data Science Interview Question: What kind of iris is this?
(grim) KATA: Find the frequency of visits per year/month of friends & family. Calculate the slope & intercept of time vs frequency. At what point do they become ghosts (i.e. freq of visit=0)? At what point is everyone you know a ghost?
Alexa: "Flash briefing. There will be flash floods. Maybe flash mobs, but only briefly. Flash photography as soon as it is dark."
I've been watching sports car videos that there is no way I'm ever going to buy, so youtube has a poseur problem, too. https://x.com/mistersql/status/1028629324210032640
We should move some government agencies from DC to the midwest, eg Ohio, the same way CDC is way outside DC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imcDUnEs--Y
Oh, shout out to Capital One's IT team (they are local to VA & DC), since they got 2 accounts from my household today, and Discover and Amex didn't. https://x.com/mistersql/status/1028355418463064064
So that is twice where my choice of bank for a savings account depended on which bank could sign me up without a mysterious "error message"- I wonder if they are errors or if this is an application rejection dressed up as an error message.
Website of the day: "Adopt-a-State" for Dems who want to think & act nationally and not just in their home district.
https://adoptastate.org/ by @WinTheStates
Mobile phone APIs should NOT allow apps to send me notifications unless the app sends mail to the app developer, the developer gets an approval notarized, send back to google or apple, then the notification should pop up. EACH TIME.
StackOverflow needs like "marriage vows" on the submit button for questions. They expect you to keep monitoring & curating answers 20 years later, until you or SO die or until you start cheating on Quora.
Another hybrid lotto ticket: old cars. You get transportation & a 1 in x chance that you don't have to pay $2K-$4K bills &/or lose the whole value of the car. I don't understand why cheapskate authors focus entirely on the low purchase price & getting lucky with no repairs.
The economist in me says that there is probably an equivalency between buying new & used cars after you put a price on the risk.
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I'm disappointed God started the earth repo, but has only done a MD and not "hello world" https://x.com/papa_fire/status/1026931471590846469
Jupyter notebook illustrate how to simulate elections based on polling data
http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/ahoaglandnu/election/blob/master/Assigning%20State%20Probabilities%20and%202016%20Election%20Forecast%20Simulations.ipynb
Reading, it occurs to me that elections have some lotto-like qualities-if the variables are random, every 10,000 election we should see something as unlikely as winning pick 4
This is a variation on, "Well, have you tried not being depressed, wracked with anxiety, phobic, etc" https://x.com/jaboukie/status/1026509837239169024
Google pixel pro tip: go to top app tray/menu thing. Click edit. Move flashlight to "remove" section. Enjoy that your phone stops autonomously turning on the flashlight in your pocket & burning your thigh and battery.
Ford F-150 trucks have a feature where if it detects a deer, the brakes let up & it speeds up & uses lane assist for targeting. The truck bed can hold like six deer.
used sparing? good : bad https://x.com/ThePracticalDev/status/1026415164042690560
Good. I was looking for a way to get rid of the rest of my hair. https://x.com/mistersql/status/1026451456944164864/photo/1
The worst sort of mindless article posting. https://twitter.com/jaredcunha/status/1026205958882697217
Did you know: There are almost *no* cars that fit 5 people if you got 2 carseats without going to a land whale for 8 people? It's like cars are somehow working on binary-- seats either 2, 4, 8. Next level is a 16 person minibus?
Would an authoritarian communist government be okay with installing listening devices on a consumer export product? Sounds plausible. https://x.com/markhlyon/status/1025692844781182977
Folk algorithms: Those somewhat algebraically dodgy algorithms that exist in orgs with people who need to do math, but it isn't their main thing. Auto leasing is full of 'em. I still haven't heard an IRR or NPV version, which is what real bankers & economists use.
Why was the car reviewer fired from his day job at the fruit stand? He couldn't stop comparing apples to oranges.
Everyone who voted said they don’t think these financial good times are going to last. Feds job is to end parties and they will, even if trade war is averted https://x.com/mistersql/status/1022453288657203201
Someday, your password will expire. Would you like to change it now? Someday, you, too, will die. Would you like buy some term life insurance?
Worst car buying website: the one that says, "describe the car you want & 3 dealers will send you competing lease offers" INSTEAD - you get calls from folk oblivious to how they got that sales lead. No lease offers, just requests to "come on down & enjoy a sales pitch"
Appears to be owned by this site: https://carlease.1800carshow.com/
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You can get a brand new Toyota Camry for $10 on ebay
https://www.ebay.com/bhp/toyota-camry-toy
BUT, you can't get a current model Chevy Malibu on Ebay for any price. A Hot Wheels edition should be a required feature for all family cars, including vans.
What do you call a man who can lift a car? Jack.
Reality isn't matching up with my dad joke. https://twitter.com/pwthornton/status/1023961207361990656