Eric Eide
@ericeide.bsky.social
Research Associate Professor, University of Utah Kahlert School of Computing • Personal account • Opinions my own, not employer's • RTs not endorsements
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In the 4.5-mile bike ride to pick up my kids from school, I found the following in painted bike lanes: at least 6 trash bins, a parked car, a parked firefighter truck (likely lunch break), and a parked city maintenance vehicle. This is unacceptable, and another reason why paint is not infrastructure
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In the 4.5-mile bike ride to pick up my kids from school, I found the following in painted bike lanes: at least 6 trash bins, a parked car, a parked firefighter truck (likely lunch break), and a parked city maintenance vehicle. This is unacceptable, and another reason why paint is not infrastructure
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Happy 30th Birthday JavaScript!
On December 4, 1995, Netscape Communications Corporation and Sun Microsystems, announced JavaScript, an open, cross-platform object scripting language for the creation and customization of applications on the Internet.
#WebDesignHistory
On December 4, 1995, Netscape Communications Corporation and Sun Microsystems, announced JavaScript, an open, cross-platform object scripting language for the creation and customization of applications on the Internet.
#WebDesignHistory
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Happy 30th Birthday JavaScript!
On December 4, 1995, Netscape Communications Corporation and Sun Microsystems, announced JavaScript, an open, cross-platform object scripting language for the creation and customization of applications on the Internet.
#WebDesignHistory
On December 4, 1995, Netscape Communications Corporation and Sun Microsystems, announced JavaScript, an open, cross-platform object scripting language for the creation and customization of applications on the Internet.
#WebDesignHistory
KSL TV @ksl.com interviewed the members of my research group who recently discovered a rare piece of computing history: an old tape that might contain UNIX V4. ksltv.com/science-tech...
University of Utah team discovers rare computer relic
A research team at the University of Utah uncovered a rare piece of computing history.
ksltv.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
KSL TV @ksl.com interviewed the members of my research group who recently discovered a rare piece of computing history: an old tape that might contain UNIX V4. ksltv.com/science-tech...
Sometimes The Onion really nails it.
“Effective immediately, 100 will now be 5,100 and—I’m reading off the official statistics from my people—500 will be 25,500,” said Trump
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Sometimes The Onion really nails it.
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🚪 The POWDER team will not hold office hours on Friday, December 5. Instead, the team be running a POWDER User Community Training session on that day. powderwireless.net/news#news-se...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🚪 The POWDER team will not hold office hours on Friday, December 5. Instead, the team be running a POWDER User Community Training session on that day. powderwireless.net/news#news-se...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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He’s solved the problem of people wanting to come here
November 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
He’s solved the problem of people wanting to come here
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"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
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How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
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I'm not good at this marketing lark, but as it's black friday and I'm inundated with other people's offers...
You can get 10% off CE swag today with code BLACKFRIDAY :)
shop.compiler-explorer.com/promo/BLACKF...
Makes a great present too!
You can get 10% off CE swag today with code BLACKFRIDAY :)
shop.compiler-explorer.com/promo/BLACKF...
Makes a great present too!
Compiler Explorer
The official Compiler Explorer shop! Come show your support for CE and get cool gear!
shop.compiler-explorer.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'm not good at this marketing lark, but as it's black friday and I'm inundated with other people's offers...
You can get 10% off CE swag today with code BLACKFRIDAY :)
shop.compiler-explorer.com/promo/BLACKF...
Makes a great present too!
You can get 10% off CE swag today with code BLACKFRIDAY :)
shop.compiler-explorer.com/promo/BLACKF...
Makes a great present too!
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it's happening!!!
from now until the end of the day on Friday, November 28th (if it’s Friday anywhere, the sale’s still on!), all my pdf zines are 50% off, and print zines are 30% off!
wizardzines.com
from now until the end of the day on Friday, November 28th (if it’s Friday anywhere, the sale’s still on!), all my pdf zines are 50% off, and print zines are 30% off!
wizardzines.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
it's happening!!!
from now until the end of the day on Friday, November 28th (if it’s Friday anywhere, the sale’s still on!), all my pdf zines are 50% off, and print zines are 30% off!
wizardzines.com
from now until the end of the day on Friday, November 28th (if it’s Friday anywhere, the sale’s still on!), all my pdf zines are 50% off, and print zines are 30% off!
wizardzines.com
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If you'd like any programming practice, I have ten years (soon: 11) of programming puzzles on adventofcode.com!
