Tony Sloane
@inkytonik.bsky.social
Computer Scientist, programming addict, music lover, sports tragic.
Ex ANU, CU Boulder, JCU, Macquarie Uni, Symbiont. Currently, static analysis tooling at Oracle.
Opinions here are my own.
Also https://mastodon.acm.org/@inkytonik.
Ex ANU, CU Boulder, JCU, Macquarie Uni, Symbiont. Currently, static analysis tooling at Oracle.
Opinions here are my own.
Also https://mastodon.acm.org/@inkytonik.
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It is awful that 60-80 people died tonight, needlessly. The shocking way it happened has garnered a lot of attention.
Quietly, for the past few weeks, nearly 1000 people per week have died in the US from covid. It is no longer shocking, & so garners little attention.
Please, pay attention.
Quietly, for the past few weeks, nearly 1000 people per week have died in the US from covid. It is no longer shocking, & so garners little attention.
Please, pay attention.
January 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It is awful that 60-80 people died tonight, needlessly. The shocking way it happened has garnered a lot of attention.
Quietly, for the past few weeks, nearly 1000 people per week have died in the US from covid. It is no longer shocking, & so garners little attention.
Please, pay attention.
Quietly, for the past few weeks, nearly 1000 people per week have died in the US from covid. It is no longer shocking, & so garners little attention.
Please, pay attention.
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January 17, 2025. Provisional COVID-19 Deaths for 2024.
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 on Death Certificates
{https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm}
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 on Death Certificates
{https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm}
January 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
January 17, 2025. Provisional COVID-19 Deaths for 2024.
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 on Death Certificates
{https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm}
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 on Death Certificates
{https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm}
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You can honor David Lynch by wearing a mask in public.
He had to begin isolating at home because he has emphysema- a COVID infection would likely be fatal- and no one wears masks anymore.
Millions of others like him (including myself) were left behind when COVID measures were abandoned
He had to begin isolating at home because he has emphysema- a COVID infection would likely be fatal- and no one wears masks anymore.
Millions of others like him (including myself) were left behind when COVID measures were abandoned
January 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
You can honor David Lynch by wearing a mask in public.
He had to begin isolating at home because he has emphysema- a COVID infection would likely be fatal- and no one wears masks anymore.
Millions of others like him (including myself) were left behind when COVID measures were abandoned
He had to begin isolating at home because he has emphysema- a COVID infection would likely be fatal- and no one wears masks anymore.
Millions of others like him (including myself) were left behind when COVID measures were abandoned
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In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, here's how to delete your Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts
How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | TechCrunch
In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete
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January 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, here's how to delete your Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts
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December 28, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Sorting out old books, I stumbled over this gem. Got „The Algorithm Design Manual“ from Steven S. Skiena as a present in 2002 and it was highly useful for developing algorithmic skills. Would highly recommend the new edition from 2021 to anyone who wants to advance in this area (also for experts)!
December 29, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Sorting out old books, I stumbled over this gem. Got „The Algorithm Design Manual“ from Steven S. Skiena as a present in 2002 and it was highly useful for developing algorithmic skills. Would highly recommend the new edition from 2021 to anyone who wants to advance in this area (also for experts)!
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If you have ever tried to read free books from sites like Project Gutenberg, you noticed that they can be uncomfortable to read, due to their layouts, type & occasional errors
This project takes those free books and makes them beautiful (and still free). standardebooks.org
This project takes those free books and makes them beautiful (and still free). standardebooks.org
December 25, 2024 at 1:45 PM
If you have ever tried to read free books from sites like Project Gutenberg, you noticed that they can be uncomfortable to read, due to their layouts, type & occasional errors
This project takes those free books and makes them beautiful (and still free). standardebooks.org
This project takes those free books and makes them beautiful (and still free). standardebooks.org
A nice guided walkthrough by @tudorgirba.com of using Glamorous Toolkit for problem exploration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssEo... #gtoolkit
HGGW 23: Exploring the dependencies between C# projects
YouTube video by Glamorous Toolkit
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December 25, 2024 at 11:18 AM
A nice guided walkthrough by @tudorgirba.com of using Glamorous Toolkit for problem exploration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssEo... #gtoolkit
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As a journalist, this is why I continue to write about Covid in the present tense.
@who.int Director-General's remarks at a media briefing on 10 December 2024:
"We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to."
"We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to."
December 11, 2024 at 8:55 PM
As a journalist, this is why I continue to write about Covid in the present tense.
New superb music from The Headhunters youtu.be/NdfR_6dAlBA #jazz
The Headhunters - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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December 9, 2024 at 10:34 AM
New superb music from The Headhunters youtu.be/NdfR_6dAlBA #jazz
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Wrote this piece around this time last year for the Waterloo Region Record. I think it’s still a good message in the current state of the world.
February 28, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Wrote this piece around this time last year for the Waterloo Region Record. I think it’s still a good message in the current state of the world.
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Smalltalk has a syntax (see the famous Smalltalk syntax postcard), but everything is a message. Each object receives a message (with syntax structures like blocks or arrays already mapped to objects) then decides what to do with it (executes a method). Message-sending instead of parsing.
December 3, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Smalltalk has a syntax (see the famous Smalltalk syntax postcard), but everything is a message. Each object receives a message (with syntax structures like blocks or arrays already mapped to objects) then decides what to do with it (executes a method). Message-sending instead of parsing.