Ken Liu
@kennethaliu.bsky.social
Sr. Director of Engineering at Cockroach Labs.
Waymo should acquire WeMo and form a new company called Wemoway
July 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Waymo should acquire WeMo and form a new company called Wemoway
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Trump Wants A Twin-Engine “F-55” Version Of The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Trump lamented ugly stealth aircraft and also discussed another “super upgrade” for the F-35 and one for the F-22, while elaborating on his F-55 concept.
Story: www.twz.com/air/trump-wa...
Trump lamented ugly stealth aircraft and also discussed another “super upgrade” for the F-35 and one for the F-22, while elaborating on his F-55 concept.
Story: www.twz.com/air/trump-wa...
Trump Wants A Twin-Engine “F-55” Version Of The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Trump lamented ugly stealth aircraft and also discussed another “super upgrade” for the F-35 and one for the F-22, while elaborating on his F-55 concept. The U.S. president also discussed another, sep...
www.twz.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Trump Wants A Twin-Engine “F-55” Version Of The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Trump lamented ugly stealth aircraft and also discussed another “super upgrade” for the F-35 and one for the F-22, while elaborating on his F-55 concept.
Story: www.twz.com/air/trump-wa...
Trump lamented ugly stealth aircraft and also discussed another “super upgrade” for the F-35 and one for the F-22, while elaborating on his F-55 concept.
Story: www.twz.com/air/trump-wa...
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Removing a black 4-star general at Secretary of Defense and replacing him with a white talk-show is the perfect example why DEI is essential. It's not about hiring unqualified minorities, it’s about foiling the majority's habit of hooking up under qualified mediocrities of their own caste.
April 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Removing a black 4-star general at Secretary of Defense and replacing him with a white talk-show is the perfect example why DEI is essential. It's not about hiring unqualified minorities, it’s about foiling the majority's habit of hooking up under qualified mediocrities of their own caste.
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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
April 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
before long we’ll see software developers specializing in handcrafted, artisanal code
April 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
before long we’ll see software developers specializing in handcrafted, artisanal code
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Trump: I'm hearing so much about eggs, figure something out fast. We inherited all of the problems. A few months down the road, we won’t be able to say it’s so much us. But the big things we can blame other people for
February 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Trump: I'm hearing so much about eggs, figure something out fast. We inherited all of the problems. A few months down the road, we won’t be able to say it’s so much us. But the big things we can blame other people for
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January 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Googly eyes uber alles! news.sky.com/story/u...
US city tells residents to stop sticking googly eyes on its statues
The Oregon city of Bend has spent $1,500 (£1,188) on removing googly eyes from seven of the eight sculptures impacted.
news.sky.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Googly eyes uber alles! news.sky.com/story/u...
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December 15, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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I'm going to adopt a dog and call him Peeve.
He'll be my pet, Peeve.
He'll be my pet, Peeve.
December 14, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I'm going to adopt a dog and call him Peeve.
He'll be my pet, Peeve.
He'll be my pet, Peeve.
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Morpheus: You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
me (42 years old): which one is ibuprofen
me (42 years old): which one is ibuprofen
December 14, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Morpheus: You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
me (42 years old): which one is ibuprofen
me (42 years old): which one is ibuprofen
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Breaking news! Krispy Kreme donuts have a security hole.
No really, this isn't a dad joke. They've been hit by ransomware.
www.ft.com/content/7732...
No really, this isn't a dad joke. They've been hit by ransomware.
www.ft.com/content/7732...
Hackers take a bite out of Krispy Kreme
Cyber attack having ‘material impact’ on operations, company says in SEC filing
www.ft.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Breaking news! Krispy Kreme donuts have a security hole.
No really, this isn't a dad joke. They've been hit by ransomware.
www.ft.com/content/7732...
No really, this isn't a dad joke. They've been hit by ransomware.
www.ft.com/content/7732...
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At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes
December 3, 2024 at 4:58 PM
At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes
Neil Peart (from the band Rush) plays an epic drum solo on Letterman in 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZI...
Neil Peart Drum Solo (1080p HD) David Letterman Jun 09 '11
YouTube video by Windrunner50
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December 6, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Neil Peart (from the band Rush) plays an epic drum solo on Letterman in 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZI...
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if you take blink-182 and add twenty one pilots then add matchbox twenty then subtract another blink-182, the sum 41
December 2, 2024 at 2:51 AM
if you take blink-182 and add twenty one pilots then add matchbox twenty then subtract another blink-182, the sum 41
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💾🖥️📖 Inside the Personal Computer: An Illustrated Introduction in 3 Dimensions: A Pop-Up Guide. Text by Sharon Gallagher. Paper engineering and design by Ron van der Meer (1984). Posting this and more as we get our #retrocomputing series ready for next month!
November 21, 2024 at 7:31 PM
💾🖥️📖 Inside the Personal Computer: An Illustrated Introduction in 3 Dimensions: A Pop-Up Guide. Text by Sharon Gallagher. Paper engineering and design by Ron van der Meer (1984). Posting this and more as we get our #retrocomputing series ready for next month!
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We really need to hold the line that vaccines like clean drinking water and basic sanitation are public health tools that save lives. Telling people not to vaccinated is like saying don't wash your hands before handling food. It works until it doesn't
November 28, 2024 at 1:16 AM
We really need to hold the line that vaccines like clean drinking water and basic sanitation are public health tools that save lives. Telling people not to vaccinated is like saying don't wash your hands before handling food. It works until it doesn't
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MSNBC put together a collection of videos showing Republicans flipping their position on Trump
November 22, 2024 at 10:21 PM
MSNBC put together a collection of videos showing Republicans flipping their position on Trump
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I don’t think it will all fit in there.
November 20, 2024 at 2:10 PM
I don’t think it will all fit in there.
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Lee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD
November 20, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Lee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD
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Underrated work hack: Be easy to work with
November 18, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Underrated work hack: Be easy to work with
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TIL that one reason raw milk is having a comeback is a lot of people don't know what pasteurization is. They think it's adding "chemicals" not a rapid heat treatment
November 16, 2024 at 9:07 PM
TIL that one reason raw milk is having a comeback is a lot of people don't know what pasteurization is. They think it's adding "chemicals" not a rapid heat treatment