Evan Hahn @EvanHahn@bigshoulders.city
I'm a programmer who loves a good panini
Joined Aug 2018
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I'm a software developer living in a haunted mansion in Chicago. I'm originally from Silicon Valley, a fact that I am both proud and ashamed of.
My pronouns are he/him/his; my website is evanhahn.com; my musical taste is embarrassing.
"Why U.S. energy CEOs will get big payouts despite oil meltdown" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-shale-executives-insight/why-u-s-energy-ceos-will-get-big-payouts-despite-oil-meltdown-idUSKBN2331IC
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>Facebook reportedly had evidence that its algorithms were dividing people, but top executives killed or weakened proposed solutions
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help curl: the user survey 2020 https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2020/05/18/help-curl-the-user-survey-2020/ - please run over and fill in your views. We need them! It'll only take you a few minutes.
"Our work-from-home world is proving more job flexibility is possible" https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-remote-working-20200508-s3ehs5x4tzhw3ctxvta2v4hl3m-story.html
#WorkFromHome #WFH #remote #ChicagoTribune #disability #work
Really liked this data-focused report about how to reduce your personal carbon footprint. (Haven't fact-checked it myself, but it feels consistent with other things I've read.) https://founderspledge.com/stories/climate-and-lifestyle-report
"Complexity Has to Live Somewhere" https://ferd.ca/complexity-has-to-live-somewhere.html
Mastodon...it's good
"On Earth Day, calls grow to treat shock of coronavirus with 'green recovery'" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-earth-day-britain-negotiations/on-earth-day-calls-grow-to-treat-shock-of-coronavirus-with-green-recovery-idUSKCN22418D
"Amazon fires two tech workers who criticized the company’s warehouse workplace conditions" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/13/amazon-workers-fired/ #Amazon #ClimateChange
"Why We Panic About The Coronavirus But Not About The Climate Crisis" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-climate-change-action-panic_n_5e6a27b4c5b6747ef117ff0d
"For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/19/life-earth-wealth-megarich-spending-power-environmental-damage
"Against All Odds, the Animal Crossing and DOOM Communities Have United" https://www.ign.com/articles/against-all-odds-the-animal-crossing-and-doom-communities-have-united
A pledge for #AI researchers and engineers: don't help the fossil fuel industry https://medium.com/@techwontdrillit/tech-wont-drill-it-a63594dc6e66 #MachineLearning #ClimateChange #FossilFuels
Where is the #AnimalCrossing discourse on here
"How to Stop Freaking Out and Tackle Climate Change" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/opinion/sunday/how-to-help-climate-change.html
"How tracking pixels work" https://jvns.ca/blog/how-tracking-pixels-work/
#ClimateChange year in review from my favorite newsletter https://forgethefuture.substack.com/p/2019-the-climate-year-in-review
Just fixed my #Chicago transit alert bot, @ChicagoCTA. It turns out that I don't understand cron.
"We hear 'Google gives you advertisements that fit your preferences,' or 'we offer Waze users the best path.' Part of the effect of this is to suggest that these firms are in the process of doing some neutral or beneficent resource allocation, contributing to social welfare, when what they’re doing is profit calculation, with significant negative externalities."
https://phenomenalworld.org/digital-ethics/counter-optimizing-the-crisis
I'm a programmer who loves a good panini
Joined Aug 2018
