alvin alexander
Nodes for the term “august”
Ram Dass on remembering things like Maya, Dukkha, illusion, and consciousness
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Learn Scala 3 The Fast Way (book)
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A Scala method to run any block of code slowly
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Scala Cookbook, a best-selling new release (OOP and FP)
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Trying to make Functional Programming, Simplified smaller
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Benefits of Functional Programming
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Scala Cookbook: #1 new release in OOP and FP
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Laundry becomes much more interesting when ...
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The Cooler of Love, Longmont, Colorado
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With his unconditional love, he could change people
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Never make someone a priority ... (Maya Angelou quote)
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Scala 3: Multiple packages in one file (syntax, examples)
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The spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man
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The farthest north I’ve ever been
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Another note about meditation and nighttime hallucinations
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Tequila sunset, Longmont, Colorado
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Longmont, Colorado wildfire smoke sunset, August 10, 2021
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Sun setting behind wildfire smoke, August 7, 2021
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My Scala 3 SimpleTest source code (mini testing framework)
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Fringe: August, a Top 10 episode
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“You won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America”
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Four kidney stones
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The old SCO clock
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My nieces don’t know me as a small business owner
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How often do you use Identity Monad and what for?
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Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail ...
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Hard to stay upright without blood pressure
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Brown sunlight (Colorado rockies wildfires)
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110 thunderstorms in 105 years
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Enjoyed Cowboys and Aliens in Wasilla, Alaska
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Eighth of an inch stone
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Empathy Deficit Disorder (EDD)
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Chicago Cubs social distance celebration
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The drive from Fairbanks, Alaska to Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay (photo #1)
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The drive from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
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My disability fraud neighbor finally got a job
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Seeing some dude driving down the road in my car
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Latest favorite coffee mug
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Made a woman cry today
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My new `sbtmkdirs` command
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August drive from KY to CO
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Quantum computing for the very curious
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Live full, die empty
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The five stages of climate change
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Alaska is burning
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Can never remember the name “brussels sprouts”
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Oh my god do I pray
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Already hurt by Trump’s tariffs, U.S. farmers face another $3.5B loss
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Moon in a barrel
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The Denali National Park sled dog puppy cam
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“I have been called worse things by better men”
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Cookie Monster went to Wrigley Field
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The Book Thief
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Thunderstorms, rain, and egg-sized hail
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Fireweed blooming in Alaska (and winter coming)
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Cookie Monster painting
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People aren’t born racist
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August 4, 2011: 46 degrees, 20 mph wind, and a sled dog
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Brussels sprouts
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E is for existential crisis
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“Look, I just want some cheap wine”
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Scala Cookbook errata page
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If we long for our planet to be important ...
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A fun Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson story
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A little story about my brother-in-law’s funeral
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John Cusack at the Louisville Palace (August, 2019)
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Functional Programming, Simplified (Kotlin version)
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Full moon over a rest area
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Haven’t felt like working
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Godspeed, Kenny
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Got a flush letter from a local hospital
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Getting back to work (again, again ..)
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More symptoms of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)
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The last day the Sun sets after 10pm
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Silent Lucidity (and lucid dreams)
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Domata Peko and the national anthem
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Starting to eat solid foods again
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I’m surprised when functional programmers say bad things about Scala
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Cats, Cubits, and Teleportation (and quantum computing)
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Zeus, the Best Dog Ever (BDE)
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Corn field maze tribute to the Cubs
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A little hitch in your giddyup
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August 31st, a new anniversary
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Recovering from surgery #6
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Making the switch, from iPhone to Android
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Android performance benchmarks
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Solar eclipse today, surgery tomorrow
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Next version of Learning Functional Programming in Scala
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SBT 1.0 is now available
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165 Pink Floyd songs, ranked worst to best
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There could have been no two hearts so open (Persuasion)
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Why does time exist? (A TED Radio Hour talk)
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Walk With Me, a film about Thich Nhat Hanh
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The Sun finally sets in Barrow, Alaska
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Honey badger don’t care (University of Colorado edition)
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“Learning Functional Programming in Scala” goes up to $30 tonight
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Ten things Idris improved over Haskell
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No new book chapters this weekend
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More chapters from Functional Programming, Simplified
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Minding your mitochondria
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Stay Or Leave, by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
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Termination dust
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Cubs' Jake Arrieta throws a no-hitter
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