Eric Oak
@shipsdontlie.bsky.social
Supply Chain Nerd, Data Whisperer
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Everyone, even the folks with the nuclear codes, is entertaining themselves online as the world burns. Posting through it and monitoring the situation until it finally reaches their doorstep and forces them to look up from their phone and log off.
www.garbageday.email/p/all-we-hav...
www.garbageday.email/p/all-we-hav...
June 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Everyone, even the folks with the nuclear codes, is entertaining themselves online as the world burns. Posting through it and monitoring the situation until it finally reaches their doorstep and forces them to look up from their phone and log off.
www.garbageday.email/p/all-we-hav...
www.garbageday.email/p/all-we-hav...
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
Just heard about DuckLake, super excited to try it against some of my pain points with local ELT.
ducklake.select/docs/stable/...
ducklake.select/docs/stable/...
Introduction
In DuckDB, DuckLake is supported through the ducklake extension. Installation Install the latest stable DuckDB. (The ducklake extensions requires DuckDB v1.3.0 "Ossivalis" or later.) INSTALL ducklake;...
ducklake.select
May 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Just heard about DuckLake, super excited to try it against some of my pain points with local ELT.
ducklake.select/docs/stable/...
ducklake.select/docs/stable/...
Got really excited by a whole gaggle of Hooded Mergansers at a pond near me this weekend. #birds #addBirder
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Got really excited by a whole gaggle of Hooded Mergansers at a pond near me this weekend. #birds #addBirder
@caseynewton.bsky.social @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social great episode on AI, I think it can be overhyped, dangerous, and very useful all at the same time. Humans need to do what we do best and adapt. AI tools have been good at turbocharging my research, and chaining narrow prompts works wonders.
March 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@caseynewton.bsky.social @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social great episode on AI, I think it can be overhyped, dangerous, and very useful all at the same time. Humans need to do what we do best and adapt. AI tools have been good at turbocharging my research, and chaining narrow prompts works wonders.
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the hardest problem in computer science is where did I save the code I already wrote to solve this problem
December 25, 2024 at 10:57 AM
the hardest problem in computer science is where did I save the code I already wrote to solve this problem
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I talked with so many people who didn't believe me when I told them that Donald Trump was serious about damn fool ideas like starting a trade war with our best friends.
February 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I talked with so many people who didn't believe me when I told them that Donald Trump was serious about damn fool ideas like starting a trade war with our best friends.
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I finally took my first baby steps into Substack publishing. Please be kind! 🙂
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January 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I finally took my first baby steps into Substack publishing. Please be kind! 🙂
open.substack.com/pub/daleoak/...
open.substack.com/pub/daleoak/...
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This is the correct approach. He’s supposed to bring down grocery prices? Why hasn’t that happened today? Tomorrow: same comment. “China” is supposed to pay the tariffs? How big was their check yesterday? How about the day before?
January 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is the correct approach. He’s supposed to bring down grocery prices? Why hasn’t that happened today? Tomorrow: same comment. “China” is supposed to pay the tariffs? How big was their check yesterday? How about the day before?
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"Every Sunday, Cornelius Ticketmaster IV drives his Lincoln Navigator nine blocks to check in with his son, Prestige, a DJ and bumfight promoter who lives in a former hospital that the family bought in 2017 and turned into a 'cryptocurrency supper club.' But now, Corn says, it's not in the budget."
January 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"Every Sunday, Cornelius Ticketmaster IV drives his Lincoln Navigator nine blocks to check in with his son, Prestige, a DJ and bumfight promoter who lives in a former hospital that the family bought in 2017 and turned into a 'cryptocurrency supper club.' But now, Corn says, it's not in the budget."
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Brief thread on how we got here: Since the GOP won control of the House 2 years ago they have not passed a single appropriations package into law. Government has operated at funding levels set by Dems 2 years ago via continuing resolutions every few months. This is not normal.
December 19, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Brief thread on how we got here: Since the GOP won control of the House 2 years ago they have not passed a single appropriations package into law. Government has operated at funding levels set by Dems 2 years ago via continuing resolutions every few months. This is not normal.
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According to Korean constitutional law, if martial law is declared in a state of non-war, the National Assembly can vote to make the president stand it down. The National Assembly is gathering now.
