Associate Professor of Computer Science at Oberlin College. https://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lnr6264eoc2m@techconnectify.bsky.social Just wanted to let you know your videos inspired me and @stevecheckoway.bsky.social to get an electric car because you convinced us we didn’t need a 220V charger.27 Apr 2025 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnr6264eoc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lkv64z3kqc23Has anyone written their thesis yet on how the current belief in generalized AI is just like when the Victorians went through the Industrial Revolution and suddenly believed in ghosts and fairies and shit?21 Mar 2025 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkv64z3kqc23https://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lke7d4wsw224Sure he’s an asshole, but between this and Rust in the Linux kernel Linus Torvald is winning me back. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Mar 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lke7d4wsw224https://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lkdx62r56k24Stayed up too late looking at the moon.14 Mar 2025 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdx62r56k24https://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lkbk6ktxas24Amazing that none of these tech bros have ever heard of the Streisand effect. Sure she’s not allowed to publicize it, but now there’s a NYT article about how it hurts Zuck’s feelings if you buy a copy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbk6ktxas24https://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lk7aam5ekk2jI’ve seen two different college students wearing witch hats in the last two days. I can only assume witch hats are trending now?12 Mar 2025 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7aam5ekk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3ljth6slzec2bTonight I received four identical response emails from the office of Senator Bernie Moreno, which is not actually making me feel like he is “committed to listening to my concerns and ensuring that my voice is heard in Washington”08 Mar 2025 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljth6slzec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3ljr476jn3c2b“So I thought this was just a regular SpaceX explosion but apparently it’s an extra bad SpaceX explosion?” is a thing I just said to my husband.07 Mar 2025 03:51 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljr476jn3c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3ljqme5qghk2bToday while trying to figure out what’s up with one of our cats our vet causally said “Maybe she’s allergic to her teeth” and how is THAT a thing.06 Mar 2025 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqme5qghk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3ljir27uegk24I appear to have made a typo and titled this lecture “The Translation Look-aside Bugger”03 Mar 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljir27uegk24https://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lirxudo75k2eStop trying to look at kids’ junk, you fucking freaks! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Feb 2025 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lirxudo75k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3ligd4t6czk2pSo how many times a day are we all having to consciously unclench our jaws lately? For me I would say it’s all the times.18 Feb 2025 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ligd4t6czk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lhonlof3ss2kFinally finished knitting this sweater! 🧶. It’s inspired by the eclipse this April (and made with wonderful eclipse themed yarn from @destinationyarn.bsky.social08 Feb 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhonlof3ss2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lhknwnzgik2hYesterday @stevecheckoway.bsky.social said the word “arbitrage” and I have been making up a Beastie Boys style rap where the chorus goes “it’s arbiTRAGE” ever since, it is now all I think about.07 Feb 2025 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhknwnzgik2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lhermpgyq222Just pushing code to prod in the fucking US Treasury. 😱 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2025 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhermpgyq222https://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lgxppqhdzc2fTry really hard not to be an asshole. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxppqhdzc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lgtbkpdwfc2bStarted reading @matt-levine.bsky.social's Money Stuff newsletter to learn about investing, but instead it has radicalized me by teaching me how rich people don't pay taxes.28 Jan 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtbkpdwfc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pinkhairedcyn.bsky.social/post/3lgsolxf4422wCalled my senator about the government funding pause and the person who answered the phone said they'd already received 5 calls today about it. It is 9:30 in the morning, and I called a regional office.28 Jan 2025 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsolxf4422w