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A haiku to start today: Warm morning coffee Smile Amazon, love you still Christmas is coming

Yep, lot of that going around lately.

I do not fear failure. I fear spending many long years pursuing something that never mattered.

If this is the end of Twitter, don’t go to Mastodon. There are much better options. For example, you could go outside.

This will change your life. Do it! Congrats Patricia Heaton ! #God

A morning haiku: Thunder and lightning Dumping buckets, welcome Now gutter cleaning 😞

Was going through some of my followers today and realized I was still following Joe Armstrong. This was his last tweet. RIP, Joe. You and Erlang have had a big impact on my thinking about software.

What project do you have planned for the holiday break?

Meet Nole, Twitter’s new CEO.

“Most men die at 27. We just bury them at 72.” — Mark Twain

And here I thought it was personal conflicts with coworkers.

Animated map shows the history of US American settlement (post Columbus). We end up seeing about 2500 cities and towns. Pretty amazing to watch. Source: buff.ly/2TKU1jR

Q. Why do mathematicians confuse Halloween and Christmas? A. Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec. Happy Christmas.

Merry Christmas, y’all. 🎄

𝔈𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔞 Two traps you should avoid: #1: Caring about what others think. #2: Thinking that others care.

An end of PTO haiku: The beach was awesome 😀 Relaxation for my mind 🫠 Monday morning looms 😞

#motogp race at COTA was sweet! But #cota parking sucks.

I’ve been watching the self-driving car space for a while. We’re finally starting to get enough miles accumulated that we can say that self-driving cars are, on average, more safe than human drivers. This data from Waymo is part of that. arstechnica.com/cars/2024/09/h…

NYTimes: We need to regulate homeschooling; we can't trust parents. Public School: 40% of kids bullied, 30% sexually harassed, 34% read at grade level, $18K a year. Homeschoolers: 0% bullied, 0% sexually harassed, 99% read above grade level, $1000 a year. Wild.