Eddie VanBogaert
@eddievb.bsky.social
Everyone in tech should have to work helpdesk at least once. Aspiring dad band vocalist. Chicagoan.
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We are governed by deeply unserious people.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
We are governed by deeply unserious people.
Chicago has a seemingly endless supply of French or Italian restaurants from the 80s and 90s that no one cares about until local news reports on their closure.
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Chicago has a seemingly endless supply of French or Italian restaurants from the 80s and 90s that no one cares about until local news reports on their closure.
As is tradition, if the groundhog sees his shadow tomorrow, we'll all be subjected to four more weeks of NYC election coverage.
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
As is tradition, if the groundhog sees his shadow tomorrow, we'll all be subjected to four more weeks of NYC election coverage.
Someone left this unopened fridge cigarette (fully chilled) beside the 100-block of N Wacker. But there are enough tech and finance offices nearby, I doubt it'll last long.
July 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Someone left this unopened fridge cigarette (fully chilled) beside the 100-block of N Wacker. But there are enough tech and finance offices nearby, I doubt it'll last long.
Trump broke the functioning Iran deal we had just because it was Obama's.
And somehow everyone agrees he is vain and petty, but his role as a cause here still gets understated.
And somehow everyone agrees he is vain and petty, but his role as a cause here still gets understated.
June 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Trump broke the functioning Iran deal we had just because it was Obama's.
And somehow everyone agrees he is vain and petty, but his role as a cause here still gets understated.
And somehow everyone agrees he is vain and petty, but his role as a cause here still gets understated.
Hard to look at this immigration tragedy boiling over and not lament how close we were to a pathway to citizenship for millions in 2013. If only Boehner had found the courage to allow a vote in the House.
June 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Hard to look at this immigration tragedy boiling over and not lament how close we were to a pathway to citizenship for millions in 2013. If only Boehner had found the courage to allow a vote in the House.
Chicago Riverwalk is simply too good this morning.
May 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Chicago Riverwalk is simply too good this morning.
Please join me in helping fund critical out-of-state abortion access for women in Indiana: fund.nnaf.org/fundraiser/6...
Hoosier Abortion Fund 2025
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May 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Please join me in helping fund critical out-of-state abortion access for women in Indiana: fund.nnaf.org/fundraiser/6...
Atlanta Fed's GDPNow estimate continues to fall on new data around net exports, presumably the result of tariff disruptions. They could be wrong, but seems like this is not being fully realized in the mainstream.
March 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Atlanta Fed's GDPNow estimate continues to fall on new data around net exports, presumably the result of tariff disruptions. They could be wrong, but seems like this is not being fully realized in the mainstream.
Was just polled on the 2027 Chicago Mayor's race with questions that seemed to emphasize Susana Mendoza and Alexis Giannoulias.
February 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Was just polled on the 2027 Chicago Mayor's race with questions that seemed to emphasize Susana Mendoza and Alexis Giannoulias.
To be fair, Madigan's nickname was The Velvet Hammer. That's an admission of guilt right there.
February 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
To be fair, Madigan's nickname was The Velvet Hammer. That's an admission of guilt right there.
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In 1925, the word "parking" was apparently so new that the Chicago City Council put quote marks around it. This is a copy of an ordinance I found looking through the City Council documents at the Illinois Regional Archives Depository in NEIU's library.
February 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In 1925, the word "parking" was apparently so new that the Chicago City Council put quote marks around it. This is a copy of an ordinance I found looking through the City Council documents at the Illinois Regional Archives Depository in NEIU's library.
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Looking at Chicago Public Schools' Water Quality reports always makes my heart sink, knowing there are schools with lead levels reported over 100 ppb for sinks!
No amount of lead is safe. Even for my school, the minimum lead reading is one ppb. This should be zero. everywhere.
No amount of lead is safe. Even for my school, the minimum lead reading is one ppb. This should be zero. everywhere.
February 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Looking at Chicago Public Schools' Water Quality reports always makes my heart sink, knowing there are schools with lead levels reported over 100 ppb for sinks!
No amount of lead is safe. Even for my school, the minimum lead reading is one ppb. This should be zero. everywhere.
