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Sam Thomas
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Software Engineer
Computer Science Enthusiast
Just finished reading Orwell's "1984" for the second time. It definitely hits different now than 6 years back.
July 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Why do Apple need location access to send a message via Siri in Apple CarPlay ? I was also spooked other day when CarPlay automatically suggested direction to home while I was leaving coffee shop. This 6’ inch metal slab is feeling more like a spy than a convenient at times.
April 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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If you call yourself a "software engineer" you better be able to:

1. Flip a linked list
2. Flip it again
3. Bop it
4. Twist it
5. Twist it
6. Pull it
7. Bop it
April 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Reposted by Sam Thomas
Antarctica Tariffs Announced

It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight...

🐧 💰 🐧 💰 🐧 💰
a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right
ALT: a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reposted by Sam Thomas
Google in 2025
April 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Someone please pull the plug of Chatgpt Ghibli image generator. Can't take this longer. Studio Ghibli ruined and polar bears are drowning.
a man with a beard and a black shirt says help
ALT: a man with a beard and a black shirt says help
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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“A.I. makes art accessible.” Art has always been accessible. There was like a six month period where I drew all the sketches for my comics with a lined notebook from the grocery store and a random green marker.
April 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Stumbled on this inspiring speech by Richard Hamming while reading "Coders at work" by Peter Seibel. Thanks to Joe Amstrong for mentioning it in the interview.
You And Your Research
Transcript of famous & widely-quoted 1986-03-07 lecture by Turing-Award mathematician Richard Hamming about how to do scientific research & development based on his life, antecedents of eminen...
gwern.net
April 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM