William Witteman

@willyyam
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Father, husband, data scientist, librarian, programmer. He/him.
Warning: bilingual puns
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This is a very accurate graph of anything in my lifetime in the US.
Between the conservatives’ desire to avoid giving anything to the undeserving poor and the liberals’ desire to avoid giving anything to the undeserving rich, there is no social good we can’t come together as a nation to stop.
Him: Let's exchange phone numbers.
Her: Won't that confuse people trying to call us?

@minmi Right?

For me, it's The Week, Part II, after full, 4-day week that felt like two, we begin a 4-day weekend that feels like a full weekend after [checks watch] 10 hours.

“It’s honestly been eye opening (in a bad way) to see how special interests work in our system” says the Head of Politics at Kalshi, which pays Donald Trump Jr. to sit on its advisory board and has spent over a million in lobbying over the past ~year. The government has just filed a lawsuit to intervene to protect Kalshi from several state regulators.

#Kalshi

Microsoft Copilot terms of service have been updated to include this gem: "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only." https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/copilot_terms_of_service/
Even Microsoft knows Copilot shouldn't be trusted with anything important

: Terms admit it is for entertainment only and may get things wrong

The Register

Is there opposition to high-speed rail in #Canada?

Yes. The media, loving a conflict narrative, amplifies the voices of the few property-owners who are protesting Alto.

But guess what? A new Abacus poll shows broad, cross-party support for the project.

62% for, only 18% against...

🧵

I built my own dial-up ISP, then connected to it over WiFi, using Apple's first AirPort base station, from the original iBook G3.

A belated #MARCHintosh video, getting online like it's 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbIoEZZwcgw

Dial "1" for Wi-Fi

YouTube

Them: if you set aside all the ethical concerns…

Me: this is what evil is. This is how evil talks.

@minmi Thank you for sharing these moments! My kids are so sensible, so adult now, I miss the silliness.