Grant Slatton
grantslatton.bsky.social
Grant Slatton
@grantslatton.bsky.social
Recent writing at https://grantslatton.com/latest

Formerly built the world's fastest filesystem at AWS, now the fastest spreadsheet at http://rowzero.com
RCV is also extra-bad in e.g. 3-way elections since the centrist is almost always squeezed out if everyone votes honestly, leading to much higher regret for the side that didn't strategically vote for the centrist
June 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The problem is the voters don't have to overthink it, strategists within the campaign pass along the optimal strategy to allied news outlets who then publish strategic rank orders for their readers to copy
June 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The classic look is part of the appeal to me! Very nostalgic for my uncle's lakehouse study that had them.
January 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I just got a $50 on Amazon that looked good

LED bulb, works great
January 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We’re in a country where Trump won the popular vote

Anyone to the left of those people is, by definition, left of center
January 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Leftists do more than point it out, they call for her to be primary'd by a leftist who will then go on to lose
January 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
All the leftists in WA attacking Marie Gluesenkamp Perez need to hear this message

Left of center dem representative in a district Trump won by 7 points and they want to destroy her
January 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You can get up to speed surprisingly fast with YouTube

I built our dining table as my very first project ever
January 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
You don't understand, this is peak beach use
January 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
When I worked at AWS I actually got to test the prototype for them a year or so before release — just some android phone running a proof of concept app with the camera — had no idea what they were for till they showed up in stores
January 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when i was in china in 2010 i heard lots of songs that sounded like

_ _ bao
_ _ zhao
_ _ dao
_ _ lao
_ _ yao

like every line had the same number of syllables & ended in the same vowel sound — too easy
January 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM