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George Brown

@g0xa52a2a.bsky.social

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Fast machine enthusiast - HPC and F1. Be the mosh pit you want to see in the world.

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George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · Jul 31

Awhhh yeah, that’s the good stuff.

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 3h

👋

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 4d

Highlight of today’s walk was seeing this fuzzy little guy.

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Yaron Minsky @yminsky.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to say that we're looking to hire someone to focus on OxCaml education! We're doing enough to change the language that we have a pretty big internal education task ahead of us, and we want to hire someone to focus on it!

Please share this with others!

www.janestreet.com/join-jane-st...

OxCaml Educator :: Jane Street

Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider with a unique focus on technology and collaborative problem solving.

www.janestreet.com

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 6d

I am old.

I am listing to Radiohead.

I am happy. I am sad.

I am listend to Radiohead.

Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 7d

Kid A came out 25 years ago today. It was one of the most important albums of my life. Five years ago, I wrote this retrospective: www.stereogum.com/2094039/radi...

Radiohead's Kid A album cover

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 13d

Harbinger 🤘

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 13d

GO TO GIGS.

BUY MERCH.

GET. IN. THE. FUCKING. PIT.

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 13d

Soon…

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 13d

Hounds of War 🤘

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 13d

Obeyer 🤘

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 13d

Last night living in London (for now) and I’m at The Dome with pint in hand. All is right with the world in this moment.

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 13d

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 13d

“Hpw”? Hope the AI is better at forecasting than it is at spelling.

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 13d

Cute stout.

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Tom Lyon ✅ @aka-pugs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

NFS at 40.

Phenomenal collection of seminal documents, related work, source code, ephemera, etc...

https://nfs40.online/

#sunmicrosystems

NFS AT 40 – Sun Microsystems NFS

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 17d

Oof the memories of those McRae games. The menu design in 2.0 was 👌

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Genderflux Superfluid @rewhan.bsky.social · 17d

"God I wish America would get over itself WRT nuclear power..."

[Ten Monkey Paws curl simultaneously]

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 17d

OpenAI and Nvidia’s $100B AI plan will require power equal to 10 nuclear reactors

“This is a giant project,” Nvidia CEO said of new 10-gigawatt AI infrastructure deal.

arstechnica.com

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 20d

I’m sure these will be great mementos down the line. I was stoked when I found this CDC business card in the copy of “Portrait of a Maverick” I picked up.

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · 20d

Had this going most of today at work. Banger.

Nine Inch Nails @nin.com · 21d

THE NEW NINE INCH NAILS ALBUM
TRON: ARES (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)
OUT NOW

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 24d

Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers

the cast of Hackers (1995) posing in a series of adjacent phone booths

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · Aug 31

GM from earlier.

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · Aug 25

GM

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · Aug 18

Today’s walk and this evening’s beer.

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · Aug 16

Cute bun.

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Futurama on Hulu @futuramahulu.bsky.social · Aug 13

they don’t pay me enough i don’t know what to post man

George Brown @g0xa52a2a.bsky.social · Aug 13

Saw @rezzzn.bsky.social and @pelicansong.bsky.social last night, was good to be back at The Dome 🤘