Winfield Peterson
@winfieldpeterson.com
Software engineer, Dad, cyclist, music nerd, auto enthusiast, avid reader - Engineering @ Babylist
Somerville, MA, USA
Somerville, MA, USA
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Imagine organizing your whole life around a movie whose central point you missed.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Imagine organizing your whole life around a movie whose central point you missed.
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Michael Burry, known for his $1B bets against Palantir & Nvidia, is reportedly closing his hedge fund. He claims market fundamentals are divorced from stock prices, blaming the AI bubble.
I guess he's admitting the market can stay irrational longer than he can stay solvent.
I guess he's admitting the market can stay irrational longer than he can stay solvent.
‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry shuts down hedge fund
The asset manager famous for betting against the US housing market says stock prices are unhinged from fundamentals.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Michael Burry, known for his $1B bets against Palantir & Nvidia, is reportedly closing his hedge fund. He claims market fundamentals are divorced from stock prices, blaming the AI bubble.
I guess he's admitting the market can stay irrational longer than he can stay solvent.
I guess he's admitting the market can stay irrational longer than he can stay solvent.
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Get in loser … we’re reinventing the rule of law from first principles
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Get in loser … we’re reinventing the rule of law from first principles
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Never mind theology. In these hard times of algorithms, AI, franchises and merch, I would dutifully take scripts notes from His Holiness. In fact, I want him to run a studio.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Never mind theology. In these hard times of algorithms, AI, franchises and merch, I would dutifully take scripts notes from His Holiness. In fact, I want him to run a studio.
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Trump Invites Jeffrey Epstein On Stage To Explain There No Conspiracy https://theonion.com/trump-invites-jeffrey-epstein-on-stage-to-explain-there-no-conspiracy/
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump Invites Jeffrey Epstein On Stage To Explain There No Conspiracy https://theonion.com/trump-invites-jeffrey-epstein-on-stage-to-explain-there-no-conspiracy/
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All those Pizzagate MFs are quiet AF right now
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
All those Pizzagate MFs are quiet AF right now
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I Want You to Understand Chicago
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November 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Anthropic signs a multibillion-dollar cloud deal with Google, gaining access to 1M TPUs.
Google invests in Anthropic, who then turns around and spends massively on Google services, reminiscent of the OpenAI & Nvidia deals.
Feels like dotcom era déjà vu. Hope it ends better this time.
Google invests in Anthropic, who then turns around and spends massively on Google services, reminiscent of the OpenAI & Nvidia deals.
Feels like dotcom era déjà vu. Hope it ends better this time.
Google rises on official announcement of Anthropic deal worth “tens of billions”
Confirmation of the agreement with the developer of Claude....
sherwood.news
October 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Anthropic signs a multibillion-dollar cloud deal with Google, gaining access to 1M TPUs.
Google invests in Anthropic, who then turns around and spends massively on Google services, reminiscent of the OpenAI & Nvidia deals.
Feels like dotcom era déjà vu. Hope it ends better this time.
Google invests in Anthropic, who then turns around and spends massively on Google services, reminiscent of the OpenAI & Nvidia deals.
Feels like dotcom era déjà vu. Hope it ends better this time.
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Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs
Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs
WASHINGTON—Faced with ongoing budget crises, underfunded schools nationwide are increasingly left with no option but to cut the past tense—a grammatical construction traditionally used to relate all a...
theonion.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs
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can't believe we did brexit and now we're missing out on the services of europe's jewel thieves
October 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
can't believe we did brexit and now we're missing out on the services of europe's jewel thieves
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If the cost of freedom is a few dead commuters then that's what we pay. The dead of U.S. Route 5 can be proudly honored in the same breath as those of the Belleau Wood, Iwo Jima and Khe Sanh.
The misrule of the United States is at this point almost magical.
The misrule of the United States is at this point almost magical.
October 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
If the cost of freedom is a few dead commuters then that's what we pay. The dead of U.S. Route 5 can be proudly honored in the same breath as those of the Belleau Wood, Iwo Jima and Khe Sanh.
The misrule of the United States is at this point almost magical.
The misrule of the United States is at this point almost magical.
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it is more important to read books you actually enjoy reading than books that are Literature
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
it is more important to read books you actually enjoy reading than books that are Literature
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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Can you believe people used to simply answer every phone call, with NO prior knowledge of who was on the other line? No wonder the older generations had no concept of informed consent
October 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Can you believe people used to simply answer every phone call, with NO prior knowledge of who was on the other line? No wonder the older generations had no concept of informed consent
"[The MX5] a celebration of all that’s truly great about driving." - www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-driv...
Mazda MX-5 (ND2) | Cars to be thankful for
A lightweight, manual roadster with rear-drive and modest power - the MX-5 should have been here ages ago...
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October 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"[The MX5] a celebration of all that’s truly great about driving." - www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-driv...
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Last night, on the corner of Alewife Brook Parkway and Powderhouse Boulevard, my older daughter was struck by a driver.
She was crossing in the crosswalk – with the WALK signal – and the car ran the red light. Miraculously, she was okay and walked away with nothing worse than a bruise.
She was crossing in the crosswalk – with the WALK signal – and the car ran the red light. Miraculously, she was okay and walked away with nothing worse than a bruise.
October 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Last night, on the corner of Alewife Brook Parkway and Powderhouse Boulevard, my older daughter was struck by a driver.
She was crossing in the crosswalk – with the WALK signal – and the car ran the red light. Miraculously, she was okay and walked away with nothing worse than a bruise.
She was crossing in the crosswalk – with the WALK signal – and the car ran the red light. Miraculously, she was okay and walked away with nothing worse than a bruise.
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What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.
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"It's the weirdest job market in my 15 years in tech" -- from a Big Tech recruiter. But why is the job market so weird?
Talking to 30+ hiring managers and recruiters, it doesn't seem like AI. It seems more like.. interest rates.
My longer analysis: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/state-of-t...
Talking to 30+ hiring managers and recruiters, it doesn't seem like AI. It seems more like.. interest rates.
My longer analysis: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/state-of-t...
October 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"It's the weirdest job market in my 15 years in tech" -- from a Big Tech recruiter. But why is the job market so weird?
Talking to 30+ hiring managers and recruiters, it doesn't seem like AI. It seems more like.. interest rates.
My longer analysis: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/state-of-t...
Talking to 30+ hiring managers and recruiters, it doesn't seem like AI. It seems more like.. interest rates.
My longer analysis: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/state-of-t...
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we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
October 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
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Unpopular opinion: while these extremely difficult interviews remain, software engineering will be the one of the only high-paying jobs where you can land an amazing position without needing to have had graduated from a top school
October 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Unpopular opinion: while these extremely difficult interviews remain, software engineering will be the one of the only high-paying jobs where you can land an amazing position without needing to have had graduated from a top school
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.