Stan Kurdziel

Joyful Dad, Software developer, educator @LEAGUEofAmazing Programmers. I offer free git coaching to any open source contributors

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

minimizing sea level rise, forest fires, etc. #futurism https://t.co/LlGDlPDebo
https://t.co/zv5HvcUp1i
https://t.co/EjRY6LePCJ 3/3

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

Global Warming should be an engineering challenge, NOT a political debate. How about this for a potential solution? Space Bubbles at the L1 Lagrange point - 1.5 million km towards the sun. It wouldn't be "cheap", but should be several orders of magnitude less than... 1/3

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

colonizing Mars and much cheaper than a moon base. An area the size of Brazil at L1 could completely reverse current warming. If adjustability is made a priority, some international committee could manage the amount of solar disruption to maximize agriculture while... 2/3

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

@Lightmaxhub @Simon_Ingari I once went for an interview at 8am, assumed I'd be done by noon; but it went past 4pm!

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

I love peanuts, so this makes me happy: Scientists Discover an Amazing Practical Use For Peanut Shell Waste : https://t.co/G7kmfBjN2K

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

@AlecDacyczyn @engineers_feed Putting the black on dead negative terminal charges the battery and usually takes some time before the car will start. Putting it on the frame can power the starter directly from the donor battery and then can be started immediately.

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

Spring flowers with snowy Mt San Jacinto in background =)

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

@MidRangeMid @ayeejuju 😲 doesn't even need OF...

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

Can't say I agree with Arnold on everything, but I thought this was quite a well thought out and rational post. I miss that in politics.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H

[Earvin Magic Johnson @MagicJohnson]

I’m so heartbroken to hear about the passing of my dear friend and basketball Hall of Famer, Dikembe Mutombo. He was not only a great basketball player who could protect the rim as an elite shot-blocker, but also an incredible man with a pure heart of gold. He dedicated much of his life to serving others, which is evident through his lasting impact both in the U.S. and in Africa. Through his foundation, he helped build a remarkable $29 million hospital in his home country of Congo, personally contributing $15 million to the project! As an NBA Global Ambassador and a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, he received numerous well-deserved awards over the years for his humanitarian efforts.

I will truly miss his big smile, his spirit, and his powerful voice. Cookie and I are keeping his wife Rose, his children, and the rest of his family in our thoughts and prayers during this incredibly difficult time. 🙏🏾

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

@Zaytion_ @engineers_feed A "bit" more than 25 then? Or (50 - hardware_right - hardware_left)/2? Or, just 25 "assuming scale balances when empty". I suppose that is the default assumption for scales =)

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

Wow, this is an impressive demo

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

Gemini is multimodal and can recognize images and speak in real-time.

With a score of 90%, Gemini Ultra is the FIRST AI model to outperform human experts on the MMLU benchmark.

This demo is incredible.

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

MVP (Minimum Viable Product) is NOT supposed to mean "the 1st released version that will be enhanced later". I'm in favor of a re-name: BFP - Barely Functional Product. -- This is NOT a change in meaning, but rather it communicates the original idea much better.

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

My cat taught me that pressing the Macbook Pro fingerprint unlock button with the wrong fingerprint locks the screen. Is this a reasonable thing to do? Or should I stick to ⌘+^+q ?

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

@RonJeffries If it's possible to see mainly certain topics and mainly certain political positions (which seems to be the norm), it should be feasible/reasonable to have a positive slant to the timeline. Good luck =)

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

@etdebruin ping 8.8 8.8 & then https://t.co/Bd0T6yK6rc - partially cause it's been there forever and partially cause I don't go there otherwise, so unlikely to be cached

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

I miss Flight of the Conchords https://t.co/di0c5xgidK

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

@cynthiajeffrie1 So seems like general inflation doesn't explain those large numbers. Also, inflation should impact goods producers both positively (higher prices) and negatively (supply chain). Some sectors (houses, cars, food) are definitely hotter than average... Bubbles?

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

@cynthiajeffrie1 Some companies, including my employer, use constant currency reporting, so that inflation (and currency drift between different countries) doesn't impact year over year comparisons. Even if that's not the case and we take inflation as 10% for two years, that's still only 21%...

[Stan Kurdziel @akasek]

I find advice which strikes me as the most valuable or profound is often prefaced with a disclaimer, ex: "works for me but may not for you"