Daniel Bittman

PhD candidate at UCSC working on OS, NVM, and distributed systems research. If it ain't broke, let's try to break it!
(he/him) @[email protected]

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Still makin' slides.

[neural oscillator of uncertain significance @mycoliza]

today i explained to my girlfriend that i think the difference between writing programming languages and writing operating systems is that PL is like the Wizard class in D&D, and OS is more like being a Warlock

[Björkus 'No time_t to Die' Dorkus @__phantomderp]

"We need to ride off the coat tails of C, that compatibility is a HUGE boost for C++."

Decades later when people associate C++ with C:

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Next to a school no less

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People who obstruct bike lanes on busy, dangerous streets with their car should not be allowed to fucking drive

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@elonmusk a feature where you (yes, you) have to watch that clip of you getting boo'd by the whole-ass audience before you post.

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@pl_pierce @bhaktishh @Dev14e If you need to _strain_ for the joke it's not worth it

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@eeide Nah, that's a different phase of the project

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@IanForrestAdams It could collect intelligence, but then it was floated over the US

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@IanForrestAdams Somewhere, deep in the code base, away from prying eyes, the 'char tweet[240]' buffer waits for its moment to strike.

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@Dev14e @pl_pierce @bhaktishh I know right it's so cold here I bet this is what it's like in the colder parts of the country

[Matteo Capucci @mattecapu]

The fine structure constant 🧵👇

1/137

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If you are reviewing a paper, simply do not be an asshole.

[Abhijit Mahabal @amahabal]

Achievement unlocked: Paper rejected, R1 says "wonder if this is generated by ChatGPT". Submission deadline was before ChatGPT was released.

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🌈

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@koronkebitch @mhyee I would love to partake in the traveling tea table at a conference, sounds lovely

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@FinitePhysicist Seems to imply that acceptance is inevitable! What motivation! Just wish the journal reviewers knew this.

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@heathercmiller If the pandemic hadn't happened I probably would have tried to jump right into the academic job market. But I need a break, too burned out.

It's so widespread, too.

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@moyix oh sorry i'll stop

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Coulda stopped typing after the first three words

[Kristie Sluder BSW, MSW, LCAS, CCHP @KristieSluder1]

@JoeBiden I don’t think it's gay unions being disrespected. It's heterosexual Christian marriages being attacked, mocked, and ridiculed just because we believe without condemnation that God prescribed marriage to be between a man and a woman.

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@elonmusk @IFNY2775 @micsolana hey your current location is 9 feet up your own ass

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Elmo, can you hurry up and get on the mars thing? And then go there? And then experience the result of your subpar work in the most expected manner?

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World's most annoying walking pile of dogshit admits to his own labor law violations.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Twitter is both a social media company and a crime scene