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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 29/04/2026

It's finally #F1 Race Week again! Here is the BWT Alpine #Formula1 Team poster for the #MiamiGP

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 26/04/2026

Tough week to be a coach or manager of a Boston-based professional sports team

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 08/04/2026

“We most importantly choose this moment to challenge this generation and the next to make sure this record is not long-lived.” -- Jeremy Hansen, #Artemis II mission specialist, on breaking the distance record for human space travel earlier this week

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 07/04/2026

If you subscribe to Amazon Prime, go watch Episode 5, Series 3 of "The Grand Tour" with Richard Hammond's moving tribute to this driving legend

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 04/04/2026

Can’t wait for his apology for his apology

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 04/04/2026

Don’t know what they’re putting in the water UConn basketball coaches are drinking

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 02/04/2026

Artemis toilet needs it’s own Bluesky account

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 30/03/2026

When creating a new account for a service, we're asked to enter our password twice to confirm they match. Why do some sites allow you to paste the password the first time but prevent you from pasting the password from the clipboard the second time?

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

CBS turned their news operation into propaganda, kicked Colbert off the air for making too much trouble, and all that just to have Charles Barkley go on the air on one of their most-watched telecasts of the year and say this lmao

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 30/03/2026

What’s that law about asking a question in a newspaper headline where we all know what the answer is? 🤔

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 29/03/2026

Only one #Formula1 race now in the next 8 weeks. #f1

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 28/03/2026

Was it just me or did they not show any full onboards of drivers going through 130R during Qualifying? #Formula1 #F1 #JapaneseGP

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 26/03/2026

Disappointing to hear about this exchange between Verstappen and reporter Giles Richards. Esp. as I was really starting to respect and root for Max. Did any other journalists also leave the press conference in solidarity with Richards? #Formula1 #F1 #JapaneseGP www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

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Why Max Verstappen gave me my marching orders from a press conference | Giles Richards

Max Verstappen’s ultimatum blindsided me, but there are more serious issues than an F1 driver being cross with you for doing your job

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 25/03/2026

#Formula1 teams are killing it this round with their #Japanesegp race week posters! Here is Alpine's #f1

Alt Text via ChatGPT:
A stylized racing poster with a dramatic, modern design.

At the center-right, there is a Formula One race car in a garage or pit lane setting. The car is painted in bright pink and teal, with black aerodynamic parts and large slick tires. It’s angled slightly toward the viewer, showing the front wing and nose prominently. The lighting is low and moody, with reflections on the car’s body giving it a glossy, high-performance feel.

The background is dark green with a cinematic, industrial atmosphere—overhead lights and pipes suggest an indoor pit or garage area. Large, bold text across the top reads “JAPAN” in a stylized, fragmented font.

On the right side, a circular graphic contains the text “A5-26.” Below the car, a large red circle overlays the floor, adding a graphic design element.

Along the left side, vertically arranged text includes:

“SUZUKA CIRCUIT”
“27–29 MARCH”
“53 LAPS”

Near the bottom right, there is branding for “BWT ALPINE Formula One Team.”

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 24/03/2026

Just finished listening to this "99% Invisible" episode. It always angers me when I'm stuck at a red light and there are no cars going through either direction. The intersection is a limited resource; the lights should be designed to allow a continuous flow. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/serv...

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long? - 99% Invisible

Navigating Los Angeles by car is a notoriously soul-crushing endeavor, particularly when you find yourself trapped in the kind of infrastructural purgatory locals affectionately call the “Devil’s thre...

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 21/03/2026

"Much like reading code is an acquired skill, so too is learning to read documentation." My take on trying to navigate the #fsharp documentation. blog.samirparikh.com/2026/03/lear...

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Learning to Read the F# Documentation

I’ve come across a lot of good resources in the form of books and blog posts in my journey to learn F# but one resource I’m spending more ti...