No amount of lead is safe. Even for my school, the minimum lead reading is one ppb. This should be zero. everywhere.
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A few favorites from my 365 project so far p
January 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A few favorites from my 365 project so far p
Hello, I'd like to report a potential Mandela Effect? There's no way Baja Blast California has always been as long as California Classic.
January 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hello, I'd like to report a potential Mandela Effect? There's no way Baja Blast California has always been as long as California Classic.
The year is 2027. Every single Microsoft app is now called Copilot. CEO Satya Copilot takes the stage. Goes Full Ballmer demanding more pilots. Musical guest Twenty One Pilots begins to play.
January 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The year is 2027. Every single Microsoft app is now called Copilot. CEO Satya Copilot takes the stage. Goes Full Ballmer demanding more pilots. Musical guest Twenty One Pilots begins to play.
Posting this so I can look back in mid-June with real gratitude.
January 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Posting this so I can look back in mid-June with real gratitude.
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Fun fact I learned today. The first transatlantic cable was completed in 1956, and it allowed 35 simultaneous phone calls and 22 telegraphs. The lack of communication with Europe was a major impediment to FX markets.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-1
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-1
TAT-1 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Fun fact I learned today. The first transatlantic cable was completed in 1956, and it allowed 35 simultaneous phone calls and 22 telegraphs. The lack of communication with Europe was a major impediment to FX markets.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-1
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-1
I am all for robust enforcement, particularly with this guy's shenanigans, but, my dudes, this was three years ago — what exactly took so long? ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-sec-...
US SEC sues Elon Musk over late disclosure of Twitter stake
In a complaint filed in Washington, D.C., federal court, the SEC said the delay allowed Musk to continue buying Twitter shares at artificially low prices, allowing him to underpay by at least $150 mil...
ca.finance.yahoo.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I am all for robust enforcement, particularly with this guy's shenanigans, but, my dudes, this was three years ago — what exactly took so long? ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-sec-...
Chicago's L trains go beyond the North Side to Evanston and Skokie, northwest to O'Hare, out west to Oak Park, southwest to Midway — but only with new federal funding secured last week will extend to 130th, nearly all the way south: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Chicago Transit Authority secures nearly $2 billion funding agreement for Red Line extension project
The idea is to do this before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, paving the way for the addition of the Far South side to move forward.
www.cbsnews.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Chicago's L trains go beyond the North Side to Evanston and Skokie, northwest to O'Hare, out west to Oak Park, southwest to Midway — but only with new federal funding secured last week will extend to 130th, nearly all the way south: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Never-before-heard live recordings of a 1953 gig Nat King Cole played at Blue Note Chicago were released last spring and I am absolutely captivated by the stories and photos in this piece: music.newcity.com/2024/05/29/a...
January 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Never-before-heard live recordings of a 1953 gig Nat King Cole played at Blue Note Chicago were released last spring and I am absolutely captivated by the stories and photos in this piece: music.newcity.com/2024/05/29/a...
Forcing Benetti out of the booth is still the worst thing Jerry's done with the Sox in my book — and that's unfortunately a pretty long list. Dude is a generational talent.
January 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Forcing Benetti out of the booth is still the worst thing Jerry's done with the Sox in my book — and that's unfortunately a pretty long list. Dude is a generational talent.
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for the potato fears not death
December 31, 2024 at 1:55 PM
for the potato fears not death
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nice read from Oct 2023 by @fchollet.bsky.social on how to think about what LLMs are: repositories of “arbitrarily complex vector functions — so complex, in fact, that it would be more accurate to refer to them as vector programs rather than functions”
How I think about LLM prompt engineering
Prompting as searching through a space of vector programs
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December 22, 2024 at 11:40 PM
nice read from Oct 2023 by @fchollet.bsky.social on how to think about what LLMs are: repositories of “arbitrarily complex vector functions — so complex, in fact, that it would be more accurate to refer to them as vector programs rather than functions”
I will never get over some of the downright audacious left turns drivers attempt in this city. Holding up traffic for dozens of cars and buses because they couldn't plan to use the light.
December 5, 2024 at 2:05 PM
I will never get over some of the downright audacious left turns drivers attempt in this city. Holding up traffic for dozens of cars and buses because they couldn't plan to use the light.