Andrew Helwer

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TLA⁺ core developer. Love formal methods & distributed systems!

Living in Seattle, WA, USA. Non-technical hobbies include BJJ & birdwatching.

Other random facts: vim user, nix/arch dual-booter, dual Canadian/US citizen, loose-leaf tea drinker, cyclist, living kidney donor, vegetarian, ecosocialist dreaming of a 2000 watt society! he/him

Blog/websitehttps://ahelwer.ca
Codeberghttps://codeberg.org/ahelwer
GitHubhttps://github.com/ahelwer
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ahelwer/

Parents down in Florida sent a video of what appears to be a crow doing mimicry! Maybe of a dove?

#Birds

plugging my nice sennheiser headphones into a random $5 USB-to-headphone-jack DAC found on amazon

Poppin off on the UW campus

#Seattle

A Steller's Jay admiring the cherry blossoms. Had to scramble to assemble my camera but it stayed placidly perched for several minutes taking in the view!

#Birds

Never let it be said that I am an intelligent man lol - turns out someone does read these permits eventually and now they want two hundred bucks from me!
Almost died rewiring a smoke detector I was sure was turned off at the breaker box 👍 buy a wire tester, folks! Thankfully this pit was blown in hardened steel and not my hand. Maybe I’ll fob this one off on the professionals.
Aura farming crow

Poked my head in a bush and saw this cute Anna’s Hummingbird

#birds

Merry Christmas all! Spot the cardinal ornament.
James Cameron I will never doubt you again. No criticisms, peak cinema