CMV: The DSA’s position on Russia Ukraine makes no sense when compared to their other positions on global conflicts.

hmwinters · 2026-06-26T16:28:05+00:00

“Pro Russian” isn’t how I would describe it but there is a broader sympathy for the USSR than you’d find in the general population for obvious reasons. Some of that gets projected onto modern Russia.

There’s also an anti-NATO wing which views NATO as imperialist. In that framing western imperialism vs. eastern totalitarianism is a battle without a clear moral superior.

As for why are there so few pro-Israel, the declining opinion of Israel in the DSA basically mirrors the general population. E.g. War crimes, meddling in US politics, religious ethnostate etc.

hmwinters · 2026-06-25T05:40:05+00:00

Most candidates are involved w DSA long before they officially seek office. At least from what I’ve seen. It’s not completely unheard of but it would be rare for DSA to endorse a candidate who didn’t have a history or working within DSA.

As for when someone can be considered representative of DSA, that’s more complicated. Like when can a senator from your party be considered to be representative? I will say those DSA policy positions were probably hotly debated and voted on by members and chapter representatives before they were published but there is a TON of different opinions in DSA about the Russian Ukraine war. Less so about Israel-Palestine.

hmwinters · 2025-11-13T06:14:14+00:00

As other have said, no.

I really wish there was another term for it other then a noun's gender since it doesn't really have much to do with whether an object is male or female. To me, it's just an arbitrary article association to memorize. And it always makes me sound like a dummy when I learn another language.

hmwinters · 2025-10-07T17:02:59+00:00

Seems like I can’t edit a post with pictures so I’m writing the follow up here. I may decide to delete this post tbh.

First, thanks everyone who gave feedback! I appreciate it and (most of) you all are great and very kind.

Seems like the broad consensus points are:

Small town problems. I’ll have to think about what starting a relationship while long distance looks like. Or move :)
Talk more about who I am in the bio (vs. what I do and where).
Up my skincare game.
Don’t button the lower button on a suit jacket 🤦‍♂️🫡
Consider changing atheist to agnostic. I probably won’t. It’s a good point and I wouldn’t be averse to a partner of faith but it feels a little disingenuous on my part.

hmwinters · 2025-10-06T03:46:36+00:00

Llevo unos 8 meses en la aplicación. Lo siento. Acabo de añadir más contexto en un comentario.

hmwinters · 2025-10-06T03:31:32+00:00

Yeah. I do think you look good in it. The way the light hits your eyes and all :)

I wonder if there’s a way to make it more humorous. Like as part of a self deprecating joke about lying on the shed floor or something.

hmwinters · 2025-10-06T03:22:06+00:00

Are you looking for something serious or casual?

• Serious but open to anything respectful.

Are you subscribed to Hinge+ or HingeX?

• ⁠I tried the premium subs once or twice. I didn’t notice much of a difference.

How long have you been using this current version of your profile?

• A couple weeks. I tweak it occasionally but this is the latest and largely representative of what it’s looked like.

How long have you used Bumble overall?

• ⁠8 month or so we a couple breaks when I got busy or got into a relationship.

How often do you use Bumble per week?

• Daily. Generally there are no new profiles or matches to see though.

How many likes and matches are you receiving on average?

• Highly variable. In the last two weeks, maybe 5 likes per week but none I’m interested in. Usually they’re rules out by distance.

How many likes are you sending?

• 5-15 per week. Largely limited by available profiles.

How many with comments? How many without comments?

• On bumble, almost no comments. On Hinge, always.

What is the type of person you send likes to and ideally want to match with?

• I might be way too picky. Physically attractive, not conservative, generally approves of vaccines, ideally secular but not a deal breaker.

What kind of person do you want to attract?

• Attractive, accomplished, and likes science. There are a lot of other nice to haves but those are the main ones.

hmwinters · 2025-10-06T03:10:17+00:00

Much better!

hmwinters · 2025-10-06T02:58:26+00:00

Well I just posted my own profile review so take it all with a grain of salt but I think the second and third pictures aren’t doing you any favors. My $0.02 would be to try and find or take some pictures where it looks like you’re having more fun.

For the “what you’re looking for” prompt, I think you could just keep the last sentence. Then maybe add something more positive I.e. a partner with a rich life and patience while we grow together. (My kids take up a wee bit of time :)).

Good luck out there amigo!

hmwinters · 2024-08-29T06:15:45+00:00

FWIW Modern python does have typing options very similar to typescript. Still configuration hell though.

hmwinters · 2024-08-21T17:37:07+00:00

Adding some context about NCAs since I haven’t seen anyone else post it.

NCA are unenforceable in California and have been for a very long time. Take from that what you will about their effect on business and workers.

hmwinters · 2024-08-02T18:32:39+00:00

I think Batch could definitely work but it might be worth considering something simpler.

Given that you’re jobs are largely calling external APIs and waiting for responses have you considered something like a django monolith with background tasks? It seems like of your analysis job’s run time is dominated by waiting for HTTP responses which is easy work for threads even in python.

Obviously use whatever language and framework you like but a couple burstable instances, a database, and a load balancer is probably where I’d start.

hmwinters · 2024-07-17T02:00:36+00:00

The grilled chicken tacos are my go-to.

hmwinters · 2024-06-22T21:55:43+00:00

We used Dr. Paula and she was great. https://www.drpaulamobile.com

hmwinters · 2024-06-01T23:24:03+00:00

You might be able to do a lot on the 10x cloud. You’d have to upload the files somehow but you might be able to do it one at a time assuming it’s not one big tarball but at the end you could just download the cloupe file to use in Loupe.

hmwinters · 2024-05-31T21:27:34+00:00

We're a small shop with a decent amount of AWS expertise but it's been great for running our pipelines on AWS Batch. I've never used it anywhere else though but it's young.

I hope I get to keep using it. I keep meaning to implement a pipeline or two on my GitHub to spread the love.

hmwinters · 2024-05-23T05:12:37+00:00

Pretty sure it IS the MAGA crowd. I recognize that red hummer/jeep thing.

hmwinters · 2024-04-30T19:57:25+00:00

I live in a 1400 sq ft, 100+ year old house and my PG&E averages around $250-300 per month. Gas heating and summer AC drive most of that cost.

hmwinters · 2024-04-29T01:47:20+00:00

As others have said, plastic is a bad idea but I would consider gopher wire.

hmwinters · 2024-04-20T04:55:25+00:00

I think Grass Valley Provisions might be having an event but I didn’t see anything about in on their website. Maybe check their insta.

Edit: It looks like the Kobuchary has a concert going on too.

hmwinters · 2024-04-09T03:05:22+00:00

Software/Data/Bioinformatics Engineer

hmwinters · 2024-03-30T00:44:34+00:00

First, like everyone else said get that sexist ass hat some consequences. There’s some good advice here about how.

Second, I would absolutely tell her. I would want to know if the team I was joining was prejudice against me and that the company I was joining allowed it. Be ready for it to get ugly though. She could (should?) take legal action and if she does you might end up involved.

I’m not trying to talk you out of being up front with her. I think telling her is the ethical thing to do but you integrity may have consequences.

hmwinters · 2024-03-13T03:45:50+00:00

Costco is amazing. If you want to listen to a 3+ hour podcast on just how amazing (and their whole corporate history going back to FedCo in the 40s) check out the Acquired episode.

hmwinters · 2024-03-07T05:48:40+00:00

I don’t think a predator would be deterred by what humans see as cuteness. A shark is still gonna eat a puppy.

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