Fractional CTO and @CodesCarolina Organizer. Also, a huge Clemson fan.
Easley, SC
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Almost 20 years ago, God changed my life in a very direct way. I considered myself agnostic at the time. I was at my lowest point. I was angrier than I knew I was capable of being and was like this for months. I kept trying to find ways to fix it myself but nothing worked. My chest physically hurt all the time from it.
My wife asked me if I’d asked God for help and I had not. I didn’t think it would do any good. I didn’t know.
So I quickly bowed my head and simply said, “God, please help me forgive.” Then I went to bed.
I woke up in the middle of the night and the pain was gone. The anger was gone. I felt like a completely different person. It was as if a switch flipped inside me and it was permanent.
At that moment, my doubts were erased. That was the moment that I went from acting like a Christian, knowing what to say to fit in…to being one.
I will always have work to do to get better and things that I will discover I cannot change without the help of God. I have said things today for which I’m deeply ashamed and hope to earn forgiveness. What I have discovered is that God often answers prayers when those prayers align with what God would want for you.
I also believe that I needed to reach my low point and to realize that I could not get out alone to truly appreciate what God had done for me.
I don’t know why I feel compelled to share this testimony tonight, but I hope that it provides comfort to someone who reads it.
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart, be pleasing and acceptable in thy sight, oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
Hey @hulu @espn if you are going to have a dispute with @YouTubeTV, you should probably make sure your alternatives aren’t mixing and matching shows…
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The Clemson defense races to the student section as Ricardo Jones seals the game with an interception.
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Knowing how to write assembly is a skill you should learn, and these guys have a great resource for you!
I've debugged 10,000 lines of assembly for every line I've ever written... but writing assembly from scratch is a core computer science skill, I believe: even if you never use it.
Will you use it to write new code? Maybe not. But when you get dropped into a call stack without source code, at least you won't have to ask your Dad for help!
And the next thing you should do after learning to write ASM is to get a crisp understanding of what your C code actually compiles to. Like a switch() statement is often a jump table, but if you've never debugged one...
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CAM LITTLE SETS THE NEW NFL RECORD FOR LONGEST FIELD GOAL 🤯
68 YARDS ‼️
(via @NFL)
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TLDR: you should add the frozen_string_literal comment for performance reasons
I was recently reminded that not everyone fully understand what the frozen string literal magic comment is about.
So I figured it was the occasion for another deep dive.
byroot.github.io/ruby/perfor…
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Nailed it on ACA and the cost of care
Mark’s right, insurers didn’t just “game” the ACA; they evolved around it.
The Medical Loss Ratio rule was built for a world where payers and providers were separate. But over time, that world disappeared.
2010: The ACA assumes clean lines; insurers pay doctors, not themselves.
2015: Vertical integration begins; payers start buying PBMs, clinics, pharmacies.
2018: Megamergers like CVS-Aetna and Cigna-Express Scripts erase the distinction entirely.
2020s: “Medical spending” now flows inside the same corporate shell, where transfer prices can rise quietly and profits stay hidden.
Regulators still see 85 cents on the dollar going to “care.”
But when the insurer owns the doctor, the pharmacy, and the PBM, that 85 cents is just moving between pockets.
Greed didn’t create the loophole, design did.
But greed guaranteed it would be exploited.
Because once profit can hide inside compliance, it will.
Right now, the rules only look at where the money goes, not who owns the place it’s going to. So when an insurance company pays one of its own clinics or pharmacies, it still looks like “medical spending.”
To fix that, regulators would have to track ownership links, not just cash flows, seeing whether the insurer and provider are really the same company. Until that happens, big systems will keep earning more by hiding profit inside their own walls instead of lowering costs for patients.
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I was someone who through my 20s wasn't even sure if I wanted kids. Work was my passion and I enjoyed it deeply. I filled up two passports. I did well financially. And yet, it's incomparable to the joy and purpose having children has given me. Like, not even close. Its crazy.
It's probably just my feed, but I see a lot of talk about getting married and having kids. Looking back at my life, career vs kids. There is no competition, family is the best. I was raised to basically get married young and have kids. Growing up (in CA) that was not generally accepted and people thought it was strange and often had critical views towards it. All I can say now is that I'm so happy I got married and had kids in my twenties. I recognize everyone is different. But if you can, I recommend it. Of course marriage is hard. Of course kids are hard. And it's expensive. But if you can find someone you love, be truly dedicated to each other, and put everything in it, the rewards are so great. Like anything good, it's hard work.
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If they sing to you, you're season dies. The barbershop quartet returns.
presented by: @renasant
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This is really cool too. railsblocks.com/ well done @AlexandruGlv!
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There is so much wisdom in here.
derails.dev/blog/dictatorshi…
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Raise your cane if you're now 1-1 when making a personal appearance at Vanderbilt.
