Joseph Gruber
@josephgruber.com
Satellite ground software/mission ops software engineer. Alum of AWS Ground Station, Blue Origin, NASA Goddard.
Occasional weather, Python dev, AWS DevOps, Aerospace/Aviation, and the Phillies 🔔.
Opinions my own.
📍 Colorado
Occasional weather, Python dev, AWS DevOps, Aerospace/Aviation, and the Phillies 🔔.
Opinions my own.
📍 Colorado
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Joseph Gruber
@josephgruber.com
· Nov 8
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Din Tai Fung in Times Square is closed today, which seems like a MBA case study in an international company lacking local cultural competence
December 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Din Tai Fung in Times Square is closed today, which seems like a MBA case study in an international company lacking local cultural competence
Heaven forbid you bring up the word Pagan traditions in a Catholic family. Trust me. 🙄
Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan mid-winter festival, dating back to pre-Christian Germanic people.
How cozy Yuletide traditions got their start with raging parties and animal sacrifice
Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan mid-winter festival, dating back to pre-Christian Germanic people.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Heaven forbid you bring up the word Pagan traditions in a Catholic family. Trust me. 🙄
On the topic of "we use to make great things" 😔 #Philly #Wanamakers www.inquirer.com/news/wanamak...
Crowds flocked to the final Wanamaker Light Show of the season. No one knows when it’s coming back.
Thousands crowded into the gilded Grand Court of the Wanamaker Building for what could be a last chance to meet at the eagle and behold the Wanamaker Light Show.
www.inquirer.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
On the topic of "we use to make great things" 😔 #Philly #Wanamakers www.inquirer.com/news/wanamak...
Didn’t get Wham’ed this year 🎉
December 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Didn’t get Wham’ed this year 🎉
Hey, umm, @mlb.com, it’s your time.
See that cluster on the top left? It's gonna get a whole lot bigger by the end of the week.
a zoomed out view looking at language. might need to pull out all the language specific posts and do individual clustering by language
December 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Hey, umm, @mlb.com, it’s your time.
Omg, this is my mom. Severely addicted to her phone.
Wrote about something a lot of young/middle aged people are experiencing: Coming home for the holidays and being concerned about older loved ones being consumed by their screens www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Phone-Based Retirement Is Here
Do your parents have a screen-time problem?
www.theatlantic.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Omg, this is my mom. Severely addicted to her phone.
Miss my Christmas Eve stroll through the DC monuments. Nothing like that here in Colorado. 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Miss my Christmas Eve stroll through the DC monuments. Nothing like that here in Colorado. 🎄
We used to make great things
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We used to make great things
The Boeing X-32 has entered the chat
THIS ISN’T CALL OF DUTY
WE PROCURE MILITARY PLATFORMS BASED ON THEIR UTILITY IT DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE
WE PROCURE MILITARY PLATFORMS BASED ON THEIR UTILITY IT DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE
December 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Boeing X-32 has entered the chat
Let’s not even talk about the cost of Chinese manufactured EVs
It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
December 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Let’s not even talk about the cost of Chinese manufactured EVs
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Any pilots/av people watching PLURIBUS and judging the landing of that biz jet? 😂
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Any pilots/av people watching PLURIBUS and judging the landing of that biz jet? 😂
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The garden ruins in Concourse C at the Denver Airport, also known as "Interior Garden" by artist Michael Singer, will be replaced soon with another work by Singer.
"It probably wasn't the best decision to put a live irrigation garden above a high voltage train system."
@denverite.bsky.social
"It probably wasn't the best decision to put a live irrigation garden above a high voltage train system."
@denverite.bsky.social
Denver airport’s 'Jurassic' garden is one step closer to demolition. Here’s what’s next
“It probably wasn't the best decision to put a live irrigation garden above a high voltage train system.”
denverite.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The garden ruins in Concourse C at the Denver Airport, also known as "Interior Garden" by artist Michael Singer, will be replaced soon with another work by Singer.
"It probably wasn't the best decision to put a live irrigation garden above a high voltage train system."
@denverite.bsky.social
"It probably wasn't the best decision to put a live irrigation garden above a high voltage train system."
@denverite.bsky.social
Prepare yourself, the wrong number NORAD stories are inbound
How did NORAD start tracking Santa? By accident!
