A little blog of questionable wisdom written by Lucas Pierce. I do a lot of little things these days. I hope some of them do a little good.
These posts are old and new, serious and absurd, technical yet philosophical. I’ve kept even the questionable bits—partly for nostalgia, mostly as proof that wisdom arrives slowly, if at all.
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“Can you take Polly out for a walk this morning? I wasn’t able to run her out yesterday,” my wife calls as she comes into the kitchen. My son and I are sharing a plate of fried eggs while I’m sipping my espresso.
Polly, our labradoodle, will follow us around with her orange ball if she doesn’t get out enough. As soon as she hears me open the leash drawer, she bolts over and sits like the good girl she is, barely containing herself. I can’t help teasing her with the word “walk” just to see if she’ll break composure.
Continue reading →When I was retiring from Snap, I worried about how I would answer the question “Soooo, what do you do?” I saw an article in the SLO Tribune that Cal Poly was looking for computer science lecturers, and teaching seemed like a good answer. Less evil-sounding than “tech executive,” but still a little fancy and intellectual.
I also hoped that teaching would replace the watercooler-esque collegiality I was used to in an office environment. You go to refill your coffee and discuss the latest episode of Lanterns or maybe a new paper by a frontier lab. The casual, unscheduled chats of peers.
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