Peter Wayner

[Peter Wayner @peterwayner]

@eigenrobot Physics Nobel Prizes in 86, 87? Certainly some great influence on the latest work too.

[Peter Wayner @peterwayner]

@TradeCrowded @AnnCoulter @RogerSeverino_ Yes, that's true about the amount of tax. But a person still needs to file. And they need to report all foreign bank and brokerage accounts.

[Peter Wayner @peterwayner]

@TsarinaBomba Lots of Great White Sharks.

[Peter Wayner @peterwayner]

@ThunderParley Was it the parking?

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

@NoahProoval You can't copyright a title. There are, in fact, other books with that title.

[Peter Wayner @peterwayner]

@WhitStillman @cdrsalamander It would be tricky, but still interesting to make a "Before Sunset" like sequel.

Or maybe just a documentary full of spitballing.

[Techmeme @Techmeme]

Professor David J. Farber, whose work on academic experimental computer networks helped define the evolution of the early internet, died on February 7 at age 91 (@peterwayner / New York Times)

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[Peter Wayner @peterwayner]

@callanable Polish 🇵🇱: Q, V, and X are generally only used in foreign loanwords and proper names.

[Peter Wayner @peterwayner]

@callanable Finnish 🇫🇮: Does not typically use B, C, F, Q, W, X, Z in native words (though some are used in loanwords).

[Kenneth Chang @kchangnyt]

Origami that could find use for space telescopes, solar arrays and other structures that need to be packed compactly inside a rocket for launch. https://t.co/a3YlJO3dg8

[Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet]

I like the spirit of this proposal, but "no computer chips" is the wrong thing to use as a gate.

Computer logic is fine, and can often improve product design. When the schematics are available, the software is open-source, and the product is designed for serviceability!

That should be the gate for "Americana"; is it designed for serviceability? Is it something you can maintain yourself if "Americana" goes out of business?

[Rakia Ben Sassi @rakiabensassi]

"Vibe coders throw large blocks of code into the context window & let the AI sort it out.

Somewhere, there’s an electricity generator burning ancient dinosaurs to keep the whole thing running. Between the fuel & the overpriced GPUs, the bills can really add up." @peterwayner

[Peter Wayner @peterwayner]

@CaitlinPacific She explained it was a term for a cheap wood, one of the lower grades. Sort of like run-of-the-mill cloth. Naturally the dealers and the market prized fancier woods like walnut or cherry. I suppose it was akin to plywood or particle board at the time.