NORAD Santa Tracker: 70-year-old tradition started with wrong number
How did NORAD start tracking Santa? By accident!
www.kktv.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Prepare yourself, the wrong number NORAD stories are inbound
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Still miss you Harry ❤️
Harry Kalas loved Christmas.
So, in 2002, when KYW asked if he'd read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas with local broadcasters, he agreed.
In 2005, a producer rewatched Kalas' solo version. He aired it.
A tradition was born.
Now, it's a way of "keeping him close" www.inquirer.com/phillies/har...
So, in 2002, when KYW asked if he'd read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas with local broadcasters, he agreed.
In 2005, a producer rewatched Kalas' solo version. He aired it.
A tradition was born.
Now, it's a way of "keeping him close" www.inquirer.com/phillies/har...
Why Harry Kalas’ rendition of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ still resonates: ‘It was like he was reading to his grandkids’
Harry Kalas passed away in 2009, but his recitation of the famous Christmas poem lives on. The origin story of Kalas' reading includes a rebirth that occurred in 2005.
www.inquirer.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Still miss you Harry ❤️
Hahaha. A has a SKU on it? lol #PLURIBUS #Season2When
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Hahaha. A has a SKU on it? lol #PLURIBUS #Season2When
Any pilots/av people watching PLURIBUS and judging the landing of that biz jet? 😂
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Any pilots/av people watching PLURIBUS and judging the landing of that biz jet? 😂
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Fast, cheap or good: pick two. The promise of AI tools is that they are much faster and cheaper than people and almost as good.
AI generated code has 1.7x the bugs of human authored code. The key question is will businesses increase quality control of AI output or will they tolerate lower quality?
AI generated code has 1.7x the bugs of human authored code. The key question is will businesses increase quality control of AI output or will they tolerate lower quality?
AI-generated code contains more bugs and errors than human output
AI-generated code produces 1.7x more issues than human code
www.techradar.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Fast, cheap or good: pick two. The promise of AI tools is that they are much faster and cheaper than people and almost as good.
AI generated code has 1.7x the bugs of human authored code. The key question is will businesses increase quality control of AI output or will they tolerate lower quality?
AI generated code has 1.7x the bugs of human authored code. The key question is will businesses increase quality control of AI output or will they tolerate lower quality?
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I have nothing to do with Texas politics, but you should watch this.
James Talarico calls out bill forcing schools to display the Ten Commandments:
This bill is not only unconstitutional and un-American, it's also deeply un-Christian.
Instead of a bill that will feed the hungry—we're mandating that people put up a poster. We're imposing our beliefs on other people.
This bill is not only unconstitutional and un-American, it's also deeply un-Christian.
Instead of a bill that will feed the hungry—we're mandating that people put up a poster. We're imposing our beliefs on other people.
December 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I have nothing to do with Texas politics, but you should watch this.
Rumors floating around the plane lost pressurization but it still wouldn’t explain why no one on the plane used the push to talk to let ATC know.
kdvr.com/news/local/o...
kdvr.com/news/local/o...
December 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Rumors floating around the plane lost pressurization but it still wouldn’t explain why no one on the plane used the push to talk to let ATC know.
kdvr.com/news/local/o...
kdvr.com/news/local/o...
Security through obscurity. 😂
🇫🇷 The Louvre Museum has installed metal bars over the windows of the Apollo Gallery, where thieves broke into the Paris landmark to make off with crown jewels in a recent daylight robbery.
➡️ u.afp.com/S8Yw
➡️ u.afp.com/S8Yw
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Security through obscurity. 😂
From North Metro Fire Rescue on the Garmin Autoland incident at BJC. 🤔
“It's unclear at this time why the plane's emergency system was activated. No patients were treated on scene or transported to local hospitals.”
“It's unclear at this time why the plane's emergency system was activated. No patients were treated on scene or transported to local hospitals.”
December 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
From North Metro Fire Rescue on the Garmin Autoland incident at BJC. 🤔
“It's unclear at this time why the plane's emergency system was activated. No patients were treated on scene or transported to local hospitals.”
“It's unclear at this time why the plane's emergency system was activated. No patients were treated on scene or transported to local hospitals.”
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I know it's the downslope winds that causes us to be particularly warm on the Front Range, but why does it have to be so windy when it's going to be 70° out today? 😔 #cowx
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I know it's the downslope winds that causes us to be particularly warm on the Front Range, but why does it have to be so windy when it's going to be 70° out today? 😔 #cowx