Jeff Venters

Technology Nerd, sometimes Maven, always learning from others. Intellectually curious most of the time. Let's keep politics out of smart stuff.

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

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[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

A human chain of courage and empathy @RexChapman

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

Yeah. As long as it's truly promotional of the Sciences in general and not Climate only.

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Well, it’s about time. This should have happened 150 years ago.

Science in the USA will become a Cabinet Level post.

https://t.co/8hGx4zsP2M

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

Thoughts for 2021

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Don't be impressed by:
1. Money
2. Job titles
3. Appearances
4. Experience
5. Affiliations
6. Imitations
7. Big words

Be impressed by:
1. Kindness
2. Trustworthiness
3. Unselfish generosity
4. Humility
5. Good manners
6. Courage to dare, dream and do
7. Integrity and benevolence

[BlocksandFiles @BlocksandFiles]

VMware sues new Nutanix CEO for contractual “misdeeds” https://t.co/33QxuO5snl

[Dr. David Samadi @drdavidsamadi]

Deaths in the USA over the years...

2010: 2.5M
2011: 2.5M
2012: 2.5M
2013 :2.6M
2014: 2.6M
2015: 2.7M
2016: 2.7M
2017: 2.8M
2018: 2.8M
2019: 2.9M
2020: 2.5M (as of November)

Where is the massive spike?

(h/t @MillerStream)

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone. —Robin Williams

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

@mankinholes @megynkelly You're the biggest f*cking idiot I've read on Twitter all month. A two-year-old, give me a break.

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

@megynkelly Not surprising it's one of the bigger airlines. Note to self: Avoid United Airlines for the next couple of years.

[DHH @dhh]

Holy fuck. The word dystopian is not nearly strong enough to describe the fresh hellhole Microsoft just opened up. Just as the reputation of a new and better company was being built, they detonate it with the most invasive work-place surveillance scheme yet to hit mainstream.

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

@abbyfuller Its not about Trump, it's about rejecting the authoritarianism and thought police represented on the left.

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

@paulg Right on. I've noticed he looks the worse he has in a long time. Stress.

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

@WilliamShatner What the hell is this and why does anybody even bother to look at it?

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

@sentientist @TheEconomist I'm skeptical and believe this is suspect as it's from The Economist which has become an agenda-based publication over the last decade. Is there an objective way to quantify differences? Maybe but there are just too many variables to take this seriously.

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

It’s not really your Birthday until somebody sings it to you — especially when their voice resonates with the harmony of the spheres.

Thank you, @MichaelBuble.

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Sixty-two sides, comprised of regular polygons.

And yes, it has a name:
rhombicosidodecahedron

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

@JoeNBC If Joe isn't tough enough to stand up to bully Trump he's not tough enough to be president. In my thinking, that would disqualify him. Let them waller in the mud. I want to see how they handle the heat.

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

@JeriLRyan Oh that would be great... no one said ever. Unchecked power leads to unchecked corruption. Both main stream parties need to undergo major overhauls. Stating that one is great and the other isn't is naive and foolish!

[tylercowen @tylercowen]

Amazing what a buried story this is, shall we party now? https://t.co/Fb2hlTlfls

[Jeff Venters @jeff_venters]

@paulg People at Trump's level hire tax firms w experts that get the best treatment by use of everything in the law at their disposal to avoid taxes. Nobody gives money to the government for fun.