Andrew Parker

Fighting entropy.

[Katie Pennick @KatiePennick]

Fun fact about me: I use a ‘teenagers’ wheelchair. It’s tiny. 23inches wide.

If I’m struggling to get through these “gaps”, they are completely impassable for most wheelchair users and visually impaired people with dogs.

Pavements must be kept clear enough for pedestrians.

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@bnwoods2008 @QuinnyPig @laynemcnish Both great points by @bnwoods2008 and @laynemcnish. Corey, I follow and admire a lot of what you write, but you should reconsider this particular hot take. #interruptbias

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@retrogamecoders A C64 and a book on BASIC programming borrowed from the library. My first useful program was something I wrote on a TI-81 calculator to solve simple trigonometry problems.

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@PhDemetri I used to have one of these Sandisk players. It had FM radio! It used a AAA battery!

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@mwlauthor Nice. Discovery season 3 is a nice step up from season 2 IMO. Enjoy!

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@mitchellh I have been in a lot of meetings like that: “ ‘Look up, land the plane’ and we’re RIGHT THERE 200ft above the rwy.”

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@mwlauthor Michael, long time Linux user and wanted to get into FreeBSD and FreeNAS, so I read your Absolute BSD book. Enjoy your writing style!

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@Grady_Booch I heard a story: Google sales person brought one to JPL to demo. It scanned and indexed part of the intranet. Demo over. Google rep “deletes” the content. JPL not satisfied. Must leave the drive. Google says they can’t leave it. They end up destroying the drive with a hammer.

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@Grady_Booch Don’t be too clever when writing code, because you’ll have to be twice as clever to debug it.

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@humlu @yudapearl Prof Pearl is referring to the “Ladder of Causation,” described here: https://t.co/DebmnSLg1c

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@fortelabs Could make sense if you have a terminal illness or in very dangerous situation. But for the more common situation, always waiting to the last minute is not a good approach. Doing things early often gives you more options, less expensive, and ultimately a good use of time.

[Andrew Parker @_adparker_]

@sidnegirl @GetSpectrum I’m in LA, and spectrum is having an outage right now.