@palvaro@discuss.systems cover
@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar

palvaro

@[email protected]

outsider scientist, nontrepreneur, professor intern, DEI hire

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. View on remote instance

@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar palvaro , to random

Signs arent law’s

@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar palvaro , to random

A little more than 25 years ago I packed my bags and moved to California to be with this chick

palvaro OP ,
@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar

with my English literature degree, my future was uncertain. but I found a "dot com" job on "craigslist" and was on my way to the programming of computers

palvaro OP ,
@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar
palvaro OP ,
@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar

@regehr you were also expected to have read all the Stephenson. it was an intense place in the early days

@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar palvaro , to random

I think about this slide a lot

it's don Quixote pitching at a windmill, except the windmill is labeled "systems programming," his lance is labeled "declarative languages," and he is labeled "me." "About me" is the title.
ALT
palvaro OP ,
@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar
@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

WBBM TV - Criminal investigation launched after a CBS News Chicago reporter had a projectile fired at her vehicle by an ICE agent. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/feds-fire-pepper-ball-at-cbs-chicago-reporters-truck/

palvaro ,
@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar

@w7voa so the agent tried to kill her, huh? That’s definitely newsworthy

@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar palvaro , to random

The only possible response to the National Guard going to Los Angeles is to begin an insurrection in San Francisco

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 6th April 2025 ( awful.systems )

Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret. ...

palvaro ,
@palvaro@discuss.systems avatar

@sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems avatar sailor_sega_saturn BlueMonday1984 he’s not wrong about that

@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green avatar gerrymcgovern , to random

[Thread, post or comment was deleted by the author]

    •
    palvaro ,
    @palvaro@discuss.systems avatar

    @gerrymcgovern this is all true, and I agree violently, but it’s also independently true that support for the basic human rights of Palestinians is apparently a bridge too far.