The Tripitaka Koreana - carved on 81258 woodblocks in the 13th century - is the most successful large data transfer over time yet achieved by humankind. 52 million characters of information, transmitted over nearly 8 centuries with zero data loss - an unequalled achievement. 1/
@sfirshein@VailResorts Bonus: wife is ED doc, cares for and watches COVID pts die. To be told mandatory stay at home is “apprehension and inconvenience” only is super insulting.
Hey @sfirshein if you want follow up to your 1/8 NYT article on Vail’s ski passes DM me. Been under mandatory stay at home since 12/6 and Vail denied claim, sez doesn’t cover “apprehension and inconvenience”(!). Not just cross-state issue. @vailresorts#vailfail
Stanford Libraries is hiring! Looks for an Ops engineer to join our team. Diverse or non-traditional IT background candidates welcome! https://t.co/LXvyVM2nek
#Redding, California (at ~500 ft elevation in the far northern Sacramento Valley, where snow of any magnitude is rare) has now received more snow *in the past 12 hours* than #Boston, Massachusetts has received *this entire winter.* #CAwx#MAwx
After a bit of work, we have a working BBC Micro ready for a digital preservation showcase at the end of the month. Only 2 out of the 10 5.25in floppies from 1984 still were readable. Anyone remember this game? #DP0C
OK, here��s a little thread about work.
Before I worked in games, I was a manager at Google and Facebook - responsible for teams, people and large-scale projects.
I learned a lot about work & what I believe it is to be a good worker.