Distributed systems, operating systems, networking research.
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research; affiliate faculty, University of Washington.
But realistically: mainly cat photos, food and wine, and bad jokes.
I also administer https://discuss.systems/
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So, this goober escaped from the house (AGAIN) yesterday while we were out of town, causing us to rush home, and spent the last 27 hours strolling around the neighborhood.
Today, he just walked in the front door right at dinner time, went straight up to the food table and was like "I've missed multiple meals while I was gone, can I have them all now please?"
The more I learn about the on-the-ground mechanics of US elections, the more I trust that the counts reported are accurate reflections of the ballots cast¹ You should read this thread by @paco
https://infosec.exchange/@paco/114698534890877836
¹ This is of course separate from the issues of who was allowed to cast ballots, what obstacles have been put in the way of people who should be able to cast them, how districts are drawn, who gets to run, undue influence, misinformation, etc. - the point is, the flaws with our democracy are just about everywhere *except* how ballots are handled and counted
It’s democratic primary #election day in #virginia. Just 2 races on the ballot. Picking the Democratic Party candidate for lieutenant governor and attorney general. It’s sleepy. We do the full thing l: all the same procedures and all the full security, but for a fraction of the voters. Polls opened at 6am. At 7:45 we checked in our 7th voter. We finally have had more voters than election officers. I’ll do a thread here during the day about #elections and #electionsecurity and all the humdrum ordinary things of helping people vote. 1/
How about a *hot* accounting date just the two of us and the *dual display* calculator?
(God I love odd gadgets ... look at it!)
In December of 2021, three of us got together and connected our houses together.
The idea is simple - fill the hole we feel is gone from our lives. Build our own always-on 24/7 nonstop LAN party. Build a space that is intrinsically social, even though we’re doing technical things. We can freely host insecure game servers or one-off side projects without worrying about what someone will do with it.
Irene Zhang
Rob Ricci
myrmepropagandist
Paul etnomailgaT
