Brad
@ripostemodern.bsky.social
I make things. Most of those things involve code, but not all of them do.
Currently I'm making a book imposition tool. Check it out at imposify.com!
Currently I'm making a book imposition tool. Check it out at imposify.com!
Man I was so sure that Discovery would have killed the series.
January 20, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Man I was so sure that Discovery would have killed the series.
His tits are still too small.
January 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
His tits are still too small.
He's literally gotta be doing this on purpose.
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
He's literally gotta be doing this on purpose.
I think that's why the one had the other killed.
January 16, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I think that's why the one had the other killed.
Seeing the output of ai used for code, I'm not worried for my job. This industry is fucked though.
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Seeing the output of ai used for code, I'm not worried for my job. This industry is fucked though.
Hey are you kidding? Without their help Gaza would be rubble under Harris.
Now it'll be rubble with a solid gold Trump tower in the middle of it.
Now it'll be rubble with a solid gold Trump tower in the middle of it.
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Hey are you kidding? Without their help Gaza would be rubble under Harris.
Now it'll be rubble with a solid gold Trump tower in the middle of it.
Now it'll be rubble with a solid gold Trump tower in the middle of it.
In most filesystems when you do a delete it just flags the file as deleted and doesn't actually remove the data.
January 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
In most filesystems when you do a delete it just flags the file as deleted and doesn't actually remove the data.
The first one isn't even stylistically bad, it's syntactically wrong. Your two conditionals are completely different truth tables.
The one on the left should really be `if x == 1 or x == 2`, which is totally valid python. The way it is now, you're checking:
- if x == 1
- if 2
Always True.
The one on the left should really be `if x == 1 or x == 2`, which is totally valid python. The way it is now, you're checking:
- if x == 1
- if 2
Always True.
January 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The first one isn't even stylistically bad, it's syntactically wrong. Your two conditionals are completely different truth tables.
The one on the left should really be `if x == 1 or x == 2`, which is totally valid python. The way it is now, you're checking:
- if x == 1
- if 2
Always True.
The one on the left should really be `if x == 1 or x == 2`, which is totally valid python. The way it is now, you're checking:
- if x == 1
- if 2
Always True.
An inspiration to us all!
January 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
An inspiration to us all!
Okay, well, good luck and stay safe out there. Maybe we can have this chat again in a few years, assuming we still have elections here.
January 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Okay, well, good luck and stay safe out there. Maybe we can have this chat again in a few years, assuming we still have elections here.
In the real world where only one of two candidates was going to win, knowable in advance for the reasons I have already stated, the result of your strategy has instead increased the amount of genocide in the world. I didn't like Kamala, but waiting for the perfect candidate gets you this.
January 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
In the real world where only one of two candidates was going to win, knowable in advance for the reasons I have already stated, the result of your strategy has instead increased the amount of genocide in the world. I didn't like Kamala, but waiting for the perfect candidate gets you this.
No we couldn't have picked "any" candidate.
Stein never would have won. She literally couldn't have.
I just looked it up. West was on 15 ballots.
Almost half the country had Trump/Kamala/Oliver as their choices, and there was no support for Oliver.
You have a desired outcome but no path.
Stein never would have won. She literally couldn't have.
I just looked it up. West was on 15 ballots.
Almost half the country had Trump/Kamala/Oliver as their choices, and there was no support for Oliver.
You have a desired outcome but no path.
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
No we couldn't have picked "any" candidate.
Stein never would have won. She literally couldn't have.
I just looked it up. West was on 15 ballots.
Almost half the country had Trump/Kamala/Oliver as their choices, and there was no support for Oliver.
You have a desired outcome but no path.
Stein never would have won. She literally couldn't have.
I just looked it up. West was on 15 ballots.
Almost half the country had Trump/Kamala/Oliver as their choices, and there was no support for Oliver.
You have a desired outcome but no path.
Who?
West flared out in August.
Stein was on the ballot in only 37 states.
Oliver would have been viable but liberals aren't gonna vote for a libertarian, even if he's a rare reasonable one.
West flared out in August.
