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WalterGR

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About WalterGR

Hi. I'm Walter Rader. In 1996, there were no slang dictionaries on the web that took user contributions. So I created one. I called it The Online Slang Dictionary. It still going after nearly 30 years!

I'm a Software Engineer with more than 15 years of experience across all stages of the software development life-cycle. I've worked in a variety of industries; at companies huge (100k+ employees,) small (30 - 60,) and tiny (my own); and have shipped code in 10 languages.

As of 2026, I am open to new opportunities in the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento metropolitan areas.

My resume is available on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/waltergr

You can reach me at waltergr@gmail.com

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Here are some cool features of a couple of my more visible sites:

http://onlineslangdictionary.com/

* Usage statistics

* Vulgarity ratings

* Maps that show where slang is used

* More of the interesting features are listed here: http://onlineslangdictionary.com/pages/about/

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http://www.offensivest.com/books/

* An analysis of the offensiveness of English works in the Project Gutenberg corpus.

* This analysis used >250,000 vulgarity votes cast on The Online Slang Dictionary.

* Analyses of more corpora are in planning.

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http://cokepopsoda.com/

* Put a pin in a global map for a word or phrase. (Think: "hashtags plus location".)

* This site powers the "I use this word - put me on the map!" feature of The Online Slang Dictionary.

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #49249836

    2 days ago, 123 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228350

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    Comment #49244196

    There are limits to how much I buttle.

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    Comment #49238425

    > It's actually really too bad MacOS doesn't have some of the windows key shortcuts like "windows key + arrow key". Would be super useful. Right this way, sir/madam: “Mac window ti…

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    Comment #49236826

    I’ll bite. What is it missing?

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    Comment #49234866

    For further inspiration, also see the previous Ask HN for August: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49148884 20 points | 6 days ago | 68 comments

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    Comment #49234808

    I meant the post/submission itself, not the content.

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    Comment #49233360

    This post is related to (inspired by?): "The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years (2011)" (longbets.org) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49…

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    Comment #49136255

    Ha! Thanks.

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    Comment #49135819

    13 hours ago: "BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising" (consumerrights.wiki) 211 points | 148 comments

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    Comment #49135781

    > If you want a developer's career, make sure you study something other than CS in uni. You mean in addition to , I hope. If you want a developer’s career, studying CS in college i…

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    Comment #49115065

    That link isn't bringing up your chat, FYI. It just shows the default new chat state.

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    Comment #49112841

    Font sizes are pretty spot on. The up- and down-vote arrows need to be smaller, though, at least on mobile. ;)

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    Comment #49111114

    > It didn't know there was a quota on discussions of any particular topic It’s in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#reposts “Are reposts ok? If a story has not had…

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    Comment #49109206

    Steam has a CLI that installs games. I’ve been meaning to use it to install each of my games and archive their installation for future offline use. That’s not as convenient as an e…

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    Comment #49105424

    Here are some non-Daily Mail sources: FDA recall event details: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Event=... WFLA (FL): https://www.wfla.com/news/national/nearly…

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    Comment #49102749

    Recently: "Nvidia, CoreWeave, and Nebius: Inside the Circular Financing of the GPU Boom" (io-fund.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873836 370 points| 18 days ago | 182 c…

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    Comment #49091305

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49062120 “Plasma Tunnels Reveal How Dying Satellites Fall to Earth” (ieee.org)

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    Comment #49091255

    That’s Scheme, not Common Lisp. I’d recommend using close parens for your code sample. Those are portable between the two.

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    Comment #49090979

    > using Aubergine Is “aubergine” a true synonym of “eggplant” or are you referring to a regional variety of some kind, different from the “eggplant” in other comments here?

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    Comment #49088255

    If memory serves, traditionally, CCL (Clozure Common Lisp [0]) had better support for Windows but SBCL was unbeatable for speed. Is that still the case? [0] https://ccl.clozure.com…

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    Comment #49062140

    This is essentially a follow-up to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48984254 “Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco” 262 points | 5 days ago …

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    Comment #49062127

    Most recently, 27 days ago with 9 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48693273

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    Comment #49020395

    > Also most devs using it have really, relly poor skills. Its weird i know, but i see it time and time again. Specifically in the PHP community? Legitimately curious...

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    Comment #49020014

    HoPL = History of Programming Languages It's a 'subset' of ACM SIGPLAN (Special Interest Group on Programming Languages) and is absolutely fascinating, if, you know, you're into th…