Pierce
pierced.bsky.social
Pierce
@pierced.bsky.social
he/him/his

Tech by trade, politics and law by hobby. But, like, trying not to be the type of person you'd assume that describes? 😬

I think humanity went off the rails the first time someone wished they knew what time it was.
Good Will Hunting told from the perspective of that guy who likes apples.
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Aww, with an extra helping of nostalgia for NeXTSTEP.

We're 35 years on from this screenshot and most people *still* don't know the quiet joy of having truly custom apps on their main toolbar that aren't malware.
December 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
4. jerry, know
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
She would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for your middling showers.
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It requires a balance that the founders might've been considering: house members are super-sensitive to their constituents, senators are hybridly-sensitive to their (at the time, and awful) state's interests.

The president only got reported upon on alternate Tuesdays instead of now and also NOW.
December 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I say that as someone who has spent an unreasonable amount of my life writing software that handles different calendar/time systems, and is actually pretty tolerant about "we have a weird rule in this region of the world because..."

Across the board, it's the desire for rigidity that's the problem.
December 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Or not starting work/school at the same clock hour all year. Humans used to work when the work needed to be done. There's plenty of evidence that teenagers (on average) have a later "natural" sleep schedule. Many jobs already involve collaboration across time zones. Just have "winter start" be 10am.
December 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I know it's all of Calvinball right now, but they're getting away with things by making it seem like normal debates between adults. It annoys them to actially have to argue.

It's worth pointing out that my post above could nullify the powers of that agency, but would not allow it to be taken over.
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
...and Raquel Welch says "those aren't little buoys"
December 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I know I'm coming from behind all the other responses on this
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Just need to squeeze in a lowercase "L" in the middle for analheim.
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
"Please, 'Mr. Wiggles' is my father. You can call me 'Lam-cutest of Borg'"
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"Bookadeedooka" for Rook
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Worth a screenshot in case it's deleted or changed. Also, it kinda comes across as if they're talking to Epstein?
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I like that, it gets the job actually done.

Mine was improvised, I would love the idea of a class that is somehow defined by its unit tests, but:

1. The above doesn't compile due to a circular type definition,
2. It would be a nightmare to maintain, and,
3. The above doesn't compile due to #1.
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
type Test<T> = (target: T) => boolean;
type Tested<T extends Tested<T, [Test<T>]>, U extends [Test<T>]> = T;

class MyService implements Tested<MyService, [typeof myUnitTest]> { /* ... */ }

function myUnitTest<T extends Test<typeof myUnitTest>>(target: T): boolean { return target !== null; }
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM