Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@qoto.org
- Siva Afi
- https://tgc.link/siva-afi
- Cascadia 9.0
- https://www.cascadia9game.org/
CS professor, game designer, and fire dancer ordinaire.
Joined Aug 2018
W local phone: *keeps me on hold for half an hour*
Me: *gives up*
W message to my phone in Oregon: Your order is ready for pickup ... in Manhattan.
Sigh.
Maybe I'm just not tech savvy enough to use their website, being just LITERALLY A COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR. /3
W website: Our records do not show Violet as a pet.
Me: *invokes online help chat*
W chat: We'll send out that prescription. Call this number to get your account straightened out.
W corporate phone: Oh, you need to talk to the local pharmacy. I'll transfer you. 2/
Me: Orders Violet's meds through the @Walgreens@twitter.com website.
W: The vet says you aren't their patient.
Me: You filled this one before.
W: Oh, you submitted it under your name. You have to give the dog's name.
*two weeks later*
Me: *tries to add dog's name to account* 1/
An @nbcsnl@twitter.com sketch where Werner Herzog declares a series of increasingly banal professions to be "complicated".
RT @cynthiablee@twitter.com
Sing it with me now: 🎶A software system that can only sort data along axses of the feature set you handed it is called a database, not ML. 🎶
The **entire purpose** of ML is to be smart enough to identify and sort on latent features. https://twitter.com/math_rachel/status/1191064500834750464
I did it! After years, I finally collected every #alphabear! Thanks to everyone who helped out and let me know if you need me to help get you over the finish line. @vintagepix@twitter.com @MartAdams66@twitter.com @kattmoon88@twitter.com
That's a midi-chlorian.
What?
WHAT.
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RT @randyhoyt@twitter.com
That's a Mandatory DeLorean. A Mandalorian is the "powerhouse" of the cell that handles cellular respiration. https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1194443817279209472
https://twitter.com/randyhoyt/status/1194456938802765826
The Star Wars Holiday Special is conspicuously missing from @disneyplus@twitter.com.
new interocitor who dis
I detest this sort of activity in real life and in games. I want to make decisions that are meaningful (if only in terms of game outcome), not do something that can and should be automated.
Dammit, now I have to go EAT so I don't DIE.
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RT @metasynthie@twitter.com
Ahh but are “boring tasks” even better when pursued as an intrinsic good rather than for productive or necessary ends? See also “what am I knitting? A shapeless blob with …
https://twitter.com/metasynthie/status/1194331386204831745
RT @DemetriMartin@twitter.com
Names can be tricky.
Got a diamond egg, but it was another dancing bear. Trying again! https://bnc.lt/kpFf/IAd2oBFJy1 #alphabear @scribler@twitter.com
@rebeccaVIII@twitter.com
@martinknox1987@twitter.com
@kattmoon88@twitter.com
@sewcherie@twitter.com
@vintagepix@twitter.com
@FreeKSweet@twitter.com
@MartAdams66@twitter.com
@deputydocent@twitter.com
RT @meakoopa@twitter.com
when i bought my giant crystal ball the lady looked me in the eye and said "whatever you do, never EVER leave it uncovered when youre not home" and i said "oh wow because of spirits?" and she said "what? no bc if the sun hits it weird it'll burn down your house"
important lesson
RT @EmmaWedekind@twitter.com
One of my favorite parts of coding is the ability to try different solutions without any repercussions.
You have nothing to lose by trying one path over another. If it doesn't work, you still gained knowledge about the potential solution. Keep trying!
It wasn't me! I mean, I was on fire earlier, but I'm fine now!
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RT @TheOnion@twitter.com
Officials Say Outbreak Of Australian Wildfire May Have Spread From Engulfed Passenger Traveling From U.S. https://trib.al/CxcRrSD
https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1193973959697608704
One more bear! https://bnc.lt/kpFf/j0fbTdYkx1 #alphabear @scribler@twitter.com @rebeccaVIII@twitter.com @martinknox1987@twitter.com @kattmoon88@twitter.com @sewcherie@twitter.com @vintagepix@twitter.com @FreeKSweet@twitter.com @MartAdams66@twitter.com @deputydocent@twitter.com
New Drakepedia article: Generics. https://github.com/PeterDrake/drakepedia/blob/master/oop/generics.md
RT @InertialObservr@twitter.com
doggo discovering Newton’s third law
Thanks for everyone jumping in. 4 hours left and I'm hoping to beat one more person.
RT @unusual_videos_@twitter.com
“you didn’t text me back in 2 hours so bye have a nice life”
me during those 2 hours:
- Siva Afi
- https://tgc.link/siva-afi
- Cascadia 9.0
- https://www.cascadia9game.org/
CS professor, game designer, and fire dancer ordinaire.
Joined Aug 2018
