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Tammy GentzelTammyGentzel@awscommunity.social

2025-02-28

@snarl I hate it.

I find it jarring to read headlines "Gene Hackman Died," rather than, "Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Died." Many of the articles don't even mention her or that she too died. As if she had no worth at all.

Apparently, Rep. Fallon, who absolutely should know, has no idea that food stamps are limited to households with children unless, wait for it, the adult without children is working or elderly. Even then, th adult is limited to three months of food in a three year period. Food stamps are primarily a safety net for children. Able bodied? Maybe. Old enough to hold a full time job? According to current law. No. https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/DGjiN_8g0Yg

@jerry Thank goodness.

@GottaLaff That is fantastic news.

@daedalean Agreed. I count myself in the know just enough to cause chaos category, but I understand these pitfalls.

A brilliant coder would not, under any circumstances, mistakenly report the number $8,000,000,000 when the actual number was $8,000,000. In coding, those commas and zeros are the difference between code that runs and code that crashes.

A brilliant financial advisor would understand the difference between an audit and a compilation.

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A brilliant coder would understand the implications of data collected across time and that different coding and entry methods may have been as the database evolved.

A brilliant coder would know thousands of records created before computer-based data became the norm exist only on paper and were never transferred in their entirety to the computer-based system.

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A brilliant coder would understand they need to find user notes describing the intent and purpose of field content and that often times key words don't match a layman's definition. For example, diverse might describe collecting multiple samples from different geographic areas. Equity might describe ownership in a company. Inclusion might describe the data set can be accessed by everyone in a certain division.

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A brilliant coder would back up the data before they alter or delete it so they could restore it if, for example, they decided they needed names and contact info for people in the deleted section.

A brilliant coder would understand many databases are multi-relational...meaning the current set your looking at might describe someone as a probation al employee, but it may very well link to another database showing they had decades of employment with the agency.

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#USPolitics

@zutalorz Chronic pain and illness sucks. I'm sorry you have to deal with it and I'm sorry you haven't been able to find a compassionate doctor.

@cdarwin I don’t understand why DOGE is getting a paycheck at all. The announcement was they would all be volunteers willing to work o same hours to get th Enon done. Who is getting paid? What is the money being used for?

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Two Colorado hospitals to resume gender-affirming care for youth

https://coloradosun.com/2025/02/20/gender-affirming-care-resumed-hospitals/

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I will be speaking at the Penn Alumni event “Frontiers of Knowledge & Discovery: San Francisco” on Tuesday, March 11 at 6PM PST (9PM EST). Read more details here:

https://michaelmann.net/events/frontiers-of-knowledge-discovery-san-francisco/

@andrewbriscoe Nice. So simple and clean.

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Today I encountered my first AI-generated news article that included a manufactured quote from me on a topic I did not speak or post about, just in case you're wondering how AI is going.

@jerry Wowza!! You're really getting the hang of it.

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https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/114030559032906376

@futurebird I do not. And I know when I have mistyped. I can type as fast as I think, but I cannot do the same with pen and paper.

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