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(he/him) Professor, Computer Science, Union College. Opinions mine. @[email protected]
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Joined June 2009
How to exit vim.
If your life's work solved one problem in the world, what would it be? @AcademicChatter
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So long and thanks for all the fish. Maybe see you at the other place.
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From my understanding grad students are also fed into the grinder/hopper labeled "funding".
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I miss my home town neighborhood!
The 17th Street High Heel Race just got even more colorful! Students from @LAYCDC, alongside muralist Lisa Marie Thalhammer, designed a vibrant new mural along the race route to celebrate LGBTQ+ youth, visibility, and pride. Story by @LorenzoHall
https://t.co/3GX8uYe8Dy
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👏 Welcome @UnionCollege to the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC)! Union College's @AmerChemSociety-certified chemistry department weaves #GreenChemistry into courses, labs, and outreach, promoting sustainability on campus and beyond. Learn more: https://t.co/OsD4kefrud
#GCCommit
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Mathematics. "Escher's Planaria." Worms in hyperspace. Source: https://t.co/2sFsutM0yT By Matt Zucker, https://t.co/DWt0BAxsYq, Used with permission.
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I love the guy's books, but by "tries something new" do they mean writing a coherent third act to a novel? https://t.co/Bm1gxnseFR
washingtonpost.com
The author of science fiction classics “Snow Crash” and “Cryptonomicon” turns to historical fiction with impressive results.
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Steamboats don't have sails, and "Saddles to Paddles" was just sitting right there for the taking.
Revolution Rail Co. and Lake George Steamboat Company are working together to launch “Rails to Sails,” a railbike and steamboat fall adventure. 🍂🍃 ➡️ Teamed up with @KevinAppleby_ to check it out!
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Adding this philosophy to my syllabus.
The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong. Yes there's a 3 week version of something. And a 6 week version. And a 4 month version. And a 12 month version. That's correct. Yet, you'll almost always be wrong whichever you pick.
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The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong. Yes there's a 3 week version of something. And a 6 week version. And a 4 month version. And a 12 month version. That's correct. Yet, you'll almost always be wrong whichever you pick.
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Thank god my four years of being a department chair have perfectly trained me for dealing with the paperwork of an auto insurance claim
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Wait was Jason Isbell's show in Montreal tomorrow cancelled? 😭😭😭😭
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I need to get just famous enough to invite Chappell to a game of Thirsty Sword Lesbians.
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This is serious Glenville "Can Opener" Bridge energy.
#repost @ salvage_and_wreck Ship allides with Willems Bridge Five Containers Sunk Netherlands, September 11, 2024, the container ship NIJMEGEN MAX allided with the Willems Bridge, causing five empty containers to fall overboard and sink.
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You can hear the song about the can opener bridge of glenville here: https://t.co/lFoNkyh2pT
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Billions of data points. Millions of CPU hours. Thousands of replicates. Hundreds of #xenobots. A dozen family members. Four years. One doctoral candidate. Zero flaws. Congratulations Dr. Caitlin Grasso (@csgrasso10) on your successful defense today. #ProudAdvisor #uvmvermont
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Living my best @melnickjeffrey1 life by seeing five bands across two nights in Munich, from punk to drone noise, capping it off with the incredible Mdou Moctar.
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Hell yes, just got tickets to Jason Isbell in Montreal. I bet they'll be "poutine" on quite a show!
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