Chris Merlo
@chrismerlo.net
Long Island guy, computer science professor, bass and Stick player in @theyellowbox.com, volunteer firefighter, husband, and dad. Not in that order.
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“AI” is truly the perfect crime
Plausibly presenting a magic slave to consumers, businesses and investors when it depends on criminal and unethical behavior to create and operate and is ultimately irretrievably broken and can never work as you promise (and you know it).
It’s fascinating and scary.
Plausibly presenting a magic slave to consumers, businesses and investors when it depends on criminal and unethical behavior to create and operate and is ultimately irretrievably broken and can never work as you promise (and you know it).
It’s fascinating and scary.
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“AI” is truly the perfect crime
Plausibly presenting a magic slave to consumers, businesses and investors when it depends on criminal and unethical behavior to create and operate and is ultimately irretrievably broken and can never work as you promise (and you know it).
It’s fascinating and scary.
Plausibly presenting a magic slave to consumers, businesses and investors when it depends on criminal and unethical behavior to create and operate and is ultimately irretrievably broken and can never work as you promise (and you know it).
It’s fascinating and scary.
Age yourself with gaming
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Age yourself with gaming
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Nice that Knuth is still with us and still writing books.
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Nice that Knuth is still with us and still writing books.
My Halloween playlist is one song long, because this is all you need youtu.be/FblItYD0-w4?...
Dead City
YouTube video by Discipline. - Topic
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October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My Halloween playlist is one song long, because this is all you need youtu.be/FblItYD0-w4?...
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With Guerrero, Bichette and Varsho in the starting lineup, this is the first time in World Series history three sons of former players started for one team
h/t @EliasSports
h/t @EliasSports
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
With Guerrero, Bichette and Varsho in the starting lineup, this is the first time in World Series history three sons of former players started for one team
h/t @EliasSports
h/t @EliasSports
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this year's Fall Classic is the 2nd time in World Series history where the combined rosters have 4+ Cy Young winners (Kershaw, Snell, Scherzer, Bieber), joining:
1999 Clemens, Cone, Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine
h/t @EliasSports
1999 Clemens, Cone, Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine
h/t @EliasSports
October 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
this year's Fall Classic is the 2nd time in World Series history where the combined rosters have 4+ Cy Young winners (Kershaw, Snell, Scherzer, Bieber), joining:
1999 Clemens, Cone, Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine
h/t @EliasSports
1999 Clemens, Cone, Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine
h/t @EliasSports
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Teams with multiple players with 30+ home runs & 30+ stolen bases in a season:
2025 NYM Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor
1996 COL Dante Bichette, Ellis Burks
1987 NYM Howard Johnson, Darryl Strawberry
2025 NYM Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor
1996 COL Dante Bichette, Ellis Burks
1987 NYM Howard Johnson, Darryl Strawberry
September 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Teams with multiple players with 30+ home runs & 30+ stolen bases in a season:
2025 NYM Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor
1996 COL Dante Bichette, Ellis Burks
1987 NYM Howard Johnson, Darryl Strawberry
2025 NYM Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor
1996 COL Dante Bichette, Ellis Burks
1987 NYM Howard Johnson, Darryl Strawberry
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place. www.wired.com/story/1passw...
Worried About Phone Searches? 1Password's Travel Mode Can Clean Up Your Data
Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place.
www.wired.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place. www.wired.com/story/1passw...
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More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.
These Are the 15 New York Officials ICE and NYPD Arrested in Manhattan
More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.
wrd.cm
September 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.
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Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
Every semester I hide Easter eggs for students to gauge their (or their parents') taste in music. Let's see what happens this year.
September 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Every semester I hide Easter eggs for students to gauge their (or their parents') taste in music. Let's see what happens this year.
If you get to NYC, and you haven’t been to the museum, you should go. It’s very painful and very moving.
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you get to NYC, and you haven’t been to the museum, you should go. It’s very painful and very moving.
I don’t pretend to know anything about acoustic #drums, let alone electronic drums, but I do stand next to a drummer a bunch, and this seems promising. Of course I’d like to know what real drummers think. youtu.be/DN8lTE74wRA?...
Did Zildjian Fix the BIGGEST PROBLEM with ELECTRONIC DRUM SETS?
YouTube video by Stephen Taylor
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September 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I don’t pretend to know anything about acoustic #drums, let alone electronic drums, but I do stand next to a drummer a bunch, and this seems promising. Of course I’d like to know what real drummers think. youtu.be/DN8lTE74wRA?...
September 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Every now and then I can fool people into thinking I’m smart
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September 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Every now and then I can fool people into thinking I’m smart
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@thechrisbarron.bsky.social Dude Purple Rain sounded killer. Sorry for your loss. What a great video.
September 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@thechrisbarron.bsky.social Dude Purple Rain sounded killer. Sorry for your loss. What a great video.
Hey quick question who’s running the country right now
September 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Hey quick question who’s running the country right now
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.
September 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.