Syd Polk
@sydpolk.bsky.social
Software professional. Musician. Amateur sabermetrician. Aspiring tanguero. Wannabe writer. Pro-democracy advocate. Numismatist. Mac user since 1984. Unabashedly liberal, feminist, and ally for all kinds of oppressed groups. Anti-fascist.
It's all Game Theory.
If that makes me less than pure, fine. I prefer not to have the worst possible outcome happen. Period.
If that makes me less than pure, fine. I prefer not to have the worst possible outcome happen. Period.
September 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's all Game Theory.
If that makes me less than pure, fine. I prefer not to have the worst possible outcome happen. Period.
If that makes me less than pure, fine. I prefer not to have the worst possible outcome happen. Period.
I or people I have known have been burned by every one of these pieces of advice over the past 38 years of my career.
Including yesterday, when my employer laid off 1300 people.
5/5
Including yesterday, when my employer laid off 1300 people.
5/5
July 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I or people I have known have been burned by every one of these pieces of advice over the past 38 years of my career.
Including yesterday, when my employer laid off 1300 people.
5/5
Including yesterday, when my employer laid off 1300 people.
5/5
This is true for ALL EMPLOYERS. Also, you never know when your badge no longer works, so don't leave anything personally important in an office. Never store personal files on a work computer as usually the IT department can see them, steal them or wipe them remotely without your knowledge. 4/
July 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is true for ALL EMPLOYERS. Also, you never know when your badge no longer works, so don't leave anything personally important in an office. Never store personal files on a work computer as usually the IT department can see them, steal them or wipe them remotely without your knowledge. 4/
You never know when your access to the corporate VPN or your corporate email will disappear. This will also help in case you have any litigation with your employer; you will have the docs. 3/
July 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
You never know when your access to the corporate VPN or your corporate email will disappear. This will also help in case you have any litigation with your employer; you will have the docs. 3/
Always download all paychecks, benefits docs, policy docs, HR communications, PDFs of performance reviews, offer letters, promotion announcements, pay adjustment announcements, RSU documents, etc, to your personal drives as soon as they become available. 2/
July 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Always download all paychecks, benefits docs, policy docs, HR communications, PDFs of performance reviews, offer letters, promotion announcements, pay adjustment announcements, RSU documents, etc, to your personal drives as soon as they become available. 2/
Most of the music we play was composed in the last 5-10 years. Vandy PAC fills up fast, so get there early if you want a seat! 3/3
April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Most of the music we play was composed in the last 5-10 years. Vandy PAC fills up fast, so get there early if you want a seat! 3/3
Cedar Park Winds is a professional-level community band, populated primarily with band directors from one of the most accomplished set of school districts in the nation, but also other musicians, and professional hobbyists, such as myself. 2/
April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Cedar Park Winds is a professional-level community band, populated primarily with band directors from one of the most accomplished set of school districts in the nation, but also other musicians, and professional hobbyists, such as myself. 2/
Anyway, RIP, Chris Knight/Val Kilmer. I hope you are wearing your styrofoam antenna balls in heaven right now.
April 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Anyway, RIP, Chris Knight/Val Kilmer. I hope you are wearing your styrofoam antenna balls in heaven right now.
This movie, and Wayne's World, captured my generation of white people in the USA extremely well. They are two of the classic Generation Jones/Generation X movies. I can watch this thing over and over again.
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April 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This movie, and Wayne's World, captured my generation of white people in the USA extremely well. They are two of the classic Generation Jones/Generation X movies. I can watch this thing over and over again.
7/
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I am all of those things.
Of course, Knight is smarter and sexier that I was or will ever be, and Val Kilmer's looks have a lot to do with that. But his performance showed that subtle, soft underbelly of doubt extremely well.
6/
Of course, Knight is smarter and sexier that I was or will ever be, and Val Kilmer's looks have a lot to do with that. But his performance showed that subtle, soft underbelly of doubt extremely well.
6/
April 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I am all of those things.
Of course, Knight is smarter and sexier that I was or will ever be, and Val Kilmer's looks have a lot to do with that. But his performance showed that subtle, soft underbelly of doubt extremely well.
6/
Of course, Knight is smarter and sexier that I was or will ever be, and Val Kilmer's looks have a lot to do with that. But his performance showed that subtle, soft underbelly of doubt extremely well.
6/
Of all of the characters I have ever seen in movies, Chris Knight is the one that I identify with the most. He is bright, cocky, quirky, and can be quite fun, but there is a hint of self-loathing, and he is arrogant as can be, and has severe problems with authority.
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April 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Of all of the characters I have ever seen in movies, Chris Knight is the one that I identify with the most. He is bright, cocky, quirky, and can be quite fun, but there is a hint of self-loathing, and he is arrogant as can be, and has severe problems with authority.
5/
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