Stein was on the ballot in only 37 states.
Oliver would have been viable but liberals aren't gonna vote for a libertarian, even if he's a rare reasonable one.
January 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Who?
West flared out in August.
Stein was on the ballot in only 37 states.
Oliver would have been viable but liberals aren't gonna vote for a libertarian, even if he's a rare reasonable one.
West flared out in August.
Stein was on the ballot in only 37 states.
Oliver would have been viable but liberals aren't gonna vote for a libertarian, even if he's a rare reasonable one.
I voted for Bernie, asshole. I wrote angry letters when they cheated him at the DNC. You don't even know a goddamned thing about me.
I am done with you.
I am done with you.
January 8, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I voted for Bernie, asshole. I wrote angry letters when they cheated him at the DNC. You don't even know a goddamned thing about me.
I am done with you.
I am done with you.
I know who would have had the lower kill count.
January 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I know who would have had the lower kill count.
Well hey now that everyone is knocked down a couple tiers lower on the heirarchy of needs and increasingly fearful for their own lives maybe we can focus harder on that.
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Well hey now that everyone is knocked down a couple tiers lower on the heirarchy of needs and increasingly fearful for their own lives maybe we can focus harder on that.
Your statement makes little sense as the core premise of my argument has been harm reduction and "people who didn't vote for Harris because of one bad thing let Trump win and he'll do it anyway". I didn't want anyone to burn the whole thing down. Not sure where the source of confusion is here.
January 8, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Your statement makes little sense as the core premise of my argument has been harm reduction and "people who didn't vote for Harris because of one bad thing let Trump win and he'll do it anyway". I didn't want anyone to burn the whole thing down. Not sure where the source of confusion is here.
I don't know how to emphasize this strongly enough: IDGAF about Harris. I am not a Democrat.
I do believe that it is easier to fix a flaw than it is to let an malevolent org of some of the richest and most powerful bad guys in the world take control and burn it down while you go "tsk tsk".
I do believe that it is easier to fix a flaw than it is to let an malevolent org of some of the richest and most powerful bad guys in the world take control and burn it down while you go "tsk tsk".
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I don't know how to emphasize this strongly enough: IDGAF about Harris. I am not a Democrat.
I do believe that it is easier to fix a flaw than it is to let an malevolent org of some of the richest and most powerful bad guys in the world take control and burn it down while you go "tsk tsk".
I do believe that it is easier to fix a flaw than it is to let an malevolent org of some of the richest and most powerful bad guys in the world take control and burn it down while you go "tsk tsk".
A democracy with two choices IS a broken democracy. Fixing it would be great. Looking for any solution that is not "let things get worse".
January 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
A democracy with two choices IS a broken democracy. Fixing it would be great. Looking for any solution that is not "let things get worse".
Jesus. Oookay, look man, if you provide me a binary choice between a candidate that has a major flaw and a candidate that is a literal toxic waste dump WITH THAT SAME FLAW, then yes, yes I am gonna pick the candidate of least harm.
I do not think this is a complex viewpoint to understand.
I do not think this is a complex viewpoint to understand.
January 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Jesus. Oookay, look man, if you provide me a binary choice between a candidate that has a major flaw and a candidate that is a literal toxic waste dump WITH THAT SAME FLAW, then yes, yes I am gonna pick the candidate of least harm.
I do not think this is a complex viewpoint to understand.
I do not think this is a complex viewpoint to understand.
Did you miss the sea of people here who were loudly screaming about how they wouldn't vote for Harris because she wasn't anti-Israel enough for them? Maybe all those people were "the right" or bots or something, but I really don't think so.
January 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Did you miss the sea of people here who were loudly screaming about how they wouldn't vote for Harris because she wasn't anti-Israel enough for them? Maybe all those people were "the right" or bots or something, but I really don't think so.
The problem is that too many niche groups don't give a flying fuck about anything other than getting theirs.
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The problem is that too many niche groups don't give a flying fuck about anything other than getting theirs.
There must come a reckoning so great that none of this is attempted ever again.
January 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
There must come a reckoning so great that none of this is attempted ever again.