Sean Hoffman – Medium

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The World’s Oceans are Locked and Loaded

The image above is a thermal map of the world’s oceans as of 8/5/2022. If there’s one thing that should be apparent, it’s that there’s a lot of heat currently in the world’s oceans, particularly in the tropics, and eventually much of that energy will get released in the form…

Oceans

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Oceans

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6 days ago

A Humbling lesson from my 6 year old son

My son, who’s seven now (he was six when this event occurred), is a bit of an Anglophile. I’m not entirely sure where he acquired this interest; perhaps it was his early interest in the musician George Michael from a couple of years prior (in an effort to recognize music…

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A Humbling lesson from my 6 year old son

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Jan 26

I Married Captain America and He Still Sucks at Listening

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Laurel B. Miller

I don't have a solution for your problem, but I have advice for men on what not to say when your…

I don't have a solution for your problem, but I have advice for men on what not to say when your wife/gf is deep into a story that's being told in- let's just say, a dramatic way, and by that I mean, taking you through the emotional roller coaster along…

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Jan 17

An Excellent C++ Book on Concurrency

My “C++ Concurrency Bible” is a fantastic book by a Deutsche gentleman by the name of Rainer Grimm. It’s called Concurrency with Modern C++ (please note I have no affiliation whatsoever with the author nor the publisher, and the link provided is not an affiliate link. …

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Jan 15

“The Devil Went Down to Georgia” was a Country hit, but Rap Song

The devil went down to Georgia, he was lookin’ for a soul to steal.. he was in a bind, ’cause he was way behind, he was lookin’ to make a deal I’m a fan of many different music genres. My early years growing up on the south side of Chicago…

Rap

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Rap

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Dec 1, 2022

Developers, Always, ALWAYS Trim white-space from User Input

I just finished reading a story about a bug in Hyundai and Genesis vehicles which allows unauthorized individuals to unlock the cars remotely. Full-disclosure, I’m a Genesis owner, so this one got my attention straight away. Apparently the Genesis software makes a couple of crucial mistakes. First and foremost, they…

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Nov 23, 2022

Okay Go, why was this omitted?

When checking for the existence of a particular key in Go, the idiomatic way of doing things is this: salary := make(map[string]uint) . . . _, ok := salary["Roger Goodell"] if !ok { // value wasn't found salary["Roger Goodell"] = 68000000 } else { fmt.Println("Roger Goodell is not hurting for…

Programming

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Programming

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Nov 15, 2022

And now ladies and gentleman, kindly observe the pivot

With the mid-term elections going mostly in the direction of democracy, it will be fascinating to watch how many politicians and pundits who previously rode the pathological liar bandwagon jump ship as it certainly appears as though it’s sinking. Now before you take offense with my labeling the former president…

Politics

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And now ladies and gentleman, kindly observe the pivot

Politics

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Oct 30, 2022

I really wanted Linux to be ready for the Prime Time, but…

Adam Fisher / fisher king (@therightstuff)

First of all, New York Pizza can be good, but you have to understand the context of what it's good…

First of all, New York Pizza can be good, but you have to understand the context of what it's good for. If you're walking around midtown over your lunch break, trying to take care of several errands at once, you can pop into a pizza parlor, pick up a (huge)…

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Oct 20, 2022

Now, to be fair, I get probably 20 calls a day at the office from telemarketers. So if I even bother to answer the calls that show up on caller I.D. with weird area codes or from places like “Grand Canyon, AZ”, I’m pretty quick on the draw to just hang up.

A Television Show Called Twice and I Hung Up On Them Both Times

Bev Potter

I've gotten to the point where I don't answer my phone at all unless I already know whom you are.

I've gotten to the point where I don't answer my phone at all unless I already know whom you are. Anyone else can leave a message, and whether or not I get back to them is my discretion.

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I've gotten to the point where I don't answer my phone at all unless I already know whom you are. Anyone else can leave a message, and whether or not I get back to them is my discretion.