Paul R Brown

Software technologist, mathematician, dad.

Currently VP Engineering at Salesforce, but my tweets are my own.

[Paul R Brown @paulrbrown]

Just in case you wonder where your checked bag is.

[Paul R Brown @paulrbrown]

@wsdot_traffic I think you mean “yielding to NIMBY suburbanite complaints about cars driving on streets…”?

[Paul R Brown @paulrbrown]

Sat down to help a kiddo with their calculus this morning.

Me: OK... Talk to me, Goose.
Kiddo: Honk honk.

Nice that they can still be cute as teens.

[Paul R Brown @paulrbrown]

"In geo" is the new "on prem".

[Paul R Brown @paulrbrown]

Fake fur -> faux fur -> "fox" fur.
Fake news -> faux news -> Fox News.
Just a reminder that the universe has a sense of humor.

[Paul R Brown @paulrbrown]

Business idea: exactly the same as Uber, but you can request an unscented car.

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@vgill The same thing. More slowly. Perhaps using smaller words.

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@vgill stealth mode = (we don't yet know enough to tell you much) || (our idea is otherwise unremarkable and indefensible so we're counting on the element of surprise as our key to success).

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@vgill I presume they put a marshmallow in front of them and see if they eat it.

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Far beyond AI, ethical use is a consideration for any piece of technology.

[Paul R Brown @paulrbrown]

@om @vgill He is kind of the Ze Frank of software.

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@MountRainierNPS I'm sorry to be one of those people, but it would make me happy if you were to say "assessing".

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@vgill I have a house in the mountains and a freshly installed Starlink. It is still a 40+ minute drive to the nearest store that currently doesn’t have any toilet paper. I am going to ski a lot more this year, but I’m not selling my house in town.

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@Responder_News @MountRainierNPS He was found, but nothing substantial about his condition was shared. https://t.co/yB6Csenj8G

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@vgill I think you have successfully argued for a gym but not an office.

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To every company that sends me a sticker with the stuff I order, but as a happy customer who loves you otherwise, please stop. It goes straight into the garbage. Looking at you, @evogear @MoosejawMadness @ORGEAR

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My kids are going to attend a conference IRL someday and think “break out rooms... just like on Zoom!”

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If I have to live in Blade Runner, can I have a flying car, please?

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@crazybob Walmart got similar results. I'd posit that this is also a result of the unemployment stimulus primarily hitting the customer demographic of Target and Walmart.

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@vgill I will bet you that a controlled experiment (as you're suggesting across previous postures) would show that the causal factors are more individual/environmental (lack of childcare, lack of home workspace, etc.) than a property of distributed working, per se.