Rick Gingrich
@rgingrich.bsky.social
Colorado-based software engineer working on recycling tech. Xoogler, Random House alum. Misc & etc thoughts mostly.
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no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
What is the worst software that you use on a daily basis, and why is it iMessage?
August 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
What is the worst software that you use on a daily basis, and why is it iMessage?
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This was like lancing a boil.
James Dobson, Godfather of Child Abuse, Finally Dies
The radical cleric leaves behind a legacy of sanctified torture, destroyed children and broken families.
www.forever-wars.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This was like lancing a boil.
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Yo-Yo Ma Finally Works Up Courage To Tell Parents He Quitting Cello
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Yo-Yo Ma Finally Works Up Courage To Tell Parents He Quitting Cello
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Taking a deep breath and straightening his back, Yo-Yo Ma finally worked up the courage to tell his parents that he was quitting cello, sources confirmed Friday. “Mom, Dad, this is it—I quit,” said Ma, who exhaled and then winced as his parents immediately reacted to the consequential words by simultaneously exclaiming “But you […]
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July 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Yo-Yo Ma Finally Works Up Courage To Tell Parents He Quitting Cello
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This seems pretty damn sloppy for Google tbh… status.cloud.google.com/incidents/ow... Google Cloud Service Health
Google Cloud Service Health
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June 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This seems pretty damn sloppy for Google tbh… status.cloud.google.com/incidents/ow... Google Cloud Service Health
👀 maybe they aren’t being ironic?
June 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
👀 maybe they aren’t being ironic?
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It isn’t easy to explain, but this is absolutely wild. If I had done anything similar to this while working on public sector systems I would have immediately been fired and I would need counsel for the inevitable lawsuit.
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
It isn’t easy to explain, but this is absolutely wild. If I had done anything similar to this while working on public sector systems I would have immediately been fired and I would need counsel for the inevitable lawsuit.
I cannot understate how dumb this site selection is. A data center this size could easily use around 1 million gallons of water *per day*, not an easy thing to get in CO
Trump plans AI data center on NREL land near Boulder
A private data center and power plant could be put near Boulder, as the U.S. government eyes metro Denver in a push to supercharge AI infrastructure.
www.axios.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I cannot understate how dumb this site selection is. A data center this size could easily use around 1 million gallons of water *per day*, not an easy thing to get in CO
This is from a while back. Has the AEA ever been used without egregious violations of constitutional rights? In the words of Scalia: “…you are kidding yourself if you think the same thing will not happen again”
Scalia: Internment could happen again
Scalia was responding to a question about the court's 1944 decision in Korematsu v. United States.
www.politico.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This is from a while back. Has the AEA ever been used without egregious violations of constitutional rights? In the words of Scalia: “…you are kidding yourself if you think the same thing will not happen again”
“Why did the Estate approve SpaceX using Iain’s [Culture] ship names for their drone ships?”
“We didn’t.”
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“We didn’t.”
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FAQs - Iain Banks
Frequently Asked Questions. If you have a question, you might find your answer here.
iainbanks.co.uk
April 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
“Why did the Estate approve SpaceX using Iain’s [Culture] ship names for their drone ships?”
“We didn’t.”
iainbanks.co.uk/faqs/
“We didn’t.”
iainbanks.co.uk/faqs/
Let’s be clear: “dems” didn’t flip a damn thing here. Someone recognized and rose to the moment despite dead weight of their party
RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
Dem James Malone won by 1%, in a red district Trump won by 15%.
This is the second Dem legislative flip in 2025, after a red state Senate seat in Iowa earlier this year.
Dem James Malone won by 1%, in a red district Trump won by 15%.
This is the second Dem legislative flip in 2025, after a red state Senate seat in Iowa earlier this year.
March 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Let’s be clear: “dems” didn’t flip a damn thing here. Someone recognized and rose to the moment despite dead weight of their party
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Gov. Walz, "There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA."
March 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Gov. Walz, "There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA."
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I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
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This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
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The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
I’ve been using Google’s Gemini lately to help write some documents from an outline and for general programming reference. It has performed really, really poorly so far.
March 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I’ve been using Google’s Gemini lately to help write some documents from an outline and for general programming reference. It has performed really, really poorly so far.
Next time someone mentions that the ssa database is not “deduplicated”, ask them what their preferred method is for handling slowly changing dimensions en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly_...
Slowly changing dimension - Wikipedia
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February 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Next time someone mentions that the ssa database is not “deduplicated”, ask them what their preferred method is for handling slowly changing dimensions en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly_...
One thing to add from my (limited) experience working with public sector tech: you need more than people with software engineering skills to modify these systems, you also need legal experts because many of these programs are essentially a living, operationalized version of statutory law.
The US Government Is Not a Startup
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
One thing to add from my (limited) experience working with public sector tech: you need more than people with software engineering skills to modify these systems, you also need legal experts because many of these programs are essentially a living, operationalized version of statutory law.
The thing with public sector payment systems is that they integrate with hundreds, if not thousands of other systems, some of which might only be used once or twice a year. Even if you are replicating existing functionality, it's easy to break things and not be aware they are broken for months.
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight, Wired reported that, contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
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February 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The thing with public sector payment systems is that they integrate with hundreds, if not thousands of other systems, some of which might only be used once or twice a year. Even if you are replicating existing functionality, it's easy to break things and not be aware they are broken for months.
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Chinese Ai vs US Ai - feels like an appropriate time to share this scene from the show (2018)
January 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Chinese Ai vs US Ai - feels like an appropriate time to share this scene from the show (2018)
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Take back your attention.
January 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Take back your attention.
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Honestly, this is not surprising. In my experience these programs in big tech primarily existed to “add a little coffee to the cream” while preserving the existing power structure in the organization. www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24...
Meta disbands diversity team and says DEI has become ‘charged’
Another major change from Meta.
www.theverge.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Honestly, this is not surprising. In my experience these programs in big tech primarily existed to “add a little coffee to the cream” while preserving the existing power structure in the organization. www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24...
Hell yeah! It's been awesome contributing and watching this tech progress from sorting 100s of objects per minute to tens of tons per hour. ampsortation.com/articles/amp...
AMP Raises $91 Million in Series D Funding to Revolutionize Waste | AMPAMPAMPAMPAMPAMPAMP
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December 5, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Hell yeah! It's been awesome contributing and watching this tech progress from sorting 100s of objects per minute to tens of tons per hour. ampsortation.com/articles/amp...
People always look at me funny when I say that Denver has good seafood, but it’s true! www.westword.com/restaurants/...
How Landlocked Denver Gets the Freshest Seafood
Thanks to DIA, the Mile high has one of the biggest "harbors" in the country.
www.westword.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:51 PM
People always look at me funny when I say that Denver has good seafood, but it’s true! www.westword.com/restaurants/...
California and Arizona suggest that their upstream neighbors should adopt fremen water discipline to help alleviate the critical shortage of golf courses in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
Amid stalled negotiations, Lower Basin tries to push Colorado and its Upper Basin partners to compromise by threatening steeper Colorado River cuts. Colorado isn’t swayed.
Arizona, California push study of century-old, forced-cuts policy on the Colorado River
Arizona officials say studying a century-old, forced-cuts policy will drive home the risks of water shortages to all Colorado River states.
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November 20, 2024 at 2:50 AM
California and Arizona suggest that their upstream neighbors should adopt fremen water discipline to help alleviate the critical shortage of golf courses in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.