sassfrog.bsky.social
@sassfrog.bsky.social
computers, boardgames, books. 30s. 🏳️‍⚧️
my friends call me a faggot
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
handsome
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
microsoft skews more male and hierarchical. if the manager doesn't like him then he'd be gone in 2-3 cycles. i'm pretty sure microsoft hr would just side w/ manager

not saying tech trannies are god's most deserving matyrs but its not like transitioning is without severe career consequences for us.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
ok ok, but euler's formula is a cool lower back tattoo
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The highly paid employees of the skinner box manufacturers are examples of narrow definitions of success.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Connecting dots implies a causal understanding of the effects of intervening or concocting counterfactual scenarios based on ampliative inferences. Maybe one day, but its hard to say if hidden markov models will get us there or if it will happen in our lifetime.
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The particular kind of good-enough requires learning from error and avoiding existential events like breaking certain laws, losing all your data, getting hacked, or painting yourself into a corner (can't migrate it, can't restore availability). Experienced programmers struggle with these issues.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It requires a soul to relate a frame of reality to a schema and tradeoffs in business coding. Even something like timesheet tax calculation or figuring out the columns to an inventory management system requires soulful intention. Arguably the Duhem-Quine problem says that science requires a soul.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The hard part doesn't change or improve. You need skilled experts to design and test a solution for correspondence, coherence, and consistency.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
waiting for the NYTimes to sneeringly explain ephebophilia
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When teams understand less, assumptions are made without intention. Theres unspoken experiential knowledge lost.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
That ignorant statement led to one of my favorite pieces of writing about transgender experience.

www.nature.com/scitable/con...
Does Gender Matter? by Ben A Barres
The suggestion that women are not advancing in science because of innate inability is being taken seriously by some high-profile academics. Ben A. Barres explains what is wrong with the hypothesis.
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
you just need a friend with a LCMS and reference samples to lend a hand.
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM