Ethan Cecchetti

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Post-doc, Security+PL Researcher, and Bitcoin Unenthusiast at UMD | Cornell PhD | Future Asst Prof at Wisconsin - Madison
🌐 websitehttps://ethan.umiacs.io/
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This may be the single greatest sentence I've read about data collection.

Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4386256

what i wish someone had told me in grad school, and what i now try to tell my students, is that you can instead view it as a “working meeting” where you (the student) get to set the agenda. have your first meeting goal be to answer the question “what are we working on today?”, not “what have you done since we last met”
Arguing with Bing about NFTs. Check out this conversational pivot!!! I’ll be using this myself to change the subject with coworkers

Dilbert "tribute" by LA-based Luke McGarry.

#Donebert #RacistDilbert

My husband @dansays just pointed out to me that the roof of your mouth should have its own name and it doesn’t make sense that we call it “the roof of your mouth” because it’s actually the ceiling and the “roof” would be the other side.

And isn’t the “roof of your mouth” the top of your head and your brain actually lives in the attic?

I think I’m broken now.

UPDATE: apparently it’s your “palate” in English.

I saw this on another account, but I'm reposting it in order to add alt text.

accidentally wrote "saad" instead of "saas" in a text to my partner; they immediately coined "Software as a Disappointment"

and honestly, where is the lie

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