Adam
@blue-shoes.bsky.social
(Fantasy) baseball. Brewers. Computer programming. Cats.
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
Feels like the baseball opportunities are endless
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Feels like the baseball opportunities are endless
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Me every time I get a Teams message or email.
October 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Me every time I get a Teams message or email.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand...
"Ran tests in prod."
"Ran tests in prod."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand...
“Back in my day…”
(Runner-up: “He should bunt here.”)
“Back in my day…”
(Runner-up: “He should bunt here.”)
In honour of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand...
Not going to swatch. 😃
Not going to swatch. 😃
October 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand...
"Ran tests in prod."
"Ran tests in prod."
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Willy Adames will wear these cleats today to celebrate Bob Uecker:
August 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Willy Adames will wear these cleats today to celebrate Bob Uecker:
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The battery lickers are coming for us in the replies.
Do not lick batteries.
July 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The battery lickers are coming for us in the replies.
July 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
From a @daynperry.bsky.social NotGraphs piece from 12 years ago, say "Golly toots that's a long potato" for home runs sometimes, and just "Golly toots" as an unironic exclamation.
not.fangraphs.com/some-suggest...
not.fangraphs.com/some-suggest...
July 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
From a @daynperry.bsky.social NotGraphs piece from 12 years ago, say "Golly toots that's a long potato" for home runs sometimes, and just "Golly toots" as an unironic exclamation.
not.fangraphs.com/some-suggest...
not.fangraphs.com/some-suggest...
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one is a genius, the other’s insane
July 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
one is a genius, the other’s insane
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Ok, look, I realize I've only spent like three days trying to learn React, but being told "You might be breaking the Rules of Hooks" seems very dramatic
June 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Ok, look, I realize I've only spent like three days trying to learn React, but being told "You might be breaking the Rules of Hooks" seems very dramatic
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
June 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
The average American has three friends
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The average American has three friends
Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs ("Hard mode;" no Star Wars, Star Trek, LotR)
April 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs ("Hard mode;" no Star Wars, Star Trek, LotR)
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Never forget when Bernie tried to teach Yasiel Puig how to hit.
April 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Never forget when Bernie tried to teach Yasiel Puig how to hit.
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Bonus: Rosy letting us know we need to get it together
April 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Bonus: Rosy letting us know we need to get it together
This will not work. This will result in slap-dash, unsecured, and broken code for a service which cannot fail. Being unable to access benefits will kill people. When (not if) this happens, and they try to tell you they couldn't have anticipated this, know they absolutely could have.
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This will not work. This will result in slap-dash, unsecured, and broken code for a service which cannot fail. Being unable to access benefits will kill people. When (not if) this happens, and they try to tell you they couldn't have anticipated this, know they absolutely could have.
Seeing someone say they fed ChatGPT FanGraphs data and asked what low cost players should they draft, and I cannot stress enough that if you are in a league with me, you should 100% do this.
March 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Seeing someone say they fed ChatGPT FanGraphs data and asked what low cost players should they draft, and I cannot stress enough that if you are in a league with me, you should 100% do this.
Since Saturday, our washing machine situation:
Burnt door seal
New door seal is wrong part bc LG changed part and not model number
Banging noise on spin, turns out bearing failed, totalling machine
Machine fills laundry room with smoke
New machine doesn't fill, just dumps everything on floor
Cooool
Burnt door seal
New door seal is wrong part bc LG changed part and not model number
Banging noise on spin, turns out bearing failed, totalling machine
Machine fills laundry room with smoke
New machine doesn't fill, just dumps everything on floor
Cooool
March 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Since Saturday, our washing machine situation:
Burnt door seal
New door seal is wrong part bc LG changed part and not model number
Banging noise on spin, turns out bearing failed, totalling machine
Machine fills laundry room with smoke
New machine doesn't fill, just dumps everything on floor
Cooool
Burnt door seal
New door seal is wrong part bc LG changed part and not model number
Banging noise on spin, turns out bearing failed, totalling machine
Machine fills laundry room with smoke
New machine doesn't fill, just dumps everything on floor
Cooool
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I found where they’re conserving you
March 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I found where they’re conserving you
Describe a Star Trek episode poorly but accurately.
The space police and their alien allies help their imaginary friend plan and execute a heist.
The space police and their alien allies help their imaginary friend plan and execute a heist.
Describe a Star Trek episode poorly but accurately.
A former terrorist fights against a power mad zealot while the fix-it guy can't lose at darts
A former terrorist fights against a power mad zealot while the fix-it guy can't lose at darts
Describe a Star Trek episode poorly but accurately.
Chakotay wants to settle down and make home on an alien planet, but Captain Janeway has a crew to take care of in the stars.
Chakotay wants to settle down and make home on an alien planet, but Captain Janeway has a crew to take care of in the stars.
March 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Describe a Star Trek episode poorly but accurately.
The space police and their alien allies help their imaginary friend plan and execute a heist.
The space police and their alien allies help their imaginary friend plan and execute a heist.
Man, didn't remember R.A. Dickey throwing gas like this
February 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Man, didn't remember R.A. Dickey throwing gas like this