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 21/03/2026

Have not felt any energy in this Iowa-Clemson game. Nothing from the teams, crowd or announcers

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 19/03/2026

They forgot to take the lid off the Siena basket

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 19/03/2026

I learn about the existence of so many colleges and universities I had never heard of this time of year. #marchmadness

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Krzysztof Cieslak @kcieslak.io · 17/03/2026

11 years ago I’ve made first commit on the project that would later be known as Ionide. A lot has changed over all those years, but one thing remains - the biggest value of the project has been meeting awesome people from F# community, many of whom I’m proud to call friends. #fsharp

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 16/03/2026

I have learned more about the Oscar-nominated movies by following the #formula1 feed than anywhere else

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 15/03/2026

What a race of attrition. 4 DNSs and 7 total DNFs, including last year’s top 3 WDC #Formula1 #F1 #ChineseGP

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 15/03/2026

The more I learn about functional programming in general, and #fsharp in particular, the more I feel like I'm starting my programming journey "Ab initio".

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 13/03/2026

Anyone else notice that you can now split two #chrome tabs in one window?

Screenshot of one Chrome window with two tabs split within it. The one on the left is of my BlueSky feed; the one on the right is of my Mastodon feed.

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 13/03/2026

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS #F1 Team poster for the Chinese Grand Prix 2026 by Juan Alcalá Lara #Formula1

Mercedes F1 team poster for the Chinese Grand Prix featuring George Russell

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 12/03/2026

I think I get List.collect let myList = [ 1 .. 3 ] // return list of n and n * 2 myList |> List.collect (fun n -> [ n; n * 2 ]) int list = [1; 2; 2; 4; 3; 6] // return list of tuples of n and n * 2 myList |> List.collect (fun n -> [ n, n * 2 ]) (int * int) list = [(1, 2); (2, 4); (3, 6)] 👍 #fsharp

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Urs Enzler @ursenzler.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Second part of my series on "To test or not to test": What if we weren't allowed to write automated tests? What concepts, approaches, and tools would help us? www.planetgeek.ch/2026/03/12/t...

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To test, or not to Test? Part 2 – Make it hard to make mistakes

I wrote code without tests that ran in production without defects, and I wrote buggy code with TDD (Test Driven Development). Time to look back at 35 years of coding and when tests help, and when…

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 12/03/2026

Just my personal observation as a complete #fsharp newbie but when it comes to getting LLM assistance to troubleshoot code, ask questions or get clarification on things: DeepSeek-V3.2 > ChatGPT 5.2 > Claude Opus 4.6

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 11/03/2026

Trying to better understand the differences between using records types type EmailAddress = { EmailAddress: string } and single-case DU type EmailAddress = EmailAddress of string to provide type safety when wrapping strings in #fsharp 🤔

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 11/03/2026

Records are meant to be broken. That is why we watch sports.

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jkone27 @jkone27.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It’s awesome! ML type inference is great. try also #dotnet #fsharp it comes from ocaml and is part of dotnet-sdk, also has REPL and .fsx scripts, works well with nuget packages, if you interested . Benefits of dotnet/csharp but with a FP first Lang

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 09/03/2026

I made a post on higher order functions in #fsharp to document what I'm learning about functional programming in general and the language in particular. As always, feedback and suggestions welcome! blog.samirparikh.com/2026/03/high...

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Higher Order Functions in F#

One of the things about F# that I am still trying to better understand is the concept of treating functions as “first class citizens”, espec...

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 09/03/2026

Overall, I thought today's #AustralianGP was a pretty good race. Wish there wouldn't have been so many DNFs but was impressive to see Linblad and Bortoleto finish in the points and Ferrari being competitive. Wonder what would have happened if they had pitted during the first VSC. #F1 #Formula1

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 08/03/2026

A couple of thoughts as we head into the first round of the Formula 1 2026 Championship: - Impressive showing by Mercedes, locking out the front row - Equally impressive result by Isack Hadjar, who spun out during last year's formation lap and DNS - Man those Audi liveries look great! #F1 #Formula1

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Samir Parikh @samirparikh.com · 07/03/2026

Starting to learn more about functional programming using F#. Definitely off to a challenging start coming from an imperative programming background but going to try to stick with it. blog.samirparikh.com/2026/03/lear... #fsharp

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Learning Functional Programming with F#

I'm not a programmer by profession or trade but I've always enjoyed working with computers and have dabbled in programming for as long as I'...

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