Tom Dunham

Senior software engineer, VoIP, cloud, and web. Dad, husband, anti-authoritarian, chess, snorkeling.

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, #Hawaii. Nice break before getting started with a new client. They wanted to proceed less than a week after I rolled off my prior engagement. So hopefully a lot of these layoffs are just churn.

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

Honu just east of Waikiki Marine Conservation District. It's better snorkeling than you might expect.

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

Good on @RoKhanna. Trump is corrupt, doesn't mean you should suppress negative stories about your own team. One reason I didn't vote Joe in primary was I thought Bursima might look bad in the gen election. Glad Trump lost, but cover-up might be worse than the laptop in the end.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

32.Khanna tries to reroute the conversation to the First Amendment, mention of which is generally hard to find in the files:

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

@KCGrock @lmc @burritojustice It was just SF. They are still going in Australia. Maybe NY as well? They had cut hours that their Chinatown shop was open previously. I imagine it wasn't making enough money for them. It was way cheaper than those Lyft bikes, I was renting one just to have an ebike handy.

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

@lmc @KCGrock @burritojustice Zoomo has left SF, unfortunately. They gave people the option to buy the bike they were renting. That's why you still see them around. They did have a $25 a week plan in the beginning, though that might not have included enough miles to use for delivery.

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

.@AvenueCode is currently putting on the Extraordinary Women In Tech conference. #EWIT

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

Listened to @BobbyAzarian on @joerogan - pretty interesting. Basically he is a neuroscientist who is proposing the universe is set up in a way to make intelligent life likely. Probably best to hear it from him, I can't give a synopsis in 2880 chars. His book is out.

[Bobby Azarian @BobbyAzarian]

Today my book The Romance of Reality is finally out and in all major bookstores 🥳 Go out and buy a copy from your local store so that they have to order more! Thanks to everyone who preordered or helped me write the book in some way. If you dig it, leave it a review on Amazon 🙏

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

@RoyEacups I guess they've been making some strides on this tech. This device may not use imagined speech, but papers have been written on the subject -https://t.co/dsvu8HNqnr There's one on IEEE as well, but it's behind a paywall.

[Roy Eacups @RoyEacups]

BRAIN CHIP ALLOWS PARALYSED MAN TO POST FIRST EVER ‘DIRECT-THOUGHT’ TWEET. https://t.co/VkHxgSoXIg

[ℵ₁ @[email protected] @aleph_one]

Today Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit is 25 years old. Older than I was when I wrote it.

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

@SfpdLies Definitely not a supporter of organized stalking.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

I hear my Republican colleagues going on about a 'labor shortage' in this country. Well, in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, some employers have raised wages — you know what? People came back to work in a hurry.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

America:
*Lowest min wage among G7 nations
*Min wage down 30% in 50 years
*3rd highest % of low-wage workers among 37 rich nations
*3rd highest poverty rate
*5th-highest inequality

It used to be the opposite but that began changing in the 1980s
https://t.co/ShuuNnZdMt

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

They found Katlin Gallaread in Pittsburg... she is OK.
https://t.co/jQOKtT3va9

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

Sad to see #FrysElectronics go... Used to go there when my dad was in town. Great resource way back in the day when I would build my own computer.

[Don Nordloff @temblor_sj]

End of an era. I really enjoyed them during the 90's and 2000's. They were an icon for the Silicon Valley

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

I know most of my followers are from the Bay Area, be on the lookout.

[San Francisco Police @SFPD]

⚠️ Public Assistance Requested ⚠️

Katlin left home sometime between 8:00 PM on Feb 16, 2021, and 1:30 PM on Feb 17, 2021, w/o notifying her family and has not been heard from since. Katlin is described as a 14-year-old, Black female, 5’01” and 90 pounds.

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

@AvenueCode is having an Extraordinary Women in Tech panel at 3pm PST today.

[Avenue Code @AvenueCode]

SAVE THE DATE: Join us on Thursday, February 18th, at 6pm EST as we hear about work culture and tech trends from female executives at some of Canada's leading companies. Register here: https://t.co/q0RaI4dfqz

[Tom Dunham @sftomdunham]

@letmeout55 Congrats.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

Kroger's profit hit $2.9 billion in the pandemic, up 70%. So far, $1.15 billion went to stock buybacks and dividends to enrich execs. Workers get no hazard pay.

Long Beach, CA passed a $4/hour bonus for grocery workers. So Kroger closed its stores there
https://t.co/E7Nr8LWt08

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

Last 12 years
GDP: up 49%
Corporate profit: up 56%
Wealth of richest 10%: up 99%
CEO pay at big companies: up 105%
Corporate dividends issued to shareholders: up 111%
Billionaire wealth: up 215%
Stock market: up 240%
Corporate stock buybacks: up 280%
Minimum wage: up 0%