Chris Burroughs

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[Jordan Weissmann @JHWeissmann]

Janeese Lewis George campaigns with Trayvon White, who aside from suggesting Jews controlled the weather was expelled from the council fortaking envelopes of cash, and calls him a ‘mentor’ https://t.co/Twros2L3pE

[Alex Muresianu @ahardtospell]

Here at Galadriel, we are building a different kind of AI.

Instead of a Dark Lord, it will be a queen. Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love it and despair!

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

Had to get a new phone and it turns out Twitter auth has been broken for at least 8 months https://t.co/WpCuz48ZbG

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

@pepsi when will @HealthWarrior Chia Seed Bars be back in stock? They are a key part of my kids snack rotation.

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

@HealthWarrior when will Chia Seed Bars be back in stock?

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

@HealthWarrior when will chia bars be back in stock online? My kids are running out!

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect.  All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections. We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy.

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

@HealthWarrior when will chia seed bars be back in stock?

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

@Noahpinion Berlusconini still feels the closest recent analogy. Flamboyant celebrity bunga bunga clownish shtick mixed in with the would be authoritarianism.

[Julian Hyde @julianhyde]

Who remembers the heyday of meetups and open source data (Hadoop, Spark, not to mention NoSQL) ten years ago? Lively discussions at the intersection of industry and academia, with beer and pizza. I miss those times.

[Nat Friedman @natfriedman]

Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000 years, we can finally read the scrolls:
This image was produced by @Youssef_M_Nader, @LukeFarritor, and @JuliSchillij, who have now won the Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize of $700,000. Congratulations!!

These fifteen columns come from the very end of the first scroll we have been able to read and contain new text from the ancient world that has never been seen before. The author – probably Epicurean philosopher Philodemus – writes here about music, food, and how to enjoy life's pleasures. In the closing section, he throws shade at unnamed ideological adversaries – perhaps the stoics? – who "have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular."

This year, the Vesuvius Challenge continues. The text that we revealed so far represents just 5% of one scroll.

In 2024, our goal is to from reading a few passages of text to entire scrolls, and we're announcing a new $100,000 grand prize for the first team that is able to read at least 90% of all four scrolls that we have scanned.

The scrolls stored in Naples that remain to be read represent more than 16 megabytes of ancient text. But the villa where the scrolls were found was only partially excavated, and scholars tell us that there may be thousands more scrolls underground. Our hope is that the success of the Vesuvius Challenge catalyzes the excavation of the villa, that the main library is discovered, and that whatever we find there rewrites history and inspires all of us.

It's been a great joy to work on this strange and amazing project. Thanks to Brent Seales for laying the foundation for this work over so many years, thanks to the friends and Twitter users whose donations powered our effort, and thanks to the many contestants whose contributions have made the Vesuvius Challenge successful!

Read more in our announcement: https://t.co/rUlrdGXBMs

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

Passed @mattyglesias at the Washington Auto show but was advised it is weird saying hi if you only know someone from hot takes and trolling tweets

[tednbc4 @tednbc4]

Days after a DC judge criticized DC’s @DYRSDC for a lack of space, @MayorBowser criticizes judge. @nbcwashington I-Team finds full facility and budget cuts as juvenile arrests rise. https://t.co/b51A3cdQW8

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

Congratulations to all my former colleagues now at @oxidecomputer on their GA Computer! Among an woefully incomplete twitter list cc @bcantrill @itsajordansystm @rmustacc @jmclulow @pmooney @dapsays

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

@_DCHealth Is malaria currently spreading in DC?

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

@CMCHenderson Towing stolen/fake tags, yes please!

[DC Crime Facts @dccrimefacts]

Can you please ask her about the misallocation of MPD officers that @mattyglesias wrote about? This is something she could fix unilaterally without the Council.

If she believes cops prevent crime she needs to deploy them where the serious crimes are happening.

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

@VerizonSupport this is what your customers get when they try to troubleshoot FIOS being out yet again with the online tool

[Chris Burroughs @csby54]

@VerizonSupport your support website is a tangle of amateur debug statements and errors