Joe Buck

Software engineer. Previously a grad student working on parallel file systems, in-situ processing and distributed systems.

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@redrock_bball Love the player nicknames

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@rhett_bauer Full disclosure, think I did like 25 or so before I hit 82.

Sometimes you start with the 90s wolves and you just take the L

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@rhett_bauer Could be. I kind of assumed that he overwhelmed in other categories to the point that the math just broke.

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@Hali Tiny is the key

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I just went 82-0, think you can go 82-0? https://t.co/hT11guhOVH #NBA #82and0

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@d_feldman Got to think that Grainbelt would sell well in Brooklyn

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@Sam_Vecenie https://t.co/iqxQy3zg6b

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@bkpatow hey Kevin, trying to get in touch about one of your fantasy basketball leagues. Keen to hear from you. Check the groupme.

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@DanBesbris Easiest thing to change (versus trading players) but also the lowest leverage.
Oh Vivek, make better decisions.

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This was a good use of an hour.

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@joshlewis You touched on something that I keep meaning to learn more about.
How does libel work on the internet vs in print or interviews?
There seems to be less prosecution around online posts (I think? Should confirm this). Wonder if the legal footing for online is different?

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@joshlewis Yeah, there are a lot of good reasons for anonymity. No doubt.

I could probably get my folks to ignore accounts if they were explicitly labeled “anonymous user”.
It’s the ones named “Bob Johnson” with a stock photo of a guy grilling that gets them.

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@joshlewis I want to concur with that last statement but I also fear stress testing it given the crumbling political norms & tribalism we have seen over the past 10–12 years.

Imagine the consequences of a former general and chief of staff calling a candidate a fascist in any prior cycle.

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@joshlewis Yeah. I see the wisdom in what you are saying.

I wonder if the move is to push the tech companies to block known bad actors, and be held accountable if they don’t. Not blocking the individual posts/statements but using algorithms to find the bot accounts more aggressively.

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@joshlewis But we know they are very different in nature.

More generally, the anonymity afforded online precludes the functioning of normal reputation dynamics and that is sometimes abused in a way that my folks don’t appreciate.

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@joshlewis Good question. Been thinking about this since I read your post.

I think it comes down to my parents. They lack the media/tech literacy that I feel our generation has. They ascribe similar credibility to things on Facebook as to what they see on the news.

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@joshlewis To be clear, I do not want to cede any ground on the first amendment. I’m pointing out what I see as the larger threat.

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@joshlewis There are functioning democracies that look like the former (France as example), I know of no functioning democracy that looks like the latter.