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Mark Chu-Carroll (aka MarkCC) is a PhD Computer Scientist, who works for Google as a Software Engineer. My professional interests center on programming languages and tools, and how to improve the languages and tools that are used for building complex software systems.
Category: Chatter
This is really off-topic for GM/BM, but I just can't resist mocking the astonishing stupidity of the Conservapedia folks. I'm sure you've heard by now that Andy Schafly and his pals are working on a "new translation" of the...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 2:55 PM • 62 Comments •
Category: Chatter
Via Tor.com, a meme that I thought looked really interesting. What were the last three genre books that you purchased? Why did you purchase them? And do they feel comfortable together? Daniel Abraham,The Price of Spring (The Long Price...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 7:51 PM • 16 Comments •
Category: Chatter
This comment thread has gotten long enough to start causing some server load problems. As a result, I'm closing the comments here, and I've added a new post where discussions of this past can continue. If you're not interested...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 11:45 AM • 413 Comments •
Category: Chatter
This is an edited repost of something I wrote nearly three years ago. You can see the original post and comments here. Over at Dr. Isis's blog, there's a post answering a reader's question about whether to tell her...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 11:25 AM • 101 Comments •
Category: Chatter
Just a quick status notice: a bunch of commenters have been having problems with the system demanding authetication to be able to comment. I'm trying to fix it with the help of the SB tech folks. My first attempt...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 9:08 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Chatter
Just a brief note, to let you all know why there's a lack of new posts. Once again, I managed to kill my laptop. The machine died suddenly, with no warning. I'm currently waiting for a replacement, and once...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 3:17 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Chatter
I'm working on more substantive, mathy posts, but in the meantime, I'm pissed, so I'm making a quick off-topic post. With the horrible things that are going on in Gaza right now, I've gotten a raft of antisemitic spam....
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 7:45 PM • 70 Comments •
Category: Chatter
As a daily commuter into NYC via Metro-North to Grand Central Terminal, followed by two subways to my office, I go through one of the busiest transit hubs anywhere twice a day. Since it's tourist season, I also get...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 1:50 PM • 45 Comments •
Category: Chatter
In case anyone's interested, I'm currently fooling around with Twitter. If you're interested, I'm user-id MarkCC. Feel free to ping me if you've got an interesting twitter feed that you think would interest me; I'm still building up my list....
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 12:39 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Chatter
I'm going to be liveblogging the elections here starting at 7pm. I'll be doing my best to track the results as they come in, and what they mean. Feel free to come join in....
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 6:50 PM • 0 Comments •
