JJ Wolverine @jjwolverine@computerfairi.es

LOL TurboTax, how do you get these wacky ideas in your little head...

When I am emperor there will be mandatory genetic testing to screen out of the population whatever it is that might cause a human being to purchase a chrome Panamera: https://computerfairi.es/media/1Lxhn2oi7bAEUWpTS_w

The city of San Jose would like to remind you: never play near a Medusa. https://computerfairi.es/media/PV2sd3LKLDmdkMhUnao

since a certain someone was unable to distinguish delicious salted almonds at the store from the HORRIFIC UNSALTED almonds that they also sell for some reason, i now have to put salt onto my own almonds LIKE A PEASANT

"It is difficult to get an ML researcher to understand that his model is not good enough to be useful to real users, when his salary depends on believing that it is already good enough and he just wants to publish a paper." -- Upton Sinclair

Technical writing pro-tip: an "example" in your docs should be an *actual example*, with concrete details, not abstractions and conditionals. If you write "if entity A and A' are found with GC configuration B", that's calculus, not an example. Try mentioning cats somehow!

Lowes Without Lowes https://computerfairi.es/media/_y3dUEpe_nH-Gn5OQHo

I made the wah watch Run Lola Run tonight. Holds up pretty well for a 20 year old film!

I finally processed some photos of our trip to Maui! I hope there's not like, a statute of limitations on photography...
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOc0Ogmyo6ToQqpx1j__uUMACY-iYaNmuvuHLRLvpif9FmrPUy5IRQFt3RdJOQ8GQ?key=dUItUGZxSkllWEFOS2RzYVljSUJnd0VpT3ZIWWdR

my employer's HR goblins are EXTREMELY concerned that they may not be getting credit for my "diversity". Their plan is to ask me for a shit ton of highly personal secrets, non-anonymized, to see if I'm an interesting deviant. LOL no, also get fucked, jerks!

Lovely bluebird day at San Gregorio beach. https://computerfairi.es/media/Ptb_6HqorG5AwA_s44g

Ho boy post-con cognitive dissonance... I almost accidentally snuggled a coworker just now. >.>

our Irish house guest has insisted on trying "an American s'more". I don't think he realizes what it entails, but we are dedicated to making this happen https://computerfairi.es/media/VdMlYmA7WEUf93LvSRQ

Thanks to the many organizers and friends for making my FC2019 excellent! I had a lovely time, and I shall now sleep for a week. -.-

I would happily pay $500 at the dealers den for a self-fixing lanyard which makes my nametag hang right and never flips around backwards

tfw you realize that your lead researcher is basically Jenna Maroney, which makes you the Liz Lemon of the project

20 years in, I finally see how I might enjoy being a manager. When I have teammates who can do something that I don't know how to do (like ML research), it seems genuinely worthwhile to spend my time protecting them from bullshit instead of engineering it myself.

we have an irish house guest who just found out about in-sink garbage disposals and he is INCONSOLABLE

jfc my dad just casually mentioned that he's taking oxy regularly for his back now. Does anybody have a good "how to talk to your Boomer about drugs" guide?

I wonder how many bemused looks this person gets in parking lots! https://computerfairi.es/media/RkOdodaPoUc06Ayaq4k