Chris Colohan

Computer Scientist. Stay at home dad. Occasional YouTuber ( he/him

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@JeffDean 😥 indeed.

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@ElectroBOOMGuy @PicturesFoIder What a shocking thing to ask someone!

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@darcyjamesargue https://t.co/KmJEpkHctB

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@darcyjamesargue NOJO

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@darcyjamesargue Suite Tooth

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@Barnacules 300 baud Commodore VICMODEM.

Do we get bonus points if we are pedantic enough to know the difference between bps and baud?

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@AlgebraFact I had a summer job as an engineering undergrad where I had to do this (solve for the intersection of several hyperboloids in 3-space). I spent two weeks trying to find the answer before I found someone smart enough to tell me to read up on Newton's Method and approximate it.

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@argvee He just wants to charge $100k for a handshake. Is that too much to ask? :-)

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@IanColdwater Whether to apply primer paint as corrosion protection or not to the parts of an aluminum kitbuilt aircraft. (And what type of primer to use, and how to apply it...)

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So! The essay! It’s here and you all should read it. ❤️ 😉

https://t.co/Wpye5OyHdR

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@ElectroBOOMGuy Holiday weekend traffic dip?

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@CubicleApril I guess I was today years old when I learned this. And I have a PhD in CS.

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@chenxiwang Prompt: "what is the shortest utterance guaranteed to piss off AI researchers, cryptocurrency enthusiasts, and cryptographers equally?"

Response: see above.

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@thockin Does this count as the one engineering problem duct tape can actually solve? 😂

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@bgalbs I just cancelled my Comcast Business internet service yesterday. Took less than 5 minutes on the phone, and they never tried to talk me out of it.

So I guess that is another way their Business service is superior?

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@XylaFoxlin If you live in Los Angeles county, you may not have to pay taxes in April: https://t.co/zn9pfV2m1a

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@IanDBird @AskAManager might know?

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@HerrDreyer @ShriramKMurthi Would you be willing to sample coffee with duck fat?

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@zillowgonewild Seeing the paint/drywall peeling above the tub doesn't bode well for how easy this structure is to maintain...