Dennis White 🇺🇸

software engineer that loves problems and solutions. opinions expressed here are solely my own.

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

that part where the wheels and action happens is referred to in in slot gaming development as the celebration phase. the outcome is known the moment the game begins and the celebration phase is played to make it seem more engaging and almost to make you feel like skill was involved in play.

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

Voyager 1 is 24 billion kilometers from Earth.

It communicates with us using a 23-watt transmitter.
Less than a refrigerator light bulb.

The signal takes 22 hours to reach us, traveling at the speed of light.

By the time it arrives, it's 20 billion times weaker than the power of a digital watch battery.

NASA's Deep Space Network picks it up using 70-meter dish antennas cooled to near absolute zero to reduce electronic noise.

The engineering required to hear a 23-watt signal from 24 billion km away is arguably more impressive than the spacecraft itself.

Launched 1977.
Still transmitting.
Still being heard.

We built something that works perfectly, 47 years later, in conditions no one has ever tested in.

That's what engineering for the long term looks like.

[The SETI Institute @SETIInstitute]

Every day, remarkable things happen overhead: meteors, satellites, drones, atmospheric events, and sometimes phenomena we cannot yet explain. Too often, they are captured as blurry videos with missing context — or not captured at all.

@Skymapperspace is launching SkySphere, an AI-powered all-sky observatory designed to continuously monitor and analyze the sky in real time. Built for citizen scientists, educators, researchers, observatories, and skywatchers, #SkySphere combines wide-sky imaging, edge AI, scientific metadata, and cryptographically secured records, enabling events to be detected, documented, and studied with confidence.

The SETI Institute is supporting this effort because better sky observations mean better data — for science, education, and discovery. SkySphere is more than a camera. It is a step toward a citizen-powered global network of trusted sky monitoring.

Help bring SkySphere to Life on Kickstarter: https://t.co/xr2tK3kb7z

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

@davepl1968 can’t speak for this individual but alcohol can have different effects on people. maybe he gave up an addiction and his return, as minor as it may appear, caused a spiral of events that led him to understand how harmful drinking it is for him.

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

AI is really good, I assume, at writing regex for me.

I used to have a recipe book with all sorts of helpers. now I just ask AI to write one for me.

regex is that one area that I never mastered. I depended on a growing recipe book. #programming #regex

[Paul Hudson @twostraws]

My new app ships May 15th, with one goal: helping indie app developers succeed on the App Store. It has a range of features to help you identify competitors, then find and exploit their weak spots. If you're serious about making money on the App Store, Kickstart is for you!

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

I am 55 and if someone told me I could be a colonizing citizen of the moon, or even better mars, but it was guaranteed that it was a one way trip I would do it.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Mark my words, I will take a photo like this in my lifetime.

You might, too.

[Scott Smith @ScottSmithDev]

My wife & I launched an app! 🎉
It’s a family-friendly, fun block-clearing game, called Bright Blocks.

It’s loads of fun on iPad & iPhone alike. And it’s an ideal car/airplane game too, with no internet required.

Get it free on the App Store! 😃

https://t.co/C8dEEtz6k2

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

"In light of this evening's events, I ask that all Americans recommit with their hearts in resolving our differences peacefully." - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

@makenai welcome back!!!

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

enjoying the vibe and view at our new home.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

light the candle and let’s go!!!

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Tomorrow, we launch.

At sunset tonight, Artemis II waits on the pad, ready to carry astronauts potentially farther than any humans have traveled in more than half a century.

The next era of exploration begins.

[David J Phillips @davj]

"Make no mistakes DO NOT HALLUCINATE. YOU ARE AN EXPERT SOFTWARE ENGINEER"

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

let me just say thanks to @SenJackyRosen and @SenCortezMasto in Nevada for ruining the lives of so many people.

you pass laws and when they are enforced you complain and choose to shutdown the government affecting so many people.

this is not what you were elected to do. pass the budget so laws can be enforced.

stop ruining peoples lives just because of some party line politics. you have proven in the past you can cross the line and do what’s right. it’s time again for you to do what’s right and pass the budget.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨HOLY CRAP!!!

The Atlanta TSA line has now stretched to a stunning 153 minute-wait-time... AT 6AM IN THE MORNING!!!!

The line is WRAPPING AROUND BAGGAGE CLAIM!!!

THIS IS PURE INSANITY!!!!!!

[Carter Eckl @CarterEckl]

Some real good points from Joe on this whole fiasco

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

@davepl1968 I remember in years past hearing about companies that for some reason prided themselves as being against the use of STL.

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

yeah mine gave me liberty to travel around the block by myself.

[History Defined @historydefined]

A 1975 Big Wheel commercial.

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

if I were the Vegas diocese I would tell my lawyers to remain ready.

amazing how all these schools made these decisions in unison. almost like they had a private meeting, maybe with some coordination with others within the NIAA.

wouldn’t be the first time they coordinated like this in private. they are after all above the law. #sarcasm

I think that the governor should step in and clean house if possible.

[Dennis White 🇺🇸 @dniswhite]

@davepl1968 @miles_commodore but you can call us cracker.