Saddro
@saddro.bsky.social
Just thinkin', like you probably.
Texan reddit idiot nerd with some level of data and systems background. Loves HEB, bougainvilleas, night, user-focused everything, and rhubarb.
Texan reddit idiot nerd with some level of data and systems background. Loves HEB, bougainvilleas, night, user-focused everything, and rhubarb.
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Saddro
@saddro.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Shout-out to whoever invented blueberries.
Top notch work
Top notch work
I forgot that Fern Gully made a generation of kids think injured bats were cool enough to pickup.
Hexxus' secret victory? In this Ted talk, I will..
Hexxus' secret victory? In this Ted talk, I will..
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I forgot that Fern Gully made a generation of kids think injured bats were cool enough to pickup.
Hexxus' secret victory? In this Ted talk, I will..
Hexxus' secret victory? In this Ted talk, I will..
I never used StumbleUpon, but found this similar site - Cloudhiker - on reddit. It has been an interesting way to find random interesting and niche websites: cloudhiker.net
Cloudhiker - The greatest Sites of the Internet
Discover the internet and find the most interesting, weird or awesome websites.
cloudhiker.net
December 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I never used StumbleUpon, but found this similar site - Cloudhiker - on reddit. It has been an interesting way to find random interesting and niche websites: cloudhiker.net
2026 will be the year Jameela Jamil's hair becomes sentient.
December 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
2026 will be the year Jameela Jamil's hair becomes sentient.
The author is no longer with us, but this is a cool video about combinatorial games - Hackenbush mostly! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYj4...
HACKENBUSH: a window to a new world of math
YouTube video by Owen Maitzen
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The author is no longer with us, but this is a cool video about combinatorial games - Hackenbush mostly! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYj4...
Most people here are probably already aware of Alan Turing, but I liked this random 7:48 YouTube video about his story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuTL...
The Tragedy and Triumph of Alan Turing
YouTube video by alpha 137
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Most people here are probably already aware of Alan Turing, but I liked this random 7:48 YouTube video about his story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuTL...
Calling out Shutter Encoder as a great, free, portable media format software (no relation; just found it helpful!) www.shutterencoder.com
Shutter Encoder - FREE video/audio/image converter
Open source software without any restrictions - converter all formats video|audio|image professionals codecs and standards - Windows|OS X|Linux.
www.shutterencoder.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Calling out Shutter Encoder as a great, free, portable media format software (no relation; just found it helpful!) www.shutterencoder.com
I'm fidgeting with streaming subtitles using a local model, since they vary so much.
The random Star Trek episode I played to test ended up being kinda funny:
The random Star Trek episode I played to test ended up being kinda funny:
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'm fidgeting with streaming subtitles using a local model, since they vary so much.
The random Star Trek episode I played to test ended up being kinda funny:
The random Star Trek episode I played to test ended up being kinda funny:
I'm boring, but I was screwing around with graphing and made a fun visualization for quadratics - that line is Euler's n2+n+41!
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I'm boring, but I was screwing around with graphing and made a fun visualization for quadratics - that line is Euler's n2+n+41!
Complete side point, this website makes me feel nostalgic in a good way: posthog.com
PostHog – We make dev tools for product engineers
All your developer tools in one place. PostHog gives engineers everything to build, test, measure, and ship successful products faster. Get started free.
posthog.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Complete side point, this website makes me feel nostalgic in a good way: posthog.com
Career question for data/analytics folks!
~8 mo in a "data analyst" role and a higher-up asked me to define my real role, the D/A stack, and our hiring plan
Does designing the warehouse/modeling/orchestration/BI/tracking architecture count as Architect? Engineer? Something else?
~8 mo in a "data analyst" role and a higher-up asked me to define my real role, the D/A stack, and our hiring plan
Does designing the warehouse/modeling/orchestration/BI/tracking architecture count as Architect? Engineer? Something else?
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Career question for data/analytics folks!
~8 mo in a "data analyst" role and a higher-up asked me to define my real role, the D/A stack, and our hiring plan
Does designing the warehouse/modeling/orchestration/BI/tracking architecture count as Architect? Engineer? Something else?
~8 mo in a "data analyst" role and a higher-up asked me to define my real role, the D/A stack, and our hiring plan
Does designing the warehouse/modeling/orchestration/BI/tracking architecture count as Architect? Engineer? Something else?
Why does negative feedback feel more helpful than positive feedback/praise?
The only thing I can come up with is that critique gives a boundary for the performance space, but positivity is open-ended.
The only thing I can come up with is that critique gives a boundary for the performance space, but positivity is open-ended.
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Why does negative feedback feel more helpful than positive feedback/praise?
The only thing I can come up with is that critique gives a boundary for the performance space, but positivity is open-ended.
The only thing I can come up with is that critique gives a boundary for the performance space, but positivity is open-ended.
Researchers at UCSD found, with a few hundred dollars of equipment, that many seemingly critical satellite communications are unencrypted.
2005 being like, "whoops!"
satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
2005 being like, "whoops!"
satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
🛰️ SATCOM Security
Research project homepage for SATCOM Security: papers, source code, and recent satellite communications vulnerabilities.
satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Researchers at UCSD found, with a few hundred dollars of equipment, that many seemingly critical satellite communications are unencrypted.
2005 being like, "whoops!"
satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
2005 being like, "whoops!"
satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
I feel like online college course catalogs are, almost universally, bad user experiences.
Are there any examples of well-designed versions of these systems?
Are there any examples of well-designed versions of these systems?
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I feel like online college course catalogs are, almost universally, bad user experiences.
Are there any examples of well-designed versions of these systems?
Are there any examples of well-designed versions of these systems?
