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Michael Finkler

@dasfink

personal views on technology, culture and connection. retweets are not endorsements. ideas expressed here are my own.

 New York
Joined October 2008
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Were 21% of New York City residents really infected with COVID-19? (A statistician answers.) #statistics #rstats #DataScience #bias #data #sampling #COVID19 #coronavirus medium.com/@kozyrkov/were-21…
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Dalai Lama
@DalaiLama15 Oct 2018
The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there it can expand to one's family, to one's neighborhood, to one's community and so on.
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Dalai Lama
@DalaiLama20 Aug 2018
Irrespective of whether we have faith in religion or not, it’s good to be more compassionate. It makes us happier as individuals with a positive influence on our families and the neighborhood where we live.
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this whole composition is grotesquely poetic -- "life comes at you fast" indeed nitter.cf/oliverdarcy/status/956…
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@oliverdarcy26 Jan 2018
if there ever was a video built for a “life comes at you fast” tweet, this is it nitter.cf/mepfuller/status/95672…
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Drew Tuma@DrewTumaABC710 Oct 2017
AIR QUALITY Declining quickly this afternoon. Very Unhealthy air in the North Bay, along the Delta. Unhealthy air for SF, Oakland, San Mateo
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Apps for the #GoogleAssistant are getting better with new features, surface availability and languages! Read here → goo.gl/HTQgVa
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Naomi Makofsky@naomak4 Oct 2017
Lots of new features and capabilities are live on the #GoogleAssistant! blog.google/products/assista…
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ChatbotConf 2017@ChatbotConf26 Sep 2017
Honored to welcome @google back again at #CBC17. This time @dasfink will share his #insights on #chatbots on the main stage. Can't wait!
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GIPHY Engineering@GIPHYEng31 Aug 2017
Ever wondered why GIFs look they way they do? @bjornroche at #giphyeng has all the answers. Watch and learn here, gph.to/2esjpuW
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ian bremmer
@ianbremmer23 May 2017
Trump, Obama notes left at Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial for the Holocaust. This makes me sad.
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I just supported Radiolab with a donation pledge.wnyc.org/donate/radio…
"If we’re going to raise our kids in a safer, more loving world, we need to speak up for it." —@POTUS #NoBillNoBreak snpy.tv/28N7ErM
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Zack Mellette@zackmellAtl30 Mar 2016
Just finished 'give and take' by @AdamMGrant and bought 4 copies to give away. Best business/success book I've read in years.
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Great to see Whatsapp and Google Allo to supporting end to end encryption! #e2e #e2e #privacy
Shot from my first A's game Thursday night (bases loaded Yankees relief pitcher about to walk in the winning run) goo.gl/photos/FMHWcfAbtDaZdc…
Security is important, @mint. We'd like it if you supported two factor auth. twofactorauth.org #SupportTwoFactorAuth
Security is important, @CapitalOne360. We'd like it if you supported two factor auth. twofactorauth.org #SupportTwoFactorAuth
Four black men tell @attackerman about shackling and off-the-books interrogation at the Chicago police "black site": gu.com/p/467qa
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The Onion
@TheOnion30 Oct 2014
2-Year-Old Never Thought He Would Live To See Giants Win World Series onion.com/1nRXfQv #WorldSeriesGame7
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