All of the puzzles are completely free! This is possible in part due to some lovely sponsors who you should definitely check out: adventofcode.com/2025/sponsors
All of the puzzles are completely free! This is possible in part due to some lovely sponsors who you should definitely check out: adventofcode.com/2025/sponsors
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If you'd like any programming practice, I have ten years (soon: 11) of programming puzzles on adventofcode.com!
All of the puzzles are completely free! This is possible in part due to some lovely sponsors who you should definitely check out: adventofcode.com/2025/sponsors
All of the puzzles are completely free! This is possible in part due to some lovely sponsors who you should definitely check out: adventofcode.com/2025/sponsors
Pro tip.
We get amazing public safety warnings in Utah www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Pro tip.
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first arXiv paper about why magic spells rhyme
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
first arXiv paper about why magic spells rhyme
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An international computing society has begun retracting conference papers for “citation falsification” only months after the sleuth who flagged the suspect articles was convicted for defamation in a lawsuit filed by one of the offending authors.
Computing society pulls works for ‘citation falsification’ months after sleuth is convicted of defamation
Solal Pirelli An international computing society has begun retracting conference papers for “citation falsification” only months after the sleuth who flagged the suspect articles was convicted for …
retractionwatch.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
An international computing society has begun retracting conference papers for “citation falsification” only months after the sleuth who flagged the suspect articles was convicted for defamation in a lawsuit filed by one of the offending authors.
Congratulations to my former student, Ethan Stanley, on presenting his first conference talk! On Monday he presented his paper at @aseconf.bsky.social ASE 2025. conf.researchr.org/details/ase-...
(Photo credit @snagycs.bsky.social.)
(Photo credit @snagycs.bsky.social.)
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Congratulations to my former student, Ethan Stanley, on presenting his first conference talk! On Monday he presented his paper at @aseconf.bsky.social ASE 2025. conf.researchr.org/details/ase-...
(Photo credit @snagycs.bsky.social.)
(Photo credit @snagycs.bsky.social.)
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🚪 The POWDER team will not hold office hours on Friday, November 21. Instead, the team be running a POWDER User Community Training session on that day. powderwireless.net/news#news-se...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🚪 The POWDER team will not hold office hours on Friday, November 21. Instead, the team be running a POWDER User Community Training session on that day. powderwireless.net/news#news-se...
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
"'This is our job,' said the Rev. Kristina Sinks... She later explained via text message that she believes it is the job of clergy to 'advocate for the oppressed, the vulnerable, and those dehumanized by any forces of evil and oppression.'" religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
religionnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"'This is our job,' said the Rev. Kristina Sinks... She later explained via text message that she believes it is the job of clergy to 'advocate for the oppressed, the vulnerable, and those dehumanized by any forces of evil and oppression.'" religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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President Trump is planning a formal dinner for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his trip to Washington, a man the U.S. intelligence community concluded approved the killing and dismemberment of Post opinion columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
White House plans dinner for Saudi prince scrutinized in journalist’s killing
Trump’s formal dinner for Mohammed bin Salman marks a dramatic step in the public rehabilitation of a man once condemned as a pariah.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
President Trump is planning a formal dinner for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his trip to Washington, a man the U.S. intelligence community concluded approved the killing and dismemberment of Post opinion columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Great job, everybody; well done. ("Well done" indeed.) >Slow clap.< www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Great job, everybody; well done. ("Well done" indeed.) >Slow clap.< www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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📢 Applications for the 2026 CyberPowder Fellows Program are now being accepted! For full consideration, applications are due by Friday, November 21, 2025.
Program info and application form: www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2...
Summary in thread. 🧵
Program info and application form: www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2...
Summary in thread. 🧵
www.powderwireless.net
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
📢 Applications for the 2026 CyberPowder Fellows Program are now being accepted! For full consideration, applications are due by Friday, November 21, 2025.
Program info and application form: www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2...
Summary in thread. 🧵
Program info and application form: www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2...
Summary in thread. 🧵
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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