Shout-out to whoever invented blueberries.
Top notch work
Top notch work
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Shout-out to whoever invented blueberries.
Top notch work
Top notch work
Happy Halloween y'all!
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Happy Halloween y'all!
RSS feeds are from a bygone internet, but they are somehow even more convenient now.
News, weather, government, social, etc, in one plaintext feed is a nice change from high-engagement sites
News, weather, government, social, etc, in one plaintext feed is a nice change from high-engagement sites
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
RSS feeds are from a bygone internet, but they are somehow even more convenient now.
News, weather, government, social, etc, in one plaintext feed is a nice change from high-engagement sites
News, weather, government, social, etc, in one plaintext feed is a nice change from high-engagement sites
"The reference to pilot programs and … port limitation hinder DHS's ability to expand and fully implement … biometric exit solution. Therefore, DHS is … removing … limit, allowing DHS to establish a general biometric exit requirement for aliens." - DHS Rules Change
DHS expands biometric entry-exit, CBP to photograph all noncitizens at US borders | Biometric Update
The measure takes effect December 26 and authorizes CBP to photograph “all aliens” at all ports of entry and departure, and “any other point of departure.”
www.biometricupdate.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"The reference to pilot programs and … port limitation hinder DHS's ability to expand and fully implement … biometric exit solution. Therefore, DHS is … removing … limit, allowing DHS to establish a general biometric exit requirement for aliens." - DHS Rules Change
Here's random history for Halloween!
"Plastromancy or the turtle-shell oracle is probably the earliest recorded form of fortune telling"
"Oracle bones bear the earliest known significant corpus of ancient Chinese writing [1250-1050 BCE]" - Wikipedia
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...
"Plastromancy or the turtle-shell oracle is probably the earliest recorded form of fortune telling"
"Oracle bones bear the earliest known significant corpus of ancient Chinese writing [1250-1050 BCE]" - Wikipedia
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...
What are oracle bones? - BBC Bitesize
Lots of oracle bones have been found in China which were created during the Shang Dynasty. Find out what they are in this Bitesize Primary KS2 history guide.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Here's random history for Halloween!
"Plastromancy or the turtle-shell oracle is probably the earliest recorded form of fortune telling"
"Oracle bones bear the earliest known significant corpus of ancient Chinese writing [1250-1050 BCE]" - Wikipedia
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...
"Plastromancy or the turtle-shell oracle is probably the earliest recorded form of fortune telling"
"Oracle bones bear the earliest known significant corpus of ancient Chinese writing [1250-1050 BCE]" - Wikipedia
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...
Ugh, Halloween is so close and we aren't finished decorating. I just need someone to pause time for, like, a few days..
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Ugh, Halloween is so close and we aren't finished decorating. I just need someone to pause time for, like, a few days..
Reposted by Saddro
If your people have been on Country for over 65,000 years, you have knowledge of climate change.
70 meter sea level rise ✅️
End of a ice age ✅️
The knowledge of Australias' first nations people
is 🤯
🧪⚒️
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
70 meter sea level rise ✅️
End of a ice age ✅️
The knowledge of Australias' first nations people
is 🤯
🧪⚒️
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
The epic story of Australia and its first peoples — like you've never seen it
The story of Australia and its peoples is vast and deep. It's one you should know, but possibly one you've never been told. Well, not like this anyway.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If your people have been on Country for over 65,000 years, you have knowledge of climate change.
70 meter sea level rise ✅️
End of a ice age ✅️
The knowledge of Australias' first nations people
is 🤯
🧪⚒️
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
70 meter sea level rise ✅️
End of a ice age ✅️
The knowledge of Australias' first nations people
is 🤯
🧪⚒️
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
Seeing the demonstrations across the US yesterday reminded me that people are still aware and trying. I'm glad.
October 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Seeing the demonstrations across the US yesterday reminded me that people are still aware and trying. I'm glad.
Google Drive and other "already owned" Cloud Data APIs are underutilized for freebie web app data offloading IMO. Why touch user data if that makes you a target?
The "tool" is often the connective logic for user data anyways
The "tool" is often the connective logic for user data anyways
October 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Google Drive and other "already owned" Cloud Data APIs are underutilized for freebie web app data offloading IMO. Why touch user data if that makes you a target?
The "tool" is often the connective logic for user data anyways
The "tool" is often the connective logic for user data anyways
Reposted by Saddro
No Kings-Austin,TX
October 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
No Kings-Austin,TX
Reposted by Saddro
H-E-B’s Death Metal T-Shirt Sells Out In Minutes, Proceeds Donated To Austin Musicians Charity
themosh.net/heb-death-me...
themosh.net/heb-death-me...
H-E-B’s Death Metal T-Shirt Sells Out In Minutes, Proceeds Donated To Austin Musicians Charity
H-E-B’s death metal T-shirt with Connor Dwyer sold out in minutes, with all profits donated to HAAM to support Austin musicians.
themosh.net
October 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
H-E-B’s Death Metal T-Shirt Sells Out In Minutes, Proceeds Donated To Austin Musicians Charity
themosh.net/heb-death-me...
themosh.net/heb-death-me...
Isaac Newton was buried in Westminster Abbey, with various heads of state serving as pallbearers. He has a fancy statue that still marks his tomb.
Do you think we'll ever have sciencey folk held in that high of a regard again?
Do you think we'll ever have sciencey folk held in that high of a regard again?
October 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Isaac Newton was buried in Westminster Abbey, with various heads of state serving as pallbearers. He has a fancy statue that still marks his tomb.
Do you think we'll ever have sciencey folk held in that high of a regard again?
Do you think we'll ever have sciencey folk held in that high of a regard again?