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danso

joined 6/14/2011, 9:30:57 PM has 165331 karma

Amateur data scientist and photographer in Chicago.

Formerly: teaching at Stanford and programming+newsing at ProPublica.

Blog: http://www.danwin.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dancow

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/dnguyen; my proof: https://keybase.io/dnguyen/sigs/69iS-DQno44YqjgaowUD_Zze660k3fojXZmHob-bgxA ]

Recent Posts

He's got the rights, the original code, and is about to relaunch Dungeon Rampage
by dansoon 6/17/2025, 5:55:26 PM with 1 comment
DOGE's Chaotic Takeover of Social Security
by dansoon 6/16/2025, 2:15:16 PM with 2 comments
Apple Notes Expected to Gain Markdown Support in iOS 26
by dansoon 6/4/2025, 6:29:46 PM with 44 comments
The Echo in the Machine
by dansoon 6/4/2025, 6:20:36 PM with 2 comments
Jerry Lewis's “The Day the Clown Cried” discovered in Sweden after 53 years
by dansoon 5/30/2025, 8:27:43 PM with 15 comments
On The Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama
by dansoon 5/30/2025, 1:00:06 PM with 8 comments
Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for Woman Who Got Abortion
by dansoon 5/29/2025, 6:41:24 PM with 4 comments
The Case of the 'Lost' FOIA Requests
by dansoon 5/21/2025, 12:51:29 PM with 1 comment
Did Akira Nishitani Lie in the 1994 Capcom vs. Data East Lawsuit?
by dansoon 5/19/2025, 9:30:50 PM with 3 comments
AI Has Changed My Job
by dansoon 5/18/2025, 6:20:24 AM with 1 comment
Former Supreme Court justice David Souter has died
by dansoon 5/9/2025, 3:17:11 PM with 10 comments
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
by dansoon 5/9/2025, 1:06:39 PM with 1 comment
The Price of Remission
by dansoon 5/8/2025, 12:17:08 PM with 7 comments
EPA Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
by dansoon 5/7/2025, 1:11:10 AM with 26 comments
Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 source code isn't lost
by dansoon 5/2/2025, 10:06:25 PM with 3 comments
A 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics
by dansoon 4/17/2025, 3:42:32 PM with 30 comments
Elon Musk shut down internal Tesla analysis showing Robotaxi would lose money
by dansoon 4/17/2025, 1:12:10 AM with 13 comments
Mitre-backed cyber vulnerability program to lose funding
by dansoon 4/15/2025, 10:01:36 PM with 6 comments
A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He's Also Paid to Promote It
by dansoon 4/15/2025, 2:20:18 PM with 1 comment
Reality Cop Show "The First 48" and the Wrongly Convicted Man
by dansoon 4/14/2025, 2:05:18 PM with 0 comments