Bill Arndt
@larofeticus.bsky.social
High Performance Computing. There are at least 511 workflow management tools. An organizer of Urgent+Interactive HPC workshops. LLMs are a bubble. Phi Sigma Pi and University of South Carolina alumni. Mindustry multiplayer server owner and operator.
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There are dozens of us! Dozens!
January 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
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to any politicians out there: the only metric by which i am deciding my votes in any future Democratic primary is how far they're willing to go in punishing this administration and i am far from the only one
January 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
to any politicians out there: the only metric by which i am deciding my votes in any future Democratic primary is how far they're willing to go in punishing this administration and i am far from the only one
looks like i'm a 3d printing guy, now
January 12, 2026 at 6:54 AM
looks like i'm a 3d printing guy, now
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I’m most likely never going to write a memoir, so this is what it was like to photograph the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
I got to The Ellipse a little bit after Trump’s speech started. I hadn’t planned on photographing the speech bc I wanted to be with the crowd.
I got to The Ellipse a little bit after Trump’s speech started. I hadn’t planned on photographing the speech bc I wanted to be with the crowd.
January 7, 2026 at 2:43 AM
I’m most likely never going to write a memoir, so this is what it was like to photograph the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
I got to The Ellipse a little bit after Trump’s speech started. I hadn’t planned on photographing the speech bc I wanted to be with the crowd.
I got to The Ellipse a little bit after Trump’s speech started. I hadn’t planned on photographing the speech bc I wanted to be with the crowd.
Scene: a 21 Club table, mid 90s
Trump: "I can build the greatest and most successful casino, anywhere I want on the face of the Earth."
Jeff Gural: "That's absurd; there are plenty of places you would try and fail. For example, you could never build a casino on the White House grounds!"
"Bet on it?"
Trump: "I can build the greatest and most successful casino, anywhere I want on the face of the Earth."
Jeff Gural: "That's absurd; there are plenty of places you would try and fail. For example, you could never build a casino on the White House grounds!"
"Bet on it?"
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Scene: a 21 Club table, mid 90s
Trump: "I can build the greatest and most successful casino, anywhere I want on the face of the Earth."
Jeff Gural: "That's absurd; there are plenty of places you would try and fail. For example, you could never build a casino on the White House grounds!"
"Bet on it?"
Trump: "I can build the greatest and most successful casino, anywhere I want on the face of the Earth."
Jeff Gural: "That's absurd; there are plenty of places you would try and fail. For example, you could never build a casino on the White House grounds!"
"Bet on it?"
Did Dell hire those donkeys? Or were they just ambient?
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Did Dell hire those donkeys? Or were they just ambient?
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If you are attending the Friday workshops at #SC25, please consider attending the Sixth Combined Workshop on Interactive and Urgent High-Performance Computing. Keynote by Alan Chalker from OSC, talking about Open OnDemand.
www.interactivehpc.com
@larofeticus.bsky.social #HPC
www.interactivehpc.com
@larofeticus.bsky.social #HPC
InteractiveHPC
Interactive and Urgent HPC Workshops and BoFs
www.interactivehpc.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If you are attending the Friday workshops at #SC25, please consider attending the Sixth Combined Workshop on Interactive and Urgent High-Performance Computing. Keynote by Alan Chalker from OSC, talking about Open OnDemand.
www.interactivehpc.com
@larofeticus.bsky.social #HPC
www.interactivehpc.com
@larofeticus.bsky.social #HPC
The #sc25 wifi is having a really tough time this year. I'm this far from an access point and my laptop can't keep a stable connection.
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The #sc25 wifi is having a really tough time this year. I'm this far from an access point and my laptop can't keep a stable connection.
Scouring the #sc25 exhibition for swag toys a two year old will appreciate. #nextsilicon has a chameleon!
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Scouring the #sc25 exhibition for swag toys a two year old will appreciate. #nextsilicon has a chameleon!
Hmmm
If you use a St Louis Metrolink terminal, and try to pay with a phone wallet, it reboots the windows 95 and you need to try again with a different terminal
If you use a St Louis Metrolink terminal, and try to pay with a phone wallet, it reboots the windows 95 and you need to try again with a different terminal
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hmmm
If you use a St Louis Metrolink terminal, and try to pay with a phone wallet, it reboots the windows 95 and you need to try again with a different terminal
If you use a St Louis Metrolink terminal, and try to pay with a phone wallet, it reboots the windows 95 and you need to try again with a different terminal
"Does the bay area have a Renaissance fair?"
"Yeah but it's done for the season. There *is* a Dickens fair, though."
"Charley Dickens?!"
*Flat stare*
"Yeah but it's done for the season. There *is* a Dickens fair, though."
"Charley Dickens?!"
*Flat stare*
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"Does the bay area have a Renaissance fair?"
"Yeah but it's done for the season. There *is* a Dickens fair, though."
"Charley Dickens?!"
*Flat stare*
"Yeah but it's done for the season. There *is* a Dickens fair, though."
"Charley Dickens?!"
*Flat stare*
...is Moomin a species or a family name?
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
...is Moomin a species or a family name?
The border between Manitoba and Saskatchewan is not a straight line???
October 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The border between Manitoba and Saskatchewan is not a straight line???
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even if his story is true it demonstrates such bad judgement i'll take the septuagenarian
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
even if his story is true it demonstrates such bad judgement i'll take the septuagenarian
@saikatforcongress.bsky.social
Any chance you've got a friend that can run over in CD 8? I'm starving for a candidate that has the juice to post and wasn't alive during WW2
Any chance you've got a friend that can run over in CD 8? I'm starving for a candidate that has the juice to post and wasn't alive during WW2
October 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
@saikatforcongress.bsky.social
Any chance you've got a friend that can run over in CD 8? I'm starving for a candidate that has the juice to post and wasn't alive during WW2
Any chance you've got a friend that can run over in CD 8? I'm starving for a candidate that has the juice to post and wasn't alive during WW2
Of course the Beatles were bigger than Jesus! There's four of them.
October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Of course the Beatles were bigger than Jesus! There's four of them.
getting ready for saturday
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
getting ready for saturday
We've got a family of 5 Western Bluebirds hanging out in front of the house today.
September 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We've got a family of 5 Western Bluebirds hanging out in front of the house today.
For a billion dollars you could build your own brigade of infantry. *This* government wouldn't stop you.
September 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For a billion dollars you could build your own brigade of infantry. *This* government wouldn't stop you.
My wife reports that the shelves at Berkeley Bowl now have big empty and sparse sections as a consequence of the tariffs.
September 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My wife reports that the shelves at Berkeley Bowl now have big empty and sparse sections as a consequence of the tariffs.