Ross Nelson
@libexec.net
he/him. I like hugs and high-fives. Half merman (the top part).
Photographer 📸, .NET developer 💻, lover of public libraries 📚
👷♂️ Looking for work!
📍 Omaha, NE, USA
🔗 https://rnelson.omg.lol
Photographer 📸, .NET developer 💻, lover of public libraries 📚
👷♂️ Looking for work!
📍 Omaha, NE, USA
🔗 https://rnelson.omg.lol
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Ross Nelson
@libexec.net
· Dec 6
Effective 2024-12-06, I and other .NET folks at my now-former employer are being laid off.
Anyone looking for some awesome remote senior .NET devs/solution architects?
Anyone looking for some awesome remote senior .NET devs/solution architects?
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Who are you calling ‘Piggy’, Why it is women leading the charge to bring Trump down
The US president’s ‘war on women’ continues – but these silly schoolboy insults aren’t big & they certainly aren’t clever it's time for old men like Trump to give it up
www.independent.co.uk/voices/donal...
The US president’s ‘war on women’ continues – but these silly schoolboy insults aren’t big & they certainly aren’t clever it's time for old men like Trump to give it up
www.independent.co.uk/voices/donal...
Who are you calling ‘piggy’, Mr President?
The US president’s ‘war on women’ continues – but these silly schoolboy insults aren’t big and they certainly aren’t clever, says Victoria Richards. Isn’t it time for old men like Trump to give it up ...
www.independent.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Who are you calling ‘Piggy’, Why it is women leading the charge to bring Trump down
The US president’s ‘war on women’ continues – but these silly schoolboy insults aren’t big & they certainly aren’t clever it's time for old men like Trump to give it up
www.independent.co.uk/voices/donal...
The US president’s ‘war on women’ continues – but these silly schoolboy insults aren’t big & they certainly aren’t clever it's time for old men like Trump to give it up
www.independent.co.uk/voices/donal...
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Remember when the Internet could go for weeks or even months without a major outage? That was cool.
It's almost like we've unlearned how to do this right. In the past couple weeks: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare… git at GitHub is currently down.
It's almost like we've unlearned how to do this right. In the past couple weeks: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare… git at GitHub is currently down.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Remember when the Internet could go for weeks or even months without a major outage? That was cool.
It's almost like we've unlearned how to do this right. In the past couple weeks: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare… git at GitHub is currently down.
It's almost like we've unlearned how to do this right. In the past couple weeks: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare… git at GitHub is currently down.
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Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation
Paradox of automation
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The paradox of automation says that the more efficient the automated system, the more crucial the human contribution of the operators. Humans are less involved, but their involvement becomes more critical. Lisanne Bainbridge, a cognitive psychologist, identified these issues notably in her widely cited paper "Ironies of Automation."[49] If an automated system has an error, it will multiply that error until it is fixed or shut down. This is where human operators come in.[50] A fatal example of this was Air France Flight 447, where a failure of automation put the pilots into a manual situation they were not prepared for.[51]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:byjjq67p7iau6qufzjmizpbn/bafkreie4ootzzyowpylsxjg7gxsp63iujxh4qceuuxxhwm63yrm2qffa4e@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
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Cloudflare and GitHub being down in the same day 🙃
I'm wouldn't be surprised if all these outages turn out to be cause they tried replacing devs with IA
I'm wouldn't be surprised if all these outages turn out to be cause they tried replacing devs with IA
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Cloudflare and GitHub being down in the same day 🙃
I'm wouldn't be surprised if all these outages turn out to be cause they tried replacing devs with IA
I'm wouldn't be surprised if all these outages turn out to be cause they tried replacing devs with IA
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So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
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hey guys i was just playing with the lava lamps at Cloudflare, hope nothing bad happened
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
hey guys i was just playing with the lava lamps at Cloudflare, hope nothing bad happened
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Statement from ABA President Michelle A. Behnke: Judicial independence safeguards our democracy. https://bit.ly/4i8THH6
November 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Statement from ABA President Michelle A. Behnke: Judicial independence safeguards our democracy. https://bit.ly/4i8THH6
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Nintendo has shared a first look at Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Zelda and Link in the upcoming live-action Legend of Zelda adaptation 👀
The film will release in May 2027.
The film will release in May 2027.
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Nintendo has shared a first look at Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Zelda and Link in the upcoming live-action Legend of Zelda adaptation 👀
The film will release in May 2027.
The film will release in May 2027.
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I've seen organizers saying three short whistles when you see ICE and people need to be alert; long whistles when they're taking someone and a crowd needs to gather.
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I've seen organizers saying three short whistles when you see ICE and people need to be alert; long whistles when they're taking someone and a crowd needs to gather.
