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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • I would guess that in Data Science some things would require you to use local timezone because they are dependent on the actual time of day, and some would require synchronization so use of UTC. Also, some timezones are way off the sunlight time and would skew the data that has dependency on daylight and not on hours






  • You mean things like this?

    It seems flying the English flag is now as transgressive as posting you’re not a big fan of mass immigration on Facebook. And given that the latter is already likely to land you in trouble with the increasingly authoritarian state, it seems likely that the former might soon too.

    I’m not exactly using Xitter, and his blog looks like a lot of reading only to find out who DHH is


    Edit: oh, it seems like not much reading was needed, I’m starting to see your point after reading how good it feels to be in the Reagan’s era again:

    [L]et me tell you about the 80s. They were amazing. America was firing on all cylinders, Reagan had brought the morning back, and the Soviet Union provided a clear black-and-white adversarial image. But it was the popular culture of the era that still fills me with hiraeth.

    […]

    It feels like we’re finally emerging from this constant 90s Seattle drizzle to sunny 80s LA vibes in America. The constant pessimism, the cancellation militias, and the walking-on-eggshells atmosphere have given way to something far brighter, bolder, and, yes, better. An optimism, a levity, a confidence.