Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026@eruditorumpress.com : great table talk at worldcon this year! 010
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Problem is, it's not clear the latest generation of AI chips would be all that useful for consumer graphics. Having to run liquid cooling into your laptop to keep it from melting down poses some interesting logistical challenges. 000
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Today, the Worldcon Business Meeting voted an extra year of Hugo eligibility to Henry Bean's "The Event", due to very limited distribution within the Worldcon community last year. So it will be eligible for next year's Hugos. It's a remarkable story: jewishcurrents.org/the-eventjewishcurrents.orgThe Event“Something has taken place that we cannot speak of or know or even fully perceive, yet the fact of which sits before us.” 131
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Important thread on media challenge these days. Figuring out how to overcome this in today's media environment is a big challenge. 020
Reposted by Dave WallaceRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This is an enraging, heartbreaking story. 21658180
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026That poem would be Dane-Geld: www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_d...kiplingsociety.co.ukBot Verification 010
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 17/12/2025In a world where @bretdevereaux.bsky.social doesn't yet have a TT position, Savage has nothing to complain about. Bret does a much better job of diagnosing the real problem here: bsky.app/profile/bret... And Bret has shown how a real military historian can teach 50k weekly subscribers about Rome etc 120
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 04/08/2025"We will cure cancer in 100 days" would also be pretty popular if people thought you could do it. But unless you have a plan for how Dems can sweep 21 of the 22 GOP Senate seats up for election in mostly deep red states, or get a bunch of GOP Senators to go along, it isn't any more realistic. 131
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I'm at the 62nd Design Automation Conference today in San Francisco. This is one of the premier conferences for software that helps chip designers design better chips. I noticed something about the authors of the 32 technical papers I picked to read. 1/n 210
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Heh. @bretdevereaux.bsky.social just finished a series on the stuff that's wrong with the portrayal of the opening battle of Gladiator, including Maximus's name (like the battle, it looks superficially authentic, but doesn't fit the way the Romans actually did stuff). acoup.blog/2025/06/20/c...acoup.blogCollections: Nitpicking Gladiator’s Iconic Opening Battle, Part IIIThis week at long last we come to the clash of men and horses as we finish our three-part (I, II, III) look at the iconic opening battle scene from the film Gladiator (2000). Last time, we brought … 020
Reposted by Dave WallaceIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...kfor.com'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspectsA woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were … 12692177813591
Reposted by Dave WallaceOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/02/2025just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't 133109891964
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Trans rights are human rights, even if the current Supreme Court doesn't recognize that. I'll be checking with a trans pastor I know to see what trans-positive charities she can recommend to add to our giving list over the next few years. 0110
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024A Quora question gives me a chance to explain the "231 method" for determining if a number with lots of digits is divisible by 7: www.quora.com/How-can-I-ch...quora.comHow can I check if a number is divisible by 7 when the number has 1,000 or more digits?David Wallace's answer: I came up with a method I call the “231 method,” which I’m sure others must have come up with previously. It’s based on the fact that 1000=-1, 100=2, 10=3, and 1=1 (mod 7). Thi... 040
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Reposted from X, Aug 2022: I've never kept a diary. But I've just prepped a bunch of financial records from the 80s and 90s for shredding, and I see fragments of my life in the check records. My rent on my 1st grad school room ($133/month). The camera I bought to document my move to Berkeley. 1/n 110
Dave Wallace @dewtell.bsky.social · 02/02/2024This would be a DM to @smarier.bsky.social if Bluesky had DMs. I've got a friend who would like to host a SFF film festival some day. Don't know how much he knows the nuts and bolts. I've pointed him to Worldcon as an example. Can you say anything about what Seattle (or Glasgow) is doing for film? 300
