Douglas Nerad

Douglas Nerad

@dooglahs.bsky.social

Husband and father, lover of speculative fiction, #MacAdmins, #NWSL, #Science, #Technology, and the Oxford comma. ๐Ÿ–– #StarTrek #InfoSec #SanFrancisco

394 Followers 707 Following 270 Posts Joined Feb 2024
4 days ago
Photo of gas prices from May 2004. Regular: 2.29. Plus: arm. Premium: leg.

This shot of #gas prices from May 2004 hasn't aged so well but the message is familiar.

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1 week ago
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How to register to vote and check your registration status For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote โ€” online, in person or by mail โ€” in every U.S. state and territory.

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote โ€” online, in person or by mail โ€” in every U.S. state and territory.

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1 week ago

So North Korea is next?

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1 week ago

But as @aptshadow.bsky.social has shown, the make great computers! ๐Ÿ˜€

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2 weeks ago

PS: I love the extra show. I'm sure it's a lot of extra work on your part but I, at least, really appreciate it.

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2 weeks ago

I made a comment on a @guygavrielkay.bsky.social (might make a good interview on alt history?) post on this same topic that if you could covert the energy consumed in a typical AI datacenter into food calories (Star Trek!) then you could feed over a million people a day.

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2 weeks ago

Sources:
arxiv.org/html/2509.07...
blog.enconnex.com/data-center-...
Converter:
www.xconvert.com/unit-convert...

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2 weeks ago

I hate to be pedantic but a typical current high end datacenter uses ~2.4 GWh/day. Converted to kcal (food calories) that's about 2.065 billion kcal/day. Assuming we need about 2000 kcal/day to live the food equivalent per day of one single AI datacenter could "feed" ~1.03 million people per day.

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1 month ago

Reminds me of how these are so very different:
- $#!% out of luck
- lucky $#!%

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1 month ago

Holy... cow. This is atrocious. I worked there in the late 90s and have such fond memories walking backstage and driving the singers to and from rehearsals. His actions and intentions feel like sacrilege on so many levels, for myself and the country.

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1 month ago

Related to my prior post is the #EFF guides. Look for your phone OS privacy setting guides in particular.

ssd.eff.org/module-categ...

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1 month ago
Infosec 101 for Activists Website: https://infosecforactivists.org/ Introduction America has a strong tradition of activism, dating back to slave revolts and indigenous uprisings even before the founding of the United States. ...

Because it seems relevant again (again?) here is some simple guidance on how to protect yourself digitally in our interesting sociopolitical environment.

infosecforactivists.org

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1 month ago
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen has a new song: Streets of Minneapolis.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

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2 months ago
Approaching Malostrana from Karluv Most. A view of the Castle (Hradฤany) and part of Karluv Most from Old Town (Stare Mesto). Hradฤany from the distance at dusk. Old Town Square in Prague, as seen at night from above from the town hall tower. Winter markets and a huge Christmas tree glow below with Tyn Cathedral in the background.

#Prague is just such an insanely photogenic city. I miss it.

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2 months ago
Prague, three people approach Karlov Most from Stare Mesto. One looks confused while his companions make faces in the background. Entering Malo Strana from Karlov Most just before the towers. A view of Hradฤany in Prague from the distance at sunset. In Prague, up on Zlata Uliฤka within Hradฤany, a young girl tries to catch snowflakes on her tongue.

Happy New Year from #Prague!

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3 months ago

A few years ago, Bill Nye the science guy debated creationist Ken Ham about evolution. The last question was "what would change your mind?"

Bill Nye said "Evidence."

Ken Ham said "Nothing can possibly change my mind about this."

I think about that a lot.

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3 months ago
Claude, the albino alligator at that CalAcademy in a photo from 2009. He died today at 30 years old.

RIP Claude, our albino alligator who passed away today. Seeing him was always a part of visiting the #CalAcademy.

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3 months ago

When my wife first told me about caganers and Caga Tio I thought she was having me on.

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3 months ago

Haven't seen this movie in an age...

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4 months ago

They should install a SCIF for that "sensitive" material and carry on.

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4 months ago

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

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4 months ago

Has this administration asked local (already overly equipped with military gear) police to "do their jobs" enforcing the law the NatGuard is being sent in for? Has this administration demonstrated a legal rationale for sending in NatGuard like insurrection? If no, I don't understand why the debate.

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4 months ago

We no longer live in a country with three branches of government (Legislative, Executive, Judicial). We live in a country with two parties (Democrats, Republicans, and FU if you're neither)

This is bad on so many levels.

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4 months ago

Yet offshore wind farms are just ugly...?!?

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4 months ago

Strump want to "pacify" San Francisco next, justifying sending in the troops with the infamous Insurrection Act. Yet there is no rebellion against government here. #SF

Insurrection; an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government.
Miriam Webster Dictionary

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4 months ago

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

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4 months ago

We haven't been invaded yet? Color go ping? The end of it is really close to the Zeitgeist beer garden so maybe it's telling me to get out there...

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4 months ago
Double rainbow over the Mission district in San Francisco

We had real rain for the first time in ages here in San Francisco, and now as the sun goes down a double rainbow. ๐ŸŒˆ #SF

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5 months ago

Kinda explains some of the lyrics... "Pat feels he's a really happy man"

Rather miss watching this with my kiddo, though.

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5 months ago

For some reason "hot dogs" came to mind.

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