peter krautsk

Now on Bluesky.

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@pensandpoison There are many world-class micro-scenes in Chicago, filled with smart, ambitious people -- the Chicago Film Society, the Art Institute, the alt-classical and chamber music scenes at Constellation, Guarneri, Pianoforte, Elastic, the Checkout -- once could go on and on.

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@NemanjicZoran Twitter's translation mechanism was stumped, which would seem like intentional censorship if Occam's razor didn't present an easier explanation.

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@figgityfigs As long as most people aren't masking, the virus won't need to evolve to get past masks.

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@the_aiju This is a real conversation I once had:
X:I know ten computer languages.
Me: The only adults I've met who say they know ten computer languages have all been CS professors, who never wrote a line of production code in their lives.
X: Didn't I tell you? I'm a CS Professor.

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@traveloutloud @realnorireed A sapphire card holder I know once had a problem getting a 10K reimbursement for a cruise that was canceled because of a health issue: Chase wanted to give him $700 more, because it was a ship-board credit (yes, they were that consumer-friendly).

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@FlashlightFaces Kraan will send you to the fantastical dimension that is buried deep inside yourself -- not quite the same thing, but still something. https://t.co/Hkw1CPsQMC

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The bullish case about Silicon Valley lay-offs is that they reduce the IT costs for more mainstream companies. #SPX #MarketToday

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@garylfrancione Franz DeWaal once said something like: "Most animals are terrible at being a different but fantastic at being their own species".

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The good news for Republicans is that it turns out that Donald Trump _can_ declassify documents with his mind; the bad news is that he screwed up his aim, and only declassified the documents in Biden's office & garage.

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@ShadiBartsch it's super-easy to chart your future if you just don't move

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@JasonWassell @vszyb @united Conversations are recorded for "training purposes", so if you reverse the charges on your CC, they should investigate and eventually return your money.

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@ShadiBartsch Like Rumpelstiltskin, my rage usually goes to my feet.

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@whoopityscoot @ShadiBartsch If you're not a jackass white supremacist, 88 is an angel number, and 888 is the numerological jackpot (contrast to 666).

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@DVHenkelWallace @salr_nyc @ShadiBartsch It would normalize pi's irrationality, and every other number would become irrational in the new system.

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Movie screenings have an important role in public health: https://t.co/f80tRTHoJF @thefilmsociety

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@bessbell The bureau first season is wonderfully low-stakes, and accurately depicts the suspenseful boredom of spycraft; later seasons up the ante, with slightly less success. The Belgian series, "The Day" is my under-the-radar rec, after you finish "The Bureau".

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@ShadiBartsch A friend's cousin was a used car dealer, and he gleefully reminisced about an old lady who asked him to treat her like he would treat his Grandmother. "Five Hundred Bucks!", he chortled -- "it was as if she just reached in her purse and handed me five hundred bucks!"

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@ShadiBartsch Except, of course, you can use the vocabulary of music theory to provide enough information about a piece of music that a person who knows music theory can hear it in their own mind.

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@ShadiBartsch @Pocket A comic circularity: he finds his usefulness in exhorting others to be useful.

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Am I the only person who remembers how Trump bullied Powell over lowering the rate?