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shri

@shrikhalpada.dev

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creative coder, preferrer of democracy also into coffee shops, sad folk music, basketball, and playing chess poorly data viz: http://perthirtysix.com creative coding: http://shrikhalpada.dev/projects

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 2d

why am I seeing thirst traps on linkedin 😭

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 6d

my magnum opus, an extension that converts AI-related words to egg-related words, is available for free in the Chrome Web Store!

Eggify - Chrome Web Store

chromewebstore.google.com

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 7d

there is almost no good reason to override default scroll behavior in the web

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Aug 20

getting a mix of data/viz content and political content is hilarious because half of it is like "okay we have to be really careful about how humans perceive the lengths of arcs in donut charts" and the other half is "the government decides data isn't real anymore"

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 8d

The entire history of WNBA MVP voting in one chart 👇

A'ja Wilson is the first ever 4x MVP

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 13d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1) creative coding & data viz
2) why sufjan stevens is the GOAT
3) how good cats are for our mental health

Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 13d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1) dogs
2) the who
3) the music industry

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 13d

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1. Middle-Earth
2. Númenor
3. Valinor and the Blessed Lands

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 18d

this exists it is called thinking

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 20d

A video game which says current objective: survive

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 21d

as you cancel disney subscriptions, please remember to support your favorite independent media. there are amazing people doing critical work with very little support, and things are only getting harder.

here are some of my favorites: www.citationneeded.news/friends/. feel free to post yours below!

Friends of the blog

Citation Needed is part of a loose collective of independent publications that share a commitment to thoughtful, critical reporting. I encourage you to check them out, and consider supporting their wo...

www.citationneeded.news

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 23d

tri-colored dopamine machine

shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 28d

One of my all time favorites. Only seen him once (2015 C&L tour) and it was the best show I've ever seen

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Jul 10

how the side the on the left keeps convincing the side on the right that they need more space is beyond me

A data viz that shows wealth inequality in America using stick figures and areas. The data shows that the top 0.1% has 13.8% of the wealth, the next 0.9% has 17%, the next 9% has 36.4%, the next 40% has 30.3%, and the bottom 50% has 2.5%.

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Sep 8

It's a great time to learn creative coding!

We’re all surrounded by utilitarian software so it can feel refreshing to just build something for creativity’s sake.

Here's a free p5js resource I put together that starts from the basics:
perthirtysix.com/explore-creative-coding-with-30-p5js-sketches

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Sep 8

"having children" being 1st and "having emotional stability" being 2nd to last is... telling

Amanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social · Sep 8

Fascinating new results on Gen Z from the
@nbcnews.com Decision Desk poll -- views on family and marriage

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Sep 6

I wouldn't frame it so dogmaticlally but I do think the current data viz lexicon is too far in the side of "driving change" always being the main goal

shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Sep 5

someone get the ballispits expert

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Sep 2

there's no bigger tell that someone hasn't worked in a complex codebase than rejecting comments because "good code is self documenting"

shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Sep 1

20 years of weather in DC!

#dataviz

A visualization of DC's temperature, showing 20 years at the daily level using small calendar-esque heatmaps for each year/month.

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Aug 28

isn't the Harris group pretty much the same distance from the mean (+15%) as the Trump group is (-14%)? so then we could say Trump voters are very different too

also it's not surprising to me the group that won would take the "politics shouldn't matter this much" stance, contrast that with 2020...

shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Aug 27

it feels like most of my feed is bots or people talking like bots

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · Aug 26

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Aug 26

National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Aug 23

I made a chrome extension that replaces AI-related words with egg-related words and it's made LinkedIn actually enjoyable

(coming to the chrome web store soon!)

a screenshot of a linkedin feed where references to AI are replaced with egg-related terms. For example, "OpenEgg CEO Sam Eggman said the company could end up spending trillions of dollars..."

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · Aug 22

one of my big pet peeves: people that use "good code is self documenting" as an excuse to not write good comments

Stephanie Tuerk @stephanietuerk.net · Aug 22

Kind of glad that AI is making us give up the idea that code should be self-documenting.

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · Aug 21

Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.

An image from Mayor Wu’s swearing in ceremony on November 16, 2021 in Boston City Hall. Michelle raises her right hand as Judge Myong Joun administers the oath of office; her left hand is on the Aitken Bible held by her husband and two sons.

A picture of the Boston Public Library’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible, showing the inside cover and 1st page

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