Not Even Nothing
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A software engineer who is neverendingly tinkering with found data. A parent. Liker of early music and choral music in general.
Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
The early music concert is in the bag. Now I can let the earworms of Thomas Tallis and several anonymuses air out of my brain and be replaced by my usual shape note earworm playlist. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The early music concert is in the bag. Now I can let the earworms of Thomas Tallis and several anonymuses air out of my brain and be replaced by my usual shape note earworm playlist. 1/3
Heard today at the dress rehearsal of our early music ensemble and choir, with some people concerned about to make consonants come through clearer in a French song, as that language is notoriously light on consonants:
"Speaking French is like chewing marshmallows and partially regurgitating them."
"Speaking French is like chewing marshmallows and partially regurgitating them."
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Heard today at the dress rehearsal of our early music ensemble and choir, with some people concerned about to make consonants come through clearer in a French song, as that language is notoriously light on consonants:
"Speaking French is like chewing marshmallows and partially regurgitating them."
"Speaking French is like chewing marshmallows and partially regurgitating them."
Today brought me the news that I won the first place in a speculative flash fiction contest that took place in the Galaxy Far Away of my birth. Granted, there were only 20 submissions, so it's not much to brag about. But still. 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Today brought me the news that I won the first place in a speculative flash fiction contest that took place in the Galaxy Far Away of my birth. Granted, there were only 20 submissions, so it's not much to brag about. But still. 1/2
Copilot has been useful in code reviews, pointing out potential bugs that I, in my infinite attention to detail, had missed. So I thought, let's try to let it optimize SQL queries!
The first query I asked it to optimize, it made it run four times LONGER.
The first query I asked it to optimize, it made it run four times LONGER.
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Copilot has been useful in code reviews, pointing out potential bugs that I, in my infinite attention to detail, had missed. So I thought, let's try to let it optimize SQL queries!
The first query I asked it to optimize, it made it run four times LONGER.
The first query I asked it to optimize, it made it run four times LONGER.
That's so funny - we are practicing a Thomas Tallis piece for an upcoming concert and there IS an F and F sharp occurring in it at the same time.
So crunchy! Dissonance resolving into dissonance!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jqf...
(This edition says "He never published the piece himself and it is not hard to see why." How rude!) www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jqf...
(This edition says "He never published the piece himself and it is not hard to see why." How rude!) www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/...
O salutaris hostia (Arr. for Chamber Ensemble)
YouTube video by LeStrange Viols - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
That's so funny - we are practicing a Thomas Tallis piece for an upcoming concert and there IS an F and F sharp occurring in it at the same time.
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Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. That don't impress me much.
Mamdani is going to implement Shisha law. Everyone gets their own pipe and the smog will smell of mango.
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
My 14-year-old (US-born, native English speaker) son says "tortilla" rhymes with "idea", since they both end in "ee-ya". I (non-US-born ESL speaker) say those are different sounds, since the "ea" in "idea" is a diphthong and thus a single syllable, but the "ee-ya" in "tortilla" is two syllables. 1/2
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My 14-year-old (US-born, native English speaker) son says "tortilla" rhymes with "idea", since they both end in "ee-ya". I (non-US-born ESL speaker) say those are different sounds, since the "ea" in "idea" is a diphthong and thus a single syllable, but the "ee-ya" in "tortilla" is two syllables. 1/2
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It’s a small thing, but I get so mad at the assumption posited by AI that ideas come before writing. No, idiot, writing and beliefs are formed in concert, you fool, you rube. It is only by bothering to try to communicate that I discover who I am.
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It’s a small thing, but I get so mad at the assumption posited by AI that ideas come before writing. No, idiot, writing and beliefs are formed in concert, you fool, you rube. It is only by bothering to try to communicate that I discover who I am.
I kind of wish that at Sacred Harp singings there was a different protocol for announcing leads. I would like to be told which my leading slot will be much earlier than just one song in advance. The way it is now, I can't enjoy the singing completely if I know I could be called soon. 1/2
November 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I kind of wish that at Sacred Harp singings there was a different protocol for announcing leads. I would like to be told which my leading slot will be much earlier than just one song in advance. The way it is now, I can't enjoy the singing completely if I know I could be called soon. 1/2
I got my grubby paws on the 2025 book, finally. Aaaand, there are sticky breakfast pastries here. You know what that means. I'll be eating that gold paint off of my fingers any time now!
November 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I got my grubby paws on the 2025 book, finally. Aaaand, there are sticky breakfast pastries here. You know what that means. I'll be eating that gold paint off of my fingers any time now!
At Dallas county all day Sacred Harp singing.
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
At Dallas county all day Sacred Harp singing.
