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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · 1d

There it is.

Headline that reads "Dow drops 260 points after Trump says China becoming 'hostile' over rare earth metals, cancels Xi meeting"

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · 1d

OK what did he just do?

S&P 500 daily chart showing a very sharp drop in price from a few minutes ago.

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · 1d

Saw a post somewhere about how practice is only boring if you're thinking about something else. When you are focused on the actual activity practice is easy. I think this is why I am having trouble getting a regular exercise routine going.

The hardest muscle to train is your brain.

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HPC Engineering @ AWS @techhpc.bsky.social · 2d

Wondering about which is which: Parallel Computing Service or ? They're not the same thing, and choosing the right one might save you a lot of work later. youtu.be/vB9GNWA5fws

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Laura Parnum @lauraparnum.bsky.social · 2d

'Tis the season for spooky stories! I had a great time talking about why scary stories matter with some of my fellow spooky middle grade authors on the SCBWI blog. Check it out! scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

@spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social
#kidlit #spookymiddlegrade #spookymg #SCBWI

The Witching Hour: Why Scary Stories Matter by PJ Gardner

The season of ghosts and ghouls is upon us and people everywhere are excited to be scared out of their socks. Young readers are no exception...

scbwi.blogspot.com

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HPC Engineering @ AWS @techhpc.bsky.social · 5d

AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now offers expanded Slurm configuration capabilities. Customize over 65 parameters and apply settings to specific queue resources. Align your cloud HPC environment with your on-premises workflows. aws.amazon.com/blogs/hpc/an...

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Brendan Bouffler ('boof') @boofla.bsky.social · 5d

AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now offers expanded Slurm configuration capabilities. Customize over 65 parameters and apply settings to specific queue resources. Align your cloud HPC environment with your on-premises workflows. aws.amazon.com/blogs/hpc/an...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

blockclubchicago.org

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Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 9d

Really nice summary by @angelp.bsky.social and @boofla.bsky.social about the work we've been doing to support #arm64 builds for #bioconda and #Nextflow over at @nf-co.re and @seqera.io

It feels like we're nearing the tipping point, what's not to love about greener more efficient computation? 🌱🍏

HPC Engineering @ AWS @techhpc.bsky.social · 9d

Tech Shorts is back. And appropriately. we're talking abnout how the tech we all help to create is supporting big positive changes in life sciences research.

It's seriously nice to be back. Let's get nerdy.

youtu.be/O7Ai5FLqG2s

arm64 is about to change life sciences ... dramatically

After a long break to recover from vision loss caused by my immune system, Tech Shorts returns. Appropriately, we're focusing on how cutting-edge compute can drive breakthroughs in life sciences.…

youtu.be

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · 9d

I normally cringe at hearing my own voice but the is one came out pretty good!

HPC Engineering @ AWS @techhpc.bsky.social · 9d

Tech Shorts is back. And appropriately. we're talking abnout how the tech we all help to create is supporting big positive changes in life sciences research.

It's seriously nice to be back. Let's get nerdy.

youtu.be/O7Ai5FLqG2s

arm64 is about to change life sciences ... dramatically

After a long break to recover from vision loss caused by my immune system, Tech Shorts returns. Appropriately, we're focusing on how cutting-edge compute can drive breakthroughs in life sciences.…

youtu.be

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks! But all the credit goes to the @nf-core community!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20d

This also sets up an expectation that Democrats bear a responsibility in keeping the government open and lets the congressional GOP off the hook. So pathetic

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 21d

Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · 26d

A guy in front of me is watching Guy Fieri breakfast edition and it is making me drooooool 🤤

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · 29d

Hot take: freemium software deliberately doesn't fix the rough edges of the core product or improve documentation if the main dev stands to benefit from support contracts or running the default platform. Zero incentive to raise the bar.

Unrelated, worked with Ray a lot this week.

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Sep 11

Yep

Steve McPherson @steventurous.bsky.social · Sep 11

Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.

Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Sep 11

Orange or Blue?

Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Aug 31

Yep

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 31

The dream: AI boosts productivity so much we all get 4-day workweeks.

The reality: AI productivity gains are an excuse for companies to cut staff or ask why you need a hire at all. No one’s handing out Fridays off because your job got easier, just more pressure to justify your existence

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will 'probably' bring 4-day work weeks: 'Every industrial revolution leads to some change in social behavior'

"I have to admit that I'm afraid to say that we are going to be busier in the future than now," Huang said in an interview on Fox Business Network.

fortune.com

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Aug 28

Having said that, the bot created the error in the first place. So is it better to just keep relying on the bot for coding AND debugging or adopt a more fine grained change request, review, deploy workflow? 🧐

In any case the blog should be a pretty neat one.

Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Aug 28

Turns out the user data was explicitly setting the ECS cluster ID, something which I never would’ve done and hence was not looking for as a source of error. Couple of hours of manual debugging wasted.

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Aug 28

Update: the infrastructure and example deployed just fine but the instances would not join the ECS cluster and I could not figure out why until I asked the chatbot for possible reasons.

Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Aug 26

I just did some vibe coding for the first time using Q CLI. Gotta say this is a nice way to make quick prototypes (which is 99% of what I do).

BUT I still think you have to have a good understanding of the underlying tech you're trying to build and how to shape what you want to happen.

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Aug 27

I am made of just bones and coffee

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Aug 26

I think you need to go bigger. Have the AI do the voting and then take in bets from users to see which way the AI will vote.

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Aug 26

Presumably SO was a lot of the training material source 🤖

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Angel Pizarro @angelp.bsky.social · Aug 26

Also review before deploy is NOT OPTIONAL.

But honestly this stuff is transformative.

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