Matt Backes

Engineer, researcher, reader, runner.

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

Here’s a link to a talk I gave back in January at the S4x20. We give an overview of one way we’d like to see our ICS community evolve.
https://t.co/1Ih1DRzh1c

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

@AmericanAir Reimbursing costs and time would be the place to start. No need for more #AmericanHotAir

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

@AmericanAir another AA flight, another missed connection (to a rental car this time!). Some things never change. #DontYouDareAmericanAir

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

"Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in."

-- Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

That the world does not have enough energy supplies to meet demand and there aren't any good, near-term solutions is not getting enough attention.

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

@livbackes I hope you’re doing OK today - I heard IG was down

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Why is it cheaper to build nuclear power plants in France than in the US?

"The French process is cooperative & flexible while the American process is adversarial, legalistic & rigid"

"French process allows for very little public participation or review of regulatory decisions"

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

@bry_toy @IKEAUSA 🤯

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

Welcome to @IKEAUSA the store where you spend three hours shopping for items that have a 90% chance of being out of stock at the end of your trip

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

“Although the ARRA of 2009 provided nearly $28B to state governments for improving US highways, the highway system saw no significant improvement.” https://t.co/x7vwtQzJE9

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

Prediction: Codex Kiddies will require a new cyber APT category

[🇷🇴 cristi @CristiVlad25]

#codex of @OpenAI explains Assembly!

- sometimes it takes multiple iterations for a solid output, but hey, Rome wasn't built in one day.

- I'm still baffled by the many application and implications of this pretrained #ai model. @gdb

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

What’s the equilibrium here? https://t.co/nKlJx5ftef

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

Why do cell companies need SSNs again? https://t.co/Z7sGjHg2bM

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

Baa Haba, ME

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

What an interesting (& unfortunate) infrastructure interdependency:

“residents are being asked to limit water usage because the liquid oxygen used to treat it is now in short supply due to the surge in critically ill COVID-19 patients”

https://t.co/gCo2mlx4mT

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

Must be a cyber problem…

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

With payment systems down, concessionaires at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas at SummerSlam are now giving out hot food and drinks for free.

(📸 by @bignatedetroit)

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

@elidourado listened to you on the idea machine podcast. What resources would you suggest for an engineer to learn more about the technology policy arena?

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

Corn maze beyond left center field at the Field of Dreams site, where the White Sox and Yankees will play on Thursday.

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

When you try to use the free airline wifi messaging and your SO to get documentation for programming: be careful to ask about type hints 😆

[Damon Jones @nomadj1s]

A simple, *hypothetical* example of the Base Rate Fallacy:

Suppose w/o a vaccine, 9/10 get hospitalized

Suppose w/ a vaccine 1/10 get hospitalized

(Note: a very good vaccine!)

Suppose 90/100 get the vaccine

What share of the hospitalized are vaccinated?

[Matt Backes @backesmr]

I-O-W-A

[Tyler Norris @tylerhnorris]

I was curious how US states rank in renewable power gen (non-hydro), given interest in total US renewable gen passing coal. Here's 2020 rank-order, alongside 2015. Total 2020 US non-hydro renewable gen = 501 TWh, of which top 10 states here = 65%.