Years ago, driving on the stretch of I-35 between Dallas and Austin you were guaranteed to see several fundamentalist Christian billboards that threatened you with hell if you didn't accept Jesus as your savior that very moment. "One day you'll die, and Jesus will judge you!" (I'm paraphrasing.) 1/3
November 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Years ago, driving on the stretch of I-35 between Dallas and Austin you were guaranteed to see several fundamentalist Christian billboards that threatened you with hell if you didn't accept Jesus as your savior that very moment. "One day you'll die, and Jesus will judge you!" (I'm paraphrasing.) 1/3
This could be a premise of a Greg Egan story.
wegotthiscovered.com/fyi/37yo-wom...
The site is a minefield of ads, but the article is worth it.
wegotthiscovered.com/fyi/37yo-wom...
The site is a minefield of ads, but the article is worth it.
37yo woman, blind for years, developed multiple personalities. Weirdly, some of her personalities could see
She had been blind for 17 years.
wegotthiscovered.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This could be a premise of a Greg Egan story.
wegotthiscovered.com/fyi/37yo-wom...
The site is a minefield of ads, but the article is worth it.
wegotthiscovered.com/fyi/37yo-wom...
The site is a minefield of ads, but the article is worth it.
Driving to Dallas today for the 40th Annual Dallas County Sacred Harp singing tomorrow. We'll see if I'm the only one there who does not yet have a 2025 book, and if, in the absence of loaners, my weekend will be ruined because of that. 1/2
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Driving to Dallas today for the 40th Annual Dallas County Sacred Harp singing tomorrow. We'll see if I'm the only one there who does not yet have a 2025 book, and if, in the absence of loaners, my weekend will be ruined because of that. 1/2
Last night I saw a wonderful vocal ensemble that sang Renaissance polyphony, including pieces from Thomas Tallis and Orlando di Lasso. 1/5
October 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Last night I saw a wonderful vocal ensemble that sang Renaissance polyphony, including pieces from Thomas Tallis and Orlando di Lasso. 1/5
This was the second monthly singing of our Sacred Harp group since the new book came out, and still we haven't got any (preordered) copies of the new book.
What we got instead was 4 new people. We also got 4 new people the last time, but they are not the same new people. 1/2
What we got instead was 4 new people. We also got 4 new people the last time, but they are not the same new people. 1/2
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This was the second monthly singing of our Sacred Harp group since the new book came out, and still we haven't got any (preordered) copies of the new book.
What we got instead was 4 new people. We also got 4 new people the last time, but they are not the same new people. 1/2
What we got instead was 4 new people. We also got 4 new people the last time, but they are not the same new people. 1/2
At work, where about 95% software engineers are from India, there have been jokes flying about the ongoing AWS outage being caused by someone leaving for Diwali and forgetting to patch up some system.
October 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
At work, where about 95% software engineers are from India, there have been jokes flying about the ongoing AWS outage being caused by someone leaving for Diwali and forgetting to patch up some system.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Ea-Nāşir's perfidy seems eternal!
October 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Ea-Nāşir's perfidy seems eternal!
Picking up a personal programming project after having not worked on it for the last few months requires about an hour to remember what you were doing the last time, which file you were making changes in, and what changes you intended to make.
By the time you remember it, it's time for bed.
By the time you remember it, it's time for bed.
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Picking up a personal programming project after having not worked on it for the last few months requires about an hour to remember what you were doing the last time, which file you were making changes in, and what changes you intended to make.
By the time you remember it, it's time for bed.
By the time you remember it, it's time for bed.
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Think I might adopt that one.
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Think I might adopt that one.
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Every once in a while when I'm feeling down about my lack of career opportunities, I think of the actual cover letter I sent when applying to an 'AI Alignment Data Scientist' position (i.e., someone who's job it was to make sure the superintelligent AI is good instead of evil), & I feel a bit better
October 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Every once in a while when I'm feeling down about my lack of career opportunities, I think of the actual cover letter I sent when applying to an 'AI Alignment Data Scientist' position (i.e., someone who's job it was to make sure the superintelligent AI is good instead of evil), & I feel a bit better
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Breaking: Meta are working on a new ML-trained neural implant that will induce the constant belief that you just watched a quite amusing video five seconds ago — even though you can’t recall anything about it — and if you scroll down on your phone you’ll see an even better one!
September 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Breaking: Meta are working on a new ML-trained neural implant that will induce the constant belief that you just watched a quite amusing video five seconds ago — even though you can’t recall anything about it — and if you scroll down on your phone you’ll see an even better one!
The day before I saw that headline I donated to NPR for their fund drive. And so a headline calling me a person who can't read is a very peculiar thank-you gift for sure.
Great Sacred Harp story about the new book, but bad headline.
www.npr.org/2025/09/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/21/n...
A songbook for people who can't read gets a major update — and a younger audience
An old religiously inspired songbook that uses shape notes for people who can't read music got a major update and is attracting younger singers.
www.npr.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The day before I saw that headline I donated to NPR for their fund drive. And so a headline calling me a person who can't read is a very peculiar thank-you gift for sure.