Ross A. Baker
@rossabaker.com
Never daunted.
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#Rustlang #Python #Typelevel #Emacs #Nix #Indieweb
Languages: en,de,es
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.rossabaker.com/@ross, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
My wife bought this sweatshirt on a campus visit in 1996. She doesn't care about football. It was just cold.
I met her the next year. I kept the shirt. I'd bring it out after IU's infrequent and modest victories, and she would make fun of it and me […]
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I met her the next year. I kept the shirt. I'd bring it out after IU's infrequent and modest victories, and she would make fun of it and me […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
January 20, 2026 at 9:31 PM
My wife bought this sweatshirt on a campus visit in 1996. She doesn't care about football. It was just cold.
I met her the next year. I kept the shirt. I'd bring it out after IU's infrequent and modest victories, and she would make fun of it and me […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
I met her the next year. I kept the shirt. I'd bring it out after IU's infrequent and modest victories, and she would make fun of it and me […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
When the LLM is good enough for your customer service but not good enough for your sentiment analysis:
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
When the LLM is good enough for your customer service but not good enough for your sentiment analysis:
140 minutes of soccer yesterday. We needed just one goal that would not come – or was called offside when it it did.
Freed up my afternoon for the baroque performance by the ISO I thought I'd miss. The nice thing about being oversubscribed is having a fallback plan.
#youthsoccer #indysymphony
Freed up my afternoon for the baroque performance by the ISO I thought I'd miss. The nice thing about being oversubscribed is having a fallback plan.
#youthsoccer #indysymphony
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
140 minutes of soccer yesterday. We needed just one goal that would not come – or was called offside when it it did.
Freed up my afternoon for the baroque performance by the ISO I thought I'd miss. The nice thing about being oversubscribed is having a fallback plan.
#youthsoccer #indysymphony
Freed up my afternoon for the baroque performance by the ISO I thought I'd miss. The nice thing about being oversubscribed is having a fallback plan.
#youthsoccer #indysymphony
President Bartlet tires of discussing which language to use on the next microservice.
October 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
President Bartlet tires of discussing which language to use on the next microservice.
Two couples got into an aggressive shooshing fight at the symphony last night. One man got up and looked like he was going to throw hands, then seemed to forget why he stood up. It was like an awful Slapshot sequel.
October 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Two couples got into an aggressive shooshing fight at the symphony last night. One man got up and looked like he was going to throw hands, then seemed to forget why he stood up. It was like an awful Slapshot sequel.
October 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
[Gemini "apologies"]
> You are 100% correct, and I sincerely apologize. My repeated insistence was wrong, and I am sorry for the immense frustration that has clearly caused. You are right, and I was wrong.
>
> Your evidence is undeniable... The output […]
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> You are 100% correct, and I sincerely apologize. My repeated insistence was wrong, and I am sorry for the immense frustration that has clearly caused. You are right, and I was wrong.
>
> Your evidence is undeniable... The output […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
July 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
[Gemini "apologies"]
> You are 100% correct, and I sincerely apologize. My repeated insistence was wrong, and I am sorry for the immense frustration that has clearly caused. You are right, and I was wrong.
>
> Your evidence is undeniable... The output […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
> You are 100% correct, and I sincerely apologize. My repeated insistence was wrong, and I am sorry for the immense frustration that has clearly caused. You are right, and I was wrong.
>
> Your evidence is undeniable... The output […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
@stephenjudkins.bsky.social Ray Charles called from 1962 and says the Recording Academy can eat shit.
June 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
@stephenjudkins.bsky.social Ray Charles called from 1962 and says the Recording Academy can eat shit.
April 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We all know @rit's GIF game was unmatched. I don't even really like memes, but Brendan was an artist who transcended genre.
More than the years we shatpost together, I'll remember our first meeting. The conversation turned to hockey, naturally. I […]
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More than the years we shatpost together, I'll remember our first meeting. The conversation turned to hockey, naturally. I […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
January 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We all know @rit's GIF game was unmatched. I don't even really like memes, but Brendan was an artist who transcended genre.
More than the years we shatpost together, I'll remember our first meeting. The conversation turned to hockey, naturally. I […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
More than the years we shatpost together, I'll remember our first meeting. The conversation turned to hockey, naturally. I […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
This would be a lot better as an HTTP code.
January 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This would be a lot better as an HTTP code.
Holiday recipe: red apples. Can be prepared a couple days in advance, travels well, and doesn't require much skill.
http://localhost:57553/recipes/red-apples/
#recipe #redapples #cinnamon #thanksgiving
http://localhost:57553/recipes/red-apples/
#recipe #redapples #cinnamon #thanksgiving
November 26, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Holiday recipe: red apples. Can be prepared a couple days in advance, travels well, and doesn't require much skill.
http://localhost:57553/recipes/red-apples/
#recipe #redapples #cinnamon #thanksgiving
http://localhost:57553/recipes/red-apples/
#recipe #redapples #cinnamon #thanksgiving
[Gemini's bad poker advice]
Was discussing the chances of a sha256 collision with a colleague who played professional poker. Google answers "texas holdem royal flush odds" are 649,739:1. Both cited sources have the correct answer of 30,939:1, because […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
Was discussing the chances of a sha256 collision with a colleague who played professional poker. Google answers "texas holdem royal flush odds" are 649,739:1. Both cited sources have the correct answer of 30,939:1, because […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
November 19, 2024 at 9:03 PM
[Gemini's bad poker advice]
Was discussing the chances of a sha256 collision with a colleague who played professional poker. Google answers "texas holdem royal flush odds" are 649,739:1. Both cited sources have the correct answer of 30,939:1, because […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]
Was discussing the chances of a sha256 collision with a colleague who played professional poker. Google answers "texas holdem royal flush odds" are 649,739:1. Both cited sources have the correct answer of 30,939:1, because […]
[Original post on social.rossabaker.com]