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Software developer

Seattle, WA
Joined May 2008
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I used to track my personal tech debt by the number of open tabs in my browser or the number of unread emails. Now, I track it by the number of Claude sessions that are waiting on a reply from me.
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“Whoa, flying car!” “Yeah, but it doesn’t fly that far.”
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Why don’t soccer goalies change gloves for penalty kick shootouts to something with incredibly stiff (unbendable) fingers? So many shots that the goalies get some part of their hand on but the balls still go in because the fingers bend slightly.
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What’s the best example of fictional writing (sci-fi or otherwise) where cryptocurrency plays an important role?
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Shifting more compensation to base pay is the right move and long overdue. Lots of other benefits use base pay as input (e.g. 401k matching, basic life insurance, etc.) so employees will benefit even if their total comp doesn’t change.
I registered the domain readwritehack.com in 2008 to explore similar concepts of learning, sharing, and building.
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Seeing these submissions was 🥲 very excited to keep building
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We're proud to announce the 10 #UniCode Finalists! Check out each of their incredible projects in the thread below. 🦄 🔮 Sandrone's 📈 UniStrategy 🎓 Uniramp 🎮 Skyfire DAO 🌊 Superfluidity 🛩️ Airlift Finance 🔎 Uniswap API Explorer ⛓️ Crosscash 🤝 HeroSwap 🚌 Caravan 🧵👇
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🔍Uniswap API Explorer A guide to the basic terminology and concepts of cryptocurrency, as demonstrated by the functionality of the Uniswap API. @evanjacobs showcase.ethglobal.co/unicod…
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Kids you can do this. Can’t wait to see you up there. Godspeed young ones. 🚀 – at Florida, USA
"American astronauts on American rockets from American soil, showing you what Americans can do when we come together as a team." — @Astro_Flow on the #LaunchAmerica mission:
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Things Seattle would rather do than give to Marshawn on the goal line 1. Slant pass to Ricardo Lockette 2. Just straight up not run a play
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Show and Tell, @alexa99’s new feature for visually impaired customers, is now available for customers in the U.S. on first and second-generation Echo Show devices. Read about the new technology on the Day One blog. amzn.to/2of3lkZ
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“Every day, try to be hungry and out of breath” newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
This is really important progress toward helping people who are not able to interact with Alexa via voice (e.g. people with temporary, permanent or situational speech impairment). teapaw.org/TechCrunch/status/1021…
Tap to Alexa brings more accessibility features to the Echo Show tcrn.ch/2A50eRM
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Jeff Bezos Just Tossed A Nail-Studded Baseball Bat On The Floor Between The Mayors Of Pittsburgh And Kansas City And Asked Who Really Wants The Second Amazon HQ clckhl.co/MUx6tNQ
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I’ll admit, filling out this year’s #MarchMadness bracket was tough. But I’m going @UMBC all the way! I find it’s always better to choose heart over head. Let’s see how my picks do this year. Fingers crossed.
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I'm writing this week's Locutius Letter. Sign up here to start your week with interesting articles on #VoiceUX, #VUI fails, machine learning, and more: tinyletter.com/locutius
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More like “Wall” Bruin, amirite? #TORvSEA #MLScup
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Wow, if I had invested $1,000 in Bitcoin last week, today I would have... still no idea how Bitcoin works.
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