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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/

webhttps://drkp.net/
Both SOSP and figure skating worlds are being held in Prague this year. Coincidence?
Me when sad thoughts start creeping into my mind
IN SPACE, NOBODY CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM. OUTSIDE OF SPACE, NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR YOU SCREAM. YOU JUST CAN'T WIN.

Perhaps I am some kind of dangerous computer radical these days, thinking that one should be able to buy or make a computer, install one's choice of OSs and software, create a local user account, and get on with one's affairs, privately and without interference.

Quiet enjoyment of one's computer.

* No age or ID verification

* No jumping through hoops to install software, or third parties restricting the software that one can run

* No third party accounts

I'm seeing openness to age verification laws within some left of center organizing spaces 😱

Folks, we gotta talk to our people to kill this harmful policy. Regulate dangerous big tech practices, not people!

LGBTQ+ kids in hostile environments suffer when they can't access community online.

Age verification also facilitates excluding representation of marginalized folks. Also, it is at odds with the right to repair β€” shouldn't we own our devices, and not the other way around?

with the 2 line now open, Seattle visitors can take in the coffee and culture of downtown, before hopping on an eastbound train across the lake to explore the finest parking structures bellevue has to offer

#seattle

In 1967, IBM introduced the System/4 Pi line of aerospace computers, packing mainframe performance into a compact box. 4 Pi computers powered everything from military aircraft to the Space Shuttle to sonar systems on submarines. Thread...
This is the prediction market I'm here for: you can now bet on German train delays. Glorious stuff. Peak trolling.
https://bahn.bet/
Bahn.Bet β€” Bet on German Train Delays

Prediction markets on Deutsche Bahn departure delays

Bahn.Bet

Folks, this is a perfectly accurate description of getting a PhD studying space.

#space #academicchatter #phd #astrophysics #Astronomy #Astrodon #science

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