We are just now getting footage of inside the National Assembly.
We are just now getting footage of inside the National Assembly.
December 3, 2024 at 3:35 PM
According to Korean constitutional law, if martial law is declared in a state of non-war, the National Assembly can vote to make the president stand it down. The National Assembly is gathering now.
We are just now getting footage of inside the National Assembly.
We are just now getting footage of inside the National Assembly.
It’s a real problem
For Thanksgiving, I am thankful for the most viscous and savage den of online trolling, that I also love: the r/TVTooHigh subreddit who abuse people who mount their TVs too high www.businessinsider.com/reddit-tv-to...
Is your TV mounted too high? This group of trolls on the internet is about to roast you.
A subreddit devoted to proper TV mounting is full of savage roasting. The harmless trolling soothes my soul in this moment of tension and division.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:25 PM
It’s a real problem
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For Thanksgiving, I am thankful for the most viscous and savage den of online trolling, that I also love: the r/TVTooHigh subreddit who abuse people who mount their TVs too high www.businessinsider.com/reddit-tv-to...
Is your TV mounted too high? This group of trolls on the internet is about to roast you.
A subreddit devoted to proper TV mounting is full of savage roasting. The harmless trolling soothes my soul in this moment of tension and division.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:55 PM
For Thanksgiving, I am thankful for the most viscous and savage den of online trolling, that I also love: the r/TVTooHigh subreddit who abuse people who mount their TVs too high www.businessinsider.com/reddit-tv-to...
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why would I need rebase my repo, it's based already
June 9, 2023 at 8:56 AM
why would I need rebase my repo, it's based already
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today i an thinking about Baltimore Clippers
November 21, 2024 at 8:44 PM
today i an thinking about Baltimore Clippers
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Just when I thought I've seen it all, a PostgreSQL extension shows up that allows you to embed a SQLite database inside a table. github.com/frectonz/pgl...
November 19, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Just when I thought I've seen it all, a PostgreSQL extension shows up that allows you to embed a SQLite database inside a table. github.com/frectonz/pgl...
I guess it’s time to start posting about tariffs again.
I’ll have more as we reboot the 2019 era research pipelines. A good first start, if out of context:
www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
I’ll have more as we reboot the 2019 era research pipelines. A good first start, if out of context:
www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
Supply chain strategies to mitigate tariffs
The return to office of President-elect Donald Trump brings the prospect of a renewed round of import tariffs to the US.
www.spglobal.com
November 10, 2024 at 2:19 PM
I guess it’s time to start posting about tariffs again.
I’ll have more as we reboot the 2019 era research pipelines. A good first start, if out of context:
www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
I’ll have more as we reboot the 2019 era research pipelines. A good first start, if out of context:
www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
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I know that the AP Stylebook says the proper possessive form of Harris is Harris'. But the AP Stylebook also says not to use the Oxford comma. It's not a serious publication, let alone an authority on punctuation.
August 14, 2024 at 7:00 PM
I know that the AP Stylebook says the proper possessive form of Harris is Harris'. But the AP Stylebook also says not to use the Oxford comma. It's not a serious publication, let alone an authority on punctuation.
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the look atlas (dog) just gave me when he realized i didn't make him his own corn on the cob 💔
August 8, 2024 at 2:20 AM
the look atlas (dog) just gave me when he realized i didn't make him his own corn on the cob 💔
August 2, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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There is a moment in...5? Where you're killing bugs and they start talking about a new HUMANOID invader that looks JUST LIKE US.
Aliens? Like people?
When the giant frogs arrived, I lost it. It might be the most I've lost it at a videogame.
Aliens? Like people?
When the giant frogs arrived, I lost it. It might be the most I've lost it at a videogame.
July 30, 2024 at 12:16 PM
There is a moment in...5? Where you're killing bugs and they start talking about a new HUMANOID invader that looks JUST LIKE US.
Aliens? Like people?
When the giant frogs arrived, I lost it. It might be the most I've lost it at a videogame.
Aliens? Like people?
When the giant frogs arrived, I lost it. It might be the most I've lost it at a videogame.
I believe the fix is to uninstall windows, your mileage may vary.
July 19, 2024 at 2:09 PM
I believe the fix is to uninstall windows, your mileage may vary.