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Written by Dean Wampler on 2025-01-26 at 14:04

Thinking about the cost of college, I ran some numbers. My first in-state semester tuition and dorm room at U.Va. (late 70s-early 80s) were ~$750+$750 (excluding food, etc.). That's ~$7200 or ~$14400/year in 2024 $ (4.8x). Today, it's about $25K/year or 1.7 as much, which is less than I expected.

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2025-01-26 at 02:48

My slides: https://deanwampler.github.io/polyglotprogramming/papers/#Generative-AI-Should-We-Say-Goodbye-to-Deterministic-Testing

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2025-01-18 at 17:02

I'm doing a talk at next week's remote Functional Conf 2025 on the challenges of developer testing of AI-infused applications. I hope you'll join me!

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2024-12-26 at 14:09

I still remember my excitement when the Internet started. All the world's knowledge at my fingertips! No one website has embodied this promise better than Wikipedia, which I visit many, many times, every single day. Now Wikipedia is under attack from that megalomaniac, Elon Musk. I started giving to Wikipedia annually years ago and I strongly encourage you to do the same. Tell Musk "NO!"

https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2024-11-14 at 12:28

I predict Musk will by the Truth Social holding company (at an inflated price) so there is only one fascist social network.

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2024-10-26 at 00:13

I just cancelled my Washington Post subscription. Refusing to endorse Kamala Harris over democracy-killing Donald Trump is not acceptable to me.

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2024-09-14 at 19:20

For you ex-scientists or science-curious types, a short documentary on the LIGO detectors first observation of a black hole merger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXUpN7a-lU

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2024-09-10 at 17:03

Kudos to Peter Norvig and Alfred Spector at the AI Conference for mentioning the importance of the humanities in grappling with the challenges of how we technology, like AI.

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2024-09-03 at 00:01

Female American Kestrel (note the leg band) just an hour ago in downtown Chicago. Probably looking for dragon flies, which are abundant right now.

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2024-08-29 at 14:47

A right-wing bigot on the Board of Visitors of my alma mater, U.Va. didn't like the fact that campus guides mentioned that Jefferson owned slaves. https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/08/u-va-suspends-admissions-tours-led-by-the-university-guides-service

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2024-08-23 at 01:57

I looked up Elizabeth Warren. She is now 75 years old! That’s just 3 years younger than Trump. What a difference.

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2024-08-13 at 15:44

Since apparently some narcissistic gazillionaires think being bombed with nukes is not so bad (https://www.threads.net/@gtconway3dg/post/C-nBQMHpL9A), everyone should read or reread John Hersey's sobering report from Hiroshima: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima

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Written by Dean Wampler on 2024-08-11 at 22:14

Photos from the

Chicago Air and Water Show 2024

https://www.flickr.com/photos/deanwampler/albums/72177720319460570

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