Derek Phillips

Very proud dad of 3 amazing kids and Google Waterloo co-Site Lead.

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

It's a bit strange to all of the sudden see a bunch of people reading a 2700 year old book translated in the 1930s by Lawrence of Arabia, but here we are.

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

It's sad that every sports-related tech company has pivoted to being all about gambling. :(

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

Nick Suzuki is likely to win the Selke trophy this year and get 100+ points. Isn't this pretty valuable to a team? Or are forwards only judged on offence for the Hart?

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

Tough start for Bo, but I suspect by mid-point of the season, there will be an awful lot of Bichette Mets jerseys in NYC.

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

Wow, this is great from Ernie Clement. Friday can't come soon enough! https://t.co/ll9wa7gSZA

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

Can we just all agree on a type of plug? I'm okay with any of them except the awful UK ones.

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

The fact that it's still acceptable for establishments to have 30+ minute waits for the women's bathroom while the men's has no wait is nuts. Why not require some equity here?

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

When the world gets access to my vibe coded bird sighting tracker, things will never be the same again.

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

To keep me from looking at the code, I would like my AI to generate something lower-level than assembly.

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

Folks bragging about using AI to build something that already exists reminds me of that movie where someone amazes everyone around them by "predicting the past". I wish I could remember which movie this was but the various AIs I've tried can't remember it either.

[Daily Roman Updates @UpdatingOnRome]

As legendary as The History of Rome podcast is, I think it’s pretty clear at this point that The History of Byzantium podcast has surpassed it in quality.

Robin is so damn good at his job that I want him to go back to the beginning of Roman history for his next podcast and start the whole thing over.

[David Singleton @dps]

Jobs called computers "bicycles for the mind" -- tools we could shape to our will.

But they never were. Until now.

Every morning an agent preps me for my day -- calendar, news, last 24hrs of Slack -- in a personal podcast. I made it by asking. Same for hundreds of other things.

Launching @dreamer in beta today.

That 🧠 bicycle, finally.

https://t.co/Ma0KBkEI3F

[Ian Nepomniachtchi @lachesisq]

Just watched Queen of Chess. Great & inspiring movie and surely one of the best chess documentaries. Congrats, @GMJuditPolgar!

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

me: My credit card expires this month but I haven't received a new one.
CC company: No worries, it's on the way. Don't worry, it's good until the end of the month. :)
Every website: "CC not valid. Expiry date must be in the future"

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

This approach of "if you had a positive experience, leave a review. if you had a negative experience, please email us." is quite prevalent these days. I imagine it works pretty well.

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

Shouldn't the Blue Jays have Luis Arraez by now?

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

I can only watch Alex climb after it's done because I need to know the ending.

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

I know nothing about movies but really enjoyed "Train Dreams". Toss some of those award things in this direction.

[Derek Phillips @djphilli]

Is it just me or is every kid walking around outside without a coat and every kid is walking around inside with a coat?

[Oh Canaduh @CanaduhOh]

Translating Canadian:

No Yeah = Yes
Yeah no = No
Yeah no for sure = Definitely
Yeah no yeah = Sorry, the answer is yes
No yeah no = Oh no, you've got
nothing to worry about