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For Charlotte friends who want to prepare, we made our little whistle station with a plastic planter (drainage in the bottom in case it rains), zip ties, and no-heat lamination paper
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
For Charlotte friends who want to prepare, we made our little whistle station with a plastic planter (drainage in the bottom in case it rains), zip ties, and no-heat lamination paper
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Do you live in the Charlotte area? Know someone who does? One of the most important things you can do is get a whistle & tell your family & friends & neighbors to do the same. If people blow their whistle when they see CBP that takes away CBP’s ability to surprise vulnerable people.
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Do you live in the Charlotte area? Know someone who does? One of the most important things you can do is get a whistle & tell your family & friends & neighbors to do the same. If people blow their whistle when they see CBP that takes away CBP’s ability to surprise vulnerable people.
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Springtime in Oklahoma. #photography #okwx
May 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Springtime in Oklahoma. #photography #okwx
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Near my home, in Hualien, Taiwan, is a Buddhist monastery. In their pond was a Nymphaea 'Pink Pearl' waterlily. 😍
My Portfolio:
portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity
#naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #floralphotography #flowers #waterlily #lotus
My Portfolio:
portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity
#naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #floralphotography #flowers #waterlily #lotus
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Near my home, in Hualien, Taiwan, is a Buddhist monastery. In their pond was a Nymphaea 'Pink Pearl' waterlily. 😍
My Portfolio:
portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity
#naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #floralphotography #flowers #waterlily #lotus
My Portfolio:
portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity
#naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #floralphotography #flowers #waterlily #lotus
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November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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After the largest peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in American history, and a blue wave election where voters clearly and loudly said FIGHT ALL OF THIS CHAOS, it is malpractice and disqualifying for an elected Democrat to suggest caving to Trump.
I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.
I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
After the largest peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in American history, and a blue wave election where voters clearly and loudly said FIGHT ALL OF THIS CHAOS, it is malpractice and disqualifying for an elected Democrat to suggest caving to Trump.
I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.
I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.
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I didn't want to add another hour of driving today so I found the closest thing to dark sky I could within 10 minutes and it was... Not very dark, but we made it work.
3x 30 second exposures stacked on phone, I think my laser fell out of alignment. I'll come back tomorrow for a better foreground. 🛰️
3x 30 second exposures stacked on phone, I think my laser fell out of alignment. I'll come back tomorrow for a better foreground. 🛰️
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I didn't want to add another hour of driving today so I found the closest thing to dark sky I could within 10 minutes and it was... Not very dark, but we made it work.
3x 30 second exposures stacked on phone, I think my laser fell out of alignment. I'll come back tomorrow for a better foreground. 🛰️
3x 30 second exposures stacked on phone, I think my laser fell out of alignment. I'll come back tomorrow for a better foreground. 🛰️
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If you are a scientist or someone interested in science and are seeing the news stories about the passing of Watson, you need to read Lior's important compilation of Watson's statements that reveal him as the racist misogynist and eugenics supporter that we was 🧪
Scientific breakthroughs are rarely unique; someone else would’ve made them soon enough. But when prominent scientists cause harm, that harm isn’t inevitable; the world might simply have been better had the harm not been inflicted.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
James Watson in his own words
“Some anti-Semitism is justified” “Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them” “Japan should be bombed for d…
liorpachter.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
If you are a scientist or someone interested in science and are seeing the news stories about the passing of Watson, you need to read Lior's important compilation of Watson's statements that reveal him as the racist misogynist and eugenics supporter that we was 🧪
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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That's unfair. It's only part of who James Watson was.
He was also incredibly sexist. Proper old-fashioned male academic S-Rank level grubby sexism.
You know. Saying that Rosalind Franklin could have been pretty if she'd tried. Calling her 'Rosy' even though she never used that name. That level.
He was also incredibly sexist. Proper old-fashioned male academic S-Rank level grubby sexism.
You know. Saying that Rosalind Franklin could have been pretty if she'd tried. Calling her 'Rosy' even though she never used that name. That level.
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
That's unfair. It's only part of who James Watson was.
He was also incredibly sexist. Proper old-fashioned male academic S-Rank level grubby sexism.
You know. Saying that Rosalind Franklin could have been pretty if she'd tried. Calling her 'Rosy' even though she never used that name. That level.
He was also incredibly sexist. Proper old-fashioned male academic S-Rank level grubby sexism.
You know. Saying that Rosalind Franklin could have been pretty if she'd tried. Calling her 'Rosy' even though she never used that name. That level.
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am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
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For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
"Obama never got one of these"
FIFA? The fucking soccer people? Made a PEACE PRIZE up???
...still living in the stupidest future
...still living in the stupidest future
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington. n.pr/4968Bvg
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"Obama never got one of these"