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dennis lam

@computing.bsky.social

25K followers 90 following 268 posts

i live in the bay area and work in fintech. stream of consciousness account. here for a fun time

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

this card was the GOAT RIP and I will miss you

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

do you think if you rub his head you get 3 wishes? external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%...

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Llama 4 System Prompt (via Meta AI in WhatsApp)

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Spotted flying over San Francisco. What is it and what is it doing?

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Huh, COVID tests that expired 2+ years ago still work!

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

DeepSeek seems to be under extreme load or outright down. I guess I'm not getting any work done today :/

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

is it 1 & 2?

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

This was likely the main reform that was USSR’s death sentence. Impossible to imagine something similar in today’s Russia

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Soviet economy in a sentence

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Reading:

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Obama just released his favorite books of 2024 📚 I'll personally be starting with Patriot by Alexei Navalny, but here's a 🧵 with all books and links to them:

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I'm so curious what kinds of deals Apple is striking with these merchants. Does Apple get paid for this? Are the sponsors just covering the extra 1% that's on top of Apple Card's usual 2% cashback?

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

quite depressing that these kinds of thumbnails have the highest conversions

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

not sure how i feel about this marketing…

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

iPhone’s check-in feature is _very_ neat www.stuff.tv/wp-content/u...

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The internet remains undefeated.

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Manifold says that there is a 52% chance that the S&P will breach 6200 this year.

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

me after a burrito

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

or a cozy morning

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I love my Daylight computer. Perfect companion to a cozy evening.

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Sunset today in Big Sur, California

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

How to get fit and lose fat: - Treadmill - 15 degree incline - 3+ speed - 20 mins It looks easy, until you try it.

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

They really are amazing, folks. Perfect for paginating through API responses that return a cursor and/or have rate limits.

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Meta is a company that’s obsessed with DAUs (daily actives), but only discloses MAUs (monthly actives) for Threads. I wonder why 🤭 (how many of the 275m were accidental clicks from Instagram?)

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I'm only using it a database for development, so can't comment on production uses :) I run it in "on-disk" mode (ala sqlite) vs needing to set up a traditional PG via docker/systemd/etc

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dennis lam @computing.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Really enjoyed the event, Joe! Thank you for opening it up

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