An update: I have been approved for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure!
It takes a village to raise a faculty though, and I could have not achieved this without the help of many. So I am grateful for the journey so far, both to the University of Calgary and all those who supported me.
Apropos nothing, this is my favorite quote of the whole article
Is that a Marillion reference, or am I missing something?
Niente al confronto dei mitici apt-get upgrade col 56k
Nice! That reminds of some work that a former colleague at WPI did years ago on cloud gaming services. They came to similar conclusions re: TCP vs BBR.
Is everybody believing in the servers? If you don't believe in the servers they don't work
New milestone reached: first paper saved to my reading list from BlueSky
Same. Keeping the handle as placeholder, will stay in snooping mode on Twitter for a bit longer and then hopefully move here for good.
In Mastodon it is hard to build a proper network. Also moderation is basically “whatever the server admin feels at the moment”. I never had issues but it is not a proper way to run things.
My daughter is three years old and she is already reading the Dragon Book
Academia runs on contacting other academics out of the blue and saying HEY do you wanna do this COOL THING for essentially NO REWARD and equally certainly NO RECOGNITION from your employer and those people going OH MAN that sounds AWESOME sign me up for the COOL NO REWARD NO RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE.
A few years into the school system, it finally feels like the kiddos are starting to build up stronger immunity… I had lost all hopes that would happen.
Starting to! Still a lot of folks missing though.
The Onion should buy Elsevier next
There is a long list of clearly unqualified/ineligible people who became pope, so it is difficult to be 100% sure about it.
Well arrived in Salt Lake City! Looking forward to attending #CCS2024
Mug with a Venn diagram with mobsters, lobsters, and Rhode Island
Saw this in Newport, RI over the weekend and couldn’t not buy it
This is standard tech industry practice - build the user base, then charge them. This is also why I don’t buy smart products
I remember Cipollini and these were definitely in-character
Did you find $300K inside?
Agreed. As I always say, “if you want excitement go watch a movie”
A screenshot from the USPS that tells you that you can mail a potato, without packaging. It's SPUDTACULAR! As with coconuts, potatoes can be mailed without a box. Simply write the address it's going to and your return addresses on the spud, have it weighed for appropriate postage, and it can be shipped as-is. Let someone know they are special. Send a tater!w
If you’re still wondering what to get someone for Christmas, I got you:
Sorry to hear that 😕 We’ve been through this many times… 👂
Time for ear tubes? 😩
USENIX reviews posted! 🎉 It is always fun when you wait until a week before the deadline to start, and then kids get sick
How is the OpenAI board gonna fire Sam Altman just because he gave answers that sounded plausible but weren't actually accurate?
Sweet potato pie is the queen of desserts. I heartily recommend to find a recipe online and try it, you won’t be disappointed 🥧
I used to watch an Australian show called “The Hearth Guy” (or “Doctor, doctor”, depending on localization) which was pretty good. Mostly comedy but could get quite real at times
