wallingf
@wallingf
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I'm a CS professor at a medium-sized public university, interested in most things about programs, and most other things, too. @[email protected]
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Joined May 2008
Been there, done that. @orzelc is one of my people.
@QuantumAephraim I decided to leave it off, but still spent the whole morning getting the solution to work out correctly, because I'm a huge dork.
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Sigh.
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This works just as well, maybe better, if we replace 'family' with 'academic community'.
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#lifegoals "Sir Eric Findlay died on good terms with his family, having lived long enough to earn the reputation of an eccentric rather than a nut." (from "Loitering with Intent", by Muriel Spark)
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Back in grad school, I spent more than a few hours discussing the Chinese room argument.
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Started a new blog - 'American Innocence' - about my new life in America, my observations about culture, politics, way of life here. In my first post I ask: if tragedies are so hard to watch because we feel a lot of it is avoidable why don't we have the same defenses in politics?
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RIP to Bill Atkinson, one of the greatest programmers who ever lived. At Apple he created MacPaint, QuickDraw, HyperCard and was a critical part of making the Macintosh magic. He co-founded General Magic - go watch that documentary.
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I hadn't heard this song in a while. This lyric stood out today: Well I'm heavenly blessed And worldly wise I'm a peeping Tom techie With x-ray eyes Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright https://t.co/jbcFPKuHh9
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I participated in an interesting exercise with the head of a university mathematics department once Grad students were brought in and asked what things they would like changed in the department. They made many thoughtful observations Afterward, the Head complained extensively
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In the notes for my class Tuesday, I made a reference to Jean-Luc Picard, commander of the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Then it struck me. ST:TNG is nearly *two decades* older for my students than the original Star Trek was for me and my classmates. 1/2
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It's been fifty years since I first heard a @smokeyrobinson song. Even today, every time one comes on anywhere, I stop and listen.
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I used the word "shall" in my previous post because my wife and I just finished watching the 7-hour BBC adaptation of "Middlemarch" and I have George Eliot in my ear. Two thumbs up, BTW.
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I will be using one again in about an hour.
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Kalsarikännit: A Finnish word that means, "Home alone and drinking, in your underwear, with no intention of going out." My kind of people.
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