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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures.
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US defense logistics agency is only able to resupply Thule in Greenland in the months of June/July using a convoy led by a CANADIAN icebreaker. The USA is militarily unable to occupy the nearest coast
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Jan 14, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop That's much too subtle a point for the Orange One.
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@ChuckMcManis@chaos.social @dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz @synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net I expect the USA to hold elections this year, and in 2028, because elections are decentralized and run on a cale
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Jan 10, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop That sounds about right. And: > because elections are decentralized Which points out the difference between state and federal elections. I had only been thinking of the federal presidential election, but they are indeed two separate things, with potentially different fates. (Of course the voters and their voting is decentralized in both cases, but the instigation of elections is centrally controlled in the federal case.) @ChuckMcManis@chaos.social @synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net
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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)
@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz

I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Jan 10, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.social/@bruces/115869158915213819 "Intelligence is not a ladder, with steps along one dimension; it is multidimensional, a radiation. The space of possible intelligences is very large, even vast, with human intelligence occupying a tiny spot at the edge of this galaxy of possible minds. Every other possible mind is alien, and we have begun the very long process of populating this space with thousands of other species of possible minds."
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NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF MLEM https://norden.social/@feliz/115790271152257386
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)
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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz

I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Dec 28, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop In a superposition of guilty and innocent at the same time. Just look at that face.
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Ay ay ay, William McGonagall! (Lest ye forget, one of the worst railway disasters in British history happened on this day in 1879. But it took the questionable talent of The McGonagall to immortalize
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)
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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz

I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Dec 28, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop Either everyone clicked at once and brought that server down, or I have really bad luck. Either way, archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20250315161036/https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/tay-bridge-disaster/
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#ScribesAndMakers Dec 24: Reading at your typical pace and assuming no unexpected interruptions, about how long would it take you to read a 300 page book? A: I'm currently sight-impaired (need catarac
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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)
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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz

I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Dec 24, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop I learned to speed read at an early age, but quickly learned to slow down for a good novel, for multiple reasons. So I think that's a page every 60 to 120 seconds, so 300 to 600 seconds; 5 to 10 hours.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Share how you tackle a first round of revisions. First, hate-read the edit letter, chanting "noNoNO!!!"—then put it away and sleep on it. That gets the defensive ego bullshi
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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)
@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz

I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Dec 14, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop > First, hate-read the edit letter, chanting "noNoNO!!!" At first I was sure you meant that you send *yourself* edit email, and then react that way. Actually...do you?
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@scalzi@mastodon.social Yeah, right around the time that the US government wiped out all birds on the planet and replaced them with artificial drones. They used dinosaur DNA for the bio components so
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Dec 11, 2025
@crazyeddie@mastodon.social > right around the time that the US government wiped out all birds on the planet and replaced them with artificial drones. Was that before or after they wiped out all humans on the planet and replaced them with artificial clones? I always forget. @scalzi@mastodon.social
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This goes for me too, alas ... (Minus the green card, but I've spent 1-2 years there over a couple of decades). https://mastodon.social/@markmccaughrean/115695647314620504
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Dec 10, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop Sorry. ☹️
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@abstractcode@eigenmagic.net Yes, except my Muse is a grizzled ex-USMC drill sergeant who periodically goes AWOL on three month drunken binges, then shows up, hung over and mean, to yell story prompts
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Dec 05, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop @abstractcode@eigenmagic.net I can see that that grizzled ex-USMC drill sergeant will be in your next story. (You may not know that, but assuredly your Muse does) P.S. It has been ages since I've seen a reference to Oglaf!
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#WritersCoffeeClub 11/21. What are some preconceptions about writers you'd like to see challenged? Almost every depiction of a writer in TV or film is grotesquely wrong, starting with: they're all ric
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@cstross@wandering.shop Some of them solve murders on the side. Maybe you solve murders and you just forgot.
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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz No I don't! I murder my imaginary friends instead.
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Nov 21, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop You serve as an shining example to us all!
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#WritersCoffeeClub 11/21. What are some preconceptions about writers you'd like to see challenged? Almost every depiction of a writer in TV or film is grotesquely wrong, starting with: they're all ric
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures. Also: # computer_science # unicode # unix # linux # bsd # compilers # operating_systems # GOF_AI # cognitive_science # linguistics # physics # mathematics Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver Ars longa, vita brevis.

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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz · Nov 21, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop Some of them solve murders on the side. Maybe you solve murders and you just forgot.
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